When the Australian nation comes together, it’s a rare emotional moment. This happened on 6 November 1999, when, dramatically, John Howard ‘broke the heart of the nation’. At least that’s what Malcolm Turnbull said, although you wouldn’t have thought so looking across the crowds on Bondi Beach the morning after.
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