9 Oct 2025

The Panel with Cindy Mitchener and David Downs Part 1

From The Panel, 6:10 pm on 9 October 2025
This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke rising from the Palestinian territory on 24 April, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Photo: JACK GUEZ / AFP

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Cindy Mitchener and David Downs. First up, has the first concrete step in peace in Gaza been reached, or is this yet another serving of false hope? Israel and Hamas have signed off on a first phase of a US-devised Gaza deal. Journalist Selwyn Manning unpacks it with the panel. Then, The Drug Foundation has published a new report arguing that decriminalisation of all drugs would be the best way to reduce harm. Executive director Sarah Helm explains.