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We get the politicians we deserve

11 May 2022

9:00 AM

11 May 2022

9:00 AM

Can our leaders really reduce the price of lettuce?

That and other pie in the sky expectations were canvassed in last week’s Channel Nine ‘Great Debate’ between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese.

Both leaders took the gloves off in a shouty encounter that generated more heat than light.

Both argued they can give us cheap and free stuff and somehow keep our debt, which is skyrocketing to $1 trillion, under control.

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