Here in Patterson Lakes — Melbourne’s Mecca for cashed-up tradies and tattooed ladies — Tony Abbott has an image problem. Being a man so often pictured in his swimwear, the consensus of Patto’s body art cognoscenti is that he really could do with a sleeve tatt. Nearby Seaford beach is Melbourne’s most picturesque: the PM and his budgie-smugglers should pay Patto a visit.
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Terry Barnes is a Melbourne consultant and a former senior adviser in the Howard government.
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