Tony Barry and Niki Savva (filling in for Barrie Cassidy) examine the ‘festival of Josh’ that has played out in the media this week as the former treasurer spruiked his new memoir.
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Both former Liberal party advisers weigh in on whether Frydenberg should run again for Kooyong and live his dream of one day becoming prime minister.
They also discuss what they see as Anthony Albanese’s failure to sell an economic vision during a cost-of-living crisis and why this could prove dangerous for the Labor government
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They also discuss what they see as the Labor government’s failure to sell an economic vision during a cost of living crisis.
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