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Claire Yorke, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Future Defence and National Security, Deakin University

Can a ‘civility pledge’ really help lower the temperature of Australia’s political debate?

The ferocity of political debate and the language used by politicians in Australia has been in the spotlight ever since the shocking attack on Helen Haines last week.

The independent member for Indi lost both legs after allegedly being rammed by a vehicle near her electorate office in the north-east Victorian town of Wangaratta. She is now in a stable condition.

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