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 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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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