Opinion

Not since the war have the conservatives faced such a tough election

By Judith Brett
April 12 2019 - 12:00am

Much about the contest to come is standard fare for Australian federal elections. The Coalition will warn us that a Labor government will be a tax-and-spend catastrophe with no hope of reigning in the deficit. Labor will accuse the Coalition of looking after business and the big end of town, and of lacking deep commitment to Medicare and public education. But some things about this election are different.

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