Richard Colbeck , Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, and the Minister for Youth and Sport.
Katy Gallagher , Shadow Minister for Finance, Shadow Minister for the Public Service, and Manager of opposition Business in the Senate.
Bill Bowtell, Adjunct Professor, Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity, UNSW; strategic policy adviser, with particular interest in national and international health policy structures and reform.
Dr Mukesh Haikerwal , Melbourne-based doctor who has been testing patients for coronavirus in the carpark outside of his Altona North clinic.
Sam Mostyn , businesswoman and sustainability adviser, with a long history of executive & governance roles across business, sport, climate change, the arts, policy, and NFP sectors
They would be better off replicating The Drum’s coronavirus episode from Friday, which also had Bill Bowtell. It was an excellent discussion with actual relevant players.
The guy from satellite, seems the episode was intended to be a genuine question and answer session, he just wants to pick a fight over everything. Arguing against everyone without letting them finish sentences. Making a fool of himself by completely misunderstanding them. And robbing the audience of hearing some of the actual answers that I’m sure they like to hear.
Dr Norman Swan, host of ABC’s Coronacast, as well as a multi-award winning producer and broadcaster.
Dr Sharon Lewin, Leading infectious diseases expert and Director of the Doherty Institute, host of ABC’s Coronacast, as well as a multi-award winning producer and broadcaster.
Professor Paul Kelly, Deputy Chief Medical Officer a public health physician and epidemiologist.
I thought last night was interested, cleared a fw factors for me but Paul did not do a great job selling his position and fumbled on most of the questions… Government Goons still can’t explain anything right!
Nicki Hutley, Economist, Deloitte Access Economics; Nicki Hutley is a highly experienced economist who is passionate about improving the quality of lives – from economic, social and environmental perspectives – through well-reasoned policy.
Matt Comyn, CEO and Managing Director of Commonwealth Bank; Matt Comyn has been the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia since 2018.
Jennifer Westacott, CEO, Business Council of Australia; Jennifer Westacott is the CEO of the Business Council of Australia (BCA), the nation’s premier business organisation advocating for a stronger and fairer society through a more prosperous Australia.
Montaigne, Musician and artist; Montaigne was chosen to represent Australia at Eurovision in May of this year - an event that has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Also taking some of your questions:
Michael Sukkar, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Housing; Michael Sukkar was elected to the Federal Parliament representing the seat of Deakin at the 2013 federal election.
Linda Burney, Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services; Linda Burney became the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the House of representatives when she won the seat of Barton for the Labor Party in the 2016 election.
As coronavirus spreads across Australia, frontline health workers are frantically preparing for the inevitable explosion of seriously ill patients. With the pandemic expected to peak here in the next few weeks, doctors and nurses are increasingly under pressure, desperate to avoid the horrifying scenes from Italy, Spain and now the United States.
This Monday night, Q+A brings together doctors and nurses from emergency wards, ICUs and fever clinics, GPs struggling with a lack of protective equipment, and mental health professionals facing the surge in corona-related anxiety.
Will the extra PPE gear promised by government arrive here in time? How will our remote and regional hospitals cope? Who will staff the ICU units when we already have a shortage of nurses? And how are frontline workers dealing with these traumatic circumstances?
Q+A is live from Sydney on Monday, April 6 at 9.35pm AEDT.
Dr Stephen Parnis, Emergency doctor and Former AMA Vice President.
Danielle Austin, Senior Nurse and Disaster Manager at St Vincent’s Hospital.
Dr Vyom Sharma, medical practitioner and health commentator.
Dr Lucy Morgan, Respiratory Physician, Nepean Hospital
