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As Treasurer, Hockey proved to be an ordinary Joe

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageJoe Hockey departs Parliament.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Earlier this year, during the Prince Phillip knighthood debacle (dubbed #knightmare by Twitter) we speculated how Tony Abbott could make Malcolm Turnbull his treasurer, in place of the hapless Joe Hockey, and thereby save his prime ministership. Furthermore, we said if he didn’t, Malcolm Turnbull...

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