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Ricky Muir: a working class hero is something to be

3 August 2016

11:39 PM

3 August 2016

11:39 PM

Cosmopolitans were horrified when country sawmill worker Ricky Muir was elected to the Senate in 2013 as a representative of the Motoring Enthusiasts Party. When the celebrated “roo poo” video surfaced a few days after the poll Fairfax sniffed: “In a video taken from his YouTube account, which was made private soon after the election on Saturday night, Mr Muir appears to be filmed taking part in a backyard kangaroo faeces fight.

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