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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Katharine Murphy

For three years the prime minister has schemed and strategised. Can Australians stomach any more?

Scott Morrison
‘The worst of Morrison is right up there with the worst I’ve seen in two decades of political reporting. That’s the truth. Genuinely, terrible.’ Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

“My opponent in the election, Anthony Albanese, is a complete blank page,” Scott Morrison declared on high rotation this week. “He’s not a small target, he’s a complete blank page. At a time of great uncertainty, considerable uncertainty, not just in the economy but also in terms of national security – a blank page is no answer to the problems Australia faces.”

Morrison is hammering this because the observation has salience.

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