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Australia election: Tony Abbott defeats Kevin Rudd
Australia's new PM Tony Abbott (7 Sep) - Australia's opposition has crushed the governing Labor party in a general election that has returned the Liberal-National coalition to power for the first time in six years. The coalition won 88 seats to Labor's 57 in the 150-seat parliament. Liberal leader Tony Abbott, who will...
Get well soon, Mr Chiam!
7 Sep 2013 Visiting an old parliamentary friend, Chiam See Tong. Chiam is recovering from a hip injury in a nursing home. He was extremely happy to see me. He said nowadays he gets to meet few people. He was sitting up in bed. We chatted. His speech was audible and measured but his thoughts were clear. In fact l noticed a great...
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