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Australia’s asylum seeker policy history: a story of blunders and shame
We know very little about the kind of government Scott Morrison runs.
- Carolyn Holbrook
- The Conversation
After beating Peter Dutton and Julie Bishop to the prime ministership in August last year, most commentators assumed Morrison was keeping the chair warm until Labor’s Bill Shorten won the 2019 election.
Following the Coalition’s unexpected victory, it’s time to ask more searching questions, not only about Scott Morrison’s political values and policy aspirations, but about his prime ministerial style.
Recent history suggests processes of policy decision-making can make or…