Malcolm Turnbull is preparing to lead his troops into a 10-week battle. The longer the campaign in the field,the greater the likelihood of a land mine going offI wonder which Sophie Mirabella memoir last week annoyed Liberal party HQ more: that she told voters in Indi they missed out on $10m local hospital funding as punishment for not re-electing her, or the claim that she shoved her opponent, or independent MP Cathy McGowan,out of a photo with assistant health minister Ken Wyatt (which Mirabella strenuously denies). These things remind us that campaigns often face unplanned events and uncontrollable circumstances. And the longer the campaign, the greater the likelihood is of stepping on a political land mine.
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Source: theguardian.com