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One Nation senator for NSW Sean Bell has declared his interests. The Queenslander, who didn't live in NSW when he was appointed to the Senate, has bought a house on the Central Coast.
openpolitics.au/48/sean-bell
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Sean Bell's private interests
Houses, Shares, trusts, debts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/48/sean-bell
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Trump has given the PM a desk set with stationery. And a student called Florence has given him a friendship bracelet.
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Our latest article in
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. Rent seekers and Sinophobes just have to scream 'sovereign capacity' to get government handouts.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Following Senator Jacinta Price's offensive comments about Indian Australians the shadow immigration minister Paul Scarr has donated to an Indian charity. That'll fix it. Not.
openpolitics.au/48/paul-scar...
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Paul Scarr's private interests
Houses, Shares, trusts, debts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/48/paul-scarr#memberships-48
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One third of parliamentarians have disclosed at least one trust. The true number of politicians with assets in a trust is likely much higher.
@openpolitics.bsky.social
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Coalition politicians hide assets in three times as many private trusts as Labor
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/29/coalition-labor-politicians-hide-assets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1759107500-2
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Federal ministers aren't allowed to invest in companies. But there are no constraints on their family members or parliamentary colleagues outside the ministry.
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The company they keep: Where do your MPs invest their salaries? Search our database
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/what-shares-do-australian-mps-own/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1757982143-1
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A piece from me and Sean Johnson at
@openpolitics.bsky.social
today on where this parliament is investing. Plenty of graphs for you to play with, have a poke around!
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/w...
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The company they keep: Where do your MPs invest their salaries? Search our database
See which companies and industries are popular with MPs and their families, and check out parliamentās biggest shareholders.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/what-shares-do-australian-mps-own/
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49 politicians from outside the ACT have declared owning second residences in Canberra and nearby Queanbeyan. Incredibly, they are entitled to a travel allowance of $318 for every night they stay in their own home on parliamentary business.
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Landlord List: See how many properties your local MP owns
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/29/which-australian-politicians-own-multiple-properties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1756446398-3
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Deputy PM and Defence Minister Richard Marles would appear to no longer be a member of the exclusive Qantas Chairman's Lounge. Has he offended the Qantas CEO? Or did he fail to declare his membership?
openpolitics.au/48/richard-m...
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Richard Marles's private interests
Houses, Shares, trusts, debts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/48/richard-marles
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Assistant minister Rebecca White has failed to divest her shares as required under the ministerial code of conduct. We contacted her office to ask why she hasn't divested, but radio silence.
openpolitics.au/48/rebecca-w...
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Rebecca White's private interests
Houses, Shares, trusts, debts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/48/rebecca-white
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Labor MP Josh Burns has only ONE interest: a bank account. The only other he's declared is his partner's house. Curious he has not declared Qantas Chairman's Lounge and Virgin Beyond Lounge as he was a member in the last parliament.
openpolitics.au/48/josh-burns
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Josh Burns's private interests
Houses, Shares, trusts, debts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/48/josh-burns
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66 federal pollies (29%) have now declared their private interests to the 48th parliament. 160 have yet to do so with only five business days left before the deadline of 19 August. Poor form.
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Education Minister Jason Clare has declared his interests to the new parliament. He and Nationals senator Ross Cadell are the gold standard for disclosure. The PM is not.
openpolitics.au/48/jason-clare
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Jason Clare's private interests
Houses, Shares, trusts, debts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/48/jason-clare
4 months ago
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10 more MPs declared their interests to the new parliament today. 40 so far since 22 July. Only 186 to go.
openpolitics.au/register/bro...
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See your local MP's private interests
Houses, shares, trusts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/register/browse/48
4 months ago
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Labor MP Anne Stanley has quit the dodgy CFMEU and joined the formerly-dodgy Health Services Union.
openpolitics.au/48/anne-stan...
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Anne Stanley's private interests
Houses, Shares, trusts, debts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/48/anne-stanley#memberships-48
4 months ago
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30 of 226 MPs have declared their private interests to the new parliament. Deadline: 19 August.
openpolitics.au/register/bro...
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See your local MP's private interests
Houses, shares, trusts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/register/browse/48
4 months ago
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The most honest minister in the federal government? The economics geek who sits on the outer ministry because he won't be beholden to factions only owns one house, his wife a couple of diversified investments.
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https://openpolitics.au/48/andrew-leigh
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17 MPs have now declared their private interests to the 48th parliament. See who has. And hasn't. Deadline 19 August.
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Search for a politician
Houses, shares, trusts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/register/browse/48
4 months ago
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13 MPs have declared their interests to the new parliament - 213 have yet to do so. The deadline is 19 August.
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Search for a politician
Houses, shares, trusts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/register/browse/48
4 months ago
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Tasmanian Liberal senators Claire Chandler and Richard Colbeck are the first pollies to declare their interests to the 48th parliament.
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Claire Chandler's private interests
Shares, trusts, debts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/48/claire-chandler
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Greens Leader Larissa Waters has declared a loan from 'a family member'. Wonder what the repayment terms are like from the Bank of Mum and Dad? Or the Sibling Bank?
openpolitics.au/47/larissa-w...
