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The Opera House is not a billboard – for anyone or any cause

9 October 2018

1:04 PM

9 October 2018

1:04 PM

I have a reluctant confession to make. I sort of agree with Bill Shorten. Sort of.

The Sydney Opera House is not a billboard.

It is home for culture and the arts, certainly. But it is also the People’s House, bought and paid for by the people, through its own lottery. It is loved by the people for what it is, an architectural marvel and one of the great buildings of the world, a source of civic and national pride.

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