2026 Festival

Speaker Profile

Niki Savva

Niki Savva is an award-winning journalist, author and political commentator. Niki has worked for The Australian, the Herald Sun and the Age as a correspondent and bureau chief. She is a regular columnist with The Age and the SMH and appears on ABC's Insiders. She has written five books. Her latest, Earthquake, the election that shook Australia, includes a selection of her columns and a detailed analysis of the 2025 election which brought the Liberal Party to the brink of extinction. 

The Political Lunch

Thursday April 23
The Baths Sorrento
12.00pm / 120 mins

Paul Kelly, Tom McIlroy and Niki Savva with Barrie Cassidy

Our Festival Lunch at The Baths, hosted by Barrie Cassidy, will present three respected political journalists, in discussion over a wonderful two-course meal and drink on arrival

Dear Prime Minister: Where are all the BIG ideas?

Saturday April 25
The Ballroom, The Continental
1.00pm / 60 mins

Paul Kelly, Amy Remeikis and Niki Savva with Natasha Mitchell

This session is supported by the Sorrento Chamber of Commerce