Armchair Experts
Matt Golding
21 September 2021
Though the pandemic dominated the news cycle for much of the year, the federal government’s decision to buy nuclear submarines (instead of the diesel-powered ones already on order) took many people by surprise. As Matt Golding points out, the announcement created a whole new field to become ‘expert’ in.
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