australian politics
7 movies and shows
Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line
Thu, 04 Jul 2024
Across a 45-year career ‘The Oils’ helped shape modern Australia with anthems like “US Forces”, “Beds Are Burning” and “Redneck Wonderland”. Featuring unseen footage and interviews with every band member, alongside signature moments including the outback tour with Warumpi Band, their Exxon protest gig in New York and those famous “Sorry” suits at the Sydney Olympics, Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line traces the journey of Australia’s quintessential rock band.
Curtin
Sat, 21 Apr 2007
1941. A country in crisis. A new man in power. Leadership demands and personal demons are set to collide. The story of John Curtin as he faces his first six months as Prime Minister, confronting in quick succession, the tragedy of Pearl Harbour, the fall of Singapore, the bombing of Darwin and a furious battle with Churchill over the deployment of Australian troops. This is a raw and intimate story of a driven and inspirational leader - a man who struggles to battle his own personal demons while serving and protecting a country at war.
A Royal Commission Into The Australian Economy
Wed, 05 May 1993
Dame Victoria Market, under instructions from the Queen, holds an enquiry into why the Australian ecconomy does not work.
Hinterborough
Wed, 01 Mar 2023
A small Australian island town burned to a cinder one night. Why? In this short you will learn about the history of the autonomous municipality of Hinterborough. A broadcaster breaks down the reasons the preventable disaster that ravaged the island took hold.
The Campaign
Thu, 21 Nov 1996
Follow Australian politician Paul Keating's 1996 election campaign told from the perspective of Santo Cilauro who traveled in the media pool.
Joh: Last King Of Queensland
Sat, 07 Jun 2025
Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen reigned over Queensland for 19 tumultuous years (1968–1987). Hugely popular, he presided over enormous growth, but corruption raged under his tenure, as did electoral manipulation and often violent suppression of dissent. This film tells Joh’s story through rare archival footage and revelatory interviews, exploring a life shaped by a hard yakka, god-fearing upbringing on his family’s farm. Trump’s spectre is evoked in Joh’s famously mangled and meandering way of speaking – brilliantly dramatised by Richard Roxburgh – alongside his unyielding execution of power and the desperate denial of his final days in office.
The Legend of Fred Paterson
Tue, 09 Apr 1996
The story of Fred Paterson, member for Bowen in the Queensland parliament in the 1940s and the only Communist Party member ever elected to any Australian parliament.