2021 was a shocker for the Coalition as they careened from one disaster, barely stopping for air before crashing into the next. Morrison’s handling of multiple scandals involving women, the vaccine rollout and a spectacular budget deficit may all come back to bite him when Australia goes to the polls.

But a lacklustre opposition, falling unemployment rates and an economic bounce-back post pandemic could help Morrison get over the line.

Today on Please Explain, Executive Editor Tory Maguire joins Nathanael Cooper to look ahead at the year in politics.

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2021 was a shocker for the Coalition as they careened from one disaster, barely stopping for air before crashing into the next. Morrison’s handling of multiple scandals involving women, the vaccine rollout and a spectacular budget deficit may all come back to bite him when Australia goes to the polls.


But a lacklustre opposition, falling unemployment rates and an economic bounce-back post pandemic could help Morrison get over the line.


Today on Please Explain, Executive Editor Tory Maguire joins Nathanael Cooper to look ahead at the year in politics.

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