The Panel for Wednesday 22 May 2019

12:00 PM.Wallace Chapman is joined by Golnaz Bassam Tabar, the former journalist and founder of Authority PR, and Thomas Pryor, Associate Director at Sherson Willis. 

3:45 PM.Jamie Oliver's hospitality industry has ended not with a bang, but with a whimper. Is this part of a global trend and the beginning of the end for huge chain restaurants.

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3:55 PM.What the Panellists Thomas Pryor and Golnaz Bassam Tabar have been thinking. Audio

4:03 PM.Yesterday came a sweeping new review on the workplace culture in Parliament - it paints a grim picture. This morning Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard - who ordered the report - said he believed… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Yesterday came a sweeping new review on the workplace culture in Parliament - it paints a grim picture. This morning Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard - who ordered the report - said he believed… Read more Audio

4:17 PM.Greens MP Golriz Ghahraman has been allocated a security escort, because of increased threats the police have deemed serious.  Read more Audio

4:26 PM.National List MP Alfred Ngaro has confirmed that he is contemplating on staring his own party ahead of the election. National will need a Coalition partner if they want to have any hope of getting in… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.Bad service, get your own water, mediocre coffee...what are some of the cafe gripes you have? That's the basis of an article from the Sydney Morning Herald today, a list of annoying habits that cafes… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.What is your biggest café hang-up? Audio

4:37 PM.A UK girls' school has banned phones for a week-long retreat. Students at the elite private school Roedean will spend a week at a country house to practise how to interact face-to-face.  Read more Audio

4:40 PM.The Crusaders and New Zealand Rugby investigating allegations of serious misconduct by players while on tour in South Africa. There's a homophobic incident and a sexual harassment incident but players… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.One of the most comprehensive studies in the UK on EVS has outline that only 1 in 4 people would consider buying a fully electric car in the next five years. Range seems to be the major impediment.  Read more Audio

4:56 PM.Extreme life coaching is all the rage - if you're bored and rich enough. That's the headline of a piece in The Guardian this week, looking to the latest luxury travel trend.  Read more Audio