Breakfast with Papers

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Tory Shepherd, Simon Royal and Miles Kemp. Tory Shepherd is a senior columnist with Guardian Australia and a former State Editor at The Advertiser. Her first book, On Freedom, was published in 2020.   Simon Royal has been a TV and radio broadcaster for more than 30 years, working on state and national programmes in both mediums. An inveterate late bloomer/procrastinator, he's more recently turned his hand to writing feature articles for InDaily and ABC online. Simon is interested in most things, except football - a firm resolve that came to him at an early age. Growing up in country South Australia in the late 60s/70s, this presented some social difficulties, although he seems to have largely recovered from that now. He is besotted with Irish Terriers and John F. Kennedy, having written his postgraduate diploma thesis about the latter, and a series of essays on the former. He is deeply drawn to things with a devil may care attitude, as well as lost causes. Miles Kemp has worked as a reporter at The Advertiser since 1997, and in the industry since 1987, specialising in public sector policy. He has used the state's Freedom of Information law extensively to unearth inconvenient information. He has often been told to use his powers more for good but thinks journalism shouldn't take sides. Miles is often called a boomer but would like to stress he was born in 1966, two years after the accepted cut-off date. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Royce Kurmelovs, Claudia Paul and Jo Dyer. Royce Kurmelovs is a journalist and writer whose work has been published by the ABC, CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera English, VICE, and The Guardian. Royce's bestselling first book, The Death of Holden, was published in 2016, followed by Rogue Nation and Boom and Bust. His latest book is Just Money. Claudia Paul is an Aboriginal woman descending from the Wiradjuri people of central New South Wales, and is the third Indigenous Rhodes Scholar.   She is undertaking a DPhil in Musculoskeletal Science at Magdalen College, Oxford. In 2018, she graduated with a MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine from Magdalen College, Oxford.  Claudia also holds a Master of Traumatology from the University of Newcastle, and a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Adelaide. Claudia has worked as a doctor with Hunter New England Local Health District and was previously a Student Representative for the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association.  Jo Dyer is currently Director of Adelaide Writers' Week.  She has held leadership roles at national cultural institutions including Sydney Writers' Festival, Sydney Theatre Company and Bangarra Dance Theatre and her freelance productions have been staged at venues including the Sydney Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai and the legendary Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. A two-time nominee for Best Picture at Australia's AACTA awards, Jo's films have won awards and screened worldwide, notably at the Berlin International Film Festival. Jo's first book, Burning Down the House: Reconstructing Modern Politics, was published in February 2022 as part of Monash University Publishing's In the National Interest series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from John Carty, Trish Hansen and Michael Owen-Brown John Carty is the Head of Humanities at the South Australian Museum, and Professor of Museum and Curatorial Studies at the University of Adelaide. He is a Commissioner on the Australian National Commission for UNESCO. He has worked extensively with Aboriginal artists and custodians throughout Australia on books, exhibitions and community development programs. His core research has involved working with Aboriginal artists to bridge the divide between anthropology and art history. In recent years, John's work – through research with the British Museum – has grown to focus on the cultural and cross-cultural history encompassed in objects in museum collections. John's pursuits through the South Australian Museum explore new methodologies and models for bringing Aboriginal voices and values further into mainstream narratives of Australian history, Australian art history, and contemporary Australian culture. Trish Hansen is a strategist and systems designer in the fields of health, wellbeing, arts and culture and works to enrich the creative and cultural life of people, places, neighbourhoods and cities and Founding Principal of Urban Mind Studio. She is currently the Chair of Brink Productions, a Good Design Australia Ambassador, Fellow of the Centre for Conscious Design, Board Director of the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival, and Chief Executive Officer of Kindred Australia. Michael Owen-Brown has recently been appointed The Advertiser's Head of Audience Growth and Engagement. During his decade as digital editor, The Advertiser won multiple national and international awards for digital innovation, including being named the Asia-Pacific's news website of the year three times in a row from 2013-15. He has been a journalist with News Corp for more than 25 years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Arman Abrahimzadeh, Simon Birmingham and Paul Starick. Arman Abrahimzadeh OAM migrated from Iran in 1997 and studied at Uni SA's School of Art, Architecture and Design. He currently works for the State Government and in 2018 he was elected as a City of Adelaide Councillor. In December 2021 he took on the role as Deputy Lord Mayor. Simon Birmingham has served as a Liberal Party Senator for South Australia since May 2007. In October 2020 Simon was appointed to position of Minister for Finance and Leader of the Government in the Senate after serving as Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Prior to which he served as the Minister for Education and Training, Assistant Minister in the education portfolio and before that as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin and the Environment. Paul Starick is The Advertiser and Sunday Mail's chief reporter. During almost 30 years in journalism, his roles have included Advertiser digital editor, deputy editor and chief political reporter. He's worked mostly in Adelaide but has been fortunate - or otherwise to have stints in Canberra and New York, along with visits to war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq. Paul enjoys football, cricket, reading and going to the gym. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Amelia Chaplin, Rick Sarre and Chris Russell. Amelia Chaplin is passionate about demystifying climate science and the political jargon that surrounds it to empower young people with the knowledge and tools to make impactful change. She believes that the pathway out of the climate crisis is complete regeneration of our soils, sea's and communities and that everyone has the power to make a difference.  Rick Sarre is an Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at the University of South Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, a previous Chair of the Academic Board of UniSA and a member of the University Council. Chris Russell has had many different roles at The Advertiser, including being business editor, national editor and acting chief of staff. He is currently the education reporter, covering schools and universities around South Australia. He also reports on energy, jobs, economics, infrastructure, the environment and other sectors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Rob Brookman Am, Claire O'Connor and Sean Fewster. Rob Brookman AM is a leading Australian producer and festival director, having led Adelaide Festival (Artistic Director, Executive Director), Adelaide Festival Centre (Programming Director, Artistic Director), NZ International Festival (Artistic Director), Sydney Theatre Company (General Manager), State Theatre Company SA (Executive Director) and WOMADelaide (Co-founder, Artistic Director). He is a Trustee of WOMADelaide Foundation, Chair of UKARIA Cultural Centre and Chair of Australian Plays Transform. Claire O'Connor SC is a lawyer with over 40 years' experience in the law. She is a barrister and a silk. She is known primarily for her advocacy around human rights. In relation to refugees - she argued the (famous for law students) case of Al Kateb in the high court. She assisted with the Manus Island class action. She represented Cornelia Rau whose story recently featured as a fictional Netflix series -Stateless.   