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Secret City (TV Series)
''Secret City'' is an Australian political thriller television series based on the best-selling novels ''The Marmalade Files'', ''The Mandarin Code'', and ''The Shadow Game'' by Chris Uhlmann and Steve Lewis. It premiered on Foxtel's Showcase on 5 June 2016 and on Netflix internationally on 26 June 2018. The series is produced by Matchbox Pictures and Foxtel. A sequel to the series called ''Secret City: Under the Eagle'' was green-lit in February 2018. It aired on 4 March 2019 in Australia and launched worldwide on Netflix on 6 March 2019. It is unknown if there will be a season 3. The sequel storyline is a departure from the books written by Uhlmann and Lewis, who joined the series as story consultants. Synopsis Secret City Beneath the placid facade of Canberra, amidst rising tension between China and the United States, Canberra press gallery journalist Harriet Dunkley (Anna Torv) forces her way closer to the truth, uncovering a set of interlocked conspiracies which threat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Drama
A political drama can describe a Theatre, play, film or TV program that has a politics, political component, whether reflecting the author's political opinion, or describing a politician or series of political events. Dramatists who have written political dramas include Aaron Sorkin, Robert Penn Warren, Sergei Eisenstein, Bertolt Brecht, Jean-Paul Sartre, Howard Brenton, Caryl Churchill, and Federico García Lorca. Theatre In the history of theatre, there is long tradition of performances addressing issues of current events, especially those central to society itself. The political satire performed by the comic poets at the Ancient Greek theatre, theatres had considerable influence on public opinion in the Athenian democracy. Those earlier Western dramas, arising out of the polis, or democratic city-state of Greek society, were performed in amphitheaters, central arenas used for theatrical performances, religious ceremonies and political gatherings; these dramas had a ritualistic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxtel
NXE Australia Pty Ltd, trading as the Foxtel Group, is an Australian pay television company that operates cable television, direct-broadcast satellite, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was established as a 50/50 joint venture between News Corp's News Corp Australia, Australian subsidiary (which held a controlling 65% stake) and Telstra (which held the remaining 35%). Since 2025, the company is owned by DAZN. It shares many features with the Sky UK, Sky service in the UK and Ireland – including the iQ box, the electronic program guide, electronic programme guide, a similar remote control, and Red Button Active. History Foxtel was established via a joint venture between News Corporation and Telstra in October 1995. It officially launched on 23 October 1995 with 20 channels, including an exclusive 100 hour commission from Artist Services for its Fox (internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO ) is the Intelligence agency, domestic intelligence and national security agency of the Australian Government, responsible for protection from espionage, sabotage, acts of foreign interference, politically motivated violence, Terrorism in Australia, terrorism and attacks on the national defence system. ASIO is a primary entity of the Australian Intelligence Community. ASIO has a wide range of surveillance powers to collect human intelligence (intelligence gathering), human and signals intelligence. Generally, ASIO operations requiring police powers of arrest and detention under warrant are co-ordinated with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and/or with States and territories of Australia, state and territory police forces. The organisation is comparable to that of the United States' FBI or the British MI5. ASIO Central Office is in Canberra, with a local office being located in each mainland state and territory capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Defence (Australia)
The Minister for Defence is the minister of state of the Commonwealth of Australia charged with overseeing the organisation, implementation, and formulation of strategic policy in defence and military matters as the head of the Department of Defence. The Minister for Defence is responsible for the Australian Defence Organisation and the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The current Defence minister is Richard Marles, who is also concurrently serving as deputy prime minister of Australia, having been selected by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in May 2022 following the 2022 Australian federal election. As the Minister for Defence is responsible for the management of Australia's defence and military forces and the portfolio's accountability to the Parliament, the secretary of Defence is required under section 63(1) of the ''Public Service Act 1999'' and the ''Requirements for Annual Reports'' from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit to submit a report to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Signals Directorate
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), formerly the Defence Signals Directorate, is a statutory agency of the Government of Australia responsible for signals intelligence, providing intelligence support to Australian military operations, conducting cyberwarfare and ensuring information security. The ASD is a part of the larger Australian Intelligence Community, and its role within the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance is to monitor signals intelligence in South and East Asia. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is an agency within the ASD. The unit was established in 1947 by executive order as the Defence Signals Bureau within the Department of Defence, and underwent several name changes until its current name ASD was adopted in 2013. ASD was converted to a statutory body by the '' Intelligence Services Act 2001''. ASD is based in Canberra, at the Defence Department Headquarters at Russell Offices. As of February 2020, Rachel Noble is the Director- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Smith (Australian Actor)
Justin Smith is an Australian actor, best known for his AFI nominated performance as barrister Josh Bornstein in the ABC mini-series '' Bastard Boys''. He is also known in Australia for his TV, film, theatre and television commercial work. Career Smith's first professional role was at the age of 16 in the Australian tour of ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' starring John Farnham. Smith played the role of Mark in the original Australian production of ''RENT'', which garnered him a 1999 Green Room nomination for Best Actor in a musical, and starred in the movie ''Angst''. Smith has also appeared in ''The Cherry Orchard'' and ''Ruby Moon'' for the Sydney Theatre Company and the productions, ''Shakespeare's R & J'', ''Servant of Two Masters'', and ''Just Macbeth'' (at the Sydney Opera House and Edinburgh Fringe Festival seasons), for the Bell Shakespeare Co. Aust. In 2007 Smith was nominated for an AFI award for his role in ''Bastard Boys''. In 2008, Smith played the role of Tony (Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacha Horler
