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Two Labor politicians unwittingly demonstrate why Australians have lost faith in Canberra.
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A Moral to the Political Story
Change is sometimes symbolic but can also be reactionary. We can learn some lessons from recent political deck shuffling.
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There's nothing like failure to motivate change.
After all, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.
For political parties, a change of personnel at the top is their way of showing they aren't crazy.
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