Hewson's View: An uninspiring campaign

By John Hewson
Updated July 2 2021 - 1:46am, first published May 9 2019 - 7:00pm
No winners here: The leaders' debate with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday night. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
No winners here: The leaders' debate with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday night. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Despite a lot of ducking and weaving by Morrison and Shorten about whether or not to have a "prime time debate", when, where, and how, it finally happened on the ABC for just one hour on Wednesday evening.