The former PM showed just how easy it was to dismantle responsible government.
Scott Morrison’s position on the monarchy, stated in 2018, was typically clichéd: “If it ain’t broke, I don’t see the need to fix it.”
Pragmatically viewed, he had a point. We have arguably the most stable, least violent democracy in the world. As long as nobody breaks it, the system could continue forever.
The problem is, it’s broken — because Morrison broke it.
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