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PoliticsNow: Former senator Amanda Stoker accuses David Van of touching her at a parliamentary drinks function
Former LNP senator Amanda Stoker says she told Opposition Leader Peter Dutton about Senator David Van allegedly squeezing her bottom at a drinks event.
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A tale of two seats Libs must win, but could lose both
Peter Dutton’s hopes of a Nicolle Flint comeback in the must-win South Australian seat of Boothby risk being cancelled out by a shock loss in Sturt, the former stronghold of moderate powerbroker Christopher Pyne.
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Death cap drama plays out in court
Inside the death cap mushrooms murder trial in the Victorian regional town of Morwell.
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