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About Tony Abbott: we hate to say 'We told you so', but ...

By Alan Austin - posted Monday, 9 February 2015


On policy matters other than the economy, the alternative media belled warnings for years which the mainstream denied.

Now,The Australian finally acknowledgesthat,

'The Medicare co-payment has gone through a series of rapid and bewildering changes. The government may have to sacrifice the lion's share of the savings promised by its higher education package if it is to secure fee deregulation ... The result is a sense of confusion and policy backlog ...'

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Well, what can we say? We told you so.

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Alan Austin is an Australian freelance journalist currently based in Nîmes in the South of France. His special interests are overseas development, Indigenous affairs and the interface between the religious communities and secular government. As a freelance writer, Alan has worked for many media outlets over the years and been published in most Australian newspapers. He worked for eight years with ABC Radio and Television’s religious broadcasts unit and seven years with World Vision. His most recent part-time appointment was with the Uniting Church magazine Crosslight.

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