Conspiracy Nation
ABOUT THE SHOW
If you’ve ever wondered why your uncle keeps banging on about fluoride at Sunday lunch, this compelling new book might explain it all. From Harold Holt to Min Min lights, Australia has no shortage of conspiracy theories. Journalists Wilson and Bogle dig deep into this paranoid worldview, examining our fascination with mysteries, how it can morph into something more sinister, and what it might say about our place in the world OR what it might say about us.
Supported by The University of Queensland
PART OF BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Cam Wilson is a Walkley Award-nominated reporter who covers internet culture, online extremism and politics. He’s currently Crikey’s Associate Editor and editor of the daily tech newsletter the Sizzle. Prior to this, he worked at the ABC, BuzzFeed News, Business Insider and Gizmodo.
Ariel Bogle is a reporter with a focus on technology, law and the internet. An investigations reporter at the Guardian Australia, she has won a Walkley Award for her journalism and worked in media in Australia and the United States for more than ten years. Previously, she was a technology reporter with the ABC. Her reporting has been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Australian Financial Review and Slate, among other outlets.
Ian Kemish AM served as Australian Ambassador to Germany, High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and in many other diplomatic roles across Europe and the Asia-Pacific. He was a leader for DFAT in international crisis management, including during major emergencies such as the 2002 Bali bombings. Today he works across the not-for-profit humanitarian and academic sectors, including as an Adjunct Professor at UQ, and is a regular commentator on international affairs. Ian’ first book, The Consul, was published by UQP in 2022. It provided an insider account of more than two decades of international crisis response by the Australian consular service. Ian’s first novel, Two Islands, will be published by UQP in early 2026. It draws both on his time working as a diplomat in the Balkans in the 1990s and his love for his ancestral Scottish Hebrides.
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18 months and under free on the knee; all other ages must hold a vaild ticket
Contains adult themes
Contains coarse language
Contains sexual references
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Cam Wilson is a Walkley Award-nominated reporter who covers internet culture, online extremism and politics. He’s currently Crikey’s Associate Editor and editor of the daily tech newsletter the Sizzle. Prior to this, he worked at the ABC, BuzzFeed News, Business Insider and Gizmodo.
Ariel Bogle is a reporter with a focus on technology, law and the internet. An investigations reporter at the Guardian Australia, she has won a Walkley Award for her journalism and worked in media in Australia and the United States for more than ten years. Previously, she was a technology reporter with the ABC. Her reporting has been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Australian Financial Review and Slate, among other outlets.
Ian Kemish AM served as Australian Ambassador to Germany, High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and in many other diplomatic roles across Europe and the Asia-Pacific. He was a leader for DFAT in international crisis management, including during major emergencies such as the 2002 Bali bombings. Today he works across the not-for-profit humanitarian and academic sectors, including as an Adjunct Professor at UQ, and is a regular commentator on international affairs. Ian’ first book, The Consul, was published by UQP in 2022. It provided an insider account of more than two decades of international crisis response by the Australian consular service. Ian’s first novel, Two Islands, will be published by UQP in early 2026. It draws both on his time working as a diplomat in the Balkans in the 1990s and his love for his ancestral Scottish Hebrides.
