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RETIREMENT
A quarter of a century is a long time, and my current term still has three years to run.
The reigning king of senate estimates shows what “no surprises” government really looks like, giving a three-year warning he will retire.
ELECTIONS
I do have concerns in the middle of an election about the timing.
The Sinn Féin leader acknowledges the awkwardness of being arrested for questioning over the murder of Jean McConville at the same time as his party campaigns for seats in the European elections. He denies his involvement.
FREEDOM
In Tecoma to see ppl exercising human rights. No protestors, only customers speaking thru spending & @McDonalds property rights.
The human rights commissioner backs the incontrovertible rights hidden in all Happy Meals, visiting the much-protested McDonald’s outlet in the Victorian town of Tecoma.
DEATH
He was one of the nicest and best actors I have ever worked with.
The actor mourns Bob Hoskins, whom he starred opposite in Mona Lisa. Hoskins died of pneumonia this week. He was 71.
PROMISES
If there was a permanent increase in taxation, that would certainly be inconsistent with the sort of things that were said before the election.
The prime minister muses over whether a “deficit reduction levy” might clash with the “sort of things” said before the election, like that there would be “no new tax collection” under a Coalition government.
DRUGS
I realise that this has caused some commotion and some people feel that they’ve been let down, and I deeply apologise for that.
The one-time champion swimmer responds to being arrested for alleged cocaine possession. At press time, a decent “black line-white line” joke was yet to be written.
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