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Australian Politics

[Morrison’s] core competency is not taking responsibility for anything that goes even a little bit pear-shaped, while snatching up the gold medal glory for themselves when things do go well. There is an even more cynical aspect to this however, and that’s the way Morrison has hijacked the civic capital of a national, non-political institution like the Army to protect himself and his government from legitimate critique and condemnation. In this he has made a human shield of General Frewen. (Alien Sideboob, July 9, 2021)

John Birmingham

Under Morrison, we're having to relearn one of the main lessons of the corrupt Bjelke-Petersen regime - [that] many conservative voters will tolerate (and indeed condone) any degree of government corruption just so long as it benefits them personally, despite the deep harm it causes others.

Milly Majich