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All over the world, the Trump administration is pursuing a range of policies: tweeting insults at Maduro, negotiating with a defiant North Korea, sending a small fleet of warships to the Persian Gulf to intimidate Iran. But the speed with which the president always sours on these efforts means they can never be part of any discernible strategy.

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There are young children out there in our state, that could be Olympic champions at 2032 to think that Melbourne has hosted an Olympics, Sydney has hosted an Olympics, and now Queensland has that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we’ve got to give it everything we’ve got.

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At times when people fear death, they go along with measures that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will save them – even if that means a loss of freedom. Such measures have been popular in the past.

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April 21, 2024

At times when people fear death, they go along with measures that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will save them – even if that means a loss of freedom. Such measures have been popular in the past.

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April 21, 2024

There are young children out there in our state, that could be Olympic champions at 2032 to think that Melbourne has hosted an Olympics, Sydney has hosted an Olympics, and now Queensland has that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we’ve got to give it everything we’ve got.

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