Saturday, 9 August 2008
John Hewson is an economist. He was federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1990 to 1994, and led the party to defeat at the 1993 federal election.
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So it is that every year, our shaman gather in Canberra. Like priests before a ritual they are sealed off from the profane world in a special retreat (‘the lock-up’) and bonded together in a sacred pact, which sets them off as a distinct group against the rest of their people.
