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The People’s Choice Word of the Year 2019 is…

December 9, 2019

The People’s Choice Word of the Year 2019 has been voted on by the Australian public in a frenzied week since cancel culture was announced as the Committee’s Choice Word of the Year 2019. Find out what it is here…

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