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Australian Books

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25 May 2013

6:00 PM

25 May 2013

6:00 PM

Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott
By David Marr
Black Inc, $19.95, pp 208
ISBN 978186355980


If there is anything the Left love more than talking lovingly about itself, it is talking disparagingly about its opponents. Which brings us to the snotty condescension of David Marr, most often seen on the ABC (where else?) but now on display in this book, an extended and updated version of an essay that appeared in Quarterly Essay in September 2012.

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