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Thursday 3 October
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
David Marr’s revelatory Quarterly Essay on (then) PM-in-waiting Tony Abbott made national headlines. Now, he’s turned his merciless eye to Cardinal George Pell, leader of the Catholic Church in Australia and Abbott’s confessor – at a time when the church’s handling of sexual abuse is being closely investigated.
How did Pell rise to prominence? How has he handled abuse claims in the past? And how deep does his political influence go? Marr answers all that and more. Heather Ewart will chair the conversation.
Featuring
Heather Ewart
Heather Ewart is a much loved, award-winning journalist and the popular host of Back Roads. In a career at the ABC spanning four decades, she’s been senior political reporter for flagship TV and radio news and current ...
David Marr
David Marr’s Killing for Country, A Family Story published in 2023 tracks his great-great-grandfather’s time in the Queensland Native Police during the 1860s, the bloodiest years of the Frontier Wars. In his time as a ...