Australian politicians live in an alternative universe, a privileged cocoon that separates them from public opinion. The pub test is their finger on the pulse.
The average bloke in the pub is a bit like Yabba, the cricket fan immortalised in a statue at the SCG. He is the VIP who decides whether ideas, issues, and indeed politicians pass muster.
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