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Leading article Australia

Still Laboring under delusions

6 July 2019

9:00 AM

6 July 2019

9:00 AM

Six weeks after the federal election, the resumption of parliament has forced Labor to accept the unpalatable truth that it lost. Having paraded around the country pretending to listen to voters, while offering gratuitous advice to the government about how to run the country, Mr Albanese has finally been mugged by reality — and a good thing too.

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