All sides of politics, wary of becoming wedged into electorally damaging positions, avoid confronting these challenges. Emollient slogans – ‘we are in good place’ or ‘push through’ – cannot address these problems. These issues vital to Australia’s future may not even make it onto the election policy agenda.

Source: Political platitudes like ‘we’re in a good place’ won’t fill the cracks in Australia’s economy ahead of the election | Satyajit Das | The Guardian