Next week’s budget will be unlike any other. Our gross debt has now soared past a record-breaking $800 billion, and somehow the Government must support the economy and plan a recovery amidst a pandemic still throwing up unknowns.
It’s one of the most important budgets in our history, similar to finding a way out of war and back to peace time.
So how will the Government meet the challenge? How long will financial support remain in place? What is the plan to get Australia working again?
Joining me on the panel:
Naomi Simson, Founder, RedBalloon
Jane Hume, Assistant Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation
Jim Chalmers, Shadow Treasurer
Jane Halton, Health expert and former head of Australia’s Finance Department
Nicki Hutley, Economist, Deloitte Access EconomicsPlease submit a question via our website by 9am Monday for the chance to ask the panel. Scroll down to watch Monday's toughest question asked by Julie-Ann Finney, who asked Veterans’ Affairs Minister Darren Chester about his support for a Royal Commission into veteran suicide. 👇Watch Q+A Monday 9.35pm on ABC TV, streamed live 9.35pm AEDT on ABC iview or on our website.Looking forward to hearing your questions. Hamish Macdonald |
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| Get to know the panellists |
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| Assistant Minister for Superannuation Jane Hume says many Australians have asked the Government to introduce a third tranche of the superannuation early-release scheme. | | LEARN MORE |
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| In August, Jim Chalmers told the ABC that "something like two-thirds of the debt in the budget was borrowed by the Government before this outbreak of COVID-19." | | LEARN MORE |
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| Jane Halton is the chair of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation, and is concerned with how a COVID-19 vaccine will be distributed to vulnerable populations. | | LEARN MORE |
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| Julie-Ann Finney highlights some big disparities in the reported veteran suicide figures, and asks Veterans' Affairs Minister Darren Chester if he'll support a Royal Commission. | | WATCH NOW | |
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| After the devastating impact of bushfires and COVID-19, what should our economic recovery plan look like? The government's Technology Roadmap sets out a gas-led recovery. All as Australia braces for the next bushfire season. | | WATCH NOW | |
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| Atlassian Co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes talks about revealed plans to build a huge new headquarters in Sydney - but is the need for new office buildings changing when employees have the option of working from home? | | WATCH NOW | |
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| In 2019, Q+A questioner Ricci Bartels demanded to know how senior Newstart recipients are meant to "have a go to get a go". Will you ask Monday’s panel how the conversation around welfare has changed over the past year? | | WATCH NOW | |
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