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Revealed: MP's Speech Partly Written By Property Developer Lobbyist

Revealed: MP's Speech Partly Written By Property Developer Lobbyist
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Fairfax

A speech Turnbull government MP Stuart Robert gave to Parliament defending the Gold Coast property developer Sunland was substantially written by the lead lobbyist for the company.

Fairfax Media can reveal that former Tony Abbott staffer-turned-developer-lobbyist Simone Holzapfel was the true author of whole sections of the speech that Mr Robert delivered in November 2012.

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