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This event has been cancelled in line with current health advice and restrictions on travel from New South Wales. Our team is working on rescheduling the event to a later date. If you have tickets for this event, we’ll be in touch with you directly via email.

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With a career spanning over thirty years as a radio and television presenter, Norman Swan is a stalwart of the Australian media landscape. He’s presented ABC’s 7.30 and Four Corners and has been a frequent guest on The Drum and ABC Radio. More recently, Swan became a voice of truth and reason for thousands of Australians during the pandemic as the host of the ABC’s daily Coronacast podcast.

Over lunch at Montalto, Swan will discuss his career as a medical professional in the public eye, and his new book So You Think You Know What’s Good for You?. Bundling wellbeing and health tips, the book provides a practical and factual perspective, sans sensationalism.

Join one of Australia’s most trusted medical voices for a conversation about public health and communicating in a crisis. Hosted by Sally Warhaft.

Presented in partnership with Montalto

The bookseller for this event is Antipodes Bookshop and Gallery.

Featuring

Norman Swan

Trained in paediatrics, Dr Swan was one of the first medically qualified journalists in Australia, with a broadcast career spanning more than 30 years. He currently hosts ABC Radio National’s The Health Report and co-hosts Coronacast. He also reports on 7.30 and is a guest reporter on Four Corners... Read more

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

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Montalto

33 Shoreham Road Red Hill South Victoria 3937

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