The narrative of the 2022 federal election is that we are all doing it tough. It suggests that we are struggling equally to afford childcare, fuel and our daily groceries – to get and keep the very roofs over our heads while dealing with war in Europe, a pandemic and rising inflation.
The question of this election is: who are the best ones to manage these competing and intersecting interests? Either those who have been in charge of the nation for the past decade – the self-declared “bulldozer” Scott Morrison – or, as he’s been called by undecided voters, “the untried, untested and unknown” Anthony Albanese?