She has appeared for families in inquests including the inquest into the sinking of the 221 off Christmas Island where 49 people died. Claire had also worked for Aboriginal justice issues including acting in the Hindmarsh Island bridge Royal Commission and the royal commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Recently she acted for the Morrison family whose son and brother died in Yatala prison with a spit hood and cuffed lying face down in a prison van. Claire spoke last year at the March for Justice in Adelaide. She is a mother, a grandmother. A cyclist. A bush walker. And a feminist.  Sean Fewster has covered crime and justice issues in South Australia for 20 years as The Advertiser's chief court reporter, focusing on advocacy for victims and the public's right to know. He is the author of the bestselling book 'City of Evil', which was adapted into a top-rating TV show, and the co-creator and co-host of the 'Just Lawful' true crime podcast.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Lynn Arnold, Leah MacLennan and Scott Stephens. Rev Dr Lynn Arnold is an Anglican priest. He was SA Premier 1992-1993 and is former CEO of Anglicare SA and World Vision. Leah MacLennan s State Political Reporter with the ABC in Adelaide. She previously reported for 730SA and Stateline.  Scott Stephens is the ABC's religion and ethics editor, and the co-host (with Waleed Aly) of The Minefield on ABC Radio National. His book On Contempt will be published in 2022, and he is delivering the 20th annual Simone Weil Lectures on Human Value at Australian Catholic University. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Katrina Sedgwick, Colin James and David Marr. Katrina Sedgwick has been Director/CEO of ACMI (the Australian Centre for the Moving Image) since 2015. ACMI reopened in February 2021 following a multi award winning $40m transformation. She has a particular interest in supporting cross-disciplinary practice, and has an extensive background as a commissioner, creative producer, and festival director. From 2012 – 14 she was Head of Arts for the national broadcaster ABC TV, and between 2002 – 11 she was the founding Director/CEO of Adelaide Film Festival, and its $1m Investment Fund, supporting a multi award winning slate of films and installation works. Colin James is a multi award-winning reporter at The Advertiser who has spent more than 30 years covering South Australian politics, crime, social issues and local government. Colin received a Walkley Award in 1994 for his coverage of the Hindmarsh Island Bridge saga. Among major events he has covered have been the Port Arthur Massacre, Thredbo ski lodge disaster and the Bali bombings. An expatriate New Zealander, he has raised three sons in South Australia, a state he very much adores. David Marr has written for Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Saturday Paper, The Guardian and The Monthly, and has served as editor of the National Times, reporter for Four Corners and presenter of ABC TV's Media Watch. His books include Patrick White: A Life, The High Price of Heaven, Dark Victory (with Marian Wilkinson), Panic and six bestselling Quarterly Essays, including his arresting essay on George Pell, The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell, recently updated and expanded into a book. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Richard Denniss, Rachel Doyle and Peter McEvoy Dr Richard Denniss is the Chief Economist and former Executive Director of The Australia Institute. He is a prominent Australian economist, author and public policy commentator, and a former Associate Professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU.Denniss writes regular columns in the Guardian Australia and regular essays for The Monthly. He often publishes in academic journals and has written 7 books including: Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough (with Clive Hamilton), An introduction to Australian Public Policy (with Sarah Maddison), Minority policy: rethinking governance when parliament matters (with Brenton Prosser) Econobabble: How to Decode Political Spin and Economic Nonsense, Curing Affluenza: How to Buy Less Stuff and Save the World, and Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next. He has been described by Mark Kenny in the Sydney Morning Herald as "a constant thorn in the side of politicians on both sides, due to his habit of skewering dodgy economic justifications for policy". Rachel Doyle SC is a barrister practising in Melbourne specialising in industrial and employment law, discrimination law, class actions and negligence. She was associate to Justice Daryl Dawson of the High Court from 1994 to 1996. Power & Consent is her first book. Peter McEvoy is the creator and founding executive producer of Q&A. In past lives he ran Media Watch and was an award winning journalist at Four Corners, Radio National and triplej.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Jane Caro, Gideon Haigh and Tim Williams. Jane Caro is an author, columnist, broadcaster, advertising writer, documentary maker and social commentator who appears frequently on Q&A, The Drum, Sunrise and Weekend Sunrise. She has published ten books, including a memoir, Plain-Speaking Jane, and her most recent book and first novel for adults, The Good Mother. Gideon Haigh has contributed to more than one hundred newspapers and magazines, and published more than forty books. He has won Premier's Literary Awards in three states, two Waverley Library Prizes and a Ned Kelly Award for True Crime. Tim Williams is the deputy head of news for The Advertiser, following a lengthy spell as education reporter.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Gabrielle Chan, John Daley and Michael McGuire. Gabrielle Chan has been a journalist for more than 30 years. Currently writing for Guardian Australia, she has previously worked at The Australian, ABC radio, The Daily Telegraph, in local newspapers and politics. Her new book is Why You Should Give a F*ck About Farming. John Daley was Chief Executive of the Grattan Institute for eleven years. He has published extensively on economic reform priorities, budget policy, tax reform, housing affordability, and generational inequality. In his storied career, he has worked across law, public policy, strategy, and finance for institutions including the University of Oxford, the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet, McKinsey and Co and ANZ Bank. Michael McGuire has been a journalist for almost 25 years, working in Adelaide and Sydney. Michael has been at The Advertiser since 2008, principally working on the SA Weekend magazine. He has also written two novels. Never a True Word, published in 2017 and Flight Risk which came out last year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Jess Hill, Scott Ludlam and Michael West.  Jess Hill is an investigative journalist and the author of See What You Made Me Do and the Quarterly Essay The Reckoning: How #MeToo is Changing Australia. She has been a producer for ABC Radio and journalist for Background Briefing, and Middle East correspondent for The Global Mail. Her reporting on domestic abuse has won two Walkley awards, an Amnesty International award and three Our Watch awards. See What You Made Me Do won the 2020 Stella Prize and the ABA Booksellers' Choice Adult Non-Fiction Book of the Year. Scott Ludlam was a Senator representing WA from 2008 to 2017 and served as deputy leader of the Australian Greens. He has also worked as a filmmaker, artist and graphic designer. Full Circle is his first book, the fruit of a life of activism, study and travel. Michael West spent two decades working as a journalist, stockbroker, editor and finance commentator before striking out on his own in July 2016. After eight years as a commentator with The Australian and another eight years with the Sydney Morning Herald as a journalist and editor, Michael founded website michaelwest.com.au to focus on journalism of high public interest. Michael is a Walkley award-winner and Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney's School of Social and Political Sciences. