Having come to this Q&A format reluctantly,it has become a labour of love.
While Kerry O’Brien has lost faith in the state of politics,he strongly believes the Australian people will seize the nation-building opportunity of The Voice referendum.
Renowned journalist Kerry O’Brien has labelled a drift towards authoritarianism as the most serious threat to the free press.
The veteran journalist has said there is something “fundamentally wrong with a system that can produce such a deeply insensitive and divisive decision”.
Before he died,veteran broadcaster Paul Murphy used to tell the story about an angry phone call he once got from a certain former prime minister. On Thursday,that same former PM,Paul Keating,praised him as a servant of the public interest.
Watching the former ABC veteran on Monday night’s Q&A,you couldn’t help but think to yourself:what if?
He started with a joke,but the gloves came off as laughter rippled through the room.
The Walkley Award-winning journalist Kerry O'Brien discusses the topics we're told to keep private.
Kerry O'Brien's new book documents the big moments in postwar history,including a withering study of how John Howard perfected the politics of division.