VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on unemployment figures, Christine Holgate, and the withdrawal from Afghanistan

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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

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Michelle Grattan
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

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University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Director of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics.

This week the pair discuss the evidence given by Christine Holgate before a senate inquiry into Australia post, and the political fallout which followed. They also discuss the vaccine rollout, Scott Morrison’s announcement that Australia will be withdrawing our remaining troops for Afghanistan, and the latest unemployment figures.

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