Q+A Returns for 2020 with a Bushfires Special

The summer bushfires have shocked Australia and the world. On Monday night Q+A returns with new host Hamish Macdonald for an all-important conversation about how these communities are recovering and they want from their leaders now.

Joining Hamish on the panel live from Bega, NSW:
Mayor of Bega Valley Shire, Kristy McBain
Member for Bega, Andrew Constance
Indigenous fire practitioner, Victor Steffensen
Far South Coast Director, Surf Life Saving NSW, Cheryl McCarthy
Renowned US climate scientist, Michael Mann
Liberal Senator for NSW, Jim Molan

Please register for the audience now, or submit a question via our website by 12pm Monday for the chance to ask the panel live via Skype.

Watch Q&A Monday night at 9.35pm local time on ABC TV or stream live at 9.35pm AEDT on ABC iview.

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Victor Steffensen in an indigenous fire practitioner who believes Australians are too disconnected from the environment and that traditional practices need to be introduced nationally to help prevent fire catastrophes. | Read via ABC NEWS

Mayor of Bega Kristy McBain has urged tourists to travel to bushfire affected areas as a way of showing support. | Listen via ABC Radio

Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science Dr Michael Mann has been critical of the Murdoch media’s ‘egregious’ climate change denial. | Listen via ABC Radio

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