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Of the specious arguments that the Liberals have presented as to why we should vote for them is the plaintive cry
Trolling through the news media, it seems that today is an especially good day for metaphors.From the left field, like a house on fire, came a bolt out of the blue that left us all breathless. Peter Costello is not going to nominate himself for Liberal Party leadership, although he has been waiting in the wings, toying with it for years ()fortunately in private).
If the party in power tries to drive an agenda too far from the very centre, the electorate will react by throwing them out. The natural politics of Australia includes
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Even Prime Minister John Howard has got to retire sometime. Our mission is to give something to back by making 101 suggestions for what he can go and do with himself when he finally does.