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The rise of the citizen confronter

17 December 2022

8:00 AM

17 December 2022

8:00 AM

News and social media loves a good ‘vox pop’; you know, the voices of those near the Main Road of any community or incident. Often heartfelt, they’re unscripted and compellingly irreverent.

I watched an average bloke grab the headlines the other week for confronting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in a badly flood-affected town.

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