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Why the crossbench matters in the next government

It will be incumbent on independents to do their bit to break the shackles that led to policy stagnation.

In a political contest that has been less defined by substantive ideas and more by performative politics, there is a real possibility that Australia will wake up to a hung parliament on Sunday morning.

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