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More than 400 years later, William Shakespeare's words ring true about our federal election

Ian Warden
April 23 2022 - 5:30am
Labor leader Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the first leaders' debate in Brisbane on Wednesday. Picture: Getty Images
Labor leader Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the first leaders' debate in Brisbane on Wednesday. Picture: Getty Images

With eerie timing our election campaign, this monster of assassinations (mostly of character) by (figurative) stabbings, and of the crazed and ruthless ambitions of those with malfunctioning moral compasses coincides with the anniversary of the first performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Ian Warden

Ian Warden is a Canberra Times columnist