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Matilda

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5. I don't know what Palmer will do,

Reply to Violet_Crumble (Reply #4)

Sun May 18, 2014, 10:58 PM

May 2014

and I doubt he does either. He's very erratic.

I worry that if Abbott gives him something he wants - such as funding for an office and staff - he will do a deal. Abbott says he won't negotiate with minor parties, and Palmer says he's committed to the stand he's taken on pensions - but can they be trusted? But I do think Palmer would relish a double dissolution, because he truly believes he could be the big powerbroker.

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Medicare ahead by a mile in popularity stakes [View all] Violet_Crumble May 2014 OP

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I know. I've heard American DUers talk about co-payments... Violet_Crumble May 2014 #4

I don't know what Palmer will do, Matilda May 2014 #5

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