Looking back at 2014: a year some things were best said with flowers

By Peter Munro
Updated December 27 2014 - 4:08pm, first published 4:02pm
Splitsville: Senator Jacqui Lambie parted ways with the Palmer United Party. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Splitsville: Senator Jacqui Lambie parted ways with the Palmer United Party. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Manal Kassem left flowers at the scene of the Sydney siege. Photo: @MariamVeiszadeh
Manal Kassem left flowers at the scene of the Sydney siege. Photo: @MariamVeiszadeh

Welcome to the year of optimism, declared Prime Minister Tony Abbott on January 1, 2014. The new-year address from our new Prime Minister was big on hope and glory, depicting Australians as "a great people" and this country as "strong, resilient and smart". "May we all be nearer to our best selves in 2014, government included," he said.

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