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TIL 100 years ago Rupert Murdoch's father, a journalist, conspired with anti-Semitic war historian Charles Bean, to convince the Prime Minister of Australia to de-mote Australian General and commander of the Western front John Monash, a man stongly admired by his troops and of Jewish heritage.

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