What really changed in 2025 – and what didn’t?In this special Year in Review episode of Pearlcast, host Catriona Jackson is joined by John Menadue, Karen Middleton and Greg Barns for a candid, ...

In this third episode of Pearlcast from John Menadue’s Pearls and Irritations, we ask a confronting question: What role did foreign powers play in the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975?To help unpack this extr...

In this second episode of Pearlcast from John Menadue’s Pearls and Irritations, we return to the dramatic events of 11 November 1975 – the day the Governor-General dismissed the Whitlam Labor government.Presenter and Pearls and Irritatio...

Episode 1: Prof Jenny Hocking & John MenadueIn this first episode of Pearlcast from Pearls and Irritations, we begin a powerful three-part series on one of the most consequential events in Australia’s political history: the di...

Pearls and Irritations Editor Catriona Jackson previews Pearlcast - The Dismissal - a new three part series looking at the dismissal of the Whitlam Government.