The Drum - Season 1 / Year 2016

Season 1 / Year 2016

Episodes

23/5/16
Tonight on The Drum: Labor's candidate for the WA seat of Cowan, Dr Anne Aly; Greens candidate for the NSW seat of Warringah, Clara Williams Roldan; And Sarah-Jane Collins from Mamamia.

24/5/16
Tonight Julia Baird is hosting with Dr Norman Swan from RN's Health Report, Dr Kerryn Phelps from the University of Sydney and Health Program Director at the Grattan Institute Dr Stephen Duckett.

25/5/16
Julia Baird is joined by Sydney Morning Herald editor Judith Whelan, former NSW Liberal leader Peter Collins and former Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes to discuss the issues of the day.

26/5/16
Tonight on The Drum: Julia Baird is hosting with Mia Freedman from Mamamia, lecturer and columnist at Melbourne University Dr Denis Dragovic and Political Editor at ABC NewsRadio Marius Benson.

27/5/16
Analysis of the day's news in an engaging & entertaining way. Host Tracey Spicer leads a panel of journalists, political & social commentators in a lively, thought-provoking discussion.

30/5/16
Julia Baird is joined by Australian Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon, Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm and Independent Senator for Queensland Glenn Lazarus to discuss the issues of the day.

31/5/16
Analysis of the day's news in an engaging & entertaining way. Host Julia Baird leads a panel of journalists, political & social commentators in a lively, thought-provoking discussion.

1/6/16
Analysis of the day's news in an engaging & entertaining way. Host Julia Baird leads a panel of journalists, political & social commentators in a lively, thought-provoking discussion.

2/6/16
Julia Baird is joined by David Miles from Willard Public Affairs, the editor of RendezView & columnist at the Daily Telegraph Sarrah Le Marquand plus columnist for Daily Life Australia Ruby Hamad to discuss the day's events.

3/6/16
Julia Baird is joined by former Greens Senator Kerry Nettle, former member of the Labor party Craig Emerson and former member of the Liberal party Jackie Kelly.

6/6/16

7/6/16
Analysis of the day's news in an engaging & entertaining way. Hosts Julia Baird & John Barron lead a panel of journalists, political & social commentators in a lively, thought-provoking discussion.

8/6/16
Eleanor Hall is hosting with Josh Bornstein from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, former Queensland Liberal Senator Sue Boyce and Fairfax Chief Political Reporter James Massola.

9/6/16
Eleanor Hall is hosting with Chris Berg from the Institute of Public Affairs, Miriam Lyons from GetUp! and the Executive Director of The Australia Institute Ben Oquist.

10/6/16
Eleanor Hall is hosting with economist and former Liberal advisor John Adams, Chief Political Correspondent at SBS Catherine McGrath and former NSW Labor party member John Della Bosca.

13/6/16

14/6/16
Eleanor Hall is hosting with the Principal of MLC School Louise Robert-Smith, the Principal of Templestowe College Peter Hutton and one of the Directors of the NSW Public Education Foundation Jane Caro.

15/6/16
Tonight on The Drum: Eleanor Hall is hosting with author and activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Rector of St Mark's Anglican Church Dr Michael Jensen and co-host of 2UE Breakfast John Stanley.

16/6/16
Tonight on The Drum: Eleanor Hall is joined by Deputy Political Editor for The Guardian Australia Katharine Murphy, National Security Editor for The Australian Paul Maley & Editor-at-Large at Mamamia Jamila Rizvi.

17/6/16
Eleanor Hall is joined by former Liberal leader John Hewson, former Australian Democrats leader and Labor MP Cheryl Kernot and Political Editor at Crikey Bernard Keane

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22/06/16
Julia Baird is joined by Sam Crosby from the McKell Institute, Kate Mills from Professional Mums and Nick Cater from the Menzies Research Centre to discuss the big talking points of the day.

23/6/16

24/6/16
With only 8 days to go until the Election Julia Baird is joined by author and columnist Niki Savva, former Labor WA Premier Geoff Gallop, former SA Liberal MP Andrew Southcott & former Labor Senator Stephen Loosley.

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30/6/16
Tonight on The Drum: Julia Baird is hosting with Feyi Akindoyeni from Newgate Communications, The Poll Bludger William Bowe and marketing strategist Toby Ralph.

01/7/16
Tonight Julia Baird is hosting with former federal Liberal leader John Hewson, former leader of the Australian Greens Christine Milne and former NSW Premier and Labor Foreign Minister Bob Carr.

Election After Party
After the votes have been counted & Election parties wind down, Julia Baird will dissect the night's events with a panel including journalists David Marr & Jennifer Hewett plus commentators Sue Cato & Dee Madigan.

Australia Votes Special
In a special Sunday edition of The Drum, Julia Baird & a panel of commentators explore the new political landscape, fallout from last night's election results & dissect the political spin from the parties.

4/7/16

5/7/16
Tonight John Barron is hosting with Peter Collins from Barton Deakin, the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald Judith Whelan and the Executive Director of The Australia Institute Ben Oquist.

6/7/16
John Barron is joined by former federal Labor MP Maxine McKew, Sydney Morning Herald columnist Jacqueline Maley and Greg Baxter who's a partner at Newgate Communications.

7/7/16
John Barron is hosting with Rt. Major General Jim Molan, the Chairman of the Committee for Sydney Michael Rose, former British Army Officer and military lawyer Rabia Siddique and Economics Editor at The Age Peter Martin.

8/7/16
Tonight Tracey Spicer is hosting with Fairfax Business-Day contributing editor Michael Pascoe, former military officer Cate McGregor, and journalist and author Tom Dusevic.

11/7/16
John Barron is joined by lawyer and speaker Pallavi Sinha, Fairfax Chief Political Correspondent Mark Kenny & Associate Editor at The Australian Caroline Overington to discuss the big issues of the day.

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