In a year when wars and the referendum on the voice all worked towards dividing us, there were moments of joy and unity that brought us together as a nation. Our end of year panel digs deep to find them.

AJ Lamarque, comedian, writer, producer and host of the Kweens of Comedy

Alice Fraser, writer and podcast host of Tea with Alice and The Gargle.

Carly Williams, national indigenous correspondent with the ABC and a Quandamooka woman from SE Queensland

Jonathan Biggins, writer and performer in The Wharf Review currently showing at the Seymour Centre