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Sussan Ley says multicultural Australia a success compared to 'disconnect' she saw on US road trip

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After calling it quits on her 25-year political career, Sussan Ley hopped on a plane to the United States and then road-tripped by Greyhound bus down its dead centre. Foregoing the glamour of the east ...

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