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Overview paul keating is one of australias most intriguing, controversial and reforming political figures. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read keating. In a 50year career, kerry has worked for newspapers, television and wire service, and as a foreign correspondent. Kerry obrien details life in the news seniors news.
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Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. The life of one of australias most intriguing public figures, former prime minister paul keating, as told to the countrys most influential political interviewer, kerry obrien. Kerry obrien, a memoir connect with unisa university of south. But as veteran journalist kerry obrien predicts in the introduction to this very long book, we are never going to get an autobiography from paul keating. Former prime minister paul keating faces veteran interviewer kerry o brien.
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