Australian Story - Season 19 Episode 30 Before the Storm
4.80/10 by 5 users
This week’s program goes behind the scenes with a tenacious regional newspaper reporter who last year won Australia’s top journalism award. Joanne McCarthy’s exposure of a national scandal emerging in the Newcastle and Hunter Valley region played a large part in the establishment of one of Australia’s biggest-ever Royal Commissions. Her efforts so impressed former Prime Minister Julia Gillard that one of her last acts in office was to send a personal note to Ms McCarthy. As this program reveals, it’s been a marathon effort for both Joanne McCarthy and some of those closest to her, including her parents and ten siblings....
- Title: Australian Story
- Year: 2024
- Genre: Documentary, News
- Country:
- Studio: ABC TV
- Director:
- Cast: Leigh Sales
- Crew:
- Keyword: australia
- Runtime: 30 minutes
- IMDb: 4.80 / 10 by 5 users
- Popularity: 47.14
- First Air Date: May 29, 1996
- Last Air date: Oct 21, 2024
- Season: 29 Season
- Episode: 1063 Episode
- Language: English
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