Summer special: The High Road with Laura Tingle

featuring Ebony Bennett and Ben Oquist

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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 ABC 730’s chief political correspondent Laura Tingle about her new Quarterly Essay: The High Road – what we can learn from New Zealand. Hosted by Alex Sloan.

The full webinar is available on the Australia Institute’s YouTube channel.

Host: Alex Sloan // @sloaniealex

Guests:

  • Laura Tingle, chief political correspondent, ABC 730 // @latingle
  • Ben Oquist, executive director, The Australia Institute // @benoquist

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Theme music: Jonathan McFeat from Pulse and Thrum

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