Former ACT chief minister Katy Gallagher, now a federal Labor senator with new responsibilities in the shadow ministry, admits she has found the jump into the bigger political pool challenging. She has also had to do a pivot in her views on increasing the GST. Here she also talks about mental health, federal-state relations and Labor’s face-off with Malcolm Turnbull.
Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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