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Boris Johnson’s mispriced Australian tour fizzles out

The former UK prime minister is no longer hot property on the corporate speaking circuit.

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When you’re hot, you’re hot. And when you’re not, well, don’t take the piss.

So along came Boris Johnson, who for the second summer running made the trip Down Under. Last year it was as after-dinner speaker at this masthead’s Business Person of the Year awards. This time he was brought here to hawk his new political book by promoter Max Markson.

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Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.distefano@afr.com

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