Jon Kudelka The Australian Peter Broelman
Alan Moir Sydney Morning Herald Ron Tandberg The Age
Mark Knight Herald Sun
There has been a view expressed abroad, in the nebulous realms of the blogosphere, that Tony Abbott committed a disastrous bungle when he publicly resolved to "shirt-front" Russian President Vladimir Putin, and in doing so offered yet more evidence of his menacing incapacity to think on his feet.
As it so often does, this tendency found a spokesperson in Bob Ellis, who reckoned Abbott's behaviour to be "symptomatic of football -induced, or boxing-induced, brain injury". But for others among us, a more satisfying alternative explanation can be found in Abbott's urgent need to keep public and media attention focused on the issues that have underwritten his recent poll recovery, and his prioritisation of such concerns over a more prudent approach
Alan Moir Sydney Morning Herald Andrew Dyson The Age
Sean Leahy The Courier-Mail Peter Lewis Newcastle Herald
John Polly Farmer Hobart Mercury
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s ROY Taylor Herald Sun
David Pope Canberra Times Michael Leunig The Age
Mark Knight Herald Sun