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Leading article Australia

Cloning Scott

30 August 2014

9:00 AM

30 August 2014

9:00 AM

Ultimately, prime ministers can only ever be as good as the front bench talent they have selected permits them to be. The success of the leader is built upon a series of individual victories; each battle waged and won on its own merits by its own foot-soldiers.

As we approach the first anniversary of Team Abbott in power, it is clear that Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Scott Morrison is the star performer.

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