The Fifth Estate
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For the final Fifth Estate of 2019, George Megalogenis returns to reflect with host Sally Warhaft on the year in Australian politics.
They’ll discuss the early manoeuvres of Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese, and some noteworthy arrivals (hello, Gladys Liu) and departures (bye bye, Tony Abbott) in the 46th federal parliament. They’ll talk, too, about the stories that made domestic headlines – including the ABC police raids, George Pell’s conviction, climate strikes, the Aged Care Royal Commission and the Uluru climbing ban – as well as how major international news events were felt here in Australia. What do these stories and controversies reveal about our country and our culture?
It’s been a wild ride of a decade in Australian politics, with seven prime ministers in 10 years. What does the next year – and the next decade – hold in store?
Who?
Sally Warhaft
Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer and the host of the Wheeler Centre’s live journalism series, the Fifth Estate, now in its sixth year. She is a former editor of the Monthly magazine and the author of the bestselling book Well May We Say: The Speeches that Made Australia.
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 Australia Great.
The Fifth Estate
Our long-running current affairs series, The Fifth Estate, is a mainstay of the Wheeler Centre programme. With our in-house news anchor Sally Warhaft at the helm, it's a series of in-depth conversations with guests from the world of politics, culture, journalism and international relations. It's free, it's fortnightly and it's rigorous long-form interviewing at its best.
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