Article link: Take the Long View, by David Ould (from the Gospel Coalition Australia)
“So Australia has yet another new Prime Minister. It seems that no sooner have we settled into getting used to one leader of the country then we get a new one.
“What’s driving all this turnover? If you work your way through the narratives and accounts (with the benefit of hindsight for all those involved) you see a common theme. Pretty much every time we had a leadership change it was catalysed by the realisation that the party in question was behind in the opinion polls, and so MPs—nervous about the declining prospects of re-election—decided to change horses midstream. It appears that we’re doing it far more often than we used to.”
