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Tuesday 03 April
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
How do headline-grabbing stories about powerful figures in the media affect the broader Australian culture?
The #MeToo movement began in the US – with the Harvey Weinstein revelations in October 2017 – and it quickly spread around the globe. In this discussion, we’ll look at how #MeToo is playing out here in Australia with two guests who approach the subject from very different angles.
Investigative reporter Kate McClymont broke the Don Burke sexual harassment allegation story late last year. George McEncroe is the founder of Shebah, an all-female rideshare service (in the style of Uber), which launched last year too.
With Sally Warhaft, our guests will discuss how #MeToo is changing public conversation and affecting private lives. Can #MeToo benefit all women or are the gains of the movement restricted to certain sections of society? What are women riding with Shebah saying about harassment and everyday safety in Australian cities? And how will feminists respond to a #MeToo backlash?
Featuring
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 ...
George McEncroe
George McEncroe is the CEO and founder of Shebah, Australia's ridesharing service for women. While trying to safely get her four kids where they needed to go and support her family as a single mum, she came up with an idea for a business: ridesharing that allowed an all-women fleet of drivers to earn income whenever suited them, and that provided worry-free transport for women and children. Now that she's turned her idea into a reality, she's added CEO to the list of roles on her resumé, which include stand-up comedian, breakfast radio host, ABC producer and more.
George started her career in comedy after becoming a Victorian Finalist for Raw Comedy. Her debut one-woman show for Melbourne International Comedy Festival won her a Best New-Comer nomination. George has appeared on Spicks and Specks, Can of Worms and is a regular guest co-host on The Circle. She can be heard on 3AW, 774 and Radio Australia as well as occasionally popping up on Triple R.
Kate McClymont
Kate McClymont is an investigative journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald. She is a five-time winner of journalism’s most prestigious award, the Walkley, including the Gold Walkley for her coverage of the Bulldogs salary cap rorts.
She was named the 2012 NSW Journalist of the year for her investigations into the fraudulent activities of Michael Williamson, the head of the Health Services Union and the business activities of former NSW Labor minister, Eddie Obeid.
McClymont is also the recipient of numerous other awards including six Kennedy Awards, the Australian Shareholders’ Association Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting (1992), The NSW Law Society’s Golden Quill award for excellence in legal reporting (1990 and 1992), Australian Racing Writer of the Year (1995) and the Australian Sports Commission Media Award (2002). She also won the 2012 George Munster Award for Independent Journalism.
In 2016 she was awarded the Australian Press Council’s Press Freedom Medal for her work as an investigative journalist.
From 2015 to 2017, Kate was chairman of the Walkley Advisory board and a director of the Walkley Foundation. In 2017, she was inducted in the Media Hall of Fame for her contribution to the industry.
With her colleague Linton Besser, she has published He Who Must Be Obeid, which chronicles corruption in NSW.
She graduated with a B.A. (Hons) from the University of Sydney, and is currently serving a second term as a Fellow of the Senate of the university.