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Old 2nd July 2016, 10:52 PM   #350
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Originally Posted by Noztradamus View Post
Are you sure? On ABC radio this morning it was noted that Malcolm was shouty in his victory speech, and he is not really in a place where he should be shouty.
Well he shouldn't even be making a victory speech. But he won't be stupid enough to go to another election soon.

I'm intrigued by the reaction of the Coalition and Labor. Labor's spin "we don't know the winner, but the only sure loser is Turnbull", while obvious, is nevertheless brilliant. The Coalition's approach is to whinge about "Medicare lies". This is at once pathetic and hilarious. Lies in election campaigns? Bugger me, who'd have thought.

But even so there was an element of truth in Labor's focus on Medicare. The Coalition, at heart, hates Medicare and compulsory superannuation, but knows how these iconic Labor initiatives are wildly popular. So they are trying the death by a thousand cuts technique. Freeze Medicare rebates and freeze increases in superannuation employer contributions.
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