After Labor announced it would be changing the stage-three tax cuts, we’ve had two weeks of non-stop diatribes about broken promises and how this would spell the end of the Albanese government. Opposition leader Peter Dutton said the policy was so terrible, such a betrayal of the Australian people, so lacking in integrity – that the Coalition would be voting for them. It's a perfect example of the ‘Bitch and Fold’ — a term coined by the Guardian Canberra bureau after the political manoeuvre became so commonplace. The Guardian's Amy Remeikis explains the concept, and why Australian politicians love doing it, on both sides of the aisle

Source: The Guardian February 09, 2024 11:57 UTC