Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s Fall and Anthony Albanese’s Rise

by Niki Savva

People were actually interested in and supportive of the economic security of women. Who knew?

Young Australians were more likely to have voted for Labor, and substantially more likely to have voted for the Greens. Coalition voters tended to be older, non-Indigenous, with a low education, living outside capital cities, and with a household income that put them outside the bottom-income quintile. Labor voters tended to have high levels of education, and lived in capital cities.

Joyce was to Liberal voters what Roundup was to weeds, to which many serving and former Nationals would reply: ‘Not our problem. It’s not our job to win Liberals’ seats for them.’

‘I say to everyone here, all of my parliamentary colleagues, don’t miss the chance. Because you’re not here for that long. None of us will be,’ he said. ‘And when you’re sitting on the porch thinking about what you did, you can either have a source of pride or a source of regret. ‘No middle path. No middle path. Make it a source of pride.’

Even after all these years, it is still surprising to me how selfish some politicians are, how cruel some of them can be to one another, and how dishonest or hypocritical they are in public. Fortunately, there are many more who are decent, honest, and motivated to do the right thing. Morrison refused my requests for an interview. My association with him began more than a decade ago, then ended not long after he became prime minister. I apologise for whatever part I played in his rise. All I can say is that I tried to make up for that later, after I got to know him better, but by then a lot of damage had been inflicted on the body politic.