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Diary Australia

Diarist’s Diary

28 February 2015

9:00 AM

28 February 2015

9:00 AM

‘At a certain point, you go, there’s a human-being here and you would think this must be incredibly bruising.’ Greg San Miguel is looking at me intently, trying to decide how this interview is going to turn out.San Miguel is one of Tony Abbott’s oldest friends; the lawyer cares about how the mate he’s known since school is faring.

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