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The personal cost of a ferocious lockout law debate
Among the best honoured rules of political combat is that while elected representatives are fair game, their families are not, without very, very good reason.
Sean Nicholls is the State Political Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.
Among the best honoured rules of political combat is that while elected representatives are fair game, their families are not, without very, very good reason.
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