Annika Smethurst - Political reporter, author and co-host of the Briefing
The Briefing27 Aug 2021

Annika Smethurst - Political reporter, author and co-host of the Briefing

Political reporter and author and co-host of The Briefing Annika Smethurst joins Jamila in this captivating conversation.

Annika is a double Walkley Award Winner, and has worked in the press gallery at parliament house in Canberra and now covers state politics for The Age newspaper in Melbourne.

In 2019 she became the accidental poster girl for press freedom when her house was raided by the Australian federal police over a story she wrote.

In today’s episode she sits down with Jamila to talk about, what drew her to journalism, losing her innocence after the AFP raided her home, and her new book ‘The Accidental Prime Minister‘ the first biography of Scott Morrison as PM.

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