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Clare Wright, Linda Javin and Kara Jung. Clare Wright is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. Her book, The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, won the 2014 Stella Prize. Her most recent book is You Daughters of Freedom, about the Australian suffrage movement. Clare is Professor of History at La Trobe University and co-host of history podcast Archive Fever. Linda Jaivin has been studying Chinese politics, language and culture for more than forty years. She has been a foreign correspondent in China, and is co-editor of the China Story Yearbook, an associate of the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University and the author of twelve books. Kara Jung is an award-winning journalist and editor, including stints as political reporter for The Advertiser and Deputy Editor-in-chief for The Messenger. She is currently The Advertiser's Deputy Digital Editor, a News Corp columnist, co-chair of The Advertiser's Year of the Woman campaign and a Women in Media SA committee member. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Pavlo Hunka, Sally Warhaft and Gareth Evans. Pavlo Hunka is performing as Tsar Dodon in The Golden Cockerel in the 2022 Adelaide Festival. An internationally acclaimed opera singer, he has sung in the most prestigious opera houses in the world over the past 32 years. Pavlo is the Artistic Director of the Ukrainian Art Song Project whose aim is to record an anthology of over one thousand Ukrainian classical art songs by 29 Ukrainian composers. Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre's live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year, a Wheeler Centre podcast about Australians' lives in the fog of the COVID-19 pandemic. She is a former editor of The Monthly and the author of the bestselling book Well May We Say: The Speeches that Made Australia. Gareth Evans, now Chancellor of the Australian National University, was a member of the Australian Parliament for 21 years, and a cabinet minister throughout the Hawke–Keating era, serving as Foreign Minister from 1988-96. He led the Brussels-based International Crisis Group from 2000-09 and has won many prizes and awards for his contributions to international policymaking. He has written or edited, solely or jointly, twelve books, most recently Good International Citizenship: The Case for Decency. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Van Badham, David Barnden, Clive Hamilton. Van Badham is a writer, theatre-maker and novelist, occasional broadcaster, critic, trade unionist and feminist. She writes columns for The Guardian and her interests include gardening, baking and dialectical materialism. David Barnden is a Principal Lawyer at Equity Generation Lawyers, an incorporated legal practice specialising in climate change risk. David is involved in a number of public interest climate change cases in the Federal Court of Australia including representing 8 students from around Australia who brought a class action against the Federal Environment Minister to protect young people from the climate change impacts of the proposed Vickery Extension Coal Project. Clive Hamilton is an Australian academic and author of a number of books, including Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change and Hidden Hand: How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World (with Mareike Ohlberg).  He is professor of public ethics at Charles Sturt University in Canberra and has held various visiting academic positions, including at Yale University, Sciences Po and the University of Oxford. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Louka Parry, Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin and Sean Fewster. Louka Parry Louka Parry is a learning strategist, education futurist and social entrepreneur working at the global forefront with schools, systems and organisations to help them adapt for the future. As a school teacher, he was promoted to Principal at 27 years old and was named Inspirational Public Secondary Teacher of the Year for South Australia. Now as Founder + CEO of The Learning Future, he works internationally to support positive change with a focus on innovation, future skills, leadership, wellbeing, technology and organisational culture. A rapid learner, he holds two Masters Degrees, speaks five languages and recently completed a fellowship at Stanford's school. You'll normally find him nerding out on ideas, running trails, playing music and generally exploring with a rather insatiable and problematic curiosity.  Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin is a Narungga, Wirangu, Wotjobaluk woman and lives in South Australia. Lee-Ann is well known throughout the Australian and international Indigenous and arts communities and has worked across many major events and festivals, and she has been at the forefront of developing and delivering strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and cultural programs for public audiences in Australia. Lee-Ann is the appointed Deputy Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts, an advisory member of The Art Gallery of South Australia and for Tarnanthi, the Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts in Adelaide.  Sean Fewster Sean Fewster is The Advertiser's chief court reporter, and has covered most of Adelaide's major criminal trials for the past 18 years. He is the author of the bestselling true crime book City of Evil, which was adapted into a top-rating TV miniseries by Channel 9 and Foxtel in 2018. Sean also provides analysis of the criminal justice system every week on FiveAA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Penny Wong, Rick Sarre and Lisa Woolford Rick Sarre Emeritus Professor Rick Sarre has degrees in law and criminology from universities in Adelaide, Toronto, and Canberra, and in 2015 was awarded an honorary doctorate from Umeå University, Sweden. He is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology. He is a Professorial Fellow of the Australian Institute of Police Management. He retired as the Dean of Law at the School of Law, University of South Australia, in 2020. Penny Wong Senator Penny Wong is the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labor Leader in the Senate. Born in Malaysia, Penny moved to Adelaide with her family as a child. She has been a proud representative of South Australia in the federal Parliament since 2001. Penny served as Minister for Climate Change and Water and then Minister for Finance and Deregulation during the Rudd and Gillard Governments – when she also became the first woman to lead the Government in the Senate. Penny lives in Adelaide with her partner and their two daughters. Lisa Woolford Lisa Woolford is News Corp's Deputy National TV editor and Head of Entertainment SA. She's been an entertainment journalist for more than five years, sharing exclusive A-list interviews and guiding viewers through the best each week in free-to-air, streaming and subscription television. She has more than 25 years' experience in journalism - including editing the Whyalla News. When she's not chatting with the leading lights of screen, stage and song, she's navigating life as a mum of two teen daughters.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Marr David Marr is a writer and journalist who has covered politics and the arts for many years in Australia. He is the author of a couple of biographies including a life of Patrick White. He has written for a number of papers, most recently The Guardian and broadcasts for the ABC.  