Q+A audience member booted from studio after asking pro-Russia question that ‘advocated violence’

Stan Grant tells Sasha Gillies-Lekakis to leave ABC show in response to ‘rogue’ question that the host says supported killing people in Ukraine

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There hasn’t been so much drama on Q+A since an audience member threw a shoe at then prime minister John Howard as he was talking about Australia’s involvement in the war in Iraq 12 years ago.

On Thursday night a pro-Putin member of the Q+A audience was dramatically booted out of the ABC studio by the host, Stan Grant, after he asked a question that Grant said “advocated violence” against Ukrainians.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/04/qa-audience-member-booted-from-studio-after-asking-pro-russia-question-that-advocated-violence