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Brown Study

Brown study

10 September 2016

9:00 AM

10 September 2016

9:00 AM

Pollies’ dictionary

The Australian National Dictionary has just published its second edition with lots of new words that have worked their way into the vernacular, like ‘budgie smuggler’ and ‘shirt front’. But with the opening of the 45th parliament and the influx of new senators and members, there is an urgent need for a dictionary of what is really meant by the words and phrases they are likely to come across in political circles.

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