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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Don Watson
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'Don Watson began his literary career an academic historian, but soon moved on to political satire and speechwriting. He wrote political satire for the comedian Max Gillies, and then became speechwriter for Prime Minister Paul Keating.

'Since 2003 Don has been documenting the viral spread of management-speak and the decline of public language on weaselwords.com.au. He is a regular contributor to Australian public debate, including in The Age and The Monthly.'

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  • Transcript available on the website.

  • ​​​​​​​Show notes

    • Don enjoyed reading Steele Rudd as a child, and has vivid memories of studying Shakespeare’s King Lear.Show notes
    • Don considers Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita as two of the best novels ever written.
    • Don was speechwriter for Prime Minister Paul Keating at the time Keating delivered the 1992 Redfern speech. He also refers to Keating’s 1993 Remembrance Day speech, the Unknown Soldie.
    • Don considers to Aristotle’s The Art of Rhetoric as essential knowledge for speechwriters today. (Source : https://thegarretpodcast.com/don-watson/ )

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      2017 .
      Link: 23462446Access online Sighted: 18/11/2021
      Extent: 41 mins 21 secsp.
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      • Posted 28 September 2017
      Series: y separately published work icon The Garret : 2017 Nic Brasch (interviewer), Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2017 14750868 2017 series - publisher interview podcast

      A literary podcast and transcript by writers for writers about writers.

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