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Today's half-day Parliamentary sitting might have satisfied the Constitution, but has political turmoil truly been avoided? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, UMNO Youth Chief.

Is the absence of PKR at Pakatan Harapan's post-Parliament press conference evidence of the same fractious dynamics that plagued PH during its two years in government? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Liew Chin Tong, Dewan Negara Senator and Political Education Director for DAP.

Already disadvantaged - with hundreds of schools in disrepair or declared unfit - the Covid-19 crisis has nevertheless allowed committed teachers to work around limitations, to find ways to reach children most left behind by the closing of schools. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Jenifer Lasimbang, Assistant Minister of Education and Innovation, Sabah.

While parents hold on to the conventional notions of school - classes, the syllabus, exams - educators are having to adapt to the limits placed on teachers under the present circumstances.  Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Cheryl Fernando, Country Director of Global School Leaders, a non-profit focused on providing leadership training for school principals from underperforming schools.

What opportunities can be seized at this time in terms of rethinking education? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Cheryl Fernando, Country Director of Global School Leaders, a non-profit focused on providing leadership training for school principals from underperforming schools.

The environmental sectors of Malaysia have been impacted by not just the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown but also from a new government that has yet to make clear its environmental policy. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Wong Siew Lyn and Law Yao Hua, co-founders and editors of Macaranga, a portal covering issues of the environment and sustainability in Malaysia.

The downsides of the crisis both in the movement restriction, loss of economic activity as well as the diversion of funds is making its impact. What does it tell us about the work of environmental protection and the institutional arrangements it relies on?  Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Wong Siew Lyn and Law Yao Hua, co-founders, and editors of Macaranga, a portal covering issues of the environment and sustainability in Malaysia.

Preceding the COVID-19 crisis was the political crisis which saw the fall of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government. Unlike PH, the Perikatan Nasional government has no manifesto nor as a new direction emerged. What needs to be done? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Wong Siew Lyn and Law Yao Hua, co-founders and editors of Macaranga, a portal covering issues of the environment and sustainability in Malaysia.

Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan has advised Malaysians to change their mindset when it comes to jobs, and accept any work that they can get in view of rising unemployment. Along with news of yet another raid on undocumented migrant workers, against the advice of public health experts. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan take up the most important conversations of the day.

Kedah is the fourth state government to change hands since Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin pulled Bersatu out of Pakatan Harapan in February. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan ask Prof Dr Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani, Political Analyst, Universiti Utara Malaysia how this affects the management of both the public health response as well as the economic fall-out.