NEWS.com.au | Tony Abbott bullish as mining tax demise gives Coalition a much-needed boost Sydney Morning Herald Mining tax repealed after deal struck with Palmer · Peter Martin: The Coalition helps workers. Analysis. Tony Abbott has been able to tick off a key pre-election promise, just in time to buoy his backbench on the eve of the government's first anniversary of taking ... Clive Palmer wants us to believe he's the every man of Australian politics ... |