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Tanelorn

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5. Apparently Sloppy Joe Hockey

Reply to Matilda (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2014, 07:13 AM

Jul 2014

Admitted to New Zealand business people that there is no budget emergency and there is nothing wrong with the Australan Economy. He didnt figure that we would hear about it.

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Tony Abbott achieves the impossible: unity among economists [View all] Matilda Jul 2014 OP

I take it "Lib" in Australia has a slightly different meaning than it has in the US. SunSeeker Jul 2014 #1

Yes, here "Liberal" is synonymous with "Tory". Matilda Jul 2014 #2

Correct. The Republican Party of Abraham Lincoln was a completely different animal. SunSeeker Jul 2014 #4

Or to put it another way, Australia doesn't have a debt crisis Fairgo Jul 2014 #3

Apparently Sloppy Joe Hockey Tanelorn Jul 2014 #5