As this is the thinking man’s column, I thought it useful to reflect on some of the wider issues emerging from the backstabbing mayhem and bloodletting involved in the removal of Julia Gillard and the return of Kevin Rudd. There are at least three issues that emerge. The first is that, curiously, the position of the Leader of the Opposition has been elevated to a newly exalted status, so that it is now virtually part of the Constitution.
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