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First day to Australia for our current finance minister, Mathias Corman

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He fell in love with a country while falling out of love with the girl who brought him here. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann visited Perth in the mid '90s to meet a then girlfriend's parents. But he fell in love with the city - and eventually made Australia his home.

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He fell in love with a country while falling out of love with the girl who brought him here. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann visited Perth in the mid '90s to meet a then girlfriend's parents. But he fell in love with the city - and eventually made Australia his home.

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