Summer Series – Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics with Katharine Murphy [Webinar]
Our summer podcast series brings you some of the best conversations from our webinars in 2022.
A prime minister in the making, and a nation on the move. In Lone Wolf, Katharine Murphy offers a new portrait of Anthony Albanese. She reveals a leaderwho has always had to think three steps ahead, who was an insurgent for much of his professional life, but had to learn to listen and devise “strategies of inclusivity” to win the 2022 election.
This was recorded on Tuesday 6th December 2022 and things may have changed since recording.
The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute
Speaker:
Katharine Murphy, Political Editor at the Guardian Australia // @murpharoo
Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett
Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey
Edited by: Emily Perkins
Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
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