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David Gonski is backski
If the politics of education funding were a poker game, a David Gonski unveiling would be a royal flush.
Jacqueline Maley is the Canberra-based Parliamentary Sketch Writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.
If the politics of education funding were a poker game, a David Gonski unveiling would be a royal flush.
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