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Originally published in ABC The Drum on May 15, 2014

The Government says our education system, our health care, our pensions and our social safety net are unsustainable. The big question I have is why?

Every prime minister since Whitlam has managed to maintain the principles of universal health care and education. They have managed to maintain help to our elderly and less fortunate. Why has this Government so completely failed?

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