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Flat White

The smoking ruins of Mordor

19 May 2025

1:20 AM

19 May 2025

1:20 AM

As we stand amidst the black, smoking ruins of the 2025 election, there are two or three small green shoots. Australia is not yet the Mordor of Tolkien…

The first possible green shoot is that the re-elected Albanese government is talking about ‘productivity’ albeit with ‘Labor values’. Productivity improvements are the only way we can maintain or increase living standards.

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