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Season 2021
The show that brings together some of the sharpest and most informed minds in Australia to tackle the big issues and share their opinions and expertise. Catch up on some of the best conversations from The Drum.
The most engaging conversations from this week on The Drum. Ellen Fanning is joined on the panel by Richie Merzian, Dr Jenny May, Terence Jeyaretnam and Ewen Jones to discuss the EU's climate change plan.
The show that brings together some of the sharpest and most informed minds in Australia to tackle the big issues and share their opinions and expertise. Catch up on some of the best conversations from The Drum.
Julia Baird is joined on the panel by Marc Fennell, Kathryn Greiner, Danica Leys and Dr Paul Griffin to discuss the financial divide between public and private schools.
Ellen Fanning is joined on the panel by Wendy Machin, Gabrielle Chan, Dr Vyom Sharma and Abul Rizvi to discuss help for farmers with a new agricultural visa.
Ellen Fanning is joined on the panel by Adam Liaw, Rebecca Davies, Merle Mitchell and Molly George to discuss concerning numbers of incidents of abuse and neglect in aged care, and the new Serious Incident Reporting Scheme.
Julia Baird is joined on the panel by Reverend Tracy Lauersen, Katharine Murphy, Tarang Chawla, Kerry Chikarovski and Michael Jensen to discuss the topic of the Anglican Church and domestic violence.
Ellen Fanning is joined on the panel by Bri Lee, Lisa Jackson Pulver, Dr Neela Janakiramanan, Daniel D'Hotand and Ewen Jones to discuss the topic who gets to be smart?
Julia Baird is joined on the panel by Isaiah Dawe, Amy Thunig and Kerry Carrington to discuss teenagers transitioning from care.
Julia Baird is joined on the panel by Grace Tame, Niall Blair, Patrick Abboud and Suelette Dreyfus to discuss the topic of extremism and masculinity.
Kathryn Robinson is joined on the panel by Clare Press, Amanda Rose, Claire Harvey, Michael Toole and Yun Jiang to discuss modern slavery.
Ellen Fanning is joined by Rachel Clarke, Mary Chiarella, Peter Shmigel, Sam Connor and Rabia Siddique to discuss the toll of the pandemic on frontline medical workers.
Stan Grant is joined on the panel by Tim James, Darren Saunders, Sarah Martin and Yun Jiang to discuss the impact of the pandemic on universities.
Julia Baird is joined on the panel by Australian of the Year Grace Tame, Kate Ellis, Feyi Akindoyeni and Craig Chung to discuss the significant increase in reporting of sexual assaults.
Patricia Karvelas is joined on the panel by Apryl Watson, Rebecca Davies, Katrina Hodgkinson, Justin Mohammed and Amy Thunig on the topic 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody.
Ellen Fanning is joined on the panel by Veronica Gorrie, Esther McKay, Wesley Enoch, Chelsea Watego and Graeme Innes to discuss the topic of Indigenous deaths in custody.
Julia Baird is joined by Talal Yassine, Avril Henry, Fiona Kotvojs and Jamila Rizvi to discuss compensation for the families of Afghan killing victims.
Ellen Fanning is joined by a panel of Craig Wallace, Oliver Hunter, Annabelle Williams and Naomi Simson to discuss employment for disabled people.
The show that brings together some of the sharpest and most informed minds in Australia to tackle the big issues and share their opinions and expertise. Catch up on some of the best conversations from The Drum.
Ellen Fanning is joined on the panel by Marie Coleman and Catherine Barrett to discuss sexual assaults in aged care.
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