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Comment: Rudd's Collapse

Robert Manne

The Monthly | The Nation Reviewed | July 2010 | Add a Comment

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In the history of Australian politics there has never been a collapse as dramatic, unexpected and unnecessary as the one experienced by Kevin Rudd during the past two months. Those who have been supporters of the prime minister and his government must now try to answer as honestly as possible the overwhelming question: what has gone wrong?

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