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 novelist Michael Robotham (Writers' Week), journalist Antony Lowenstein and News Corp. SA political editor Matt Smith.


ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL


Michael Robotham 
Before becoming a novelist, Michael Robotham was an investigative journalist working across America, Australia and Britain. As a journalist and writer he has investigated notorious cases such as the serial killer couple Fred and Rosemary West. He has worked with clinical and forensic psychologists as they helped police investigate complex, psychologically driven crimes. Michael's 2004 debut thriller, The Suspect, sold more than 1 million copies around the world. It is the first of eight novels featuring clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin, who faces his own increasing battle with a potentially debilitating disease. Michael has also written four standalone thrillers. In 2015 he won the UK's prestigious Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award with his standalone thriller Life or Death. He lives in Sydney. 


Matt Smith 
Matt Smith is the Political Editor for The Advertiser and Sunday Mail in South Australia. He covers State and Federal Politics with a strong focus on decisions made in Canberra that have an impact on South Australians. He was previously the State Political Editor of The Mercury in Tasmania.


Antony Lowenstein 
Antony Loewenstein is a journalist who has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, the BBC, The Washington Post, The Nation, Huffington Post, Haaretz, and many others. His latest book is Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs. He's the author of Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe; the writer/co-producer of the associated documentary, Disaster Capitalism; and the codirector of an Al-Jazeera English film on the opioid drug tramadol. His other books include My Israel Question, The Blogging Revolution, and Profits of Doom, and he is the coeditor of the books Left Turn and After Zionism, and is a contributor to For God’s Sake. 
 

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 novelist Michael Robotham (Writers' Week), journalist Antony Lowenstein and News Corp. SA political editor Matt Smith.


ABOUT TODAY'S PANEL


Michael Robotham 
Before becoming a novelist, Michael Robotham was an investigative journalist working across America, Australia and Britain. As a journalist and writer he has investigated notorious cases such as the serial killer couple Fred and Rosemary West. He has worked with clinical and forensic psychologists as they helped police investigate complex, psychologically driven crimes. Michael's 2004 debut thriller, The Suspect, sold more than 1 million copies around the world. It is the first of eight novels featuring clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin, who faces his own increasing battle with a potentially debilitating disease. Michael has also written four standalone thrillers. In 2015 he won the UK's prestigious Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award with his standalone thriller Life or Death. He lives in Sydney. 


Matt Smith 
Matt Smith is the Political Editor for The Advertiser and Sunday Mail in South Australia. He covers State and Federal Politics with a strong focus on decisions made in Canberra that have an impact on South Australians. He was previously the State Political Editor of The Mercury in Tasmania.


Antony Lowenstein 
Antony Loewenstein is a journalist who has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, the BBC, The Washington Post, The Nation, Huffington Post, Haaretz, and many others. His latest book is Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs. He's the author of Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe; the writer/co-producer of the associated documentary, Disaster Capitalism; and the codirector of an Al-Jazeera English film on the opioid drug tramadol. His other books include My Israel Question, The Blogging Revolution, and Profits of Doom, and he is the coeditor of the books Left Turn and After Zionism, and is a contributor to For God’s Sake. 
 

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Breakfast with Papers

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 novelist Michael Robotham (Writers' Week), journalist Antony Lowenstein and News C...