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How much do you really know about the 11th of November 1975?
You’ve probably heard that famous 'Well may we say' speech made by Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on the day he was sacked by the Queen’s representative ... or seen the grainy footage from the steps of old parliament house. But do you properly understand the extraordinary events leading up to the most dramatic day in Australian political history? How did The Dismissal actually happen?
This audio series takes you inside the highest circles of power to uncover pieces of this story that have never been told before ... with lessons we should never forget. Host Alex Mann seeks out new clues and perspectives about what actually happened via first-hand accounts, many previously untold, bringing to life the scandals and subplots that changed the nation forever.
How much do you really know about the 11th of November 1975?
You’ve probably heard that famous 'Well may we say' speech made by Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on the day he was sacked by the Queen’s representative ... or seen the grainy footage from the steps of old parliament house. But do you properly understand the extraordinary events leading up to the most dramatic day in Australian political history? How did The Dismissal actually happen?
This audio series takes you inside the highest circles of power to uncover pieces of this story that have never been told before ... with lessons we should never forget. Host Alex Mann seeks out new clues and perspectives about what actually happened via first-hand accounts, many previously untold, bringing to life the scandals and subplots that changed the nation forever.
The Eleventh is an explosive thriller teasing out everything you never knew about one of the most famous chapters of Australian political history – the dismissal of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.
Alex Mann is an award-winning Sydney-based journalist with the
ABC's flagship investigative radio documentary program, Background
Briefing. His reporting has taken him across the country from the
APY Lands in northern South Australia, to Dalby in south-east
Queensland. In 2017 he was recognised as South Australia’s
Journalist of the Year and won several other media awards for his
reporting with ABC TV’s 7.30 program. Alex has previously reported
for triple j's Hack program in Brisbane and got his first break
reading sports reports in French for SBS Radio's Programme
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can easily experience ABC content, the ABC shares Australian
stories with the nation and the world. Alex Mann is an
award-winning Sydney-based journalist with the ABC's flagship
investigative radio documentary program, Background Briefing. His
reporting has taken him across the country from the APY Lands in
northern South Australia, to Dalby in south-east Queensland. In
2017 he was recognised as South Australia’s Journalist of the Year
and won several other media awards for his reporting with ABC TV’s
7.30 program. Alex has previously reported for triple j's Hack
program in Brisbane and got his first break reading sports reports
in French for SBS Radio's Programme Français.
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