Tony Abbott struggles to transcend the role of tribal chief

By Peter Hartcher
Updated August 14 2014 - 12:08pm, first published August 9 2014 - 12:15am
<i>Illustration: Rocco Fazzari.</i>
<i>Illustration: Rocco Fazzari.</i>

Tony Abbott told us in March that “the point of being prime minister is that you've got to be a national leader, not just a tribal chief.” It hadn’t happened on election day. But has he made the transformation this week?

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