The Scribe: portrait of Freudenberg, author of the speech that changed Australia

Legendary Labor speechwriter Graham Freudenberg was at the centre of power for more than 40 years. A new film sheds light on the man who wrote the script

There are moments in history when the whole fate and future of nations can be decided by a single decision. For Australia this is such a time.

The policy speech given by Gough Whitlam for the 1972 Labor federal election campaign launch resonates down the decades. Whitlam’s stentorian delivery, his stirring promises of equality, of sweeping social change, his breathtaking ambition for the future, his certainty and conviction; with that speech he strode into history.

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