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Australia's first political assassination, plus the man who led Japan into war
Journalist Debbie Whitmont revisits the 1994 murder of John Newman MP - a crime billed as Australia's first political assassination - and the man still behind bars, Vietnamese refugee and political aspirant Phuong Ngo. Plus, a new biography of Hideki Tojo challenges assumptions about Japan's ruthless wartime leader.
Guests:
Debbie Whitmont, journalist and author of The Man Who Couldn't Wait: The true story of Australia's first political assassination
Dr Peter Mauch, historian and author of Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General
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