Opinion

Parliament House in Canberra is the bubble within the bubble

By Scott Prasser
Updated October 28 2019 - 10:00pm, first published October 8 2019 - 4:00am

Many commentators talk about the Canberra bubble. You know, that place where federal politicians, ministerial and backbench staff, public servants, media operatives, and lobbyists live, work or traipse weekly. It is suggested that, in this atypical one-industry town, these groups are disconnected from the rest of Australia, physically, psychologically and demographically.

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