Malcolm Turnbull often talks about wicked problems. Right now, he's waist-deep in them | Katharine Murphy

Government battling difficulties on multiple fronts needs to keep its nerve and produce sensible policy, not more internal squabblingMalcolm Turnbull likes to talk about wicked problems. Right now, the prime minister is waist-deep in them.Next week, the high court will hear a challenge to the same-sex marriage postal plebiscite, and determine whether that proposal lives or dies. If it dies, and constitutional law experts such as George Williams suspect it will, marriage equality will fly back in the direction of the parliament like a small, dangerous torpedo. Continue reading...