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Tax reform can be a dangerous game and Paul Keating was in trouble from the moment the very first speaker got up.

“Like a team of hapless Kim Hugheses, his proposals came to the crease and were bowled over,” reported Jennifer Byrne from day one of the 1985 tax summit, referencing the former Australian cricket captain’s string of losses and low scores before his tearful resignation.

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