Why Liberal candidates want Julie Bishop
Spend a morning on the hustings with Julie Bishop and it is quickly apparent why she's the minister in hottest demand among Liberal candidates.
Deborah Snow is a senior writer with The Sydney Morning Herald and a former federal political reporter for the Australian Financial Review. She has also served as foreign correspondent for ABC-TV in Moscow and London, and as a reporter on Four Corners.
Spend a morning on the hustings with Julie Bishop and it is quickly apparent why she's the minister in hottest demand among Liberal candidates.
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