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Larissa Waters's private interests
Assets, trusts, debts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/47/larissa-waters#liabilities-47
5 months ago
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Breaking: Greens senator Jordon Steele-John has closed his ANZ savings account. More to come.
openpolitics.au/47/jordon-st...
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Jordon Steele-John's private interests
Assets, trusts, debts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/47/jordon-steele-john
6 months ago
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Nearly 300 Australians own companies in the tax haven of Luxembourg. This article looks at four: a banker connected to an ex-president of Ukraine, a Bond Corp fraudster, an illegal drug supplier, and a Kremlin associate.
openpolitics.au/analysis/mys...
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The tax haven, the Ukrainian ex-president and a mystery Australian banker
Nearly 300 Australians are registered as beneficial owners of companies in the tax haven of Luxembourg. Today we look at four: a mystery banker, a Bond Corp fraudster, an illegal drug supplier, and a ...
https://openpolitics.au/analysis/mystery-australian-owns-company-with-ex-ukraine-president-tax-haven
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Here's a great documentary about the collapse of Scale Facilitation and its misuse of $76m in taxpayer funds. The founder David Collard flew Peter Dutton to Scale's New York office in 2022 at company expense, though it seems taxpayers picked up the tab.
realitylearning.org/dttc/
7 months ago
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Great to speak to David Marr yesterday on Late Night Live about the private interests of MPs.
#auspol
#corruption
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Pollies and their private interests, and a forgotten hero in forensics - ABC listen
Sean Johnson from Open Politics says Australia's federal parliament needs to act against MPs who fail to disclose their private interests. And journalist Pagan Kennedy shares the story of Marty Goddar...
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/discoslure-politics-australia-forensics-rape-kit-inventor/105104536
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Is it hypocritical to campaign on law and order after facing court yourself multiple times over the past six years? "Not at all," says One Nation candidate Sakellarios "Charlie" Bairamis.
@openpolitics.bsky.social
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'I took accountability': One Nation candidate with multiple brushes with the law campaigning on law and order
Sakellarios Bairamis believes in 'stronger measures to tackle crime'. He's also faced criminal court proceedings on five matters over the past six years.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/01/one-national-nt-candidate-federal-election-law-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1743483374-2
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One Nation candidate with multiple brushes with the law campaigning on law and order. Our piece today in
@crikey.com.au
#auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/01/o...
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'I took accountability': One Nation candidate with multiple brushes with the law campaigning on law and order
Sakellarios Bairamis believes in 'stronger measures to tackle crime'. He's also faced criminal court proceedings on five matters over the past six years.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/01/one-national-nt-candidate-federal-election-law-order/
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One Nation candidate Sakellarios "Charlie" Bairamis wants to crack down on criminal offenders. It's a bold move for someone who's faced criminal court proceedings on five matters over the past six years.
@openpolitics.bsky.social
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'I took accountability': One Nation candidate with multiple brushes with the law campaigning on law and order
Sakellarios Bairamis believes in 'stronger measures to tackle crime'. He's also faced criminal court proceedings on five matters over the past six years.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/01/one-national-nt-candidate-federal-election-law-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1743465725-2
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Appalling. Allegra Spender, one of parliament's richest MPs, has disclosed 3 new trusts without declaring the trusts' activities or beneficiaries as is required. Last week she was busted for not directorships in 7 companies and shareholdings in four.
openpolitics.au/47/allegra-s...
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Allegra Spender's private interests
Assets, trusts, debts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/47/allegra-spender
8 months ago
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How the fuck this is not Law already is fucking beyond me. Itās 2025 ā¦.
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Great to see Senator Payman supports in principle our proposed ban on politicians accepting gifts, junkets and hospitality. Another supporter is Indie MP Andrew Wilkie. Guess how many ALP and Coalition pollies are on board? ZERO.
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No such thing as a free lunch
Open Politics is calling on politicians to stop accepting gifts, sponsored travel and hospitality from vested interests. Help us by telling your local MP and senators that you donāt support this grubb...
https://openpolitics.au/analysis/no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch
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Wow! Independent MP Andrew Wilkie supports in-principle our proposed ban on MPs accepting gifts, sponsored travel and hospitality. Subject to an inquiry. He is the ONLY MP or senator so far to have responded favourably to our proposal.
#auspol
#gifts
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8 months ago
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Breaking: The Deputy Prime Minister's Chief of Staff has signed a confidential agreement to settle her workplace dispute with the Commonwealth, the DPM, and the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Tim Gartrell.
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Allegra Spender blames an 'oversight' for failing to declare seven directorships and four shareholdings. How does someone forget to declare this many interests? Extraordinary.
dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/tea...
9 months ago
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The shadow minister for government efficiency is not very efficient. Price's office told us 8 days ago that her undeclared directorship would "be rectified as soon as possible", yet she still hasn't declared it to the Interests Register.
@crikey.com.au
www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/14/j...
