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It’s all in the timing: Xmas will take focus off nuclear pretty quick

The decision to release the costing on December 13 feels like the Coalition is once again playing voters for mugs.

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The August 2010 federal election campaign was conducted amid continuing shockwaves from the Gillard coup against Kevin Rudd a little less than two months earlier.

So you may be forgiven for forgetting much that happened in the actual campaign, and specifically, how the federal Coalition didn’t bother releasing costings of its election promises until just 48 hours before voters went to the polls.

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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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