Through its title alone, Paul Kelly’s commanding account of the Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison Coalition governments nails the final chapter of Australia’s early 21st Century prosperity.The Twilight of Exceptionalism story begins just a year after this prosperity topped out with the iron ore export price at $US180 a tonne, the Australian dollar worth $US1.10 and per capita GDP one-third higher than America’s.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Max Walsh would recognise this poor, little rich country
Rather than shoring up Australian prosperity, politicians have squabbled over how to redistribute it.
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