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Budget reply predictions

Thankfully, this ridiculous beat-up about Kevin Rudd’s supposed “firing-up” (watch the interview here – it’s a forceful defence of the government’s record, nothing more, nothing less) will almost...

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Shorter Abbott budget reply: Bring back John Howard

Tony Abbott really squibbed his moment in the spotlight tonight. According to the government, he needed to identify at least $15 billion in spending cuts to fund the promises he’s already made....

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Abbott harsher on the public sector than Howard

There’ll be oodles of commentary tomorrow about Tony Abbott’s Budget Reply speech, and I’ve already added some of my own [see also Bernard Keane for a potted summary, and the full text of the address...

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Tony Abbott the self confessed wimp

Shaun Carney begins his latest column thus: TONY Abbott the unlikely leader has done a terrific job in the 5½ months in which he has been at the helm of the Liberal Party. I doubt that, somehow. It’s...

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Open Joe Hockey Press Club thread

Today, Joe Hockey is outlining concrete and costed savings at the National Press Club. Or so we were led to believe, in a Budget reply speech from his leader which Peter Martin characterises as a ‘dog...

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What is Abbott up to?

Max Gillies Smith thought the Abbott budget reply a series of stumbles. These include the promise that peoples “fortnightly budgets will be under less pressure as electricity prices fall and gas...

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