From festive season to restive season as politics intrude

By John Warhurst
Updated April 19 2018 - 8:28am, first published December 19 2013 - 3:00am

There are two sides to the impact of the Christmas break on politics. The conventional wisdom is that the holiday break is a politics-free zone. That is why commentators such as myself may declare that this summer period is a time for the Abbott government to take a breather and to regroup.

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