Feeding the Lodgeless
John Shakespeare
25 May 2024
May 2024 marked two years since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor government was elected. In the remarkably turbulent political years from 2010 to 2019 no fewer than four Prime Ministers barely made, or just fell short of, that milestone. Current Opposition Leader Peter Dutton looks on hungrily as he celebrates a two-year milestone of his own.
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