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Unforgettable Australian TV

Guardian Australia is looking back on Australian TV history: the shows, characters, moments and scenes that defined us, for better or worse

  • Here is the full 15-minute speech by former prime minister Julia Gillard that has been voted the most unforgettable moment of Australian TV history by Guardian readers

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    Julia Gillard misogyny speech voted most unforgettable Australian TV moment: watch in full – video

  • The Prime Minister Julia Gillard prepares to address the CEDA State of the Nation conference at a breakfast in the Mural Hall of Parliament House in Canberra this morning, Monday 23rd June 2013. Photograph by Mike Bowers #politicslive

    'It took on a life of its own': the story behind Julia Gillard's misogyny speech

  • Stills from some of the most unforgettable moments of Australian TV history.

    What's the most unforgettable Australian TV moment? Guardian Australia's poll results

  • Julia Gillard delivers what became known as her ‘misogyny speech’ in parliament in October 2012.

    Julia Gillard's misogyny speech voted 'most unforgettable' moment in Australian TV history

  • Nina, from Offspring, following the death of her partner, Patrick.

    Why do TV writers keep killing the people we love?

  • Molly (Anne Tenney) suffering from leukaemia, comforted by husband Brendan (Shane Withington) in A Country Practice.

    How Molly's death on A Country Practice touched a nation: 'the writers’ room was shedding tears'

  • Weatherman attacked by pelican.

    The irrepressible joy of Australian news bloopers: from distressingly human to extremely bird

    International news bloopers tend to be small slips in a ruthless professional operation. But when they happen in Australia, they’re phenomenal
  • Cathy Freeman on the track with two flags draped around her neck

    I watched Cathy Freeman win gold at the Sydney Olympics. That moment still inspires me today

    Anita Heiss
  • Roy Slaven and H.G Nelson with Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat on air

    'Put a gap in em': how Roy and HG's The Dream skewered the Sydney Olympics

  • Drazic, teenage hearthrob, on Heartbreak High, an Australian soap from the 90s.

    'It was insane': Callan Mulvey on being Drazic, the heartthrob of Heartbreak High

  • MasterChef 2010 winner Adam Liaw and runner-up Callum Hann, surrounded by past contestants, family members and celebrity chefs

    It's not about the risotto: MasterChef gave Australia an unvarnished look at human nature

    Adam Liaw
  • The Q&A panel on 21 May 2019, including Alan Jones, Alice Workman and Christopher Pyne, with then-host Tony Jones

    I created Q&A because I wanted to give Australians a way of holding politicians to account

    Peter McEvoy
    The strength and passion of the show’s audience exposes the best and worst of people in power. Consider, for example, Tony Abbott
  • Shari Sebbens in The Heights, Deborah Mailman and Aaron Pedersen in Mystery Road

    The golden age of Indigenous television is here – and it's changed Australia forever

    Shari Sebbens
    From Redfern Now to Mystery Road, Indigenous people have seized control of the small screen. For actor Shari Sebbens, it’s a realisation of her dreams
  • Contestants on Big Brother Six

    ‘It was pretty scary’: the Big Brother 'turkey slap' that rocked reality TV

    Big Brother Australia guaranteed heroes, villains and drama. It didn’t foresee a sexual assault
  • Brigid Delaney

    The Secret Life of Us broke the mould with its honest depiction of twentysomething culture

    Brigid Delaney
    Followed by Love My Way and Tangled, the series was first in a triptych of Australian dramas that made a whole generation feel seen and heard
  • Australian actor Max Brown

    'Boat person, ladyboy or drug dealer': how Australian TV sidelines Asians

    Her first audition felt ‘ridiculous’, says Yumi Stynes, who still does a headcount of non-white people whenever she turns on TV. She’s not the only one
  • Grahame Bond as Aunty Jack

    Aunty Jack: how a lovable moustachioed thug in a dress brought colour to Australia

    At midnight on 1 March 1975, Australia’s networks were finally sanctioned to switch to colour. The Aunty Jack Show’s rule-breaking team had other plans ...
  • Tom Ward, Josh Thomas and Keegan Joyce in Please Like Me

    Please Like Me raised the bar for Australian TV comedy. It also tore my heart out

    Benjamin Law
    Not only did Josh Thomas’s show set the standard for The Family Law, but it gave us a new expectation of what TV comedy can do
  • Molly from A Country Practice, Lou in Love My Way and Patrick in Offspring

    Serial killers: Australian TV simply loves to murder its own characters

    Clem Bastow
    When Guardian Australia asked readers for TV moments they’ll never forget, hundreds replied with deaths. But are these morbid scenes losing their impact?
  • On 8 November 1988, 20m viewers watched Scott and Charlene’s wedding on Neighbours.

    From Tony and CJ to Scott and Charlene: six unforgettable weddings on Australian soap operas

    Mid-ceremony miracles, jilted brides, fan petitions and revival tours – anything can happen in the world of soap opera weddings, and often does

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