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Luke Arnold, centre, as Martin Scarsden in hit BBC adaptation of Chris Hammer’s Scrublands against b (Image: BBC / Easy Tiger / Getty / AP)
Being a political consultant is a high-risk job. Careers can be short and brutal. But former journalist Chris Hammer might just hold the record for the speediest exit, having spent just three weeks as a special adviser to an upcoming Australian politician.
Happily, a lucrative book and TV contract rather than scandal triggered his departure.
“I quit…