New Liberal ascendancy (Advocate 22 03)

By Grahame McCulloch. The new Prime Minister and his ministry are economically dry and have much more socially liberal views than those of the paleo-Liberals associated with the former Prime Minister.  Many have backgrounds with merchant banks and traders, resource and energy companies and international corporate, legal and accounting services.  By and large they are a well- educated, cosmopolitan and cultured group.  They are independently wealthy and some are a little detached from reality. More...