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A rare moment of unity in a bleak political winter

Both our political leaders appear to have invested political capital in doing something about indigenous recognition during this term of parliament.

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Politics is most often reduced in the telling to its most dark, cynical and pragmatic: who are the political winners and losers from a particular parliamentary transaction.

This first sitting week of the new parliament has been no different: so much focus on the wins and losses in what passed for negotiation over the Morrison Government’s $158 billion personal income tax cuts.

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Laura Tingle is chief political correspondent for the ABC's 7.30 program. She is the staff-elected director of the ABC. Connect with Laura on Twitter.

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