In the world of modern Australian politics, the once great debate of ideas between the likes of Chifley and Menzies is but a memory, replaced by a battle of small-target opposition versus small-target government.
In some ways, there is a good reason for this: it works at the ballot box.
At the 2013 election, then Opposition Leader Tony Abbott put forward a very simple small-target opposition strategy: ditch the carbon tax and “Stop the boats”.
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