Peter van Onselen
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“Showing the skills more of a high-school debater than a barrister, Brandis blustered in the Senate that ‘people do have a right to be bigots’.”
― Battleground
― Battleground
“His lack of sympathy occasionally surfaced in other ways. Under pressure from victims of asbestos-related diseases for compensation, Abbott contended that the near-death campaigner Bernie Banton was not necessarily ‘pure of heart’. His words came in reply to a robust insult from Banton but were rightly interpreted as victim blaming.”
― Battleground
― Battleground
“Oakes added the delightful touch that Abbott stormed out of his own office, taking any authority he might have had with him.”
― Battleground
― Battleground
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