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A referendum on Albo’s government

Labor’s true believers have become Menzies’ forgotten people

19 April 2025

9:00 AM

19 April 2025

9:00 AM

Australia’s ‘sliding doors’ federal election is really two polls: one playing out in the suburbs and regions, where the hip-pocket nerve is raw and the cost-of-living crisis is acute, and another in the inner cities, where affluent voters can still afford luxury beliefs like net-zero emissions targets and renewable energy white elephants.

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