Scott Morrison dooms Coalition into oblivion

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I realise that everybody is probably sick of reading about the election, but I want to give my brief thoughts.

Scott Morrison has delivered for Labor. Not just by losing the election, but also by surrendering all traditional Liberal values. He has cost the Liberal Party its bedrock support base and has bulldozed the party into electoral oblivion.

Scott Morrison became so poisonous to traditional Liberal voters that he dared not show his face in traditional Liberal heartland. He single handedly turned blue-ribbon Liberal seats ‘teal’, almost all of whom are moderate Liberals.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.