David Speers hosts new TV forum on ABC in early March.
ABC National Forum will screen in early March on ABC.
Hosted by David Speers in Sydney, it will screen 8:30pm Monday 9 March in the traditional Four Corners slot.
The forum will bring together ordinary citizens, community leaders, experts and policymakers to discuss topical issues of national significance.
It follows the demise of Q+A in 2025 and ABC’s vision to introduce new public forum platforms.
In Senate Estimates this week managing director Hugh Marks said, “It will be a public square, healthily pluralistic, which aims to elevate discussion on important issues affecting Australia. It is because some conversations can be difficult that as a nation we can’t shy away from discussing them. Drawing on factually accurate information, and being impartial in the focus of exploration, both core tenets of our charter.
“The first forum will focus on the lives of Jewish Australians, including issues arising from the Bondi terrorist attack. I hope if it’s a success there will be more to follow soon. And that also this is not the only new addition to our slate that enables these sorts of discussions.”