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This Thursday Q+A broadcasts live from Melbourne with host Virginia Trioli and in collaboration with the Melbourne Writers Festival. On the panel - a stellar line-up of writers, performers and presenters: John Safran, Writer and filmmaker Virginia Gay, Actor, writer and director Julia Banks, Author, lawyer, and former Federal Liberal and Independent MP Tony Armstrong, ABC News Breakfast presenter and former AFL player Rachel Doyle, Barrister Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek Finance Minister and author - live from Athens We’ll explore the power of words in the workplace, on the sporting field and in big business. On the agenda - vaping and the new-look tobacco, racism in sport, growing inequality, power and consent, alternative futures and challenging big corporations. A chance to broaden the discussion and debate new ideas with storytellers and thinkers from Australia and beyond. Please submit a question via our website by 9am Thursday for the chance to ask the panel. Scroll down to watch Thursday's toughest question asked by Caitlin Bell. 👇 Watch Q+A Thursday at 8.30pm on ABC TV, streamed live 8.30pm AEST on ABC iview or on our website. |
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| John Safran's new book Puff Piece investigates big tobacco and the world of vaping, and how words can be literally a matter of life and death. | | MORE |
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| In August, Virginia Gay's adaptation of Cyrano was cancelled by lockdown on its opening night. Virginia featured in a campaign for people to get vaccinated to help keep the arts industry alive earlier this year. | | MORE |
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| In his new book Another Now, Greece's former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis imagines what a truly democratised world might look like, and how we might get there. | | MORE |
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Catch Up on Last Week's Show |
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| “The asymmetries of power mimicked the experience that I had in the actual trauma itself.” Caitlin Bell asked the panel about the the often male-dominated process of reporting sexual assault, and Grace Tame shares her experience and the problems she faced. | | WATCH |
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| "Sexism is not ingrained in us," says Grace Tame. What solutions can we focus on in the pursuit of ending violence against women? How can we create a safer future for Australian women and children? | | WATCH |
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| In the lead-up to the Prime Minister's National Summit on Women's Safety, Q+A focuses on what needs to be done to better protect women and children. | | WATCH |
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