“.. Alan Jones told uni students’ dinner Julia Gillard’s father ‘died of shame’..”

“..Alan Jones, the Australian radio host, has – like Mitt Romney – learned the perils of being loose-lipped at an ostensibly private function -

- after a journalist secretly recorded a speech in which he declared that Julia Gillard’s father died “of shame”.

Jones, whose remarks were universally condemned after being published in yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph – was addressing a dinner held by the Sydney University Liberal Club.

There were gasps and shocked laughter among the 100 students when he made the reference to John Gillard -

- who died last month while the Prime Minister was at the Apec leaders’ summit in Russia…”

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Radio host ‘eats crow’ over PM jibe – World – NZ Herald News.

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