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Australia鈥檚 new prime minister laughed off the idea yesterday that he and his high-powered wife are Australia鈥檚 answer to 鈥淗ouse of Cards,鈥 joking that the only similarity between himself and Frank Underwood is that they both have rowing machines.
Malcolm Turnbull, the multi-millionaire former journalist, deposed Tony Abbott in an internal Liberal Party vote a week ago to become prime minister.
Yesterday he faced the tongue-in-cheek suggestion that he and his wife, philanthropist and former lord mayor of Sydney Lucy Turnbull, could be compared to the ruthless characters of Frank and Claire Underwood from the hit Netflix show.
The political drama documents Frank Underwood鈥檚 murderous rise to become president of the United States with the coldly unyielding support of his philanthropist wife Claire, who harbors political ambitions of her own.
鈥淚 have nothing in common with Frank Underwood other than that we both use a rowing machine,鈥 Turnbull joked to the Seven Network鈥檚 Sunrise program. 鈥淏ut I鈥檝e got a different model.鈥
He spoke as his wife said she was still in the process of reviewing her business portfolio for potential conflicts one week after her husband鈥檚 swift rise to power.
The 57-year-old former lawyer and investment banker is chair of biotech firm Prima Biomed and deputy chair of Sealink Travel, and has links to academia and the arts.
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