AQ: Australian Quarterly

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This edition ‘hits the selves’ only days before the Morrison government is set to hand down their early budget, opening the door for a quick-fire election. Australia will have decided on the fate of the Coalition government before we at AQ have another chance to comment.

But it only takes the barest inclination of foresight to predict the inevitable battlegrounds. Whether or

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