Teal Dawn
Glen Le Lievre
On election day, it appeared that Prime Minster Scott Morrison’s biggest threat came not so much from the opposition as from the ‘teal independents’ and the record number of women voted into parliament. Glen Le Lievre’s Morrison is washed in a teal glow, with the framed picture of a cooked goose hanging ominously above his bed.
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