Departing finance pilot leaves a big hole in the government

Phillip CooreyPolitical editor

Oct 8, 2020 – 8.00pm

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Some time after arriving in Australia in the mid-1990s, Mathias Cormann fulfilled a boyhood dream. He learned how to fly.

A qualified pilot by the time he entered the Senate in 2007, Cormann's skills came to the fore seven years later.

Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence.

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