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The Frant: "I got here on merit" and other not-quite-truths

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Newly-elected Premier Gladys Berejiklian has said she’s proud of a state where a woman with a long surname can be the premier of NSW. If it was the rule rather than the exception she wouldn't have to spell it out.
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