or signup to continue reading Finding the way from point A to B has never been a problem. North and south, east and west come easily. But lately left and right have become blurred, especially navigating politics.
The old markers have gone. Here, we have a conservative opposition leader we would have once labelled "right" making the same noises we once heard from the left. He chafes at the elites, whether it's a supermarket giant deciding not to sell Australia Day tat or corporations lending their support to the failed Voice campaign or investing in green energy.
He'd have us believe he's a working class hero - never mind his personal wealth having made it as businessman. He hates fuel efficiency standards. Calls them a "ute tax" even though they're nothing of the sort.
The intention is clear. He's trying to win over the workers - the subbies, chippies, sparkies and plumbers who drive them, thanks to the tax concessions which cost the rest of us $250 million in lost revenue. They're the new high-vis elite earning way more than the old besuited elite with their uni degrees and massive HECS debts.
We have a Labor Prime Minister, also wealthy thanks to his bloated taxpayer funded salary, who built his political persona as a leftist whose favourite pastime was "fighting Tories". A knockabout bloke from the inner west of Sydney - now home to some of the most expensive real estate in the country - with a log cabin story to tell about growing up with his single mum in public housing..