We had one mango, we cut it open and it was rotten,” a Colombo tuk-tuk driver remarked of Sri Lanka’s traditionally dominant political parties a few months before September’s presidential election.
New minister Jason Clare opted for adjustment rather than a rethink. Pending his own review, he delayed renegotiating the NSRA for twelve months. When it came, the “better and fairer schools” report ...
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If you were to drive from Barcaldine to Longreach to Winton, as I did recently, you would return fearing that the omnishambles of the Voice referendum will be joined in due course by the train wreck ...
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