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Our thuggish unions are no better than American beauty salons

26 September 2015

9:00 AM

26 September 2015

9:00 AM

Do you lie awake at night fretting about the prospect of a Manicure Gone Wrong? A bungled pedicure? I do. I have mani nightmares. The local shellac parlour may as well be the Malaysia Airlines departure lounge.

It’s not all senseless suffering, though. For nail specialists, as it turns out, have a great deal to teach us about what ails the Australian body politic.

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