Angus Taylor’s bid to reel in One Nation voters reeks of desperation, and tramples over Australia’s fair go values

The Liberal party leader, Angus Taylor, is ‘borrowing from Trump, pushing out a thought bubble to see how it flies’. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

By labelling migrants “self-serving”, Angus Taylor has shown himself and his party to be exactly that.

Desperate to pander to voters deserting to One Nation, the opposition leader and those under him have failed in the very Australian values test they seek to impose on others for a fair go.