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In response to Courage needs to be shown in politics – Israel is no longer above the law

More of the same?

July 3, 2025

Sadly, the second iteration of the Albanese Government seems to be headed in the same spineless, timorous, obsequious, mealy-mouthed direction as the first.

If so, would this lead to what could be called a double disillusion?

— Alan Wilson from Adelaide

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