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For the final Fifth Estate of 2017, Sally Warhaft and guests George Megalogenis and Alice Workman will look back at the year in Australian politics.

The panel will dive deep into the issues that have dominated this year’s domestic headlines, from energy policy to housing affordability. They’ll look at the major events that have attracted international attention, too: the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the same-sex marriage postal survey and the crisis following the closure of the Manus Island detention centre.

This is the year Bill Shorten freestyled, Pauline Hanson wore a burqa into the Senate and the federal government managed to cause a diplomatic incident with New Zealand. Join us as we reflect on the wild ride of 2017 – from the citizenship debacle to Adani and beyond.

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Sally Warhaft

Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre’s live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year, a Wheeler Centre podcast about Australians’ lives in the fog of ... Read more

George Megalogenis

George Megalogenis is an author and journalist with three decades’ experience in the media. The Australian Moment won the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-fiction and the 2012 Walkley Award for Non-fiction, and formed the basis for his ABC documentary series Making Austral... Read more

Alice Workman

Alice Workman is the political reporter for BuzzFeed News, based in the Press Gallery at Parliament House. 

She’s the Friday political commentator on RN Breakfast with Fran Kelly, and host of BuzzFeed Australia’s political podcast, Is It On?.

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