Pews and politics: Australian leaders chase elusive Christian vote as election looms
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It’s Thursday night training at Father Dave Smith’s boxing academy, opposite the Anglican church in inner-west Sydney he has led for almost 30 years, and he’s working off some frustration ahead of the May 18 federal election.