Pray for Distraction
Cathy Wilcox
When the Liberal–National Coalition won the 2019 election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison began his speech: ‘I have always believed in miracles.’ Looking back on this cartoon, which dates from the start of 2020, we can see that the subsequent challenges Morrison faced left him rolling from one unenviable position to the next.
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