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24 June 2017

9:00 AM

24 June 2017

9:00 AM

Vacancy for a leader, not a comedian

Malcolm Turnbull is the latest Australian politician to risk relations with our most important ally by gratuitously insulting their leader in a way they’d never dare insult the Chinese communist leaders. Minister Pyne described Donald Trump’s rise as ‘terrifying’. Declaring his strong preference for Hillary Clinton, he said she would not only win but ‘win easily’.

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