Hewson's view: The increased irrelevance of machine politics

By John Hewson
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:54am, first published January 31 2019 - 7:00pm
Road to nowhere: Prime Minister Scott Morrison was in Brisbane on Wednesday for a road funding announcement. John Hewson says the government is ignoring the real challenges of home ownership, climate, tax reform, and still rising costs of living. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Road to nowhere: Prime Minister Scott Morrison was in Brisbane on Wednesday for a road funding announcement. John Hewson says the government is ignoring the real challenges of home ownership, climate, tax reform, and still rising costs of living. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Returning this week on a flight from Dubai I watched an American political comedy-drama classic from 1939, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, directed by Frank Capra, and starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart.