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Mean Girls
The revelations about a cabal of 'mean girls' in parliament come as no surprise. I'm just amazed it took so long to be aired.
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Sometimes good things emerge from terrible circumstances.
That's how I felt when reading about Labor's 'mean girls' in the Australian newspaper.
They were named as Senate Opposition Leader Penny Wong, Deputy leader Kristina Keneally and Manager of Opposition Business Katy Gallagher.
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