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May 17, 2023Liked by Joel Jenkins

Again, an exceptional piece and like you Joel, I am incandescent with rage. Unlike so many Australians, 'little' Anthony grew up benefitting from the stabilty of being housed in a property, (for the record, NOT Housing Commission high rise), where his grandfather was the FIRST tenant, heading up what became a 'dynasty' of three generations. Unlike myself and so many others, he wasn't compelled to move to follow work or more tenable rent and he didn't get his mitts grubby with ANY form of labour. There is a food bank at the end of my street and a family of three living in a car, next to the milkbar. All in HIS electorate. Why no public outcry? Normalcy bias? Shares in Woodside, Woolies and the banks? Be buggered if I know, but it seems like too many Aussies have succumbed to the 'I'm alright Jack', mantra losing no sleep over turning their backs on 'those without'. They seem to forget that, sooner or later, one way or the other, their turn will come. Know how much I appreciate your work at this most awful time for so many in this country.

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