What a stunning Friday Political Panel on Radio National Breakfast this morning. Hamish Macdonald was in the presenter’s chair in the absence of Fran (“I’m an activist”) Kelly who is in Melbourne for Insiders on Sunday. His guests were Alice Workman and Malcolm Farr.
The discussion was going along satisfactorily when the panel took exception to former prime minister Tony Abbott’s article in today’s Australian. In particular, Mr Abbott’s suggestion that he was responsible for the Coalition winning government in August 2013. Let’s go to the transcript:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/gerard-henderson/media-watch-dog-tony-abbott-conspiracy-theories-antitrump-hyperbole/news-story/84de3892ef94402224d7a014bd1e6b2e
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/gerard-henderson/media-watch-dog-tony-abbott-conspiracy-theories-antitrump-hyperbole/news-story/84de3892ef94402224d7a014bd1e6b2e