Guardian Essential report: why doesn’t Labor talk about Trump’s role in our economic problems? - podcast

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Voters have a lot of negative feedback in this month’s Guardian Essential poll. Political reporter Josh Butler speaks with Essential Media chair Peter Lewis about the problems with Labor’s policy narrative

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