Sky News host Paul Murray says footage of Labor Senator SenKimCarr snoozing while Labor Senator KKeneally talks is a case of not being able to “hide the true effect she has as a public speaker.”
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Sky News host Paul Murray says footage of Labor Senator Kim Carr snoozing while Labor Senator Kristina Keneally talks, is a case of not being able to “hide the true effect she has as a public speaker.” “Politics sometimes can frankly be a boring business, but the participants in it are not supposed to show us how boring it is,” Mr Murray said. “Kim Carr, you sleep for a nation."
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