When Andrew Barr became ACT chief minister, Tony Abbott was prime minister and Donald Trump hadn't yet announced his run for US president, yet unlike many of his COVID-era counterparts Barr is fighting on.
When Andrew Barr became chief minister of the ACT , Tony Abbott was prime minister and Donald Trump had yet to take the history-making escalator ride to announce his run for US President.
He puts it down to his "passion and pride" for the city, and a sense among his fellow Gen Xers that it has more potential than it has sometimes demonstrated."Many of our friends had to leave Canberra for employment, or to chase life in a bigger city that had more amenity and opportunity," Mr Barr said.
Yet rather than choose the time of his own departure like his counterparts in other states, Barr is fighting on, and banking on the idea that voters haven't yet had enough of him.Retaining power is not something Andrew Barr and Labor can do on their own. It is a prospect Mr Barr seems undeterred by, confident Labor can maintain what he calls "majority support" for the work.
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