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Australian politics                                                                                    Wednesday 28 Jan 2015 g
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Tony Abbott's knighthood decision 'verges on fatal', says Andrew Bolt Prime minister’s move to award a knighthood to Prince Philip was ‘pathetically stupid’ and threatens his leadership, says conservative commentator  Campbell Newman on brink of defeat in Ashgrove, Queensland poll shows Labor’s Kate Jones extends lead on two-party-preferred basis to eight points, with uncertainty over who would lead LNP if premier is ousted  Australia confirms 15 boats carrying 429 asylum seekers have been turned back Immigration minister Peter Dutton announces Operation Sovereign Border figures as commander says some turnbacks were done with the cooperation of Indonesia  Christopher Pyne sets March deadline for university fee deregulation Education minister tells crossbench senators he will push higher education package though by end of March or dump it entirely, including extra funding
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Peta Credlin has become a lightning rod for discontent driven by fear | Tom Bentley Those attacking Peta Credlin for the Prince Philip debacle are either opportunists, or worry that her link with Abbott risks the Coalition’s project
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Pyne praises Murdoch as 'a great' but dismisses call for Peta Credlin to resign - video Christopher Pyne praises Rupert Murdoch as 'one of the great Australians' of the last century but dismisses his suggestion that the prime minister's chief of staff, Peta Credlin, should resign