Berejiklian government building a wall of woe under the cover of caring
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Elizabeth FarrellyColumnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
March 13, 2021 — 5.30am
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It’s almost dusk and we’re eating out. Surrounded by mature elms, frog-song and the scent of cooling grass we’re on the broad veranda of Palmerston, a charming New England guest house. Our hard decision of the evening is between the seared scallops with Asian slaw and the duck dumplings. First world problems. A few steps away, though, in the dark-panelled hall, carrying the story behind the place betrays a deeper truth