Sacha Horler is an Australian actress. She was born on 12 February 1971. Her parents were lawyers, but co-founded Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company in the early 1970s. Early life and education Sacha Horler graduated from Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1993. Career Horler made her film debut in 1995 with a role in the music-themed comedy '' Billy's Holiday''. Among her Sydney stage credits were featured roles in the one-act play collection ''Playgrounds'' (1996) and Harold Pinter's theatre classic '' The Birthday Party'' (1997). In 1997, Horler was featured in the Australian-produced drama ''Blackrock'', and the following year she appeared in the international hit '' Babe: Pig in the City''. Horler's breakthrough role was in the 1998 gritty drama ''Praise'', which featured a significant amount of nudity and sex scenes. In 1999, her follow-up supporting role in ''Soft Fruit'' required her to gain weight for the part. That same year she had a supporting rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Graham
Marcus Graham is an Australian film, television and stage actor, writer and director, with roles including '' Mulholland Drive'' and '' Josh Jarman''. He was known as a teenage heartthrob in the early 1990s while starring in the Australian TV soap '' E Street'' as the character Stanley 'Wheels' Kovac He is also known for his role as Harvey Ryan in ''Home and Away'' Early life and education Marcus Graham was born in Perth, Western Australia, the son of English-Australian actor Ron Graham and Judy, a ballerina with the West Australian Ballet Company. His parents had separated by the time he was two. He graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1983, before making his professional acting debut in 1986. Career Graham has worked extensively in Australian television, first achieving success in the early '90s as Stanley 'Wheels' Kovac in '' E Street''. He went on to star as the lead in '' Good Guys, Bad Guys'' and also appeared in '' All Saints'', '' Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Home Affairs (Australia)
The Minister for Home Affairs is the minister in the Australian government responsible for the Department of Home Affairs, the country's interior ministry. The current minister is Tony Burke of the Labor Party, who has held the position since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry. The current Department of Home Affairs was created in December 2017. The first department with that name was created in 1901, as one of the original six departments created at Federation, and was responsible for a wide range of areas not captured by the other departments. Similar departments have existed in almost all subsequent governments, under several different names. The specific title "Minister for Home Affairs" has been created six times – in 1901, 1929, 1977, 1987, 2007 and 2017. History The Minister for Home Affairs was a ministerial portfolio that existed continuously from 1901 to 12 April 1932, when Archdale Parkhill became Minister for the Interior in the first Lyons Ministry — su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Justice (Australia)
The Minister for Justice was a portfolio in the Australian government between 18 September 1987, when the post was held by Michael Tate, and 20 December 2017, when the last incumbent of the office was Michael Keenan. Keenan was appointed to the post on 18 September 2013. Following a rearrangement of the Second Turnbull Ministry in December 2017, the post was subsumed into the newly-established portfolio of the Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity, part of the Home Affairs portfolio. Former scope The former minister was responsible for certain matters relating to criminal justice, law enforcement and national security including the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. The Minister for Justice was a junior minister who supported the Attorney-General, and previously administered the portfolio through the Attorney-General's Department. From October 1998 to December 2007, the Minister for Justice was responsible for border contro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney-General For Australia
The attorney-general of Australia (AG), also known as the Commonwealth attorney-general, is the Minister (government), minister of state and Attorney general, chief law officer of the Australia, Commonwealth of Australia charged with overseeing federal Australian legal system, legal affairs and public security as the head of the Attorney-General's Department (Australia), Attorney-General’s Department. The current attorney-general is Michelle Rowland, who was chosen by prime minister Anthony Albanese in May 2025 following the 2025 Australian federal election, 2025 federal election. By convention, the attorney-general is a lawyer. The attorney-general is one of only four positions in the Commonwealth Government to have continuously been held since federation, along with the prime minister, the Minister for Defence (Australia), minister for defence and the Treasurer of Australia, treasurer. History The attorney-general is nearly always a person with legal training, and eleven f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showcase (Australian TV Channel)
Showcase (formerly Fox Showcase) is an Australian Pay TV, premium drama Cable television, cable and Satellite television, satellite television channel. It was initially part of the Showtime Australia channels and was managed by PMP chief executive officer Peter Rose. In 2007 Rose said ''Showcase'' "provides a real home at last for quality drama in Australia, and this list of outstanding event television is just the start". Showcase launched with the Australian TV premieres of ''Dexter (TV series), Dexter'' and Australian-made series ''Satisfaction (Australian TV series), Satisfaction.'' Showcase is owned and operated by Foxtel Networks, and is their flagship entertainment channel, and airs programming with no ad breaks during shows. The showcase can be found on channel 112 on Foxtel and Optus Television, Optus TV. Foxtel took over managing and producing Showcase and the other Showtime channels as of 31 October 2012, with it purchasing assets of the PMP. On 9 December 2012, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
