Geoffrey Blainey on the vandalism of historic statues, and the geopolitics of Coronavirus conspiracies
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Preserving the past Geoffrey Blainey — who coined the term ‘the tyranny of distance’, is one of Australian’s most prolific and well known historians.  He discusses Australia’s record on race relations and the removal of historic statues.  Also, the geopolitics of Coronavirus conspiracies What do state actors like China and Russia hope to gain from spreading disinformation on the virus? And how do fringe domestic groups like QANON and anti-vaxxers fit in?
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