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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Katharine Murphy

If the last campaign targeted the quiet Australians, this time Morrison is appealing to the anxious ones

Scott Morrison
‘Scott Morrison is no help to the moderates anyway – he’s irredeemably toxic for their campaigns.’ Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Election campaigns are like kaleidoscopes: when you twist, a different picture comes into view.

As prepoll voting started on Monday, reports started rolling in from across the country about the how-to-vote cards of Clive Palmer’s United Australia party. The UAP was recommending preferencing the Liberals and Nationals ahead of Labor in a number of key marginal electorates – including Bass, Chisholm, McEwen, Reid and Parramatta.

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