Ranked #1
Peter Greste: "There's another problem quite beyond the fame - I'm a convicted terrorist."
Peter Greste: "There's another problem quite beyond the fame - I'm a convicted terrorist."
Foreign correspondent Peter Greste explains how to survive in an Egyptian prison for 400 days, watching a colleague die ... Read more
3 Dec 2017
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32mins
Ranked #2
Drama scriptwriter Bevan Lee: "I don't think overall in Australian drama there tends to be enough emotion."
Drama scriptwriter Bevan Lee: "I don't think overall in Australian drama there tends to be enough emotion."
Since the 1980s, Lee has described Australia to itself via the medium of commercial television drama, working on Sons an... Read more
9 Sep 2018
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41mins
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Ranked #3
Janet Albrechtsen: "I worked out very early on in this job that you make a new set of friends every week and a new set of enemies.
Janet Albrechtsen: "I worked out very early on in this job that you make a new set of friends every week and a new set of enemies.
Janet Albrechtsen is an opinion columnist with The Australian who came to the paper after a career in law. She sat down... Read more
11 Feb 2018
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29mins
Ranked #4
Barrie Cassidy: "There are more partisan journalists (now) than there ever were in the past"
Barrie Cassidy: "There are more partisan journalists (now) than there ever were in the past"
It's hard to imagine the ABC without Insiders, the television show that reshaped the broadcaster's Sunday morning politi... Read more
21 Oct 2018
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33mins
Ranked #5
Campbell Brown: "The publishers who built businesses on Facebook around clickbait have seen their traffic plummet."
Campbell Brown: "The publishers who built businesses on Facebook around clickbait have seen their traffic plummet."
Facebook's head of news partnerships Campbell Brown is a serious journalist who worked at NBC, CNN and won an Emmy Award... Read more
12 Aug 2018
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29mins
Ranked #6
Dan Box: "True Crime is so hot right now... I just wanted to reach across and slap him."
Dan Box: "True Crime is so hot right now... I just wanted to reach across and slap him."
Former crime reporter at The Australian Dan Box has spent the past three years covering the Bowraville murders in print,... Read more
14 Oct 2018
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35mins
Ranked #7
Michael Rowland: "I loathe this word chemistry, absolutely hate it. People talk about breakfast tv... or radio duo having chemistry. I just think it's pretty artificial."
Michael Rowland: "I loathe this word chemistry, absolutely hate it. People talk about breakfast tv... or radio duo having chemistry. I just think it's pretty artificial."
The Australian’s Media Diarist Stephen Brook interviews Michael Rowland, co-host of ABC New Breakfast. The two engage in... Read more
28 Oct 2018
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35mins
Ranked #8
Chris Kenny: "I am old enough and ugly enough not to worry about being loved."
Chris Kenny: "I am old enough and ugly enough not to worry about being loved."
The Australian’s Chris Kenny today talks about why he is leaving Sky News for radio, whether Kevin Rudd really tried to ... Read more
10 Dec 2017
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28mins
Ranked #9
Miranda Devine: "Andrew Bolt and I don't talk any more."
Miranda Devine: "Andrew Bolt and I don't talk any more."
Controversial News Corp columnist Miranda Devine explains why she said no to same-sex marriage, how column writing is a ... Read more
26 Nov 2017
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34mins
Ranked #10
Feature writer Trent Dalton: "They will size you up, and open that friggin door, and that's a beautiful trust exercise."
Feature writer Trent Dalton: "They will size you up, and open that friggin door, and that's a beautiful trust exercise."
Media Diarist Stephen Brook interviews The Weekend Australian Magazine staff writer Trent Dalton, discussing the intense... Read more
23 Sep 2018
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50mins
Ranked #11
Russel Howcroft: "If you're in the business of spending your marketing money, where to put that money is tough."
Russel Howcroft: "If you're in the business of spending your marketing money, where to put that money is tough."
Russel Howcroft, an industry veteran who this year celebrates a decade on The Gruen Transfer, the hit ABC advertising pa... Read more
4 Feb 2018
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33mins
Ranked #12
Julian Morrow: "As often happened at The Chaser sometimes we only really discovered where the line was by looking back over our shoulder"
Julian Morrow: "As often happened at The Chaser sometimes we only really discovered where the line was by looking back over our shoulder"
The Chaser has been a unique part of the media landscape and at its centre has been Julian Morrow, who trained as a lawy... Read more
28 Jan 2018
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38mins
Ranked #13
Amanda Keller: "With Jonesy I fight far more than I do with my husband."
Amanda Keller: "With Jonesy I fight far more than I do with my husband."
Amanda Keller talks about how she tackles early mornings as the host of WSFM's breakfast radio show, being the first fem... Read more
19 Nov 2017
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30mins
Ranked #14
Anton Enus: "The apartheid masters did everything they could to exert pressure on the organisation to conform to the message they wanted to send out."
Anton Enus: "The apartheid masters did everything they could to exert pressure on the organisation to conform to the message they wanted to send out."
Back on our screens after being diagnosed with bowel cancer two years ago, Anton Enus says the whole experience changed ... Read more
7 Oct 2018
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43mins
Ranked #15
Paul Kelly: "Predictions are cheap, particularly if you get them wrong"
Paul Kelly: "Predictions are cheap, particularly if you get them wrong"
The Australian's editor-at-large, Paul Kelly, gives his account of Australia's recent political turmoil and discusses th... Read more
2 Sep 2018
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25mins
Ranked #16
NT News Editor Matt Williams: "I love crocodile stories... I'm less obsessed with aliens and UFOs than my previous counterparts"
NT News Editor Matt Williams: "I love crocodile stories... I'm less obsessed with aliens and UFOs than my previous counterparts"
The Northern Territory News is a tabloid paper which has grown a global reputation for it's quirky coverage of life in A... Read more
26 Aug 2018
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36mins
Ranked #17
Mia Freedman: "social media pile ons happen, they're mortifying when you're on the bottom of them."
Mia Freedman: "social media pile ons happen, they're mortifying when you're on the bottom of them."
The MamaMia founder sits down for her first extensive interview after her annus horribilis, and discusses why she contin... Read more
21 Jan 2018
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44mins
Ranked #18
Ita Buttrose: "If you want the big roles I've held you have to be tough."
Ita Buttrose: "If you want the big roles I've held you have to be tough."
Ita Buttrose is a media figure who needs no introduction. She founded Cleo magazine in the 1970s, then became editor in ... Read more
18 Feb 2018
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34mins
Ranked #19
Helen McCabe: "I had no idea, about magazines. My advice... is don't let that stop you"
Helen McCabe: "I had no idea, about magazines. My advice... is don't let that stop you"
Helen McCabe is one of the most powerful women in media, with a resume ranging from editing the Australian Women's Weekl... Read more
19 Aug 2018
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43mins
Ranked #20
Mark Schoofs: "I began to learn the power not of opinion, not of empathy ... but of simply hard fact."
Mark Schoofs: "I began to learn the power not of opinion, not of empathy ... but of simply hard fact."
Mark Schoofs heads a global team of investigative reporters for BuzzFeed News. He set up the team that has prosecuted im... Read more
5 Aug 2018
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43mins