The Panel with Finlay McDonald and Barry Corbett (Part 1)

Topics - The Prime Minister has made clear there'll be NO election year lolly scramble coming in next month's Budget. Dairy product prices had the biggest drop in almost 20 months at Fonterra's latest GlobalDairyTrade auction as whole milk powder fell to its lowest level in more than a year. An outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever that doctors have described as unprecedented has spread to three countries in West Africa and is threatening to become one of the deadliest in years. Meanwhile - An outbreak of an even more highly contagious viral illness is being reported in many states of America.