2026 Festival
Speaker Profile
Heather Ewart
Heather Ewart is an award-winning journalist and was the popular host of ABC TV’s Back Roads. During her four decades as an ABC journalist, Heather worked as a foreign correspondent in London, Washington and Brussels as well as in other senior reporting roles.
Special Event
The American Breakfast: Where to for this crumbling empire?
Friday April 24
The Ballroom, The Continental
8.00am
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60 mins
Emma Shortis, Bruce Wolpe and Don Watson with Heather Ewart
Advance Australia Fair: How to reset, re-unite and become our best selves?
Sunday April 26
Halcyon Hall, The Continental
3.00pm
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60 mins
Wesley Enoch, Barry Jones, Julianne Schultz with Heather Ewart
Around 45% of Australians believe their country is more polarised than ever before. How does this increasing sense of division sit with traditional national values of mateship, equality and a fair go for all? Our panel discusses a possible road map for the future.
This session is supported by Thomson Geer