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Joe Aston, Columnist
Joe Aston writes The Australian Financial Review's Rear Window column on weekdays, while his Saturday column, The Adventures of Joe Aston, appears in AFR Weekend. Joe also reports on cricket for Fairfax Media titles and for Wide World of Sports on the Nine Network. He is based in Sydney.
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