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Mar 2022
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Australia as the 2022 election nears: is...

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Katharine Murphy analyses the Guardian Essential poll with Essential’s executive director Peter Lewis. They examine how the major political parties are trying to get their narrative across while the public is focused on floods and the invasion of Ukraine. There have been several major announcements in the last week to try to sway people in the lead-up to the ... Show More
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