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Treasurer Jim Chalmers blasts Medibank hack criminals, as they release a new trove of data.
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Ley battles against the opposition leader curse
Of the seven politicians before Sussan Ley to take on the leadership of a party defeated at a recent election, only one – Anthony Albanese – has gone on to become prime minister.
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PM backs away from France in recognising Palestine as state
Anthony Albanese said support for Palestinian statehood was contingent on a ‘structure’ in which Hamas had no part, while also slamming the ‘indefensible’ civilian death toll in Gaza in a moral condemnation of Israel later echoed by Penny Wong.
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