The Election That Solved Nothing
This weekend’s election in Australia brought no resolution to the country’s political crisis.
Tad Tietze is a Sydney-based psychiatrist who co-runs the political blog Left Flank. He was the coeditor of On Utøya: Anders Breivik, Right Terror, Racism and Europe.
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