Low Bar Olympians
David Rowe
3 August 2021
In a rare occurrence, two athletes agreed to share a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. David Rowe uses this heartwarming moment to point out a truce of a different sort between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition leader Anthony Albanese.
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