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If you’re still catching up on the latest twist in Christian Porter’s ongoing travails, my colleague Paul Karp has written this helpful explainer on the blind trust and why it matters.

Related: Christian Porter’s legal fees: what is a blind trust and what must MPs disclose?

Birmingham is asked about Christian Porter’s disclosure that a blind trust paid part of his personal legal fees.

Birmingham says he won’t offer a personal opinions, but concedes the disclosure is “unusual” and “raises some serious questions”.

The prime minister has done the right thing by acknowledging that this instance raises some serious questions. That’s why he has asked for precise and proper advice from his department, and I look forward to that being received and the prime minister will, no doubt, then act on that advice accordingly.

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