Politics 2016: Next year will be big, for you and your wallet

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SHOCK! BILL SHORTEN WILL BECOME INTERESTING
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will take Labor into the election campaign amid strong speculation he will emerge at the other end still the Opposition Leader. Mr Shorten’s opinion poll standing might not be inspiring, but Labor has twice removed leaders in recent years without getting the hang of it and won’t want to try a third. Mr Shorten will battle to the end, as he has promised, and the contest between the former trade union leader and the former merchant banker will be fascinating.

THE TABLES WILL TURN ON TURNBULL
Malcolm Turnbull’s post-Abbott high in opinion polls will dissipate as he wrestles with huge issues of economic management and national security. Some voters might even find him a touch pompous. However, his personal ratings will not fall to those of his predecessor and he
and his office will maintain a sense of competence. He will hire a speech writer able to trim his verbosity, and he will realise sarcasm does not become obvious in the cold print of Hansard.

TONY WILL FINALLY STOP DELUDING HIMSELF
The Liberal Party civil war will start to bore voters and anger senior party members. Tony Abbott’s band of holdouts will end up largely talking to themselves. Mr Abbott himself will get the message that a comeback is the stuff of dreams. If he stands again in Warringah it will be billed as a rearguard action to protect his legacy, or to act as a senior mentor for right-wing MPs, or to possibly resume a seat in cabinet. It also might be because he hasn’t received a better
offer.

WE’LL VOTE WITH OUR WALLETS
The general election will be held in September or October, as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said. Which means the election campaign will begin seconds after Treasurer Scott Morrison delvers the Budget in May.
It will be an election on economic policy. Voters know something needs fixing during the economic transition and will be attentive to the policy contest.

THE CLIMATE SPIN WILL BE EPIC
Environment Minister Greg Hunt will start suggesting the next step in climate change policy should be a market-based system of emission trading. This will be depicted as the logical next step after what Mr Hunt will say was the success of Direct Action, which is the opposite
of a market-based system. Mr Hunt will be in a particularly small group whose members believe
Direct Action was a triumph.

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