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Hello there, This week on Q+A… beleaguered Qantas chief Alan Joyce’s abrupt departure hasn’t halted the turbulence for the flying kangaroo, with the airline’s board facing increased pressure over Joyce’s tarnished legacy and growing calls to return JobKeeper funds. Can new CEO Vanessa Hudson turn the airline’s fortunes around?
Meanwhile, the PM’s been stuck with the baggage of the storm and is facing a Senate inquiry over his government’s Qatar decision. Anthony Albanese has jetted out for a series of international talks and confirmed he’ll visit China in the coming months, the first PM in seven years to make an official visit to the country after accepting President Xi’s invitation.
Here at home, outgoing Reserve Bank boss Philip Lowe has given borrowers an interest rate reprieve, but warns that there may be more hikes ahead to curb inflation. How will new RBA chief Michele Bullock approach the challenges ahead?
And as Australia prepares for a long, hot summer – how ready are we for what lies ahead?
Q+A is live from Sydney tonight, Monday September 11 at 9.35pm AEST.
Joining Patricia Karvelas on the panel live in Sydney:
Murray Watt, Minister for Agriculture & Emergency Management Kevin Hogan, Shadow Minister for Trade & Tourism Kylea Tink, Independent Member for North Sydney Barry O’Farrell, Former High Commissioner to India Yasmin Poole, Writer & Youth Advocate
If you would like to submit a question for consideration, please submit one via our website for the chance to ask the panel. Each week, Q+A selects our top question to highlight in the newsletter. Scroll down to watch last week's toughest question asked by Char Weeks, who asked about ageism in the workforce.
Watch Q+A Monday at 9.35pm AEST on ABC TV or ABC iview at 9.35pm AEST. Looking forward to hearing your questions. |
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Get to know the panellists |
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Last month, the Government began consultation on how to better prepare for natural disasters. The Minister for Emergency Management Murray Watt says he wants to ensure the ADF are only used as a "force of last resort". | READ MORE |
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Shadow Tourism Minister Kevin Hogan wants more clarity around the decision to block Qatar flights, asking "Why isn't in the national interest to have more tourists coming to a market that still is well below pre-COVID levels?” | READ MORE |
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Independent MP for North Sydney Kylea Tink has aired concerns about the standards of behaviour in parliament. | READ MORE |
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Former High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell believes it was his “politician’s touch” which helped deliver last year’s trade deal. "India will be our most consequential relationship this century,” he says. | READ MORE |
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Yasmin Poole interviewed women across the Pacific in 2021 and found climate change was a “threat multiplier that further disadvantages already marginalised people” and worsened gender equality. | READ MORE |
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Last Week's Hard Question |
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Char Weeks asked:
For the second time in a month, 81-year-old US Senator Mitch McConnell has frozen during a press conference. This shines a spotlight on older workers at a time in Australia when we are encouraged to work longer and to actively age. When are we too old to work and who decides? | WATCH HERE |
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Dan Bourchier travels to North, West and Eastern Australia, asking what sovereignty and self-determination means and looks like to First Nations people and where a Voice to Parliament fits with those visions. | WATCH PREVIEW | |
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