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Who the bloody hell are you?

The Prime Minister had an unorthodox rise to power

24 April 2021

9:00 AM

24 April 2021

9:00 AM

Of our ten most recent prime ministers, all but one had acute political interest in their youth. Gough Whitlam was devouring the politics of Rome before he was ten. Malcolm Fraser joined the Liberal party at 22 and was an MP at 24. Bob Hawke joined Labor at 18 and wrote his uni thesis on industrial relations.

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