Dispatches from an age of impunity by the ABCTV award-winning investigative reporter and former foreign correspondent.
For more than 15 years, award-winning journalist Sophie McNeill has reported on some of the most war-ravaged and oppressive places on earth, including Syria, Gaza, Yemen, West Bank and Iraq.
In We Can't Say We Didn't Know, Sophie tells the human stories of devastation and hope behind the headlines – of children, families and refugees, of valiant doctors, steadfast dissidents and Saudi women seeking asylum. These innocent civilians bear the brunt of the lawlessness of the current age of impunity, where war crimes go unpunished and human rights are abused. Many risk everything they know to stand up for what they believe in and to be on the right side of history, and their courage is extraordinary and inspiring.
McNeill also examines what happens when evidence and facts become subjective and debatable, and how and why disinformation, impunity and hypocrisy reign supreme. We can't say we didn't know – the question now is, what are you going to do about it?
Join Sophie in conversation with fellow ABC journalist Dan Bourchier
Tickets: $15 (entry includes a complimentary glass of wine or juice)
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Sophie McNeill is an investigate reporter for Four Corners. A former foreign correspondent based in the Middle East for the ABC, she’s worked across the region, including Afghanistan, Israel, Iraq Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Egypt, Turkey and Gaza. Sophie has twice been awarded Australian Young TV Journalist of the year, and in 2010 won a Walkley award for her investigation into the killing of five children in Afghanistan by Australian Special Forces soldiers.
Dan Bourchier is a multi-award winning, multi-platform journalist with the ABC. He anchors ABC Canberra’s flagship 7pm news and has reported across the country and around the world for 20 years. Dan grew up in the remote Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek where he was mentored by elders from around the region, while coming to understand his own Indigenous heritage from his mum’s side of the family in coastal and inland parts of Victoria. Dan is driven by giving voice to the voiceless, holding to account those in positions of power, and telling really great stories.