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John Laws.(Disagreeable Portraits)(Richard John Sinclair Laws)(Biography)

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| September 01, 2005 | Meagher, Roderick | COPYRIGHT 2005 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

JOHN LAWS is a very important person, or, as he would (and in fact has) put it, "Australia's Legendary Broadcaster, Iconoclast, Social Observer and Wit."

His full name is Richard John Sinclair Laws, and he boasts a CBE and OBE. He is an immigrant. He was born in New Guinea, and fled to Australia when the Japanese threatened his native land. He was educated at Knox College (if you please). He did not go to any university. And yet, according to his entry in Who's Who, he "broadcasts to sixty-five stations throughout Australia". His favourite audiences are taxi drivers and housewives, which is a tribute to the discernment of those groups. He does not belong to any ...

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