Debbie Whitmont Debbie Whitmont is a journalist, author, former Middle East correspondent and senior reporter for the ABC's Four Corners. She is a former lawyer and has won a number of awards for her reports on asylum seekers and indigenous affairs. Michael McGuire Michael McGuire has been a journalist for almost 25 years, working in Adelaide and Sydney. Michael has been at The Advertiser since 2008, principally working on the SA Weekend magazine. He has also written two novels, Never a True Word, published in 2017 and Flight Risk which came out last year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Rhana Devenport, Greg Mackie and Lauren Novak  Rhana Devenport Rhana Devenport ONZM is the Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia and the first woman to hold this position. She is a museum director, curator, editor, and cultural producer whose career spans art museums, biennials and arts festivals.  As former Director of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki she, in 2017, curated the work of Lisa Reihana for the New Zealand Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Prior to that she was Director of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth, leading to the development of the Len Lye Centre. In Australia she worked on the first four Asia Pacific Triennials at Queensland Art Gallery. Her curatorial interests include contemporary art of Asia and the Pacific, time-based media and social practice. Greg Mackie Greg Mackie is CEO at The History Trust of SA, and is an Adelaide City Councilor, with an abundance of cultural service to his credit. As co-founder of the iconic Imprints Booksellers, Greg served many years as Chair of Adelaide Writers' Week and founded the Adelaide Festival of Ideas in 1999. He headed up Arts SA for many years and was Deputy CE in the Premier's Department and SA's ‘Ageing Provocateur' before a successful consultancy practice. Greg received an OAM in 2002, the Dame Elizabeth Murdoch Cultural Leadership Award and the Bettison James Award in 2016.   Lauren Novak  Lauren Novak is Social Policy Editor for The Advertiser and Sunday Mail, where she began her career as a cadet in 2005.  Lauren spent more than seven years as a State Political Reporter before specialising in her current role in coverage of child protection and domestic violence policy, for which she has won state and national awards.  She is also an Our Watch Walkley Foundation Fellow and a Board Director with Zahra Foundation Australia, which helps victims of domestic violence gain financial independence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from John Spoehr, Sarah Larsen and Greg Barila. John Spoehr Professor John Spoehr is Pro-Vice Chancellor - Research Impact at Flinders University and Director of the Australian Industrial Transformation Institute. John leads a multi-disciplinary team focusing on industry and workplace transformation in the context of technological change and innovation. He has over 25 years' experience as a social and economic analyst focussing on employment and industry policy, inequality and social justice. He is actively involved in the development of industry, government and community research partnerships at a local, national and international level. Sarah Larsen  Sarah Larsen is one of the most experience kids' news producers in the world. She has worked for 13 years with the ABC's children's news program, Behind the News, as a reporter and a presenter and now she's the series producer. Sarah has also produced and directed several long-form documentaries for children and teenagers, including a series on media literacy. She grew up in the Adelaide Hills and started her career in journalism at Messenger Newspapers and has also lived worked in some far-flung places, from a gold mine in Australia's Tanami Desert to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. Greg Barila Greg Barila is the Premium Content Editor at The Advertiser. It's Greg's job to co-ordinate the newsroom's efforts to produce high-quality journalism that aims to attract new subscribers and retain existing subscribers. Greg oversees a team comprising a web developer, graphic designer and videographer to develop story packages that can include everything from maps and interactive data tables to charts, games, videos and podcasts. He is a coffee snob, a TV addict and a pretty average drummer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Christopher Pyne, Kate Croser and Paul Starick.  Christopher Pyne Christopher Pyne is the former Member for Sturt. He started on the Opposition backbench before rising through the ranks to become Minister for Defense and Leader of the House, serving as a minister across the Howard, Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison governments. He is the author of two books, including his recent memoir, The Insider. Kate Croser Kate Croser is the Chief Executive Officer of the South Australian Film Corporation. Formerly an award-winning film and television producer, Kate's work has been nominated for and won Australian Academy Awards and screened at the world's most prestigious international film festivals. Kate has established successful independent production and distribution companies including Hedone Productions, nominated for Australian Screen Business of the Year at the 2015 Screen Producers Australia awards. Kate is a member of the board of the South Australian Film Corporation and previously served for five years as a Councillor for Screen Producers Australia, the peak industry body for independent screen production in Australia. Paul Starick Paul Starick is The Advertiser and Sunday Mail's chief reporter. During almost 30 years in journalism, his roles have included digital editor, deputy editor and chief political reporter. He's worked mostly in Adelaide but has been fortunate - or otherwise to have stints in Canberra and New York, along with visits to war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq. Paul enjoys football, cricket, reading and going to the gym. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Alice Gorman is an internationally recognised leader in the field of space archaeology and author of the award-winning book Dr Space Junk vs the Universe: Archaeology and the Future. She researches the archaeology and heritage of space junk, planetary landing sites, off-earth mining, and space habitats. She is also a mentor in the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs Space4Women Network and a member of the Advisory Council of the Space Industry Association of Australia. The Hon Catherine Branson AC QC is the 17th Chancellor of the University of Adelaide and was a former Crown Solicitor of South Australia and CEO of the Attorney-General's Department. She served for more than 14 years as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia and for 4 years as President of the Australian Human Rights Commission. She received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Adelaide in 2011, a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from Flinders University in 2012, and a Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) from Macquarie University in 2014. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, and was awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2018. Jessica Leo-Kelton joined The Advertiser as a cadet in 2006 roles before moving up the ranks as Entertainment Editor, then Lifestyle Editor and Deputy Head of News. In 2015 she took up the role of Messenger Newspapers Editor-in-Chief overseeing the production of 11 weekly suburban titles and a monthly lifestyle magazine. Then in late 2017, four months prior to the birth of her first child, Jess was promoted to Deputy Editor at The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. After just 18 months as Deputy Editor, Jessica was appointed the new role of Sunday Mail Editor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Royce Kurmelovs, Tim O'Connor and Brad Crouch. Royce Kurmelovs Royce Kurmelovs is a journalist and writer whose work has been published by the ABC, CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera English, VICE, and The Guardian. Royce's bestselling first book, The Death of Holden, was published in 2016, followed by Rogue Nation and Boom and Bust.  