Corporate tax cuts could finally turn Australians against big business | Peter Lewis

The corporate world has a lot to lose from today's populist shift. Its long-term stability will depend on a radical rethink of its values

The Western Australian election result confirms that the Australian polity has totally mastered the art of opposition. It's the governing side of things that is proving the difficult part.

Whether you are a recently punted administration still licking your wounds or a perennially bench-warming opposition, if you can't excite a backlash against the sitting party then your heart really isn't in it. Which is not to detract from the victory of Mark McGowan and his team, merely to mark the wild swings inherent in the modern two-party state as the new normal.

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