Opinion polls have always presented a dilemma for political leaders, with the temptation to comment when they are favourable almost impossible to resist;
but polls can be fickle.
Japan and Australia are officially even better friends, with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and visiting Japanese PM Shinzo Abe swapping compliments at an official dinner in Perth last night.
10 Jul 2014
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