Vaping and the new-look tobacco, racism in sport, growing inequality, power and consent, alternative futures and challenging big corporations.
| | | | 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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