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16 September 2017

9:00 AM

16 September 2017

9:00 AM

I don’t know how many were present a week ago at The Speccie prolonged lunch but do know that I found myself in total agreement with almost everyone I spoke with. This has never happened to me before in Australia. As someone – possibly Tony Abbott – remarked as we gathered for drinks overlooking the sparkling harbour, if a hostile submarine were to surface in the bay it could probably extinguish much of intelligent life here in the blink of an eye.

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