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3 September 2026

Thrown shoes, sabotaged launches and exposed affairs: the drama of Australian political publishing

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Thrown shoes, sabotaged launches and exposed affairs: the drama of Australian political publishing

The most striking example of performance politics in Joshua Black’s entertaining book comes when an audience member at a 2010 taping of the now-defunct ABC show Q&A throws a shoe at former prime ...

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