In conversation with Yves Rees: Wednesday 19 November 2025 – ESTHER ANATOLITIS
Esther Anatolitis will be speaking about her new book, When Australian Became a Republic, with Yves Rees. >>> Full details and tickets| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
“As co-chair of the Australian Republic Movement, Esther Anatolitis is on a mission to see Australia cut ties with the monarchy. On the 50th anniversary of Gough Whitlam’s dismissal, she has written a book, curiously named When Australia Became A Republic. “The title is inspired by the many times Australians have done things their own way, […]| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
Esther Anatolitis will be speaking about her new book, When Australian Became a Republic, with Yves Rees. >>> Full details and tickets| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
Superb conversation this evening with the excellent Michael Rowland. Great to get to discuss When Australia Became a Republic in such depth. >>> Listen back: the ABC Radio National HourFirst broadcast 6:00pm Monday 29 September 2025| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
Delighted to join Paul Culliver on Mornings at ABC Newcastle to talk When Australia Became a Republic. >>> Listen back from 2:02:16| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
Hans van LeeuwenInternational Economics Editor “Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, landed in London this week to catch up with his political soulmate, Sir Keir Starmer. “He has been a regular visitor to Britain since taking office just over three years ago, having attended both the funeral of Elizabeth II and the coronation of King Charles. […]| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
Laughing at the Royal Family is an age-old tradition, from jesters in medieval courts to Monty Python, The Windsors and Australia’s Rubbery Figures. Turns out the very notion of a king or queen is actually really quite funny. Nations led not by the person whose expertise and vision earned the job, but the person whose mum or dad just […]| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
For 85 years, Meanjin has published the essays of Australian writers. The magazine’s founding editor, Clem Christesen, wanted Meanjin’s writers ‘to reveal and clarify our life by …| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
On 11 November 1975, the dismissal of the Whitlam Government plunged the nation into a political crisis. Fifty years on, the events of November 1975 remain the most contested and consequential in Australian political history. This one-day symposium, presented by the Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University in partnership with the Australian Studies Institute within […]| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
Talking public space and independent media, I was honoured to join Daniel Burt, Nat Harris and Jason Moore for RRR’s Radiothon 2025. Dig deeper everyone! >>> Listen back on RRR from 1:16:38| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
There’s a very telling question I’m fond of asking artists, writers and journalists about the single most critical factor responsible for that impactful career choice...| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
It’s easy to connect the politics behind axing The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; it’s less straightforward to join the dots on why so many Australian talk shows are gone.| ESTHER ANATOLITIS
