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I love that both Turnbull (who will be the internet minister) and Abbott (who will be prime minister) are both back pedalling saying they didn't have time to read it properly.

IT'S THEIR FUCKING POLICY.

https://twitter.com/TurnbullMalcolm/status/37555537509050777...

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Isn't that the idea of releasing policy so close to the election: not giving people time to read it properly?

No, it's just about having something you can point to when a pesky journalist is making too many questions: "oh, it's all in the manifesto|whitepaper, please look it up". Those docs are written by unpaid interns and forgotten a minute after ballot boxes close.

... it got read.

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