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Scandal for scandal, Sam Dastyari has gall to lecture Barnaby Joyce

Amid all the moralising, navel-gazing and skulduggery of the ongoing Barna-baby saga, is there anything quite as galling as twice-disgraced ex-Labor senator Sam Dastyari's contribution to the sludge.

Late on Monday night, the NSW Labor man broke his near-total public silence of recent months to offer some unsolicited advice to the Deputy Prime Minister. "Hey Barnaby, I went for a LOT less," Essential Media's newest executive tweeted. "Quit while you are behind. Trust me – it only gets a LOT worse from here".

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Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com

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