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dc.contributor.authorDeem, Jacob
dc.contributor.authorTiernan, Anne
dc.contributor.editorEvans, Mark
dc.contributor.editorGrattan, Michelle
dc.contributor.editorMcCaffrie, Brendan
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-22T04:06:46Z
dc.date.available2019-11-22T04:06:46Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.isbn9780522876550
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/389192
dc.description.abstractIn the wake of Scott Morrison’s unexpected victory on 18 May 2019, issues that scarcely featured during the federal election campaign came to sudden and dramatic prominence. The Coalition’s defiantly narrow, small-target strategy sought to divert attention from its record in key areas of policy and service delivery where responsibility is shared with state and territory governments—disability services, environment and natural resources management, health and housing—towards its preferred terrain of economic management and escaping the ‘Canberra bubble’. By contrast, Labor’s policy-rich platform engaged heavily with these areas of shared responsibility, promising sweeping reforms to child care, education, health (notably out-of-pocket expenses for cancer patients), housing affordability and environmental policy. The Coalition’s relentless pursuit of the Opposition Leader as ‘The Bill Australia can’t afford’ won the day, but the election results laid bare a stark disconnect between urban, regional and rural Australia. While overall, after preferences, the nation swung towards the Coalition, the results varied significantly between individual states, seats and even polling booths. Queensland was singled out as the key state in Morrison’s unlikely win, but the Coalition also gained support in Tasmania and Western Australia, and western Sydney. Analysis of booth-by-booth trends showed that Labor generally made ground in wealthier inner-city booths, but the further a booth was from a capital city centre, the more likely it was to record a swing against Labor (Chivers 2019; Denniss 2019). As this suggests, the election results reflected concerns about economic insecurity, access to opportunity, and taxation, which are more keenly felt in the less populous, regional parts of the country.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.publisherMelbourne University Press
dc.publisher.placeCarlton
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mup.com.au/books/from-turnbull-to-morrison-paperback-softback--1
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleFrom Turnbull to Morrison: Understanding the Trust Divide
dc.relation.ispartofchapter7
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom93
dc.relation.ispartofpageto108
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAustralian government and politics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440801
dc.titleBeyond the Canberra Bubble: Rebuilding Trust in Federal Australia
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB2 - Chapters (Other)
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTiernan, A; Deem, J, Beyond the Canberra Bubble: Rebuilding Trust in Federal Australia, From Turnbull to Morrison: Understanding the Trust Divide, 2019, pp. 93-108
dc.date.updated2019-11-20T04:13:37Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorTiernan, Anne
gro.griffith.authorDeem, Jacob C.


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