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This week Q+A heads to the Illawarra with guest host Stan Grant, looking at the issues of the week including the latest Covid-19 crisis unfolding in Victoria. Parts of the NSW south coast are also on high alert after a traveller from Melbourne visited the region.
More than 50 cases have now been linked to the latest Melbourne outbreak, including three at an aged care facility in the city’s north west. So what have we learned from the last twelve months? And will the current pace of the vaccine rollout be enough to prevent more outbreaks?
The latest lockdown in Victoria is another blow for many businesses, without JobKeeper, will they survive?
We’ll also explore the challenges facing our universities, with international borders likely to remain closed for at least another year and foreign students choosing to study elsewhere.
We’ll look at whether the ALP can reinvent itself in NSW following the resignation of Opposition Leader Jodi Mackay. The recent Upper Hunter by-election result caused discontent within Labor’s ranks, raising questions about how the political landscape is changing in communities outside the big cities.
And as more people move out of our major metropolitan centres, what does the growing urban sprawl mean for rural and regional towns when it comes to infrastructure, jobs and property prices?
Q+A is live from Wollongong on Thursday, June 3 at 8.30pm AEST.
Joining Stan Grant on the panel:
Tim Wilson, Liberal MP for Goldstein
Stephen Jones, Labor MP for Whitlam
Diane Smith-Gander, National Chair, CEDA
Gordon Bradbery, Lord Mayor of Wollongong
Lisa Jackson Pulver, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Strategy and Services, University of Sydney
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 Katherine Lewis, who wanted to know whether the national vaccine strategy is responsible for the current Victorian lockdown. 👇
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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