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Anthony Albanese says politicians are running around Canberra claiming the sky is falling.
“Chicken littles”, he’s calling them, doomsayers trying to whip up unfounded fears about the Voice.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has reacted as if the reference to the old folk tale is a deeply insulting slur, but it’s hardly the most charged language that’s been used by one of our politicians in recent weeks.
Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno on the latest political skirmish – and whether WA premier Mark McGowan’s resignation is a sign the sky really is falling
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Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper, Paul Bongiorno.
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