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Leading article Australia

Tick tock

20 August 2016

9:00 AM

20 August 2016

9:00 AM

Since the Prime Minister’s petulant and angry election night spray, he and his government have looked anything but in control. Having barely won an election with a presidential campaign and a nebulous plan for jobs and growth, Mr Turnbull’s double-dissolution caper created a senate that will give the government no quarter, and make passing any legislation a nightmare.

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