Following the success of Compass's three-part dinner series with Australian women, Geraldine Doogue now turns her attention to men to find out what matters to them and what doesn't in the 21st century.

While the first Compass dinner series focused on women from different parts of Australia (Kellyville, Longreach and Melbourne), the men's series focuses on three phases of a man's life - fatherhood, career and retirement.

What does it mean to be a dad in today's modern world?

Gone are the days when a man brought home the bacon and was the unquestioned head of the household. Today the role of dad can be anything men choose to make it and in this episode we meet an eclectic group of dads who've come together to bare their souls about all things babies, bath-times and bedlam!

How do today's dads cope with the competing demands of work and family life? What about the business of the handing on of values: moral, ethical, religious and otherwise? What do they expect from our community to help them be good parents? The New Dad is a lively and profound addition to the great Australian values debate.

Sunday, 24 February at 10:05PM on ABC