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{{Other uses|Face the Nation (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox television
| genre       = [[Panel discussion]]
| presenter   = Roland Strong
| country     = Australia
| language    = English
| channel     = [[GTV (Australian TV station)|GTV-9]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1958|7|20|df=y}}
| last_aired  = {{End date|1959|5|10|df=y}}
}}
'''''Face the Nation''''' is an Australian panel discussion television program which aired on [[Melbourne]] station [[GTV (Australian TV station)|GTV-9]] from 20 July 1958 to 10 May 1959. [[Politics|Political matters]] were often discussed. The chairman of the panel was Roland Strong.<ref name="PM">{{Cite news |date=1958-07-21 |title=P.M. 'Faces The Nation' |page=3 |work=[[The Age]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JkkRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JpUDAAAAIBAJ&dq=face-the-nation%20roland-strong&pg=7149%2C3050015 |access-date=2023-01-12}}</ref>
TV listings list it as being a live programme.<ref name="Warner">{{Cite news |date=1958-09-05 |title=Sunday Television |page=8 |work=[[The Age]] |department=Radio/TV Supplement |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SSUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4123%2C692851 |access-date=2013-11-19}}</ref><ref name="Burnet">{{Cite news |date=1958-09-12 |title=Sunday Television |page=8 |work=[[The Age]] |department=Radio/TV Supplement |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TyUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4586%2C1799310 |access-date=2013-11-19}}</ref><ref name="Adamson">{{Cite news |date=1958-09-19 |title=Sunday Television |page=8 |work=[[The Age]] |department=Radio/TV Supplement |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VSUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4209%2C2965884 |access-date=2013-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1958-10-03 |title=Sunday Television |page=8 |work=[[The Age]] |department=Radio/TV Supplement |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8EsRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4292%2C521683 |access-date=2013-11-19}}</ref><ref name="Porter">{{Cite news |date=1958-10-23 |title=Sunday Television |page=8 |work=[[The Age]] |department=Radio/TV Supplement |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4wFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4342%2C3784661 |access-date=2013-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1958-11-07 |title=Sunday Television |page=8 |work=[[The Age]] |department=Radio/TV Supplement |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DIVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T7MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4714%2C1074188 |access-date=2013-11-19}}</ref>
==Guests==
* Sir [[Robert Menzies]],<ref name="PM" /> Prime Minister
* Sir [[Arthur Warner]],<ref name="Warner" /> Minister for Transport
* Sir [[Macfarlane Burnet]],<ref name="Burnet" /> virologist
* Dr Kenneth Adamson,<ref name="Adamson" /> Federal President of the [[Australian Dental Association]]
* [[Selwyn Porter]],<ref name="Porter" /> Chief Commissioner of [[Victoria Police]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title}}
[[Category:Nine Network original programming]]
[[Category:1958 Australian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1959 Australian television series endings]]
[[Category:Australian live television series]]
[[Category:Australian non-fiction television series]]
[[Category:Black-and-white Australian television shows]]
[[Category:Australian English-language television shows]]
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