In Conversation with Michelle Grattan

The bell has been rung, the shadow campaign is now official, and we head to the polls on May 21.

Join one of Australia’s sharpest political minds for an afternoon discussing the democratic deliberation of the 2022 federal election.

The Conversation’s Editor Misha Ketchell will interview The Conversation’s Chief Political Correspondent Michelle Grattan about the policy, bold proposals, tricks and mud-slinging expected from the election campaign.

This is your chance to ask one of Australia’s leading political journalists all your burning #auspol questions.

About the speakers:

Michelle Grattan is one of Australia’s most respected political journalists. She has been a member of the Canberra parliamentary press gallery for decades, during which time she has covered all the most significant stories in Australian politics. She was the former editor of The Canberra Times, was Political Editor of The Age and has been with the Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald. Michelle currently has a dual role as Chief Political Correspondent at The Conversation with an academic position at the University of Canberra and as Associate Editor (Politics).

Misha Ketchell is the Editor of The Conversation Australia and New Zealand. He has been an editor and journalist for more than 25 years. He was previously founding editor of The Big Issue Australia and editor of Crikey, The Reader and The Melbourne Weekly. He was also a reporter and feature writer at The Age and spent several years at the ABC where he was a TV producer on Media Watch and The 7:30 Report and an editor on The Drum.