Operation ‘get Taylor’: The plan behind Labor’s attacks on the new Liberal leader
As Angus Taylor settles into his new role as Federal Opposition Leader, Labor hardheads are already framing a strategy they hope will bring him down.
On 26 November last year it was a stormy day in Canberra. Wild weather caused a momentary blackout in the House of Representatives while over in the Senate One Nation’s Pauline Hanson was controversially censured for wearing a burqa in parliament.
But 26 November was also a red letter day for the Labor Party with the release of the Australian Election Study, an independent, academic survey of more than 2,000 Australians conducted after each election since 1987.
The study found that, for the first time in its 38 years, Australians had named Labor as a better economic manager than the Coalition.
This was unheard of. For Labor it was the realisation of its wildest dream. The economy had always been the Coalition’s strong suit and the basis of its claim to be the natural party of government, while Labor was always more trusted on education and health.
