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Leading article Australia

Supporting Ms Deves

23 April 2022

9:00 AM

23 April 2022

9:00 AM

At this election, Australians not only get to decide who governs the nation – Liberals or Labor –but they could also get to settle the ongoing civil war within the Liberal party itself. This is the struggle for power between those on the right side of politics whom Margaret Thatcher politely called the ‘wets’ and the more pragmatic and conservative ‘dries’.

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