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One side offered ''a driving force, an ethos, a vision, and values'', the other fireworks and buskers. And if a quick straw poll of a few long-term Canberrans after the ACT's version of The Great Debate was anything to go by yesterday, the crackers at New Year were a sure- fire hit during a debate which left many in the audience - not to mention some of those in the proverbial hot seats - with their heads in their hands.

After the ACT election campaign turned into a slanging match over numbers on Wednesday, business leaders had piled into the National Press Club hoping for a ...

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