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Coping with a little John Howard

8 October 2016

9:00 AM

8 October 2016

9:00 AM

Once, long ago, I made the mistake of signing a change.org petition. I have received unwanted correspondence from them ever since.

Their latest bit of litter lobbed into my in-tray the other morning, demanding I sign a petition against Sydney University’s plan to confer an honorary doctorate on the ‘racist and war criminal’ John Howard.

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