Contributor walks from Sunrise ‘Hot Topics’"I was given a choice: be exclusive to them, still unpaid, or have my appearances pulled back," says Amanda Rose. Amanda Rose, founder of Entrepreneurial & Small Business Women Australia, has quit as a regular panelist on Sunrise‘s Hot Topics segment, claiming she was asked to be exclusive to Seven, but without any remuneration. “After three years on Hot Topics, unpaid, I was given a choice: be exclusive to them, still unpaid, or have my appearances pulled back. She appears regularly on Sunrise, Weekend Today and 2GB, and features in the Australian Financial Review, the Daily Telegraph and SmartCompany. She was absolutely welcome to continue appearing on other morning programs and remain part of the broader rotation of Sunrise guests, just not weekly.