Abbott: the fighter in the leadership ring again
The first question that onlookers ask, almost universally, is whether Tony Abbott is serious? Does he really think he can come back as prime minister?
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Peter Hartcher
Peter Hartcher is the political editor and international editor of The Sydney Morning Herald. He is a Gold Walkley award winner, a former foreign correspondent in Tokyo and Washington, and a visiting fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. His latest book is The Sweet Spot: How Australia Made its Own Luck and Could Now Throw it All Away. His 2005 book, Bubble Man: Alan Greenspan and the Missing Seven Trillion Dollars, foresaw the collapse of the US housing market and the economic slump that followed.
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Has the movement stalled, or is it just pausing to digest the first course?
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