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Ebony Bennett

Ebony Bennett began her career as a journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Financial Review. She appears regularly as a commentator on ABC and Sky News and has a fortnightly column in The Canberra Times. She is deputy director of the Australia Institute and host of its Follow the Money podcast.

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