The Killing Season is a 2015 Australian television three-part documentary series which analyses the events of the Rudd–Gillard government of 2007–2013, a turbulent period of Australian political history. Journalist Sarah Ferguson interviewed the Australian Labor Party decision-makers and strategists who engaged in internal conflict that brought down a government which had successfully countered the post-2008 global financial crisis.

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack accompanying the opening titles and credits is the version of Schubert's Piano Trio No. 2 used in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film Barry Lyndon.

The Killing Season (Australian TV series)

Awards

Outstanding Public Affairs Report - 2016 Logie Awards

AACTA Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program

References

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Rudd government

Gillard government

2015 Australian television series debuts

2015 Australian television series endings

2010s Australian documentary television series

The Killing Season (Australian TV series)