Sunday Profile with Monica Attard

Each Sunday at 9.05pm Monica Attard talks to people in the news about the news. Previous guests have included Sheikh Taj el-Din al-Hilali, John Elliott, Cardinal George Pell, Rove McManus, Jose Ramos Horta, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Justice Ian Callinan.

Monica Attard began Sunday Profile in 2002. A national interview program, Sunday Profile focuses on key issues in Australia, providing listeners with detailed analysis of stories, background information and key interviews with major players.

After two years hosting Media Watch on ABC TV, Monica will concentrate exclusively on Sunday Profile in 2008.
Monica has won two Walkley Awards for Best Broadcast Interviewing (2002 and 2005) for Sunday Profile interviews, bringing her total Walkley haul to five, including a Gold Walkley for Excellence in Journalism. She has also received an Order of Australia for Services to Journalism. She has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws.
Sunday Profile will continue to raise questions about the major news events of the week by interviewing significant news players.

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