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The Libs dumped King for a scholar
In preference for a man with a dollar
Howard's missing the point
We'll vote him out of the joint
And Turnbull dragged out by his collar
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Eye on Election & Press Gallery: Peter King v Malcolm Turnbull: David vs Goliath
The likeable man, I used to have an occasional beer with at Iceberg club (a member no. 703), roared:
I am no quitter! Politics shouldn't be about playing the man. I believe it's in the national interest [to run]. Australia is at a crossroads at the moment. The two major political parties are marching in time. They are almost marching in unison. What we need is not reactive politics but pro-active politics.
Our democracy is about competition and it's about fairness and it's about truth and those are the issues I'll be running with at the end of the day.
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