4 Corners

Julia Gillard today said she never dodges questioning but there are some, including Labor backers, who wish she had last night. However, many of these tut-tutting critics would also have been piling into the Prime Minister had she snubbed the Four Corners interrogation.

Still, it looks strange she participated in a recounting of painful ancient history which further highlighted the bitterness brewed in June, 2010 when she knocked over Kevin Rudd.

And agreement to the interview exposed the Prime Minister to questions she had difficulty handling, such as whether she knew her staff were preparing a leadership speech two weeks before the ousting of Kevin Rudd, and what she knew of party polling at the time.

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There was a moment in last night’s brilliant episode of 4 Corners that might have undermined Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott’s argument the whole filming exercise was about posterity.

As the deliberations over the hung parliament arrived at absolute crunch time Bob Katter got uncomfortable with the ABC camera and said he would rather the crew left the office where he was meeting with his fellow regional independents.

But Windsor and Oakeshott had other ideas. You can watch the whole episode here.

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