Publisher and newspaper columnist, Michael Duffy, presents a new commentary program, ‘Counterpoint’ on Radio National from today.

The program will examine a range of social, economic and cultural issues in Australian life, challenging assumptions, and developing new and some seldom heard commentators. It will debut on Radio National today at 4pm (EST) and air each Monday.

Radio National’s on air team already includes Phillip Adams (Late Night Live), Terry Lane (The National Interest), Michelle Grattan and Gerard Henderson (regulars on RN Breakfast), and Bruce Shapiro and Beatrix Campbell (regulars on Late Night Live).

Duffy is a columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Courier-Mail, and is principal of publishing company, Duffy & Snellgrove, with authors including Peter Robb, Les Murray, Rosalie Ham and John Birmingham.

He wrote Man of Honour, a biography of John Macarthur. His next book, Latham and Abbott, about the lives and rivalry of these two politicians, will be published in August.