It may yet turn out that this was a good election to have lost – Sydney Morning Herald

Scott Morrison may believe in miracles. He may go along with Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack’s statement that the Coalition has the “wind at our backs’’. Morrison may be urging colleagues to “burn’’ for voters, whatever that means. Illustration: Jim PavlidisPhoto: But in the real world, miraculous outcomes, biblical allusions and meteorological metaphors don’t necessarily correspond with reality. As the Reserve Bank of Australia meets on Tuesday to consider lowering interest rates to stimulate a faltering economy, what is clear is that a Coalition government has been re-elected at a...