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Good point Golfman, We would have already saved $1.4B if Tony had won on election night.
Drunken Sailor
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Perhaps Abbott had to drive himself to exhaustion pitch because he knew that his conscience wouldn't let him sleep afterwards.
Lucy
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I am not sure how the independents will go, although there must be a natural tendency to go with the liberals. My own preference is ...
Philip
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Tim, With all the debate about media bias, we'll just chalk this one down to the left side shall we. I sence you are finding ...
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Abbott digs himself a hole

Michelle Grattan, in the National Times, on Tony Abbott's very bad day.
"The excuse that Coalition numbers were being leaked was spurious. If the Coalition had done the right thing then, Abbott wouldn't be having this argument now."

Why Hockey and Robb must go

Huge discrepancies in the Coalition's budgetary estimates have deeply embarrassed Tony Abbott, writes Karen Maley in Business Spectator.
"...[Abbott] must replace those responsible for the disastrous budgetary miscalculations – shadow treasurer Joe Hockey and shadow finance minister, Andrew Robb – with more capable ministers."

Crossing the boundary

The Economist says the responsibility for Pakistan's cricketing scandal lies ultimately with the country’s elite.
"In cricket, as in life, Pakistan’s ruling class should recognise that its country’s man-made problems are largely its own responsibility."

Creep the faith

William Saletan, in Slate, on the broadening backlash against American Islam.
"Ground Zero was just the beginning. The case against a mosque there has shifted from extremism to Islam."