His new book is Just Money. Tim O'Connor Tim O'Connor has spent two decades working across Africa, the middle east and in the Asia and Pacific with communities impacted by natural and man made disasters, on long term development projects and human rights issues with a full gamut of organisations from small community based ones to the UN. Tim has a background in human rights, law and economics and has been a human rights campaigner with Amnesty International in Australia since 2018. Brad Crouch Brad Crouch worked in Sydney on the Daily Mirror, Daily and Sunday Telegraph, New York correspondent, federal political correspondent in Canberra, worked on The Advertiser and Sunday Mail in roles including State political editor, currently health reporter. He was awarded for investigative reporting, travel and food writing, and he is a former South Australian Journalist of the Year.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Peter McEvoy, Katarina Grenfell and Nick Harmsen.  Peter McEvoy is the creator and founding executive producer of Q&A. In past lives he ran Media Watch and was an award winning journalist at Four Corners, Radio National and triple j. Katarina Grenfell served as the Senior Legal Adviser for the OPCW-UN Investigative Mechanism, an independent body established by the UN Security Council, to investigate those responsible for the use of chemical weapons in Syria in 2016 and 2017. Since returning to Adelaide from New York she has taken up a position as Barrister at Murray Chambers. Nick Harmsen is the Acting Editor of ABC News in South Australia. Nick has two decades reporting from Adelaide to regional Queensland, Canberra and Washington D.C. He was the ABC's state political reporter for a decade. In 2020, Nick and his colleague Patrick Martin were recognised with the SA Press Club's Gold Award for their investigation into MPs' expenses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gabrielle Chan has been a journalist for more than 30 years. Currently with The Guardian Australia, she has previously worked at The Australian, the ABC and The Daily Telegraph and is the author of three books, including Rusted Off.  Gideon Haigh has been a journalist since 1984, and The Momentous, Uneventful Day is his fortieth book. His The Office: a hardworking history won the 2013 Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction. Matt Deighton was appointed editor of The Advertiser in October and 2017.Before that he was editor of The Mercury in Hobart for four years and, previous to that, Editor in Chief of Messenger Community News for more than five years.  He has held a variety of senior roles within News Corp across four states, including assistant editor at The Daily Telegraph and Sports Editor at Adelaide's Sunday Mail. He has been with News since 1990, has won a variety of industry awards and cites his greatest passions as developing reporters and connecting with communities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Geoff Raby was Australia's ambassador to China (2007–11); ambassador to APEC (2003–5); and ambassador to the World Trade Organization (1998–2001). He is chairman of VisAsia at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and chairman of the Australia–China Institute of Arts and Culture at the University of Western Australia. Raby was awarded the Order of Australia in 2019 for services to Australia–China relations and to international trade. Marian Wilkinson is regarded as one of the most distinguished journalists in Australia. A member of the Australian Media Hall of Fame, Marian was a pioneer in the resurgence of Australian investigative journalism and has worked as a senior reporter for organisations including Sydney Morning Herald and Four Corners. She was a co-author with David Marr of Dark Victory and the author of The Fixer: The Untold Story of Graham Richardson. Her most recent book is The Carbon Club. Tory Shepherd is The Advertiser's State Editor and a senior columnist, and covers defence and space among other topics. She is a Walkley Awards judge, a Churchill fellow, and the author of On Freedom. Tory is a regular panel member of ABC radio and television shows including Sunrise, The Project and The Drum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret Simons is an award-winning journalist and the author of thirteen books. She won the 2015 Walkley Award for Social Equity Journalism and has been honoured with several Quill Awards for journalistic excellence. Her latest book is a biography of Penny Wong, Penny Wong: Passion and Principle. Jenny Hocking is emeritus professor at Monash University, Distinguished Whitlam Fellow at the Whitlam Institute at Western Sydney University, and Gough Whitlam's award-winning biographer. Her case against the National Archives of Australia, seeking access to the 'Palace letters' between the Queen and the Governor-General at the time of the dismissal of the Whitlam government, succeeded at the High Court of Australia in May 2020, and her book on this subject is The Palace Letters. Kara Jung is an award-winning journalist with more than 15 years media experience, including stints as political reporter for The Advertiser and Deputy Editor-in-chief for The Messenger. She is currently Digital Editor for local news at advertiser.com.au, a News Corp columnist, co-chair of The Advertiser's Year of the Woman campaign and a Women in Media SA committee member. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Fowler is an award-winning investigative journalist and a former reporter with Foreign Correspondent and Four Corners, and chief of staff and acting foreign editor of The Australian. His books include The Most Dangerous Man in the World, The War on Journalism and Shooting the Messenger: Criminalising Journalism. Sally Rugg is an LGBTIQ rights activist, writer and public speaker. She is Executive Director at political activist group change.org, and was previously Campaign Director at GetUp where she led the campaign for marriage equality for five years. How Powerful We Are is her first book. Rod Savage is the Executive Editor, Digital, for News Corp SA. He's worked in London and New York, was Editor of The Sunday Times in Perth, has covered two Olympic Games and is now focused on finding a sustainable model for local journalism. Outside of work he can be found inside his car, driving his three children to a ridiculous array of sports and activities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rick Morton is an award-winning journalist and the author of One Hundred Years of Dirt, which was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and the National Biography Award.  He is currently the Senior Reporter for The Saturday Paper and his recent books are On Money and My Year of Living Vulnerably. Jess Scully is an advocate for the creative economy and the role of cities in a fair future. She is the Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney: previously, Jess curated projects including Vivid Ideas and TEDxSydney, worked as a public art curator, policy advisor and magazine editor. Glimpses of Utopia is her first book. Roy Eccleston is associate editor of SA Weekend Magazine at The Advertiser.  Eccleston began his career as a cadet at The Courier Mail newspaper, and has worked for The Age in Melbourne and Canberra; and for The Australian where he was Canberra-based foreign affairs writer, Queensland bureau chief, Washington Correspondent from 2000-2005, and a staff writer on The Weekend Australian Magazine. He has covered two Olympic Games, a US presidential campaign, and wrote the last cover story for The Bulletin magazine. He has been a contributor for Time Australia and The Times of London, and edited SA Weekend from 2009-20. