PoliticsNow: AFP charge man with selling defence secrets to spies
A businessman has been charged with allegedly selling details of Australia’s defence, economic and national security arrangements to a foreign government.
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Like his old hero, Paul Keating, Jim Chalmers hasn’t seen an economic lever he’s not prepared to pull.
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Jim Chalmers’ easy home lending to win younger voters
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