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Lot of bad policy and bad politics in the past 15 years

Laura TinglePolitical editor
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Down at the Parliament House coffee shop, Aussies, on Wednesday, the day-to-day humdrum of politics was playing out amid the ruckus of passing schoolchildren, who seemed blissfully oblivious to the machinations over company tax cuts unfolding before their eyes.

At one table, the ACTU were deep in discussion with Glenn Druery, the man known as "the preference whisperer" who is now advising Senator Derryn Hinch.

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Laura Tingle is The Australian Financial Review's former political editor. She is now chief political correspondent for the ABC's 7.30 program. Connect with Laura on Facebook and Twitter.

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