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[But the conservation, local government and ethnic affairs minister claims that he wasn't sure what he was bidding for at the time.] I was getting a hard time from the audience who were saying I was a rich MP and I should contribute, so I hadn't even really looked at the picture, ... Now that I've got it, I'm not quite sure who I can give it to. But I don't think I'll be hanging it in my ministerial office.

Chris Carter

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