Big Deal: Is Our Democracy For Sale?

Craig Reucassel is an Australian writer and comedian who is best known for his work with The Chaser and for going through your bins on The War on Waste.
Craig and a group of friends founded The Chaser newspaper, which led to a number of ABC TV Chaser programs including The Election Chaser, CNNNN, The Chaser’s War on Everything, Yes We Canberra and The Hamster Wheel. Most recently he’s co-written and presented the satirical The Checkout and two series of the War on Waste on ABC TV.
In twenty years of directing and producing television, Craig has collaborated closely with numerous writers and directors. Having been key creative on many highly successful projects, Craig is ready to assume the directorial role on Democracy Project working with writer and presenter Christiaan van Vuuren.
Awards:
2018 – Logie, Most Outstanding Documentary Series – War on Waste
2018 – Australian Financial Review, Most Culturally Influential People in Australia no. 6
2017 – Gold Banksia Sustainability Award – War on Waste
2006 – AFI, Best Television Comedy Series – Chaser’s War on Everything
2005 – Logie, Most Outstanding Comedy Program – The Chaser Decides
2004 – Logie, Most Outstanding Comedy Program – CNNNN

Aline is a creative and strategic producer who has delivered content across a broad range of genres to most of the world’s major broadcasters. She has helmed numerous international co-productions, collaborated with many of the industry’s finest creatives, and produced programs for the ABC, SBS, Channel 10, BBC, Arte, Nat Geo, Discovery International, Curiosity Stream, PBS, Sky TV, Prime NZ and NOVA.
Most recently, Aline was EP of The Pacific in the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill, a 6×60 min series for Foxtel’s History Channel; and Producer on Living Universe, a feature documentary and tv series on the search for life outside our solar system for ABC, Curiosity Stream and Arte.
Currently Aline is producing a feature documentary Slim and I for Universal and EP on Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian, a three part factual series for the ABC.
Aline’s films have won multiple awards including an AACTA, a Eureka and an Amnesty International Human Rights Award.

Leeanne Torpey is a film and TV producer based in Sydney who specialises in social impact. Her background is as a human rights campaigner and a reporter.