''In Conversation with Alex Malley'' is an Australian television interview show on the

Nine Network Nine Network (stylised 9Network, and commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of the five main free-to-air television ...

. The program was funded by

CPA Australia CPA Australia ("Certified Practising Accountant") is a professional accounting body in Australia, originally founded as the "Incorporated Institute of Accountants" in 1886. As of 31 December 2020, it has 168,736 members in 150 countries and regio ...

and featured its controversial then-CEO

Alex Malley Alex Malley, is an Australian accountant and business executive who is currently the CEO of the Australian Chiropractors Association since 2022, and the former chief executive of CPA Australia from 2009 to 2017. He was removed by the CPA board ...

interviewing leaders from the world of politics, business and entertainment.

Cancellation

The TV show was abruptly cancelled in 2017 when Malley was fired as CPA Australia's CEO and stripped of his lifetime membership. Malley's termination followed a dispute with CPA members over his $1.7m salary as well as the use of CPA funds to produce and promote ''In Conversation with Alex Malley'' and otherwise build Malley's personal profile. A report published following Malley's departure revealed that CPA paid Channel Nine $4.16 million to broadcast the program as well as spending another $1.2 million to advertise the program on billboards. All mentions of the TV show were removed from CPA's website within days of Malley's termination.>

Season One

Season Two

Season Three

Reception

Kylie Northover of ''

The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuous ...

'' wrote of the interview with the violinist and conductor

André Rieu André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (, ; born 1 October 1949) is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known as the founder of the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra. Rieu and his orchestra tour worldwide, often playing in stadiums. He resides ...

, "It's a non-threatening half-hour chat with the world's most successful classical musician ... It's a pleasant enough half-hour, but don't expect any deep revelations. Justin Burke praised the show in ''

The Weekend Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet daily newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally, its readership of bot ...

'', stating, "This might not be the most revolutionary TV format: seated interviewer facing seated interviewee. Readers, particularly of the business pages, will have their views about the host Alex Malley. (Mine are that he does a solid job here.) But there can be no debate that an interview with

Andy Thomas Andrew Sydney Withiel Thomas, AO (born 18 December 1951) is an Australian and American aerospace engineer and a former NASA astronaut. He has dual nationality; he became a U.S. citizen in December 1986, hoping to gain entry to NASA's astronaut ...

, the only Australian-born professional astronaut, is anything other than unmissable TV."

References

External links

* * {{Nine Network programming Australian television talk shows Nine Network original programming 2016 Australian television series debuts