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Abbott stuck with outdated tactic

In late March, after the abortive leadership move and the resignation of several frontbenchers, a fired-up Tony Abbott said the opposition would put a motion of no confidence in the government on the notice…
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Gonski battle turns to numbers

The reform of Australia’s school funding system has degenerated into an unseemly arm wrestle between federal leaders and premiers, and conflicting claims about whether money would go up or down over the…
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Battle over schools money heats up

Barry O'Farrell must be Tony Abbott’s least favourite Liberal just now. O'Farrell has not just lived up to that old cliché “don’t stand between a premier and a bucket of money” by doing a deal with Julia…
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Abbott has set the GST hare running

Can you believe it? We’re now debating a second term Abbott government. On one hand, cautious Tony is presenting himself as careful and unthreatening: bipartisan on disability, accepting the budget’s savings…
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Abbott should accept budget savings

Tony Abbott faces two tests in his budget reply. One he can afford to ignore; the other he needs to meet. The government calls for him to reveal the opposition’s fiscal program. But the Coalition has been…
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The trendy conservative

Brett Mason, opposition spokesman on universities and research, has one of the lowest profiles on the Coalition frontbench. Yet in terms of his own portfolio, he is among the most qualified in the shadow…