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Keeping promises can’t guarantee good government

It’s absurd to compare Julia Gillard’s carbon tax backflipto Tony Abbott’s post-election budget proposals

24 May 2014

9:00 AM

24 May 2014

9:00 AM

I thought Bill Shorten was clever enough not to believe that history repeats itself. But no. Tony Abbott harped on about Julia Gillard’s broken promise and he became prime minister. So Shorten will harp on about Abbott’s broken promises and he will become… not I think prime minister, at least by this route.

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John Hirst has written many history books, the most recent being Looking for Australia: Historical Essays (Black Inc Books).

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