Summer special: What we learned about Australia from Wikileaks with Jennifer Robinson and Peter Cronau
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, Ebony Bennett talks to barrister and member of Julian Assange’s legal team Jennifer Robinson, as well as investigative journalist Peter Cronau about what Wikileaks revealed about Australia and the new book A Secret Australia, from Monash University Publishing, edited by Felicity Ruby and Peter Cronau.
The full webinar is available on the Australia Institute’s YouTube channel here.
Host: Ebony Bennett // @ebony_bennett
Guests:
Jennifer Robinson // @suigenerisjen
Peter Cronau, investigate journalist, co-editor of the book // @PeterCronau
Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey
Theme music: Jonathan McFeat from Pulse and Thrum
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