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Clean‌ ‌up‌ ‌cultural‌ ‌muck‌ ‌with‌ ‌no‌ ‌double standards‌ ‌

The first political career has now been terminated amid the scandals swirling around the Morrison government. But the cultural clean-up needs to cover all sides.

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The cultural muck destabilising the Morrison government has now terminated its first political career.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s hasty Sunday morning announcement that Andrew Laming would not recontest his safe Queensland seat of Bowen came after two female Liberal colleagues, Katie Allen and senator Sarah Henderson, called for him to quit politics.

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