In an exclusive extract from his current Quarterly Essay,the Guardian Australia journalist profiles a political shapeshifter who now faces his toughest test – going head to head with Malcolm TurnbullBy the third afternoon of the conference, the horse trading was happening in plain sight. Mobs gathered on the floor of the auditorium. Emissaries went back and forth. Lone figures looked to their phones for answers. At the microphone, or delegates from the boondocks poured their hearts out about aged care and the latest notion to defeat department stacking. No one was listening. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com