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The Liberals have never achieved small government in Australia, and they are unlikely to do so because of our political culture and contemporary ideas about the role of government in society. Small government is an ideal that is most obvious when contrasted with Labor’s interventionist approach to markets. But the parties’ ideals rarely get in the way of pragmatism when it comes to electoral politics.
My latest opinion piece appears in Crikey's "Where to for real Liberals?", a new series on the future of the Liberal Party under Peter Dutton.
In a new series, Crikey asks a wide range of voices: what does the future of the Liberal Party look like under Dutton?
— Crikey (@crikey_news) July 9, 2024
To kick things off, @FlaneurPolitiq argues that “the Liberals have never achieved small government in Australia”.
https://t.co/ptngD6bRmr