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Liberal frontbencher James Paterson delivers some sharp messages to his party

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Victorian Liberal senator James Paterson has, figuratively speaking, taken his Liberal colleagues by the scruffs of their necks and given them a good shake. His blunt message is, get out of your funk and cooperate in rebuilding the house.

In his Tuesday Tom Hughes Oration, Paterson did put it more politely, but he still didn’t mince words....

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