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Price fails to declare directorship related to family trust, blames 'oversight'
A late disclosure, an undeclared directorship, and unanswered questions about investments in Jacinta Nampijinpa Priceās discretionary family trust.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/14/jacinta-nampijinpa-price-family-trust-senate-interest-disclosures/
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Many thanks to former AFP officer Chris Douglas for presenting our anti-corruption seminar yesterday, How Good People Are Corrupted. Chris discussed how people are groomed to act corruptly and highlighted red flags on whether you are being groomed.
openpolitics.au/analysis/how...
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Seminar: How good people are corrupted
Join us for this eye-opening seminar on 17 March by a former AFP officer on how groups identify, target and soften public officials up to act corruptly.
https://openpolitics.au/analysis/how-good-people-are-corrupted
9 months ago
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In other words, no. The Opposition does not support our proposed ban on gifts from influence peddlers. If you live in a Coalition electorate email your MP today using the link below and tell them to support a ban.
openpolitics.au/analysis/no-...
9 months ago
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If you're as appalled as we are about MPs accepting gifts, junkets and hospitality then email your local MP via the link to tell them to support our proposed ban. Since we emailed all MPs 11 days ago NOT ONE has responded positively. But 7 candidates have.
openpolitics.au/analysis/no-...
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No such thing as a free lunch
Open Politics is calling on politicians to stop accepting gifts, sponsored travel and hospitality from vested interests. Help us by telling your local MP and senators that you donāt support this grubb...
https://openpolitics.au/analysis/no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch
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"The head of DOGE-lite could be a cabinet minister in the next couple of months, so the public needs to know whether the trustās investments could create a conflict of interest with her ministerial duties," writes Sean Johnson.
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Price fails to declare directorship related to family trust, blames 'oversight'
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/14/jacinta-nampijinpa-price-family-trust-senate-interest-disclosures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1741926261
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Senator Price won't divulge her investments in a family trust. She could be a minister in months, so the public needs to know in order to assess whether the investments could create a conflict of interest with her ministerial duties. Our piece in
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www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/14/j...
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Price fails to declare directorship related to family trust, blames 'oversight'
A late disclosure, an undeclared directorship, and unanswered questions about investments in Jacinta Nampijinpa Priceās discretionary family trust.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/14/jacinta-nampijinpa-price-family-trust-senate-interest-disclosures/
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Exclusive | Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has failed to declare her directorship of a family trust, in breach of resolutions on senators' interests.
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Price fails to declare directorship related to family trust, blames 'oversight'
A late disclosure, an undeclared directorship, and unanswered questions about investments in Jacinta Nampijinpa Priceās discretionary family trust.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/14/jacinta-nampijinpa-price-family-trust-senate-interest-disclosures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1741905885-2
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Coalition senator Claire Chandler and her husband are officially 'homeless' after selling their residential and investment properties in Blackmans Bay, Tassie. See how many properties your representatives own:
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Nearly 40% of MPs and their families own 3 or more properties
The Great Australian Dream of owning a home is all but dead for millions of young people, unless they have an account with the Bank of Mum and Dad. But not so for federal politicians, with many buildi...
https://openpolitics.au/analysis/nearly-forty-percent-of-mps-and-families-own-three-or-more-properties
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It's great to see some independent candidates support a ban on MPs taking gifts, travel and hospitality from influence peddlers. Congrats to
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Progress. Climate 200-backed Indie Nicolette Boele supports our proposed ban on politicians accepting gifts, junkets, and hospitality. It's a sad reflection on Canberra's culture of entitlement that only one sitting pollie, Nats Senator Ross Cadell, is open to reform.
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A start. Senator Ross Cadell shares our concerns about corruption risks from gifts, junkets and hospitality. While he doesn't support a ban he's open to imposing monetary limits and preventing foreign entities and foreign governments from giving.
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Are you sick of federal politicians accepting gifts, junkets, and sports tickets from influence peddlers? Do something about it by emailing your local MP and telling them to stop. Our campaign site will do it for you - just enter your address at the link below.
openpolitics.good.do/bangiftsjunk...
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Join me in supporting a ban on MPs accepting gifts, junkets and hospitality from vested interests.
Email your local MP and senators and tell them you don't support this grubby practice.
https://openpolitics.good.do/bangiftsjunketsandhospitality/nofreebies/
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Open Politics is launching a new campaign to stop politicians accepting gifts, junkets and hospitality from vested interests. Help out by telling your local MP and senators that you donāt support this grubby practice and want it banned.
openpolitics.au/analysis/no-...
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No such thing as a free lunch
Open Politics is launching a campaign to stop politicians accepting gifts, sponsored travel and hospitality from vested interests. Help us by telling your local MP and senators that you donāt support ...
https://openpolitics.au/analysis/no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch
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Must be a nice jacket. Patrick Gorman likes his special event jacket from an Open Government Partnership meeting so much that he's asked PM&C to invoice him for the value above the gift limit ($300 from private/$750 from govts).
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#Memories
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9 months ago
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New senator Leah Blyth's interests are available. She certainly is a Liberal. She's a shareholder and director of Liberal Club Limited, and a trustee and officeholder of the SA Division.
openpolitics.au/47/leah-blyth
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Leah Blyth's private interests
Assets, trusts, debts, gifts, free travel and hospitality
https://openpolitics.au/47/leah-blyth
9 months ago
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