Tony Abbott’s plan for a long-term political future provides an irritant for Malcolm Turnbull but, at least between now and the election, it shouldn’t be much more than that.
Voters are well and truly over Abbott, which is why his colleagues dumped him. The electorate’s attention is now on his successor.
It’s another story...
A younger Simon Chapman with his dad, Alec Chapman.Author provided. My father Alec, who died peacefully at 89 in his sleep, had dementia and lived in a nursing home for the last seven years of his life.
After Mum died, he lived alone in their Mittagong home for about a decade, but as he moved into his 80s, we noticed that many ordinary tasks were...
Israel's land seizure of 154 hectares in the Jordan Valley will displace Palestinian communities.Reuters/Mohamad TorokmanIsrael is preparing to make its largest land seizure in the West Bank since August 2014. Israeli settlers are already farming the 154 hectares in the Jordan Valley, displacing Palestinian communities.
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