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Satara Uthayakumaran’s observations about politics are timely and salutary (″⁣ To me, an Australian person of colour, Mamdani’s New York victory is a game-changer ″⁣, 7/11).

If we, in Australia. are to avoid more catastrophes like Robodebt, we must, as Satara suggests, have more people in parliament ″⁣built by community″⁣ – not ″⁣bred for power″⁣. The changes required in areas like major party preselection processes are daunting, but the risk of inaction, and reproducing a dysfunctional, divided, US-style society is real.

Ample evidence demonstrating tha

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