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Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Spectre of arrogance haunts Liberal chiefs
West Australian, 11/10/2004
Ben Ruse and Karen Middleton write about the Liberal Party needing to avoid appearing `arrogant` having defeated the Labor Party in the federal election, and not make the same mistake as former Labor prime minister Paul Keating by trying to pass legislation that is not supported by the community.
We're not going to allow this to go to our heads. We're not going to start proposing things that are disruptive but we certainly will press ahead very strongly with things that we've believed in for a long time, particularly in the area of industrial relations.
-John Howard 11 October 20004; after the metaphorical game of two-ups
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