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Brown Study

Brown study

4 August 2018

9:00 AM

4 August 2018

9:00 AM

The outcome of last weekend’s by-elections was the natural result of the Liberal party sending itself spiralling into turmoil when it dumped Tony Abbott and showing that it is no better than the Labor party. In a bidding war, the Labor party always wins. Since then, it has been beset by personality friction that manifests itself in juggling left- and right-leaning policies and achieving the inevitable bland result.

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