Talk about testing times. In the lead up to the federal election last May, Scott Morrison made an artform of small target government. The Prime Minister concentrated on a small number of key issues the Coalition knew mattered to voters, such as the economy and tax concessions, and allowed the Labor opposition an unprecedented amount of air time to press a wide-ranging, radical agenda. 

This focus on Labor rather than the government led to serious questions being asked about the fairness of proposed changes to tax concessions and the impact of the opposition’s then uncosted climate change policy.  

Using the political cunning and marketing...