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Alex Mitchell

Federal pollies take getting fit for office literally

Marathoner Andrew Leigh was the runaway winner of parliament's Fit for Office challenge. (HANDOUT/WALDECOMMS)

An epic head-to-head fitness battle between two prominent MPs has highlighted the need for Australia to address its "appalling" chronic disease and mental health record.

Labor's Andrew Leigh and the coalition's Angus Taylor duked it out for the four-week Fit for Office competition, a campaign designed to inspire people to get active and fuel conversation about the need for exercise.

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