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Title Four Corners: The Deal
Published Australia : ABC, 2010
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Summary This week on Four Corners, The Deal. The inside story of the historic deal that created Australia's first national minority government in seven decades. Reporter Sarah Ferguson goes behind the scenes for history in the making.The three Independents Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott and Bob Katter gave Four Corners unprecedented access for 17 days as they decided who would be Australia's next Prime Minister. Each day they disappeared behind the closed doors of their offices, Four Corners was there.Over long days and nights, the Independents put the character of the leaders to the test. We're there as offers and counter offers arrive on their desks and when Tony Abbott makes a late night visit with his bid in crisis over the costings.We witness the dynamics of the trio evolve and finally unravel. How close were the three amigos?Against the backdrop of an increasingly impatient media and public, the clock counts down to the final days. Had they already decided? How close did they come to backing the coalition? What actually made the two swing their vote behind Labor? 17 days of pressure and exhaustion culminates in 24 hours of high drama. The result is must see television
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2010-10-04 at 20:30:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Abbott, Tony, 1957-.
Australian states -- Politics and government.
Cabinet system.
Coalition governments.
Prime ministers -- Election.
Australia.
Form Streaming video
Author Abbott, Tony, contributor
Ferguson, Sarah, host
Gillard, Julia, contributor
Katter, Bob, contributor
MacGregor, Zita, contributor
May, Jenny, contributor
Norris, Garth, contributor
Oakeshott, Rob, contributor
Stern, Nicholas, contributor
Wilkie, Andrew, contributor
Windsor, Tony, contributor