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.

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.

Panel discussions from Breakfast with Papers at the 2021 Adelaide Festival.

Panel discussions from Breakfast with Papers at the 2020 Adelaide Festival.

Breakfast with Papers

Listen to the Breakfast with Papers Podcast. Panel discussions from Breakfast with Papers at the 2021 Adelaide Festival.

Breakfast with Papers - Margaret Simons, Jenny Hocking, Kara Jung

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 Tory Shepherd, Simon Royal and Miles Kemp.

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 Tory Shepherd, Simon Royal and Miles Kemp.

Tory Shepherd is a senior columnist with Guardian Australia and a former State Editor at The Advertiser. Her first book, On Freedom, was published in 2020.  

Simon Royal has been a TV and radio broadcaster for more than 30 years, working on state and national programmes in both mediums. An inveterate late bloomer/procrastinator, he’s more recently turned his hand to writing feature articles for InDaily and ABC online. Simon is interested in most things, except football - a firm resolve that came to him at an early age. Growing up in country South Australia in the late 60s/70s, this presented some social difficulties, although he seems to have largely recovered from that now. He is besotted with Irish Terriers and John F. Kennedy, having written his postgraduate diploma thesis about the latter, and a series of essays on the former. He is deeply drawn to things with a devil may care attitude, as well as lost causes.

Miles Kemp has worked as a reporter at The Advertiser since 1997, and in the industry since 1987, specialising in public sector policy. He has used the state's Freedom of Information law extensively to unearth inconvenient information. He has often been told to use his powers more for good but thinks journalism shouldn't take sides. Miles is often called a boomer but would like to stress he was born in 1966, two years after the accepted cut-off date.

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&nbsp;Tory Shepherd, Simon Royal&nbsp;and&nbsp;Miles Kemp.
Tory Shepherd&nbsp;is a senior columnist with&nbsp;Guardian Australia&nbsp;and a former State Editor at&nbsp;The Advertiser. Her first book,&nbsp;On Freedom, was published in 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Simon Royal&nbsp;has been a TV and radio broadcaster for more than 30 years, working on state and national programmes in both mediums. An inveterate late bloomer/procrastinator, he&rsquo;s more recently turned his hand to writing feature articles for InDaily and ABC online. Simon is interested in most things, except football - a firm resolve that came to him at an early age. Growing up in country South Australia in the late 60s/70s, this presented some social difficulties, although he seems to have largely recovered from that now. He is besotted with Irish Terriers and John F. Kennedy, having written his postgraduate diploma thesis about the latter, and a series of essays on the former. He is deeply drawn to things with a devil may care attitude, as well as lost causes.
Miles Kemp&nbsp;has worked as a reporter at&nbsp;The Advertiser&nbsp;since 1997, and in the industry since 1987, specialising in public sector policy. He has used the state's Freedom of Information law extensively to unearth inconvenient information. He has often been told to use his powers more for good but thinks journalism shouldn't take sides. Miles is often called a boomer but would like to stress he was born in 1966, two years after the accepted cut-off date.

Breakfast with Papers - Tory Shepherd, Simon Royal and Miles Kemp

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, Claudia Paul and Jo Dyer.

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, Claudia Paul and Jo Dyer.

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 latest book is Just Money.

Claudia Paul is an Aboriginal woman descending from the Wiradjuri people of central New South Wales, and is the third Indigenous Rhodes Scholar.   She is undertaking a DPhil in Musculoskeletal Science at Magdalen College, Oxford. In 2018, she graduated with a MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine from Magdalen College, Oxford.  Claudia also holds a Master of Traumatology from the University of Newcastle, and a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Adelaide. Claudia has worked as a doctor with Hunter New England Local Health District and was previously a Student Representative for the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association. 

Jo Dyer is currently Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week.  She has held leadership roles at national cultural institutions including Sydney Writers’ Festival, Sydney Theatre Company and Bangarra Dance Theatre and her freelance productions have been staged at venues including the Sydney Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai and the legendary Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. A two-time nominee for Best Picture at Australia’s AACTA awards, Jo’s films have won awards and screened worldwide, notably at the Berlin International Film Festival. Jo’s first book, Burning Down the House: Reconstructing Modern Politics, was published in February 2022 as part of Monash University Publishing’s In the National Interest series.

