The Liberals' comeback plan: Angus Taylor to put economic policy at centre of the agenda
Only a week since Angus Taylor was elected opposition leader, he has made clear he sees one path back to government — beating Anthony Albanese’s Labor team on the economy.
In the federal election of May last year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese smashed his Coalition opponents to achieve his party’s best result on record.
But a fact less remembered is that just six months before Labor won 94 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, polls showed the Coalition and Labor at 50-50 in two-party preferred terms.
At that time, the Coalition under Peter Dutton was campaigning hard on the economy — the cost of living, housing affordability and budget management. This is why Angus Taylor reckons his best chance to win the next election, due in 2028, is to likewise focus on economic issues.
“For the Coalition parties, it’s always going to be about the economy,” one senior Coalition source told Capital Brief, granted anonymity to speak frankly.
