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Public good and private fail as parcel bomb explodes
The government had to call in the states to rescue its vaccine delivery, just as a government corporate entity imploded.
Laura TingleColumnistLife used to be much simpler for all of us when everyone observed a few basic “givens” in Australian politics. These include that the Coalition parties think the public sector is an inefficient abomination, in whatever form it manifests itself, and that Labor thinks the opposite.
Events of the past week show how topsy-turvy all that has become.
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Laura Tingle is chief political correspondent for the ABC's 7.30 program. She is the staff-elected director of the ABC. Connect with Laura on Twitter.
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