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25 November 2021, The Conversation, Grattan on Friday: Assertive Liberal moderates give Scott Morrison curry. The overwhelming impression the Morrison government has projected this week has been one of chaos, with revolts coming from the right and the left. And that’s accurate. But, within the shambles, there has actually been one encouraging sign. We’re seeing a new generation of Liberal moderates belatedly raise their voices. While it’s one thing to get up on your hind legs in the party room, or even to make public statements, it is a big step to call out your government in parliament. It would have taken a lot for Bridget Archer, a moderate who holds the highly marginal Tasmanian seat of Bass, to make herself the story. Archer said outright what a number of her moderate colleagues were thinking, when she criticised the government for not bringing forward its legislation for an integrity commission. READ MORE HERE