‘Totally different': Where the Voice failed and Labor succeeded in the election campaign
'The referendum is one thing, voting for the next government of Australia is a totally different matter and people have a totally different emotional response to it,' Mr Samaras said.
Mr Samaras sat down with Sky News host Peta Credlin to go over how polling was off the mark during the federal election campaigns.

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