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Sex ban between ministers and staffers

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has banned sex between ministers and staff after criticising his deputy for a “shocking error of judgment” in having an affair with a staff press secretary. Deputy Australian Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, a Catholic who campaigned on “family values” has been married for 24 years, and is expecting a child with his former staffer in April.

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