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Flat White

The cakes of wrath

16 November 2017

4:42 PM

16 November 2017

4:42 PM

Well, the results are out. It’s ‘yes’ – so have a cup of tea and a slice of cake. Preferably something home-baked and comforting, like butter sponge or fruitcake.

Bennelong, John Howard’s old seat, lost to Labor’s Maxine McKew, and won back by John Alexander, returned a very narrow ‘No” vote in the SSM vote, an omen for Bennelong’s mid-December election.

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