‘They want action': Australians call for ‘concrete solutions' amid Labor's roundtable
'There is a bit of opinion polling which is worth showing you, which is that whatever does actually come out of all of this, that Australians know things are broke and they want something fixed,' Mr Murray said.
'51 per cent of people say the government should act on big ideas now – don't wait.'
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