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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade

Q+A audience member booted from studio after asking pro-Russia ‘rogue’ question

Q+A host Stan Grant orders an audience member to leave the ABC studio
Q+A host Stan Grant orders an audience member to leave the ABC studio on Thursday. Photograph: ABC

There hasn’t been so much drama on Q+A since an audience member threw a shoe at then prime minister John Howard as he was talking about Australia’s involvement in the war in Iraq 12 years ago.

On Thursday night, a pro-Putin member of the Q+A audience was dramatically booted out of the ABC studio by the host, Stan Grant, after he asked a pro-Russia question that Grant said was not vetted by producers.

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