Reno Roulette
Andrew Dyson
7 May 2022
Voters had the opportunity to paint the House of Representatives a wide variety of colours at the federal election. Andrew Dyson identifies the electorate’s the mood for change, but the risk remains that there are no sample pots when it comes to ‘renovating’ the government.
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