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, Claudia Paul&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jo Dyer.
Royce Kurmelovs&nbsp;is a journalist and writer whose work has been published by the&nbsp;ABC, CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera English,&nbsp;VICE, and&nbsp;The Guardian. Royce's bestselling first book,&nbsp;The Death of Holden, was published in 2016, followed by&nbsp;Rogue Nation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Boom and Bust. His latest book is&nbsp;Just Money.
Claudia Paul&nbsp;is an Aboriginal woman descending from the Wiradjuri people of central New South Wales, and is the third Indigenous Rhodes Scholar.&nbsp; &nbsp;She is undertaking a DPhil in Musculoskeletal Science at Magdalen College, Oxford. In 2018, she graduated with a MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine from Magdalen College, Oxford.&nbsp; Claudia also holds a Master of Traumatology from the University of Newcastle, and a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Adelaide. Claudia has worked as a doctor with Hunter New England Local Health District and was previously a Student Representative for the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association.&nbsp;
Jo Dyer&nbsp;is currently Director of Adelaide Writers&rsquo; Week.&nbsp; She has held leadership roles at national cultural institutions including Sydney Writers&rsquo; Festival, Sydney Theatre Company and Bangarra Dance Theatre and her freelance productions have been staged at venues including the Sydney Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai and the legendary Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. A two-time nominee for Best Picture at Australia&rsquo;s AACTA awards, Jo&rsquo;s films have won awards and screened worldwide, notably at the Berlin International Film Festival. Jo&rsquo;s first book,&nbsp;Burning Down the House: Reconstructing Modern Politics, was published in February 2022 as part of Monash University Publishing&rsquo;s&nbsp;In the National Interest&nbsp;series.

Breakfast with Papers - Royce Kurmelovs, Claudia Paul and Jo Dyer

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 John Carty, Trish Hansen and Michael Owen-Brown

John Carty is the Head of Humanities at the South Australian Museum, and Professor of Museum and Curatorial Studies at the University of Adelaide. He is a Commissioner on the Australian National Commission for UNESCO. He has worked extensively with Aboriginal artists and custodians throughout Australia on books, exhibitions and community development programs. His core research has involved working with Aboriginal artists to bridge the divide between anthropology and art history. In recent years, John’s work – through research with the British Museum – has grown to focus on the cultural and cross-cultural history encompassed in objects in museum collections. John’s pursuits through the South Australian Museum explore new methodologies and models for bringing Aboriginal voices and values further into mainstream narratives of Australian history, Australian art history, and contemporary Australian culture.

Trish Hansen is a strategist and systems designer in the fields of health, wellbeing, arts and culture and works to enrich the creative and cultural life of people, places, neighbourhoods and cities and Founding Principal of Urban Mind Studio. She is currently the Chair of Brink Productions, a Good Design Australia Ambassador, Fellow of the Centre for Conscious Design, Board Director of the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival, and Chief Executive Officer of Kindred Australia.

Michael Owen-Brown has recently been appointed The Advertiser's Head of Audience Growth and Engagement. During his decade as digital editor, The Advertiser won multiple national and international awards for digital innovation, including being named the Asia-Pacific's news website of the year three times in a row from 2013-15. He has been a journalist with News Corp for more than 25 years.

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 John Carty, Trish Hansen and Michael Owen-Brown
John Carty&nbsp;is the Head of Humanities at the South Australian Museum, and Professor of Museum and Curatorial Studies at the University of Adelaide. He is a Commissioner on the Australian National Commission for UNESCO. He has worked extensively with Aboriginal artists and custodians throughout Australia on books, exhibitions and community development programs. His core research has involved working with Aboriginal artists to bridge the divide between anthropology and art history. In recent years, John&rsquo;s work &ndash; through research with the British Museum &ndash; has grown to focus on the cultural and cross-cultural history encompassed in objects in museum collections. John&rsquo;s pursuits through the South Australian Museum explore new methodologies and models for bringing Aboriginal voices and values further into mainstream narratives of Australian history, Australian art history, and contemporary Australian culture.
Trish Hansen&nbsp;is a strategist and systems designer in the fields of health, wellbeing, arts and culture and works to enrich the creative and cultural life of people, places, neighbourhoods and cities and Founding Principal of Urban Mind Studio. She is currently the Chair of Brink Productions, a Good Design Australia Ambassador, Fellow of the Centre for Conscious Design, Board Director of the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival, and Chief Executive Officer of Kindred Australia.
Michael Owen-Brown&nbsp;has recently been appointed&nbsp;The Advertiser's Head of Audience Growth and Engagement. During his decade as digital editor,&nbsp;The Advertiser&nbsp;won multiple national and international awards for digital innovation, including being named the Asia-Pacific's news website of the year three times in a row from 2013-15. He has been a journalist with News Corp for more than 25 years.

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