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Civility? It’s empathy we need

10 February 2022

4:00 AM

10 February 2022

4:00 AM

Following leaked text messages showing the way politicians can talk behind closed doors, Grace Tame’s rudeness towards the Prime Minister, and appalling behaviour by both some players and members of the crowd at the Australian Open – civility is on the agenda.

To take just one example from recent analysis, Peter van Onselen grieved for a ‘lost civility’.

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