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from journalist and broadcaster Dr Julia Baird, investigative reporter Louise Milligan and Advertiser Deputy Editor Ben Hyde.  Julia Baird Dr Julia Baird is a globally renowned author, award-winning journalist, host of The Drum on ABC TV and columnist for The New York Times and The Sydney Morning Herald. Julia's most recent book is the bestselling Phosphorescence and her biography of Queen Victoria, Victoria: the Queen, was one of The New York Times' top ten books of 2016. Louise Milligan Louise Milligan is an investigative reporter for the ABC TV's Four Corners. Her award-winning stories for ABC's 7.30 on the abuse allegations against George Pell led to the book Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of Cardinal Pell, which was awarded the Walkley Book Award in 2017 and won the 2018 Civic Choice Award for the Melbourne Prize for Literature. Milligan is Irish-born and was raised a devoted Catholic. Ben Hyde Ben Hyde started as a cadet with The Advertiser in 2009 and has worked across various rounds including sport, general news, regional affairs, real estate and police reporting. He became Head of News in 2017 and was last year appointed Deputy Editor of The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from David Kilcullen from the University of NSW, Hannah Critchlow from the University of Cambridge and journalist and broadcaster Laura Tingle. David Kilcullen David Kilcullen is a professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of New South Wales, and a professor of practice in global security at Arizona State University. Dr Kilcullen is also the author of the highly acclaimed The Accidental Guerrilla, Out of the Mountains, and Blood Year. Hannah Critchlow Hannah Critchlow is the Science Outreach Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, and has been named a Top 100 UK Scientist by the Science Council for her work in science communication. Mentioned by Nature magazine as a rising star in the life sciences in 2019, she is listed as one of the University of Cambridge's 'inspirational and successful women in science'. The Science of Fate: Why Your Future is More Predictable Than You Think is her first book. Laura Tingle Laura Tingle is chief political correspondent for ABCTV's 7.30. She won the Paul Lyneham Award for Excellence in Press Gallery Journalism in 2004, and Walkley awards in 2005 and 2011. She is the author of Chasing the Future: Recession, Recovery and the New Politics in Australia and four acclaimed Quarterly Essays: Great Expectations, Political Amnesia, Follow the Leader and The High Road. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Reverend Lynn Arnold (Anglican priest), Justyna Jochym (CEO of Festivals Adelaide) and Daniel Wills (State political editor, The Advertiser) Lynn Arnold Lynn is an Anglican priest, and was SA Premier 1992-1993 and former CEO of Anglicare SA and World Vision. Justyna Jochym Justyna is the CEO of Festivals Adelaide, the strategic umbrella organisation for Adelaide's 11 major festivals. Prior to this role, she worked as the Head of International Cooperation and Development at the Krakow Festival Office (Poland), where she managed global partnerships and programs, among them the Krakow UNESCO City of Literature designation. Daniel Wills Daniel Wills is The Advertiser's state political editor. An award-winning journalist, he is a former SA Media Awards journalist of the year. He writes a weekly must-read The State column for The Advertiser on Saturdays and expert political analysis throughout the week. More than a decade's experience covering state politics has made him one of the leading newsbreakers in SA's press gallery.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Peter McEvoy (creator and founding executive producer of Q&A), Amanda Blair (columnist for Australian Women's Weekly), Brad Crouch (Health reporter for The Advertiser).  ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL Peter McEvoy Peter McEvoy is the creator and founding executive producer of Q&A. In past lives he ran Media Watch and was an award winning journalist at Four Corners, Radio National and triplej. Amanda Blair Amanda Blair is a columnist for the Australian Women's Weekly, a Board member of The Independent Gambling Authority, The South Australian Housing Trust and Nature Play SA. She is an active Ambassador for The Hutt Street Centre, Time for Kids, The Bedford Group and Foundation shine. She is also the proud creator of Dulcies Shop of Real Opportunity, the first travelling op-shop on wheels which raises money for homeless services. She's raised over $1 million dollars for charity. In her previous incarnation as a broadcaster she won a MO Award for Best Live Show in Australia in 2003 and in 2011 and won the St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Award for outstanding contribution to the Media from Archbishop Philip Wilson. She also spent many years with her fingers poised over her computer keyboard bashing out news columns for The Advertiser. There's not a job she hasn't had nor a Bah Minh she hasn't liked. Brad Couch Brad Crouch worked in Sydney on the Daily Mirror, Daily and Sunday Telegraph, New York correspondent, federal political correspondent in Canberra, worked on The Advertiser and Sunday Mail in roles including State Political Editor, currently health reporter. Former South Australian Journalist of the Year   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Rick Sarre (Dean of Law at the School of Law, University of South Australia), Kerryn Goldsworthy (Writer and critic) Kara Jung (Messenger Digital Editor, The Advertiser). ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL Rick Sarre Professor Rick Sarre is Dean of Law at the School of Law, University of South Australia, having taught law and criminology in Australia, Hong Kong, USA and Sweden over a thirty five year period. He is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, and Immediate Past President. Kerryn Goldsworthy Dr Kerryn Goldsworthy is an Adelaide writer and critic, author of ‘Adelaide' in the NewSouth Publishing ‘City' series, and a regular book reviewer in the national press and journals. She has won the Pascall Prize for cultural criticism and the Horne Prize for an essay on Australian society. Kara Jung Kara Jung is an award-winning journalist with more than 15 years media experience, including stints as political reporter for The Advertiser and Deputy Editor-in-chief for The Messenger. She is currently Digital Editor for local news at advertiser.com.au, a News Corp columnist, co-chair of The Advertiser's Year of the Woman campaign and a Women in Media SA committee member.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Rodrigo Praino (Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy)Sam Klintworth (National Director (CEO) Amnesty International Australia), Sean Fewster (Chief court reporter, The Advertiser) ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL Rodrigo Praino Rodrigo Praino is Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy. He holds a PhD in Political Science, and has been the recipient of several prestigious fellowships, scholarships and awards. He is the only political scientist to have ever received a Young Tall Poppy of Science Award. Rodrigo's research focuses on decision-making and political behaviour, particularly how voters often make their decisions in a context of low-information.  Sam Klintworth Sam is a passionate human rights advocate who has worked in the community sector for more than 30 years, she is committed to empowering vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals and communities. Sam has worked in a variety of roles from frontline through to leadership, she has been privileged to work in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Asylum seeker and refugee communities, Youth Justice, Child Protection, Domestic and Family Violence, Crisis and Homelessness services, Disaster Management and Community Capacity Building.  