Ellen Fanning joins Madonna King, Adam Liaw, Margy Osmond and Amanda Vanstone to discuss Queensland's border reopening, calls for Julian Assange's release following a stroke, plus environmentally-friendly Christmas shopping.

Ellen Fanning is joined by Marc Fennell, Suelette Dreyfus, Ranjana Srivastava and Geoff Gallop to discuss NSW's surging COVID cases as restrictions ease, plus analysis finds federal government grants favour Coalition seats.