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Turnbull’s conservative government needed support from outspoken independent Nick Xenophon, who held the balance of power in the Senate.

“What a horse does under compulsion he does blindly,” wrote Xenophon, an ancient Greek cavalry master.

During the 4th century B.C., a Macedonian prince read Xenophon’s “Cyropaedia”— meaning “The Education of Cyrus”— and was inspired to model his own martial ambitions after those of the great Central Asian warrior.

Wild ostriches are extremely dangerous, so much so that ancient Greek historian Xenophon wrote that no-one managed to capture them.

News coverage of the racing industry’s struggles has accelerated, according to an analysis by Xenophon Strategies, a crisis management company, that was presented at a recent Jockey Club conference.