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David Marr

About

David Marr is the author of Patrick White: A Life, Panic, The High Price of Heaven and Dark Victory (with Marian Wilkinson). He has written for the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, the Saturday Paper, the Guardian and the Monthly, and been editor of the National Times, a reporter for Four Corners and presenter of ABC TV’s Media Watch.

He is the author of five bestselling Quarterly Essays in addition to the latest, Quarterly Essay 65, The White Queen: One Nation and the Politics of Race.

Past Events

Quarterly Essay - Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd

David Marr, Robert Manne

16 Jun

The Late Great

The Late Great Patrick White

David Marr, Stephen Armstrong, David Musgrave, Kerry Walker

22 Feb

Intelligence Squared Debates

The Catholic Church is a Force for Good in the World

Libby Rogerson, Julian McMahon, Peter Kennedy, Helen Coonan, David Marr, Anne Summers

15 Nov

Quarterly Essay - Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott: David Marr

George Megalogenis, David Marr

12 Sep

The Wheeler Centre Gala 2013: Where the Wild Things Are

Luka Lesson, Josephine Rowe, Monica Dux, Alison Lester, Anthony Morgan, David Marr, Hannie Rayson, Clare Bowditch, Robyn Davidson, Arnold Zable, Bruce Pascoe

9 Feb

Quarterly Essay: David Marr on George Pell

Heather Ewart, David Marr

3 Oct

Quarterly Essay: David Marr on Bill Shorten

David Marr, Sophie Black

23 Sep

Bedtime Stories: Kate Holden, Chloe Hooper, David Marr and Darren Hanlon

Erik Jensen, Kate Holden, Chloe Hooper, David Marr, Darren Hanlon

6 May
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