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Leading article Australia

Through gritted teeth

1 October 2015

1:00 PM

1 October 2015

1:00 PM

Many questions remain in the wash-up of the House of Cards style coup in which Malcolm ‘FU’ Turnbull plotted over many months to put himself in a winning position to topple Tony Abbott; a plot that weakened the conservative government at the very time when it was most in need of talented team players pulling together.

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