10 May 2018

The Panel with Lisa Scott and Ian Telfer (Part 2)

From The Panel, 4:05 pm on 10 May 2018

We may have what researchers call a "behavioural immune system". This kicks in when someone sneezes near you and you back off. If it's too good though it could turn you into a recluse. What the Panelists Lisa Scott and Ian Telfer want to talk about. An ethical dilemma is is unfolding at Rugby Australia. Its CEO Raelene Castle is torn between Christian player Israel Folau's right to freedom of speech and the human rights issues around what he's saying about homosexuality. The meaning of "100% Pure" is changing as the environmental image of New Zealand changes. After his wife got cancer Australian man Jonathan Elliott cut his hours down to part-time. He realised his whole company could operate efficiently on a five-hour day. We talk to Jonathan about how that's working. One-hundred-and-four year-old Australian scientist David Goodall is ready to die. He's in Switzerland to end his own life and is a strong advocate of the right to die.