'Speak truth to crazy': Labor's blunt advice as Turnbull meets Trump
A remarkable but largely unheralded shift on the US alliance has taken place in the ranks of the Opposition
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Daniel Flitton
Daniel Flitton is senior correspondent for The Age covering foreign affairs and politics. He is a former intelligence analyst for the Australian government and was at one-time a university lecturer specialising in international relations.
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Push to target private companies for alleged abuses on Nauru and Manus
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