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Laura Tingle

What if it wasn’t Christian Porter facing the allegations?

Scott Morrison’s acceptance of the Attorney-General’s version sits uncomfortably with his rhetoric on believing the victim.

Ten years ago this month, the then opposition leader Tony Abbott got up to address an angry crowd of anti-“carbon tax” protesters on the lawns outside Parliament House.

One suspects nobody remembers much of what he said that day, or of what the rally was about. But the images of the placards that he stood in front of have been seared into our political memory and his legacy.

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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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