Day of shame: Slipper resigns

By Phillip Coorey
October 10 2012 - 3:00am
Tension ... Prime Minister Julia Gillard passes Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
Tension ... Prime Minister Julia Gillard passes Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

PETER SLIPPER has resigned as the Speaker of the House of Representatives just hours after he survived by one vote a motion to dump him.

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