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Shortcut: The Real Romper Stomper

Shortcut: The Real Romper Stomper

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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.


The current rise of Antisemitism and “White Power” groups in Australia is not unprecedented.


In fact, as recently as 1992, Russell Crowe’s career was launched by his role as a brutal skinhead in the seminal Australian film Romper Stomper.


Andrew Kirby is one of the men that movie was about and he joins us to talk about Neo Nazism in Australia, and his subsequent internal journey to reform.


For Support:


Lifeline on 13 11 14


13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)


1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732


CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram

Guest: Andrew Martin Kirby

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard


John Clifford White's Romper Stomper theme appears at the beginning of this episode.


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