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• Amanda Smith

  

  Amanda Smith trained as a ballet dancer, but eventually realised she was more suited to being a professional talker than a professional fairy.

  She’s a graduate of the Dance School of the Victorian College of the Arts and also has a degree in classics and a graduate diploma in cultural studies from the University of Melbourne.

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• Scott Stephens

  

  Scott Stephens is Editor of the ABC’s Religion and Ethics website, and specialist commentator on religion and ethics for ABC radio and television. He presented two series of the critically acclaimed Life’s Big Questions program for Compass on ABC1, and has been guest presenter of Conversations with Richard Fidler on ABC local radio.

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• Dr Norman Swan

  

  Producer and presenter of the Health Report, Dr Norman Swan is a multi-award winning producer and broadcaster. Dr Swan's career has been highlighted by his desire to keep the Australian public informed of health developments as they happen...

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• Tom Switzer

  

  Tom Switzer is a respected writer and commentator on international affairs. Tom Switzer is a senior research fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, a Sydney-based free-market think tank. In 2018, he becomes its executive director.

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• Margaret Throsby

  

  A face and voice familiar Australia-wide, and one of our most popular and admired broadcasters, Margaret Throsby presents Midday on ABC Classic FM from 12 to 1pm, Monday to Friday. Her highly successful career encompasses both radio and television.

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• Amanda Vanstone

  

  Amanda Vanstone is a former senator and federal government minister who has also served as Australia's ambassador to Italy and as a commissioner on the Federal Commission of Audit.

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• Beverley Wang

  

  Beverley Wang is a journalist, producer and executive producer with experience working for major media organisations in Australia and the United States. Since late 2012, she has been executive producer of RN's flagship RN Drive program.

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• Joel Werner

  Joel Werner is a science journalist/ producer with the ABC RN Science Unit. Joel was almost lost to a career in health and medical research before joining the ABC in 2011.

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• Andrew West

  

  Andrew West is a long-time journalist and broadcaster. He has been a senior reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald and The Australian.

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• Robyn Williams

  

  Science journalist and broadcaster Robyn Williams presents RN's The Science Show and Ockham's Razor. He has conducted countless interviews with scientists on ABC TV on programs such as Quantum and Catalyst, narrated the Nature of Australia series and appeared in World Safari with David Attenborough.

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