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Treating politics like a marketing exercise will only result in buyer's remorse | Lenore Taylor Slogans and branding strategies are good at getting parties noticed, and even elected, but the gloss of the sales pitch quickly fades if not backed up by decent policies and sane political process  Australia's most senior Muslim says it was a mistake to vote for Tony Abbott Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohammed urges PM to ‘work in any field other than politics’ amid breakdown in relations between Coalition and Islamic community  Coalition pledges $18m to combat extremist websites and social media George Brandis says new scheme will shut down websites supporting terrorism and will provide funding for organisations to establish a counter-narrative  Bali Nine: Philip Ruddock says he didn't know police planned to tip off Indonesia Former attorney general says he would have raised concerns about the risk Australians facing the death penalty if he had known in advance
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On asylum seekers, Malcolm Turnbull asks us to swallow the unswallowable | Richard Ackland Turnbull’s supporters love his peacock performances. But his defence of Philip Ruddock and the government’s asylum seeker policy are no improvement on Abbott
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David Hicks: I feel like at last this is the end - video Former Australian Guantánamo Bay prisoner, David Hicks, speaks to Guardian Australia reporter Michael Safi about his relief at having his terrorism conviction set aside and doubts that the Australian government will apologise
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