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Flat White

How shinybum corona craziness has just widened the city-country divide

15 September 2020

7:00 PM

15 September 2020

7:00 PM

Little has illustrated the divide between urban and regional Australia quite like the events of 2020. I feel reasonably qualified to comment here having grown up on a broadacre farm, then winding up working for an international professional services firm. I’ve pulled handles at the local pub, acted on international arbitrations in London, and done all manner of things in between. 

And in recent times, I’ve noticed that our city cousins understand progressively less about what goes on in regional Australia and how the regional economy makes this country tick.

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