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David Marr was 33 years old when he was appointed editor of the National Times, but his tenure was short lived.
He was spectacularly sacked within two years, but his unmatched prose would see him become an internationally renowned biographer, and an award winning journalist for his coverage of the deaths of Aboriginals in custody for the ABC's Four Corners program.
In part two of his conversation with Tina Quinn, David discusses his extraordinary career reporting on the leading social issues of our time, like racial injustice, gay rights, and the plight of asylum seekers.
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David Marr’s extraordinary career as a journalist, broadcaster and biographer, has seen him write about the most interesting and controversial people in Australian history.
From Kevin Rudd and George Pell to John Howard and Bill Henson, his work he says has been about trying to explain the "contradictions" of his subjects.
As part of our ongoing series of profiles, David joined Tina Quinn in studio talk about his upbringing in the conservative Australia of the 1960s, coming to grips with being gay at a time when homosexuality was still criminalized, the "halcyon" days of journalism at the National Times, and his much revered biographies of Chief Justice Sir Garfield Barwick and the world renowned Australian writer Patrick White.
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The world's media has brought us spectacular images out of Syria this week, as the brutal dictatorship of the country's President Bashar al-Assad crumbled this week, in a moment being compared to the fall of the Berlin Wall, and one which promises to reshape the landscape of power in the Middle East.
Joining Tina Quinn to discuss this seismic moment:
Lyse Doucet, the BBC's Chief International Correspondent who is currently in the Syrian capital of Damascus, Kareem Shaheen from New Lines Magazine, and Paul Conroy the filmmaker and photographer; who whilst working in the region was brutally injured by the same Syrian shelling which claimed the life of his friend and colleague, Marie Colvin.
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When Maxine McKew first entered the world of journalism in 1974, her home state of Queensland was ruled by the “oppressive” government of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, where police corruption was rife and the media was largely stifled.
She rose through the ranks of the ABC on programs like This Day Tonight, Nationwide and The Carleton-Walsh Report, and became the first woman appointed as the public broadcasters Washington Correspondent.
At her height, hosting Lateline and The 7.30 Report, she was known as one of Australia’s finest current affairs interviewers, but she gave it all up for a career in politics, unseating then Prime Minister John Howard in the seat of Bennelong.
As part of our ongoing in-profile series, Maxine joined Tina Quinn in studio to talk about an extraordinary career which saw her blaze the trail for other female journalists, and gave her a front seat to history.
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As Australia prepares for a forthcoming election year, predictions are coming left, right and center as to what way it might go.
Journalist and author, George Megalogenis thinks we could be looking at a minority government as the changing politics of Australia continues to take shape.
But who will hold the balance of power, why has the electoral map continued to change, and how is our own fourth estate’s report card looking when it comes to explaining it all to its audience?
The former press gallery reporter and longtime political commentator joined Tina Quinn to discuss.
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For close to forty years, Alan Jones, inspired adoration from his passionate listeners, and both fear and loathing from the politicians whose public popularity he could make or break.
This week, Child Abuse Squad detectives arrived at the luxury home of the 83 year old to arrest him, charging him with 26 offences, involving nine victims.
His arrest is the latest chapter in the downfall of one of Australia's most controversial figures, a man described by one of his alleged victims as being “more powerful than the prime minister”.
Tina Quinn was joined by Kate McClymont and Chris Masters, both of whose work examining the life, power and influence of Alan Jones has led to this moment.
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This week we dip back into the Fourth Estate archives and revisit Tina Quinn’s interview with ABC broadcaster, Geraldine Doogue.
This interview was originally broadcast in December of 2020.
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In what was an incredibly decisive vote from the US electorate, following an incredibly divisive election, Donald J Trump will return to the White House in January, becoming the 47th President of the United States.
Had she been elected, Vice President Kamala Harris would have made history as the country's first female President, but American voters decided on a different precedent.
Joining Tina Quinn to analyse the media coverage and its impact on the result was Danielle Allen (formerly of The Washington Post), Nick Bryant (formerly of the BBC), Amelia Lester (Foreign Policy Magazine) and David Folkenflik (NPR).
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George Negus cut an iconic figure in the Australian media industry. One of the original stars of 60 Minutes when it was first established in Australia, he redefined the medium of television journalism.
His multi-decade career saw him go head to head with world leaders like Margaret Thatcher, Muammar Gaddafi and Australia's own Bob Hawke.
