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Abbott’s sliding doors

As his latest writing demonstrates, things should have turned out very differently for the former PM

5 March 2016

9:00 AM

5 March 2016

9:00 AM

Tony Abbott’s Quadrant essay on his government, previewed in the Weekend Australian, reveals a Tony we can greatly regret is no longer prime minister: a thoughtful policy thinker and a clear intellectual and philosophical contrast with his urbane assassin, Malcolm Turnbull. A Tony with an economic and national security vision appealing to mainstream Australians.

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