Joining Virginia Trioli (Tony Jones still unwell) are Panellists: Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications; Amanda Rishworth, Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs and Defence Personnel; Missy Higgins, Australian singer/songwriter; Kenneth Roth, International Director of Human Rights Watch; and Grahame Morris, Political strategist.

Panellists: Masha Gessen, Russian journalist and Putin biographer; Katy Tur, NBC News Correspondent; Wesley Morris, Critic-at-large at The New York Times; Richard McGregor, Senior Fellow, Lowy Institute; and Alexis Okeowo, Staff writer for The New Yorker.