Michelle Grattan speaks with University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Nicholas Klomp about the High Court giving the go-ahead for the marriage ballot, the opposition’s attacks on Barnaby Joyce during Question Time, and Malcolm Turnbull’s attempt to develop the government’s energy policy.
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