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Grattan on Friday: Ian Macfarlane, done down in the reshuffle, one-ups Malcolm Turnbull

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imageNationals leader Warren Truss has every reason to advance the Nationals' claim for an extra position in the ministryLukas Coch/AAP

Loyalty is a tricky commodity in politics, as Tony Abbott and now Malcolm Turnbull have recently found.

Abbott was absurdly loyal to his chief-of-staff Peta Credlin, and loyal for too long to Joe Hockey and Bronwyn...

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