By Mark Bahnisch on September 17, 2009
It was the political debate of last week, and we missed it. But that’s ok – so did most of the rest of the population, I would imagine. The columns of The Australian were full of the ‘legacy wars’ – [...]
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By Mark Bahnisch on September 16, 2009
Malcolm Turnbull has been opposition leader for one year. That anniversary has been marked, among other things, by an impassioned speech in the Coalition party room by his predecessor, Dr Brendan Nelson. Nelson argued against any compromise on emissions trading [...]
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