A Long Six Weeks
Harry Bruce
21 May 2022
The six-week long election campaign had felt even longer to many, having anticipated an election being called since late December. Harry Bruce reflects on the mud, floods, submarines and pork barrels voters had to wade through on their way to the ballot box.
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