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Shorten reportedly approached to become French envoy, tensions on Gaza spill over, and Matt Keogh creates a government-size headache over military recruitment
Immigration clashes, legal threats, interest rate warnings, wage rises, $620,000 speechwriters and cash-waving MPs: Alex Ellinghausen was there to capture it all.