This Thursday, join us for a special Q+A All About Women ahead of International Women’s Day, bringing together a diverse panel of women to discuss the big issues of the day. 
 
With the Brittany Higgins scandal and growing number of sexual assault claims engulfing our federal parliament, it’s clear that the very institution responsible for enacting and protecting peoples’ rights has systemic problems in the way it treats women. What urgent changes are needed to end Canberra’s toxic culture of silence? Has Grace Tame’s rousing speech as Australian of the Year started a snowballing effect - and what is the role of men in changing the power imbalance? 
 
We’ll also discuss Facebook re-friending Australia, the climate wars dividing the coalition, the new JobSeeker rate, the impact of COVID on women - and whatever else you’d like to ask this stellar line-up of women!

Plus: Legendary writer Isabel Allende says everyone called her crazy for divorcing in her 70’s. She’s since remarried and says “I didn’t anticipate having sex again, let alone getting married.” How do women negotiate romance and the desire for self-sufficiency that often comes with age?

Joining me on the panel:

Isabel Allende, Internationally acclaimed author and feminist
Susan McDonald, Queensland National Party Senator
Anne Aly, WA Labor MP
Samantha Maiden, National Political Editor
Dhanya Mani, Lawyer and former NSW Liberal Party staffer
Kate Crawford, Academic and leading artificial intelligence expert

With a live performance from Somalian poet Hani Abdile.

Please submit a question via our website by 9am Thursday for the chance to ask the panel. 

Watch Q+A Thursday at 8.30pm on ABC TV, streamed live 8.30pm AEST on ABC iview or on our website.




Hamish Macdonald