Finding the right balance as Australia takes a major step closer to living with COVID-19.
| | | | This week on Q+A – a careful reopening. Finding the right balance as Australia takes a major step closer to living with COVID-19.
After months of stay-at-home orders, lockdown is ending for residents of greater Sydney and beyond. Will New South Wales lead the rest of Australia out of the pandemic and what does this mean for other states enjoying COVID-zero status? As home quarantine programs get underway around the nation, the PM is talking up plans to fast-track the return of international travel as soon as NSW has its program in place. Does this mean we’ll be allowed overseas before interstate in some instances?
Meanwhile, Australia’s future climate policy is being thrashed out this week as the Federal Liberal and National parties try to reach a deal. Pressure to finalise a policy position is growing ahead of next week’s resumption of Parliament and the upcoming Glasgow climate conference. Will the Prime Minister attend the summit? And as business groups and other stakeholders add their voices to the debate, can our political leaders deliver a plan that will satisfy?
And political transparency has been thrust into the spotlight again, after branch stacking revelations forced the resignation of a Victorian Government Minister. Now a new documentary ‘Big Deal’, directed by Craig Reucassel examines Australia’s billion-dollar political lobbying industry. Is our democracy for sale and what can be done to ensure the political integrity of Australia’s elected representatives?
Joining Virginia Trioli on the panel:
Craig Reucassel, Writer, director and comedian
Kate Roffey, Business Leader
Andrew Bragg, Liberal Senator for NSW
Mark Dreyfus, Shadow Attorney-General
Helen Haines, Independent Member for Indi
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 Damien Puglisi, who wanted to know why we still don’t have a federal anti-corruption body in place. 👇
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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| Get to know the panellists |
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| | Comedian and host Craig Reucassel was the host of ABC's Fight For Planet A: Our Climate Challenge, a documentary series that aimed to motivate Australians to take action on climate change. | | MORE |
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| | Kate Roffey says the impact the pandemic has had on sports doesn't stop at lost ticket revenue, highlighting employees "who've given up their personal leave, they've taken annual leave, (and) worked without pay." | | MORE |
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| Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus says that a federal ICAC "has to be able to decide about matters that potentially, even though they occurred in the past, are having a current effect on the government". | | MORE |
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| Catch Up on Last Week's Show |
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| With the NSW ICAC making a big impact on state politics, Damien Puglisi wanted to know why efforts to establish an anti-corruption commission at a federal level have been stalled. | | WATCH |
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| What can be done to prevent misinformation from taking hold in our daily lives? Zara Seidler asks "if the people at the top of our political system are still there spewing misinformation, how are we to have confidence that there is anything that can be done?" | | WATCH |
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| Last week, Q+A discussed the case for a Federal anti-corruption commission, the rise of online scams, and misinformation being exploited by some politicians. | | WATCH |
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