The Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, and in particular – the Treasurer – have a problem; Australians have stopped listening.
Politicians have always assumed that money can solve their political woes. Make a mistake with a social policy? No problem. Offer the bereaved a handout in the next Budget. It is the equivalent of Medieval Europe where a noble kills a peasant and hands the family a gold coin for their trouble.
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