A huge report might supplant questions over flight upgrades for now – but Peter Dutton’s attacks on the PM’s character just gained another hueIt’s the oldest trick in the political book: when you’re in trouble, create a diversion. The bigger the diversion you need, the bigger the trouble you’re clearly in.So it was handy that on Friday the prime minister received the 900-page report of the inquiry he commissioned into the Covid-19 pandemic, just days before the scheduled publication of a book widely expected to generate him negative publicity. Continue reading...