The Reserve Bank has delivered its tenth consecutive interest rate rise this week, pushing the cash rate to its highest level since May 2012. With inflation still running high, many Australians are facing mortgage stress
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This week on Q+A … legendary musician Billy Bragg joins the panel and performs a song from his latest album. From folk music to fighting the power, Bragg is well known for combining his music with politics. A champion of the British underclasses – he lived through punk, protested Thatcherism and put himself on the frontline of the miners’ strike. So, what does he make of the challenges facing struggling households today?
The Reserve Bank has delivered its tenth consecutive interest rate rise this week, pushing the cash rate to its highest level since May 2012. With inflation still running high, many Australians are facing mortgage stress – the Reserve Bank says it’s considering a rate pause but many households are feeling the pain now. Are our political leaders doing enough to address the widening gap between the wealthy and working class?
And we explore whether Australia needs a Human Rights Act? It’s a question the federal government is considering, so what should be included? Will some parts of society benefit more than others?
All this plus news of the week – and a special live performance from Billy.
Joining Stan Grant on the panel:
Billy Bragg, Singer-songwriter and activist
Josh Burns, Labor Member for Macnamara
Perin Davey, Deputy Leader of the Nationals
Antoinette Lattouf, Journalist and author
Gigi Foster, Economist, UNSW.
Scroll down to watch Monday's toughest question asked by Alessandro Rosini, who asked about the costs of Australia’s campaign to become a republic. 👇
Watch Q+A Mondays at 9.35pm on ABC TV, streamed live 9.35pm AEDT on ABC iview or on our YouTube channel. |
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| In 2012, Billy Bragg performed a rousing version of 'Ideology' for the Q+A audience. See if you can name Billy's fellow panellists from that night, and then submit a question for Billy via the website. | | MORE | |
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| | In her book 'How to lose friends and influence white people', Antoinette Lattouf says Australia needs to find new ways to talk about casual and overt racism that occurs on a day-to-day basis. | | MORE | |
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| | In December, Labor MP Josh Burns urged Health Minister Mark Butler to reconsider his plan to cut subsidised psychological care from 20 to 10 visits. | | MORE | |
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| | Alessandro Rosini asks the panel whether the costs of campaigning to for Australia become a republic justified, especially with high inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. | | WATCH | |
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| A senior Liberal Party minister speaks out for the first time about the orchestrated campaign to remove him by the powerful Australian gambling lobby. Comparing ClubsNSW to the United States gun lobby, the NRA, the minister is calling for an investigation into the sector's influence over government. | | WATCH PREVIEW | |
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