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canetoad

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1. Shorten is no Hawke

Reply to Matilda (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 02:35 AM

Dec 2011

But he's had dibs on Workplace relations for a few years. Hawke didn't do a long apprenticeship either.

Arbib - bastard. Too fucking cunning for his own good.

I don't mind a bit of treachery in politics. It ultimately plays out in public, mostly thanks to the ABC and a handful of extremely good journalists, to the detriment of the schemers.

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The faceless men win. [View all] Matilda Dec 2011 OP

Shorten is no Hawke canetoad Dec 2011 #1

Shorten should do well in Workplace Relations; they're made for each other. Matilda Dec 2011 #2

McClelland makes his feelings known. Matilda Dec 2011 #3