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The Panel for Thursday 19 July 2018

  • The Panel, Thursday July 19th

    12:00 PM.Joining us today on The Panel are the economist and executive director of BERL, Ganesh Nana, and journalist and commentator Janet Wilson

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  • Pre-Panel & One Quick Question for 19 July 2018

    3:45 PM.Who's culpable for a cross-border murder? Are left-handers more likely to be ambidextrous? And WHERE, for the love of all that is holy and true, is our frozen hoki?! Audio

  • Story of the day for 19 July 2018

    3:54 PM.All things President Trump today, because we hardly ever hear about that guy. Namely, has the Queen shaded him? And the massive parade that's been planned... Audio

  • The Panel with Janet Wilson and Ganesh Nana (Part 1)

    4:03 PM.Calls to ban gay conversion therapy are growing both here and in the United Kingdom, but would doing so actually accomplish anything? Paul Moon joins The Panel with his two cents on recent… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Janet Wilson and Ganesh Nana (Part 2)

    4:05 PM.Speaking of free speech, a mayor in Florida must now apologise to a couple who were fined thousands of dollars for having their home's exterior painted the wrong way. What the Panelists Janet Wilson… Read more Audio

  • Should gay conversion therapy be banned?

    politics

    4:09 PM.A Welsh vegan group in the UK has sparked a furore on Facebook with a claim that being gay or transgender is not a natural and healthy lifestyle choice and is caused by synthetic chemical pollutants… Read more Audio

  • Who decides when speech is free and when it's hateful?

    4:12 PM.Free speech. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg says the platform won't ban holocaust deniers from their denying. "I'm Jewish," he says, "and there's a set of people who deny that the Holocaust happened. I… Read more Audio

  • Australia muscling into infant formula market

    business

    4:25 PM.A major Australian dairy company is working behind the scenes with scientists from Monash to improve its baby formula in an effort to ship more of it to China. Audio

  • We never see MPs striking over salaries ...

    money

    4:28 PM.We mentioned again yesterday while talking about police pay that there used to be parity between the wages of MPs and the wages of senior teachers, and more parity between the wages of teachers and… Read more Audio

  • Florida - house painting laws

    4:33 PM.A mayor in Florida must now apologise to a couple who were fined thousands of dollars for having their home's exterior painted the wrong way. Audio

  • Panel Says

    4:37 PM.What the Panelists Janet Wilson and Ganesh Nana want to talk about. Audio

  • Councils consider raising dump fees

    environment

    4:41 PM.NZ councils want an increase to the $10 waste disposal levy the Government currently charges on every tonne of rubbish disposed of in landfills. This is a very low levy by international standards, but… Read more Audio

  • Can NZ accommodate all its tourists?

    4:44 PM.We are increasingly popular as a destination for Chinese tourists, behind Australia and Canada, and tied with France. That's the gist of a report in NBR this morning. Audio

  • Media in the spotlight, both here and abroad

    media

    4:48 PM.First, the Cliff Richard payout. 210,000 pounds for Cliff Richard after the police raid on his home in 2014, with live helicopter coverage by the BBC after it was tipped off by the police that a sex… Read more Audio