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 Katrina Sedgwick, Colin James and David Marr.

Katrina Sedgwick has been Director/CEO of ACMI (the Australian Centre for the Moving Image) since 2015. ACMI reopened in February 2021 following a multi award winning $40m transformation. She has a particular interest in supporting cross-disciplinary practice, and has an extensive background as a commissioner, creative producer, and festival director. From 2012 – 14 she was Head of Arts for the national broadcaster ABC TV, and between 2002 – 11 she was the founding Director/CEO of Adelaide Film Festival, and its $1m Investment Fund, supporting a multi award winning slate of films and installation works.

Colin James is a multi award-winning reporter at The Advertiser who has spent more than 30 years covering South Australian politics, crime, social issues and local government. Colin received a Walkley Award in 1994 for his coverage of the Hindmarsh Island Bridge saga. Among major events he has covered have been the Port Arthur Massacre, Thredbo ski lodge disaster and the Bali bombings. An expatriate New Zealander, he has raised three sons in South Australia, a state he very much adores.

David Marr has written for Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Saturday Paper, The Guardian and The Monthly, and has served as editor of the National Times, reporter for Four Corners and presenter of ABC TV’s Media Watch. His books include Patrick White: A Life, The High Price of Heaven, Dark Victory (with Marian Wilkinson), Panic and six bestselling Quarterly Essays, including his arresting essay on George Pell, The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell, recently updated and expanded into a book.