

Joh: Last King of Queensland
A captivating and cautionary portrait of one of Australia’s most controversial politicians, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, whose career can be seen as a playbook for the Trump era.
Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen reigned over Queensland for 19 tumultuous years (1968–1987). Hugely popular, he presided over enormous growth, but corruption raged under his tenure, as did electoral manipulation and often violent suppression of dissent. This film tells Joh’s story through rare archival footage and revelatory interviews, exploring a life shaped by a hard yakka, god-fearing upbringing on his family’s farm. Trump’s spectre is evoked in Joh’s famously mangled and meandering way of speaking – brilliantly dramatised by Richard Roxburgh – alongside his unyielding execution of power and the desperate denial of his final days in office.
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- Language
- English
- australian politics
- queensland, australia
- queensland
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Availability for Australia. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.
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Release dates
AustraliaAU
- PremiereSydney Film Festival7 Jun 2025
- TVMA 15+22 Jun 2025
- PremiereVision Splendid Outback Film Festival29 Jun 2026
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Joh: Last King of Queensland was released on 7 June 2025.
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