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several years ago. To the world at large, David and Kate present as compelling, evenly-matched adversaries but a paranoid Kate fears that their complicated history is a trump card waiting to be played. Told in six parts, building to an election-night finale, this is a cat-and-mouse game, played out on a grand scale.
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Ballard, Labor Premier of Victoria and Member of Parliament for Richmond. Former Minister for Planning, Education, and Deputy Premier. Succeeded Rob Hutchens as Premier a year and a half prior to the start of the
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Victoria in the next term?
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16:Australian television series
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1399:"PARTY TRICKS 106 CREDITS"
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658:"The Campaign Trail"
221:Production locations
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548:Australian viewers
197:Executive producers
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630:Christine Bartlett
556:"The Announcement"
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393:and Imogen Banks.
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988:Asher Keddie
978:Logie Awards
817:The Meeting
731:Emma Freeman
697:Emma Freeman
694:"The Debate"
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624:"The Launch"
539:Directed by
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216:Imogen Banks
213:John Edwards
148:Bryony Marks
96:Asher Keddie
83:Emma Freeman
37:Season 1 DVD
25:Party Tricks
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1437:11 November
888:The Debate
841:The Launch
627:Kate Dennis
593:Kate Dennis
559:Kate Dennis
542:Written by
508:Gareth Yuen
462:Kaiya Jones
456:Colin Moody
327:Network Ten
275:Network Ten
227:, Australia
184:of episodes
130:Kaiya Jones
126:Colin Moody
115:Ash Ricardo
80:Kate Dennis
77:Directed by
1549:Categories
1507:1 November
1485:23 October
1463:20 October
1411:20 October
1383:6 November
1357:20 October
1329:28 October
1303:23 October
1277:14 October
1251:13 October
1009:References
992:Nominated
741:2014-11-10
707:2014-11-03
673:2014-10-27
637:2014-10-20
603:2014-10-13
569:2014-10-06
401:Production
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293:2014-10-06
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55:Romance
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1191:1 July
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974:2015
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