Grattan on Friday: the zeitgeist doesn’t suit Angus Taylor but he could do more to help himself

By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

As he surveys the degraded and demoralised Liberal Party he presides over, Angus Taylor has two major problems – and that’s leaving aside One Nation.

The first is that his own performance is often cack-handed. The second is he is not, as the saying goes, meeting the voters where they are. He should – in theory – be able to tackle the former. The latter is more fundamental.

It always surprises how often Taylor comes out with the wrong line, or is caught out without an answer to an obvious question. Like, after his robust attack last week on One Nation, saying this week…

Read complete article

~	Spain wildfires: with 13 dead, we need to start measuring fire damage in lives – not just hectares

~	Why some primates have even tougher births than humans

~	Can speaking multiple languages really lower dementia risk? It’s not that simple

~	Wherever AI is heading next, older people want a say

~	Lebanon: Abolishing Death Penalty Within Reach

~	US Communities Face Broken Promises on Air Pollution Monitoring

~	The ‘unregistered’ in Syria: A life of lost opportunities

~	Ukraine: Russian-Run Schools Violate Children’s Rights

~	EU: Tunisia Migration Deal Worsening Human Rights Violations

~	Uganda: Military Seizing Government Critics