He brought stories from all four corners of the globe home to Australians, in his knock-about, down to earth style that became known as quintessential Negus.
Ray Martin and Jennifer Byrne both joined Tina Quinn in studio to remember their friend and colleague, who passed away aged 82, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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A year on from last year's referendum, and the deep divisions laid bare during its bitter campaign remain. With minimal progress made on Indigenous affairs, the path ahead for Australia's First Nations communities looks increasingly bleak. Daniel James and Clare Armstrong join Tina Quinn to discuss the difficult conversations the media is still failing to navigate.
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A year on from the beginning of what has become the deadliest uprising of violence between Israel and Palestine that we've ever seen, this week we turn our eye on the language often used by the media when reporting on this conflict.
Joining host, Tina Quinn to discuss is the ABC's Paul Barry, and Al Jazeera's, Meenakshi Ravi.
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The Watergate scandal was already unfolding when Jeff McMullen arrived in the United States in 1972, having just been appointed as the ABC's New York Correspondent.
He would spend the next decade filing compelling stories for Four Corners on the turmoil surrounding nuclear waste, uranium mining and the plight of the Native Americans.
During his years covering the Reagan White House, Jeff made the difficult decision to leave the ABC for the Nine Network's 60 Minutes, at a time when current affairs television was at its peak.
In part two of his conversation with Tina Quinn, Jeff discusses these extraordinary decades and the purpose that still guides him.
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Within 12 months of joining the ABC in 1966, 18 year old Jeff McMullen took his very first posting as a Foreign Correspondent to Papua New Guinea.
It was the beginning of a multi-decade career, which would see him cover the Watergate scandal in the United States, the coup in Chile, the famine in Eritrea and the genocide in Guatemala.
As part of our ongoing series of profiles, Jeff joined Tina Quinn in studio talk about what began his attraction to far flung places, his love for storytelling and his desire to better understand humankind.
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This week we again dip back into the Fourth Estate archives, to August of 2021, when Tina Quinn assembled journalists Jeff McMullen, Chris Masters and Morag Ramsay to commemorate the 60th birthday, Four Corners.
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The first round of voluntary redundancies from Nine Entertainment have been announced, with 85 journalists at what was once the Fairfax papers, packing their bags.
But could the supposed bloodletting lead to a worsening prognosis for Australia's largest media company?
Journalists Jonathan Green, Kerry-Anne Walsh and Scott Mitchell join Tina Quinn to discuss.
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Its been more bad news this week for the already embattled Seven Network, with Four Corners airing a searing expose into the commercial broadcaster's workplace culture.
The picture painted was one of bullying, harassment and misogyny.
Four Corners Investigative Reporter, Louise Milligan joined Tina Quinn and Virginia Haussegger, who herself navigated a multi-decade career in television news and current affairs to discuss the allegations uncovered.
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When Margaret Throsby first came through the doors of the ABC in 1967, as the new “announcer” on staff, she was the only woman in a room full of men.
As part of our ongoing series of profiles, the incomparable broadcaster joined Tina Quinn in studio to talk about the remarkable 56 year career that followed.
The word legend is often generously bandied about, but its fitting for the famously velvet voiced presenter, who in 1978 would become the first woman to read the news for ABC Television, encouraging commercial networks to quickly follow suit, and who is thought to have conducted over 15,000 interviews during her decades long career.
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There's a new presidential candidate in town, and her name is Kamala Harris. Proving that a week is a very long time in politics, the presumptive nomination of the vice-president to the top of the Democratic ticket has changed the conversation surrounding the 2024 US election yet again.
Joining Tina Quinn to analyse these latest developments is political reporter for The Washington Post, Mariana Alfaro, and features editor for The Age, Maher Mughrabi.
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We're still months away from the US election, and already the 2024 presidential race is proving even more tumultuous than previous years, with a gunman opening fire on the former President, Donald Trump at a political rally.
Now many are wondering whether the attempt on Trump's life may have sealed the fate of the election?
Tina Quinn is joined by Walkley award-winning journalist, Hamish Macdonald and US political commentator, Kim Hoggard to discuss.
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To kick off Fourth Estate’s series of profiles, radio trailblazer Angela Catterns joined Tina Quinn in studio to talk about a career thats included getting fired for sounding “too intelligent”, smoking spliffs in the Triple J studios and knocking Alan Jones from number one.
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