In December, Cbus chairman and Labor Party president Wayne Swan took to the stage in a niche historical re-enactment.
He was playing a peacekeeping umpire named Edmund Barton (yes, that one) in a retelling of the Sydney Riot of 1879, which was sparked by a contested call at the Sydney Cricket Ground. It was part of a live taping of (exceedingly) cerebral cricketing podcast The Final Word. Hey: you had to be there.
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Myriam Robin is Rear Window editor based in the Melbourne newsroom. A Rear Window columnist since 2017, she previously reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com
