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Slick media strategies and strong narratives are of no help to a flailing government if its political decisions are flawed and its policies untenable.Buying the farm?
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The backlash against US president Barack Obama shows that Australian conservatives were never friends with America as a whole - they were just mates with the American right.Deeper malaise
A reshuffle and a better media strategy will only get the Abbott Government so far. What it needs is power and authority, both of which are in short supply in this globalised world.By Tim Dunlop
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