Policies to make Turnbull look good

Reader Peter of Bellevue Hill:

Of note in Sid Maher’s story yesterday on Turnbull wanting to mess with negative gearing before being rolled in cabinet:





One theory put to The Australian yesterday was Mr Turnbull was keen to pursue the change [to negative gearing] as a counter to attacks on his wealth and improve his status with lower and middle-income earners.

No thought about whether the policy change would be disastrous: it was all about how it would...