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A temple of mutual loathing, and some good blokes too

12 Oct 05:35am

Filed under: Anthony Albanese, Parliament, Politics, Scott Buchholz

Labor hard-man Anthony Albanese looked across a seething House of Representatives at Scott Buchholz, a big lump of a Queensland National.

The big man, Scott Buccholz. Picture: Kym Smith

In the middle of a tense period with reputations and manners being shredded by the hour, Mr Albanese paused and made the unlikely pronouncement, “He’s a good bloke.”

It can now be revealed why, and it’s a story which demonstrates that not all MPs on either side of the Chamber are determined to be bitter all the time.

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Flutz says:

04:49pm | 12/10/12

The article I read above is Malcolm Farr painting Scott Buchholz as a caring person and Albo acknowledging that. Also the good bloke behaviour from Tony Abbott has often been noticed and reported on by the media - afterall we all know about it, most of us wouldn’t know about… Read more »
Jeremiah says:

04:37pm | 12/10/12

must be an inside joke. Read more »

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