As Scott Morrison tried to shift Australia’s focus to the drought, and the cash rate fell below 1 per cent, Donald Trump’s paranoia followed the prime minister home. Paul Bongiorno on the week Alexander Downer became a Clinton spy and the phone call that might haunt The Lodge.

Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno.

Background reading: 

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

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