Summer special: The End of Certainty with Katharine Murphy
In our summer special series, we bring you some of our favourite guests from the Australia Institute’s webinar series in 2020. In this episode, Ben Oquist talks to The Guardian’s chief political correspondent Katharine Murphy about her Quarterly Essay ‘The End of Uncertainty’ and what the pandemic revealed about Australia, Scott Morrison and his government.
The full webinar is available on the Australia Institute’s YouTube channel here, this was recorded live on Sep 23, 2020.
Host: Ebony Bennett // @ebony_bennett
Guests:
Katharine Murphy, political editor, The Guardian // @murpharoo
Ben Oquist, executive director, The Australia Institute // @benoquist
Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey
Theme music: Jonathan McFeat from Pulse and Thrum
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