Patricia Karvelas

About

Patricia Karvelas is a prominent Australian journalist, beginning her professional career at the ABC and SBS 20 years ago.

She currently presents Radio National’s flagship radio current affairs programme RN Breakfast. Patricia co-hosts the ABC’s popular weekly political podcast, The Party Room. She is acting host of the ABC TV Q+A program.

She has previously presented Afternoon Briefing on ABC news TV at 4pm every day.

Patricia has worked for the Australian as political correspondent in the Canberra press gallery. She was also employed as the Australian’s Victorian Bureau Chief and Editor, and Senior National Affairs Journalist.

Past Events

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New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Indigenous Voices

Jim Remedio, Patricia Karvelas, Kelly Briggs

Past event

10 Oct

New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Misogyny Much? The gendered newsroom

Patricia Karvelas, Kate Torney OAM, Ellen Whinnett, Gael Jennings

Past event

11 Oct

The 2020 Stella Prize Announcement

Julia Gillard, Patricia Karvelas, Louise Swinn, Jaclyn Booton

Past event

14 Apr

Julia Gillard: Women and Leadership

Julia Gillard, Patricia Karvelas

Past event

11 Aug

Broadly Speaking

Parliamentary Privilege: Bias, Boys’ Clubs and Women in Politics

Celeste Liddle, Julia Banks, Yasmin Poole, Patricia Karvelas

Past event

3 Aug

M/OTHER

Mum's the Word Gala

Pragya Agarwal, Sophie Beer, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Tony Birch, Monica Dux, Clementine Ford, Jan Fran, Esther Freud, Mali Hawke, Eliza Hull, Patricia Karvelas, Libby O’Donovan, Ronnie Scott, Rachel Yoder