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Leading article Australia

First among equals

20 August 2022

9:00 AM

20 August 2022

9:00 AM

There was much hysteria this week over the news that former prime minister Scott Morrison had secretly sworn himself in to take control of a grab-bag of the best ministerial portfolios under ‘fear of Covid’. Malcolm Turnbull weighed in, proclaiming the news ‘sinister’ whilst it has given Prime Minister Anthony Albanese the opportunity to carry on with his never-ending campaign against the bloke ‘who wouldn’t hold a hose’.

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