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We’re not all in this together: the public, not the pols or pen-pushers, will bear the costs of lockdown

10 August 2020

2:01 PM

10 August 2020

2:01 PM

As Victoria is plunged back into lockdowns, with those in greater Melbourne facing unprecedented restrictions on their every move, the difference between the two Australias has never been so stark. 

Since March, the elites have been out of touch with ordinary Australians. Over four months ago, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told us that “we’re all in this together,” a slogan repeated by the political class ever since.

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