As the economy turns, the Coalition finds itself out of step with the electorate. Committed to a strategy of reminding Australians about the past three miserable years, Peter Dutton has overlearned the lessons of 2024, when voters angry at the soaring cost of living toppled a swathe of governments. If Anthony Albanese was unlucky to inherit the most inflationary economy in a generation, the tide has turned at the right moment as he battles for a second term. The surest marker of this sea change was the Reserve Bank of Australia’s interest rate cut on 18 February – the first
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