Seven tired old tropes politicians wheel out in place of a vision for Australia's future | Satyajit Das

Policy drift has consequences. Problems become larger. Future generations are left with the messGuardian Australia's full federal election coverageGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralian voters who chose their preferred candidate before the election was called have saved time. The campaign's policy vacuum has hardly informed voting choices, with both major parties eschewing what the former US president George Bush Sr termed the "vision thing".Whether or not politicians, irrespective of ideological colour, have the stomach for them, important and urgent economic challenges lie ahead. Continue reading...