Election 2022 Race: Chariots of Fire
Mark Knight
21 May 2022
While polls indicated the Coalition was headed for an election loss, uncertainty remained up until the last minutes of the campaign. Mark Knight brings together skittled schoolboys, Clive Palmer’s fistfuls of cash and cavoodles to illustrate the nail-biting finish.
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