The New History Wars – Undermining Our National Cultural Institutions; The History Of Aussie Rules Footy And The Geelong Football Club; Federal Politics With Chris Wallace

Historians Professor Michelle Arrow and Professor Frank Bongiorno speak about the disturbing new history wars, which have seen several of Australia's national cultural institutions suffer severe cumulative federal funding cuts over decades with damaging effects. For example, the National Library of Australia has taken an unprecedented step and closed access to its manuscript collections for seven months to repair a leaking roof. This will have enormous effects on the work of academics, students, historians, and everyday Australians who use this unique collection. Michelle and Frank also talk about the National Cultural Policy to be developed and what needs to change to protect our nation's heritage and cultural institutions. To mark the Geelong Football Club's 2022 AFL premiership win, we re-aired a special interview with former Vice-President of the Geelong Football Club Bob Gartland and Geelong Gallery Director Jason Smith. They discuss the history of Aussie rules football and the second oldest continuous sporting organisation in the world – the Geelong Football Club. Bob and Jason explore the inextricable link between the Geelong Football Club and the city of Geelong, and talk about Bob’s massive historical GFC collection, which was on show in 2019 for the Geelong Gallery's exhibition, The Greatest Team of All—treasures from the Bob Gartland Collection. Professor Chris Wallace stops by to talk about federal politics, including the introduction of federal ICAC legislation, the impending federal budget, Labor's management of the COVID pandemic, and more.