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Morrison fights political fire with leaky buckets
Scott Morrison, unless his prayers for a political miracle are answered, will go down as the fireman who arrived late armed only with leaky buckets to confront a building ablaze and collapsing.
Scott Morrison, unless his prayers for a political miracle are answered, will go down as the fireman who arrived late armed only with leaky buckets to confront a building ablaze and collapsing.
Independent Kerryn Phelps maintains her lead as counting continues in the Wentworth by-election.
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Cathy McGowan has joined a growing chorus crossbenchers preferring the government to run its full-term following the Wentworth by-election.
The epicentre of Australian politics has shifted to Sydney’s eastern suburbs where the tight by-election battle for Wentworth has thrown climate and even foreign policy into the spotlight as the government stares down the barrel of a historic defeat.
A minority federal parliament could be on the cards, according to the latest polling in the Wentworth by-election.