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Speaking with: Graeme Orr on the festival of elections

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The writs have been issued, the stage has been set: Australians are about to go to an election. You can almost smell the sausages sizzling at local primary schools and scout halls, and it’s only a matter of time until the how-to-vote cards start to make their way into our hands and letterboxes.

When we talk about the fundamental...

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Leaders' debate highlights real differences on policy, but a unity ticket on civility

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imageMalcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten showed they differ on a number of policy positions, but both kept the tone of the debate civil and free from "gotcha"s and gaffes.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Sky TV’s people’s forum on the evening of last Friday gave us something refreshingly different from recent federal election campaigns: a civil discourse...

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