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Australia's PM in damage control as sex scandal undermines deputy

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. [Photo: Courtesy]

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull brushed aside suggestions of a rift in his coalition government on Sunday, saying there were “no issues” between the Liberal and National parties in the wake of a sex scandal that has swamped Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

“I can assure you that the relations are very strong,” he said at a televised press conference in Melbourne.

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