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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Lucy Bladen

Factional deals, burnt bridges and big favours that will decide next chief minister

There won't be a statue. No parade in the streets. Hardly even a champagne cork will fly, let alone the issuing of a public statement. But quietly, no doubt, Chief Minister Andrew Barr would have marked the milestone.

Barr became the ACT's longest serving Chief Minister this week, overtaking his former boss, Jon Stanhope, the Labor stalwart turned political thorn-in-the-side.

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