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Flat White

In praise of Peter King

16 September 2018

11:53 AM

16 September 2018

11:53 AM

When the news broke that Peter King would seek preselection for his old seat, there was a brief prospect of poetic justice in Wentworth.

A dignified but unpretentious King emerged to make his pitch. “I’ve got more to give”.

In 2003, in the first great injustice wrought by Malcolm Turnbull on the Liberal Party and the nation, King was ignominiously removed in his first term as the Liberal member for Wentworth.

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