Allan Hogan is a veteran Australia

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n journalist

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Hogan studied commerce at the University of New South Wales

University of New South Wales

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 and became interested in journalism when he got involved with the university paper. He started work at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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 and worked on such programs as This Day Tonight

This Day Tonight

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, and Four Corners, as both a reporter and producer

Television producer

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, working with other well known journalists such as George Negus

George Negus

George Edward Negus is an Australian author, journalist, and television presenter. He previously presented 6:30 with George Negus on Network Ten, until it was axed by the Network on 19 October 2011.-Education:...

 and Ray Martin

Ray Martin (television presenter)

Raymond George "Ray" Martin AM is an Australian television journalist. He is best known for his various on-air roles on Channel Nine from 1978 to 2008. In 2011 he returned to 60 Minutes....

. During this time, he reported from the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

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 and conducted interviews with such infamous characters as Idi Amin

Idi Amin

Idi Amin Dada was a military leader and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles in 1946. Eventually he held the rank of Major General in the post-colonial Ugandan Army and became its Commander before seizing power in the military...

. He was the only Australian journalist to interview Amin.

In more recent years, he has worked for the Nine Network

Nine Network

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, as the Executive Producer of the now defunct "Sunday" program, and as Supervising Producer of "60 Minutes". He currently works with Andrew Denton's company Zapruders' Other Films as a script editor.