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Terry Field, former Chief of Staff to Premier David Bartlett, is back for the second part of his Summer Series long form interview. He picks up from the high point of the Labor Party's victory in the 1998 state election. Terry also makes some bold predictions for the current government after Will Hodgman's retirement.

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The Summer Series continues with former Chief of Staff to Premier David Bartlett and long time Labor Party strategist Terry Field. From a politically active and diverse background, Terry takes Brad, Becher and Brad through the key events which shaped his political career and would go on to shape the state and the country.

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Tasmania has a new Premier after Will Hodgman's shock resignation. The news was big enough to pull Brad, Becher and Brad out of holiday mode and back into the studio. They're joined by senior news-hound and WIN TV News Director Alex Johnston to analyse what the change in leadership means for the state.

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Cath Hughes continues her deep dive into her three-decade career as a driving force behind the Greens movement in Tasmania. In this episode, she takes Brad, Becher and Brad through the lead up to the 2010 election as the Greens formed minority government with Labor.

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Cath Hughes has been a driving force behind the Greens movement in Tasmania for the past three decades. She's been right in the middle of the action in many of the state's landmark political events. In this episode of the FontCast Summer Series, she gives Brad, Becher and Brad a no-holds-barred account of what happened behind closed doors during some of those pivotal moments.

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Our exclusive interview with Liberal Party veteran Darcy Tronson continues. Darcy picks up his story from the 1989 state election when then Premier Robin Gray was denied a majority despite a swing against Labor. In this episode, Darcy opens up about what really happened behind closed doors as the results unfolded.

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In the FontCast Summer Series, Brad, Becher and Brad dive in deep with some of the people who made Australian and Tasmanian politics what it is today.
In his first exclusive interview, Darcy Tronson, who served as private secretary to former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, and chief of staff to former Premier Tony Rundle, opens up to the FontCast about his five-decade-long career.

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One of Tasmania's most senior news-hounds and news director for WIN Television, Alex Johnston, joins Brad, Becher and Brad for the final episode of the FontCast for 2019. They review the highs and lows of the year in state politics and award the coveted Golden Font for best performing Tasmanian politician.

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State Opposition Leader Rebecca White joins Becher and Brad in the studio to talk about Labor's change of tactics in Parliament. They also unpack the Macquarie Point AFL ground controversy, the backlash to the proposed northern prison and other significant issues facing the state.

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Becher and the Brads analyse the reaction to Madeleine Ogilvie's exclusive interview in Episode 12 as well as the snooze-fest that state parliament has become since she provided stability to the government. They then turn to sport with sports reporter Katelyn Barry and Nick Cummins from Cricket Tasmania to discuss the merits of the state's drive for representation on the national stage on a number of fronts.

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