The old regulatory tools need new teeth if our democratic institutions are to do their job
Maybe, once upon a time, if one politician accused another of not being able to lie straight in bed, as Peter Dutton goaded Anthony Albanese on Tuesday night, it might have cut through. It might have caused voters to think such a person told lies and was untrustworthy.
Politicians, like other human beings, have always fibbed – exaggerating, omitting, or misspeaking.
