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Flat White

Mr Andrews, tear down this wall

9 July 2020

1:31 PM

9 July 2020

1:31 PM

A few things immediately sprang to my mind this morning as I awoke to my city surrounded by rings of steel. Melbourne is now the new East Berlin. And I recalled the famous speech US President Ronald Reagan gave on June 12, 1987 at the Brandenburg Gate near the Berlin Wall to commemorate the city’s 750th anniversary.

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