This piece of retro politics shows that those big things on the side of Abbott’s head really are tin, and perhaps even that the space between them is an empty can.
It reminds me of the 1960’s when, with decimal currency approaching, Robert Menzies announced the new currency would be called a Royal. The outcry was so raucous that Menzies was forced to back down, and so we have the Aussie Dollar.
What a shame that two well-liked, and clearly great Australians are caught in the middle of this jaw-dropping piece of politics.
And where’s Malcolm? Hiding in a corner, saying it not important. Nonsense. Time to stand and be counted Malcolm: to hell with cabinet solidarity!
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