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The Treasurer is calling for Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to ‘rein in’ Shadow Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh after he resorted to a ‘pathetic attack’ against Australia’s economy.

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ALeighMP Maybe it should be the other way around auspol

ALeighMP Is the Treasurer afraid of freedom of speech? Surely this is a contestable market & Frydenberg has the entire Treasury to draw on if he has no arguments of his own!

ALeighMP NYT are FakeNews! One thing Andrew is right about is that we the people are no longer in a bubble. We are getting red pilled, thanks to the internet. Lefty lunacy no longer controls the narrative. MakeAustraliaGreatAgain! WWG1WGA QAnon

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