One From The Archives: Laura Tingle Sits Down With Tina Quinn

This week, the ABC's Chief Political Correspondent for 7.30, Laura Tingle found herself at the centre of a media maelstrom, following her weekend comments on a panel at the Sydney Writers Festival in which she referred to Australia as 'a racist country' and went on to criticize the budget reply speech of Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton.

News Corp publications all followed with fierce condemnation of her comments, in what some are describing as a Murdoch pile on.

This week we decided to look back at Tina Quinn's conversation with Laura Tingle from June, 2021; in which she reflected on the Murdoch media's relentless attacks on the ABC, and the declining state of political discourse in Australia.

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