Sport and Persons with Disabilities Minister Kent Hehr and his team beat won the friendly tug-of-war match on the Hill Oct. 3 against Conservative MP Alex Nuttall and his team. Rookie Liberal MP Emmanuella Lambropoulos is pictured right pulling for her team. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Sport and Persons with Disabilities Minister Kent Hehr‘s team beat a team assembled by Conservative MP Alex Nuttall, the shadow minister for sport and persons with disabilities, in a friendly tug-of-war challenge on Oct. 3.
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