Sean Fewster Sean Fewster is The Advertiser's chief court reporter, and has covered most of Adelaide's major criminal trials for the past 18 years. He is the author of the bestselling true crime book "City of Evil", which was adapted into a top-rating TV miniseries by Channel 9 and Foxtel in 2018. Sean also provides analysis of the criminal justice system every week on FiveAA.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from John Spoehr (Pro-Vice Chancellor, Research Impact at Flinders University), Rhana Devenport (Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia), Tory Shepherd (State Editor of The Advertiser). ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL John Spoehr Professor John Spoehr is Pro-Vice Chancellor - Research Impact at Flinders University and Director of the Australian Industrial Transformation Institute. He has over 25 years' experience as a social and economic analyst focussing on employment and industry policy, inequality and social justice. He is actively involved in the development of industry, government and community research partnerships at a local, national and international level. John's major publications include 'The Engaging State - South Australia's engagement with the Asia Pacific Region' with Purnendra Jain, 'State of South Australia - from crisis to prosperity?' and 'Power Politics - the electricity crisis and you'. His latest edited book is 'State of South Australia - turbulent times'.  Rhana Devonport Rhana Devenport ONZM is the Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia and the first woman to hold this position. She is a museum director, curator, editor, and cultural producer whose career spans art museums, biennials and arts festivals. As former Director of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki she, in 2017, curated the work of Lisa Reihana for the New Zealand Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Prior to that she was Director of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth, leading to the development of the Len Lye Centre. In Australia she worked on the first four APTs at QAGOMA. Her curatorial interests include contemporary art of Asia and the Pacific, time-based media and social practice. Tory Shepherd Tory is the Advertiser's State Editor and a senior columnist, and covers defence and space among other topics. She is a Walkley Awards judge, a Churchill fellow, and the author of On Freedom. Tory is a regular panel member of ABC radio and television shows including Sunrise, The Project and The Drum.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Peter Rathjen (Vice-Chancellor and President of The University of Adelaide), Kristin Alford (Director of MOD), Paul Starick (The Advertiser's and Sunday Mail's Chief Reporter). ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL Peter Rathjen AO Professor Peter Rathjen AO commenced in January 2018 as the University of Adelaide's 22nd Vice-Chancellor and President. He is an Australian scientist and medical researcher internationally recognised in stem cell science. In June 2019 he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday honours for distinguished service to higher education through senior administrative roles, and as a scientist and medical researcher.  Kristin Alford Dr Kristin Alford is the Director of Australia's leading future-focused museum MOD. at the University of South Australia where she has inspired young adults about pleasure, peace and perspectives in pursuit of sustainable careers. Her eclectic background includes engineering, human resources, marketing and science communications and she once was awarded an arts grant for graffiti. She was also the founding director of foresight and digital agency Bridge8 and has lectured in foresight, social change and climate action. Paul Starick Paul Starick is The Advertiser and Sunday Mail's chief reporter. During almost 30 years in journalism, his roles have included Advertiser digital editor, deputy editor and chief political reporter. He's worked mostly in Adelaide but has been fortunate - or otherwise to have stints in Canberra and New York, along with visits to war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq. Paul enjoys football, cricket, reading and going to the gym.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Robyn Archer (singer, writer, artistic director and public advocate for the arts), Helen Donovan (City of Adelaide Councillor), Roy Eccleston (SA Weekend Editor). ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL Robyn Archer Robyn Archer AO FAHA is a multi-award-winning singer, writer, artistic director and public advocate for the arts. She has performed in numerous Adelaide Festivals since 1976, including 2019's Picaresque, and was artistic director for 1998 and 2000. Robyn released her latest album Classic Cabaret Rarities in 2019, currently tours three recitals (French, German and American) and has a new show premiering in June 2020. She has been honoured by the French and Belgian governments and holds honorary doctorates from six Australian universities.   Helen Donovan Helen is a practicing behaviour change psychologist and is keen to see Council consider impacts on mental health and wellbeing in the community at every level of policy, including infrastructure design, green spaces, waste management and housing. She advocates for a sustainably responsible Council and, in particular, seeks to accelerate local action on sustainability, support for market stalls moving towards zero packagings, fossil fuel divestment, greening, organic waste collection and leadership in energy policy and waste management.  Roy Eccleston Roy has edited SA Weekend Magazine in The Advertiser since it inception in 2009. Under his leadership the magazine won a prestigious News Award in 2016, and its mix of probing features, irreverent columns, travel, food, film and fashion have made it essential reading for South Australians.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Katrina Sedgwick (Director/CEO of ACMI), Erna Ranieri (Commissioner for Public Sector Employment), Jessica Leo-Kelton (Sunday Mail Editor). ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL Katrina Sedgwick Katrina Sedgwick has been Director/CEO of ACMI (the Australian Centre for the Moving Image) since 2015, where she is leading a vision for a $40m transformation for the museum, due to reopen mid-2020. She has a particular interest in supporting cross-disciplinary practice, and has an extensive background as a commissioner, creative producer, and festival director. From 2012 – 14 she was Head of Arts for the national broadcaster ABC TV, and between 2002 – 11 she was the founding Director/CEO of Adelaide Film Festival, and its $1m Investment Fund, supporting a multi award winning slate of films and installation works. Erma Ranieri Erma Ranieri is the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment serving South Australia. Erma has worked for more than 30 years to help organisations optimise productivity and employee wellbeing. She was named a 2014 Telstra Business Woman of the Year as SA Winner of the Telstra Community and Government Award for her role in leading transformational change throughout the public sector. Jessica Leo-Kelton Jessica Leo-Kelton joined The Advertiser as a cadet in 2006. In 2015 she took up the role of Messenger Newspapers Editor-in-Chief overseeing the production of 11 weekly suburban titles and a monthly lifestyle magazine. Then in late 2017, Jess was promoted to Deputy Editor at The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. After just 18 months as Deputy Editor, Jessica is now the Sunday Mail Editor   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Robert Elliott Smith (Writers' Week), Dr Michelle Lim (Biodiversity law scholar, courtesy of WOMAD Planet Talks) and Rod Savage (Executive Editor, Digital, News Corp SA). ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL Robert Elliott Smith Dr Robert Elliott Smith PhD FRSA is the author of Rage Inside the Machine: The Prejudice of Algorithms, and How to Stop the Internet Making Bigots of Us All. He has worked in artificial intelligence for 30 years, helping create software systems that learn fighter jet manoeuvres, describe immune systems, reveal emotion in financial markets, and suggest how social networks propagate political polarisation. He grew up in Alabama during desegregation bussing, and those life experiences inform his perspective on how algorithmic bias can affect society. He is the CTO of BOXARR Ltd. and a faculty member at University College London. Michelle Lim Dr Michelle Lim is an interdisciplinary biodiversity law scholar. Her work examines the role of law in shaping sustainable and equitable futures in the Anthropocene. Michelle was a Fellow of the Global Assessment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Michelle received the 2016/2017 Law Council of Australia Young Environmental Lawyer of the Year Award.  Rod Savage Rod Savage is the Executive Editor, Digital, for News Corp SA. He's worked in London and New York, was Editor of The Sunday Times in Perth, has covered two Olympic Games and is now focused on finding a sustainable model for local journalism. Outside of work he can be found inside his car, driving his three children to a ridiculous array of sports and activities.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from novelist Michael Robotham (Writers' Week), journalist Antony Lowenstein and News Corp. SA political editor Matt Smith. ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL Michael Robotham Before becoming a novelist, Michael Robotham was an investigative journalist working across America, Australia and Britain. As a journalist and writer he has investigated notorious cases such as the serial killer couple Fred and Rosemary West. He has worked with clinical and forensic psychologists as they helped police investigate complex, psychologically driven crimes. Michael's 2004 debut thriller, The Suspect, sold more than 1 million copies around the world. It is the first of eight novels featuring clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin, who faces his own increasing battle with a potentially debilitating disease. Michael has also written four standalone thrillers. In 2015 he won the UK's prestigious Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award with his standalone thriller Life or Death. He lives in Sydney.  Matt Smith Matt Smith is the Political Editor for The Advertiser and Sunday Mail in South Australia. He covers State and Federal Politics with a strong focus on decisions made in Canberra that have an impact on South Australians. He was previously the State Political Editor of The Mercury in Tasmania. Antony Lowenstein Antony Loewenstein is a journalist who has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, the BBC, The Washington Post, The Nation, Huffington Post, Haaretz, and many others. His latest book is Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs. He's the author of Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe; the writer/co-producer of the associated documentary, Disaster Capitalism; and the codirector of an Al-Jazeera English film on the opioid drug tramadol. His other books include My Israel Question, The Blogging Revolution, and Profits of Doom, and he is the coeditor of the books Left Turn and After Zionism, and is a contributor to For God's Sake.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from journalist and author Tony Jones (Writers' Week), and The Advertiser's Michael McGuire.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Tony McAleer (Writers' Week), Jess Hill (Writers' Week), George Megalogenis (Author and journalist). ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL Tony McAleer Tony McAleer is an international speaker, change maker, and father of two. As co-founder and board chair for the nonprofit organization Life After Hate, he has made it his mission to help people leave hate groups. The Cure for Hate: A Former White Supremacist's Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion is his first book. He lives in Vancouver, Canada. Jess Hill Jess Hill is an investigative journalist who has been writing about domestic violence since 2014. Prior to this, she was a producer for ABC Radio, a Middle East correspondent for The Global Mail, and an investigative journalist for Background Briefing. She was listed in Foreign Policy's top 100 women to follow on Twitter, and her reporting on domestic violence has won two Walkley awards, an Amnesty International award and three Out Watch awards. See What You Made Me Do is her first book.  George Megalogenis George Megalogenis is an author and journalist with three decades' experience in the media. The Australian Moment won the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction and the 2012 Walkley Award for Non-fiction, and formed the basis for his ABC documentary series Making Australia Great. George is also the author of Faultlines, The Longest Decade, Australia's Second Chance, and Balancing Act. His latest book is The Football Solution.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from H M Naqvi (Writers' Week), Zahra Hankir (Writers' Week), Ben Law (Writers' Week).   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Chigozie Obioma (Writers' Week), Kavita Puri (Writers' Week) and Jillian Attrill (Head of Arts and Entertainment, The Advertiser). ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL Chigozie Obioma Chigozie Obioma was born in 1986 in Akure, Nigeria, and currently lives in the United States. He graduated from the University of Michigan with an MFA in Creative Writing and was a recipient of a Hopwood Award in fiction and poetry. He is now an assistant professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His debut novel, The Fishermen, is winner of the inaugural FT/Oppenheimer Award for Fiction, the NAACP Image Awards for Debut Literary Work, and the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction (Los Angeles Times Book Prizes). Kavita Puri Kavita Puri works in BBC Current Affairs and is an award- winning TV executive producer and radio broadcaster. Her landmark three-part series Partition Voices for BBC Radio 4 won the Royal Historical Society's Radio and Podcast Award and its overall Public History Prize. Her critically acclaimed Radio 4 series, Three Pounds in My Pocket, charts the social history of British South Asians from the post-war years. She is currently making the third series. She worked for many years at Newsnight and studied Law at Cambridge University. Jillian Attrill Jillian has worked in key roles with some of the world's leading media organisations, including News Corp, Sky News and the Nine Network, with an extensive period as a Senior Executive with Australia's national public broadcaster, the ABC. She currently heads up the arts and entertainment section of The Advertiser in Adelaide.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Writers' Week guests Serhii Plokhy and Sanam Maher and ABC News South Australia Deputy Editor Nic Harmsen. ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL Serhii Plokhy Serhii Plokhy is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University. He has published in English, Russian and Ukrainian as well as having taught in Canada, Ukraine and the USA. His bestselling book Chernobyl: the History of a Tragedy won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2018. His latest book, Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: An Untold Story of World War II is published in October 2019. Sanam Maher Sanam Maher is a journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan. For more than a decade, she has covered stories on Pakistan's art and culture, business, politics, religious minorities and women. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Caravan, Roads and Kingdoms and Buzzfeed. A Woman Like Her is her first book.  Nic Harmsen Nick Harmsen is the Deputy Editor of ABC News in South Australia. An award-winning journalist, Nick has experience reporting for a host of ABC programs in Queensland, South Australia, Canberra and Washington DC. For most of the past decade, he's covered South Australian politics.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.