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Albanese’s pressing task to hold us together in a fractured age

The prime minister faces growing currents of economic and social disaffection. But is he up to the task of navigating a way through?

James CurranInternational affairs expert
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Last week this column argued that moments of strategic churn ask fundamental questions about what holds a community together.

Amid chronic short-termism and a culture craving the immediate, that challenge becomes more pressing.

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James Curran is professor of modern history at Sydney University.
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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/albanese-s-pressing-task-to-hold-us-together-in-a-fractured-age-20231126-p5emu5