The better Australia’s economy, the worse its politics. The bigger its boom, the smaller its politicians. And the greater the crisis in the world, the more trivial the crises that consume Canberra.

Australia’s economy has entered its 28th year of growth, unprecedented for any developed country.
At the same time, its federal Parliament pitched itself into its most dismal performance since coup fever took hold with sudden ferocity in 2010.

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