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Politics podcast: Sarah Ferguson on The Killing Season uncut

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In 2015, the ABC aired a gripping documentary series covering the tumultuous Rudd-Gillard era. This week, the series’ writer and interviewer Sarah Ferguson has released a book developed from the documentary.

Ferguson tells Michelle Grattan she longed for a single villain or a single narrative that she could pursue to the ends of...

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