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Ellen Fanning

Anthony Albanese’s choice of Speaker will be key to transforming our testosterone-fuelled parliament

Crossbenchers (from left): Adam Bandt, Zali Steggall, Andrew Wilkie and Rebekha Sharkie
The choice of Speaker is symbolic of whether the new politics has really come to the old institutions in Canberra. From left: crossbenchers Adam Bandt, Zali Steggall, Andrew Wilkie and Rebekha Sharkie. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Last week the New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, delivered the commencement address – a speech to graduating students – at Harvard University entitled Democracy, Disinformation and Kindness.

Wearing a kākahu – a feathered Maori cloak and the red and black academic dress of Harvard University – she compared democracy to a marriage:

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