The Australian elite have fully embraced pop-psychology as their primary economic narrative and if it continues it will sink the nation and its new government. New examples appear every day with the drover’s dog telling Malcolm Turnbull to be “positive” and repair “confidence”. To wit from the AFR:
It is not going to be the all West Australian AFL grand final the state’s Premier was hoping for; but nonetheless, Colin Barnett says it’s been a good few weeks in an otherwise testing period for the resources-rich state.
“It’s been a pretty tough time and a lot of people are worried about their job security,” the Liberal Premier said on Sunday.