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‘Arrogant’ Albanese government ‘hellbent’ on destroying Australia

Sky News Australia

July 1, 2026

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Former Liberal senator Hollie Hughes says the Labor government is “hellbent” on destroying Australia. “I watched Question Time today; that’s an hour of my life I will never get back… Albanese was arrogantly strutting himself around,” Ms Hughes told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “Even Tanya Plibersek was smiling; it was really quite disgusting to watch. “If the Victorian people re-elect the Allan government, seriously, I mean, what do the rest of us need to do to excise Victoria from the country because it is just a basket case.”

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