Associate Professor Patrick McArdle is the Campus Dean at the Australian Catholic University in Canberra. In this interview with the ACL's Katherine Spackman he talks about euthanasia since the debate has re-emerged following news reports that euthanasia advocate, Dr Philip Nitschke, supported a 45 year old man's decision to commit suicide despite knowing he was not terminally ill. There is a 5 minute interview here and an extended 9 minute interview below (click the play button).

In this special edition of the ACL's radio program, The Political Spot, ACL's Katherine Spackman chats to Father Frank Brennan and former staffer Melinda Tankard Reist about the life of former Senator Brian Harradine. Mr Harradine was Australia's longest serving independent Senator. He recently passed away at the age of 79. Radio package 15 minutes.

Dr David Daintree is the Director of newly created Christopher Dawson Centre for Cultural Studies which was officially launched at Tasmania's Parliament House recently. ACL's Katherine Spackman spoke to Dr David Daintree about the Centre in this five minute interview. The Centre is a type of think tank which aims to encourage critical reflection and research on the history, literature, philosophy and theology that characterize Christian civilization and culture.

His Excellency the Most Reverend Archbishop Paul Gallagher is the Pope's diplomatic representative in Australia. In this interview with the ACL's Katherine Spackman he talks about his role and the recurrent themes from Pope Francis' papacy.