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A leading Australian politician has apologised to NZ Business Roundtable chief Roger Kerr for plagiarism in a new book.
Deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop is in trouble for not attributing his words in an essay under her name in the book.
Some parts of Ms Bishop's essay, Liberals and Power: The Road Ahead, are lifted word-for-word from a speech Mr Kerr made in 1999.
The book is to be published this week.
