After so much uncertainty, Dr O’D can now get forensic on a government that is forced beyond rhetoric into the real world. What will Turnbull do with that pesky gap between the node and the nation’s front doors?
In opposition a political party is omnipotent. It can make promises (non-core of course) that are quietly fanciful. In government, the party’s promises become the playthings of a political reality where law and due process, not reckless rhetoric, rules.
