John Howard on the Australian Media

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24 August 2009Former Prime Minister John Howard has had a long and often complicated relationship with the Australian media. Here, addressing the newly opened Centre for Advanced Journalism at the University of Melbourne, he talks about how the reporting of politics changed over the course of his three decades in public life, and gives his opinion of some of the big stories of his career.

John Howard led the Liberal/National party Coalition as Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, and the member for the Sydney seat of Bennelong from 1974 to 2007. Before embarking upon a political career he worked as a solicitor.

 

 

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