Returns Monday 30 January 2023.
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Monday January 30 at 9.35pm AEDT | Live from Sydney
Q+A is live from Sydney on Monday, January 30 at 9.35pm AEDT.
On the panel
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Craig Foster is a former professional athlete having represented the Australian National male football team, the Socceroos, 29 times including as captain.
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Senator Malarndirri McCarthy is a Yanyuwa woman from the Gulf country in the Northern Territory. She was first elected as Senator for the Northern Territory in August 2016.
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Bridget McKenzie grew up in regional Victoria and has a deep passion for the regions. A staunch supporter of the agriculture, forestry, mining and manufacturing industries, she is also a prominent supporter of Australia’s law abiding firearm owners.
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Senator Lidia Thorpe is a proud Gunnai, Gunditjmara and DjabWurrung woman and the Greens spokesperson for First Nations, the Republic and Sports.
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Professor Tom Calma AO is one of Australia’s most respected human rights and social justice campaigners.
With a live performance from William Barton Multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, producer, and Queensland Australian of the Year 2023
Professor Tom Calma, Senior Australian of the Year 2023, will also be on the panel for the season premiere.
William Barton will perform at the end of the show.
Monday, February 9 | Live from Sydney
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Coming up on Q+A, navigating the challenges facing Australia and emerging a stronger, fairer society. Parliament is back for another year – but will it be politics as usual? Or can opposing sides find common ground to seriously tackle the issues facing the nation?
The PM is likely to come under pressure over the cost-of-living crisis and soaring inflation– so is the honeymoon over for Anthony Albanese? Some economists are tipping four interest rate rises by August. In an essay out this week the Treasurer writes that “economic inclusion is fundamental to the health of democracies”, but has come under fire for being “hopelessly out of touch”. How can he achieve this lofty goal and what can the government do to help struggling households?
Anthony Albanese has staked his premiership on the success of the Voice referendum, but the Opposition Leader isn’t yet on board. Peter Dutton has accepted an invitation to meet with the Voice working group – could this help him decide on the party’s position? As the violence in Alice Springs shows no sign of slowing down, could a Voice to Parliament make a real difference to communities in crisis?
Meanwhile, Labor is predicted to allow thousands of temporary protection visa holders to stay permanently in Australia – but does this mean more people will seek refuge here? Kurdish Iranian writer and refugee advocate Behrouz Boochani spent years languishing on Manus Island before settling in New Zealand – has anything really changed when it comes to Australian attitudes to asylum-seekers?
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Jacqui Munro is the Vice-President of the Liberal Party of Australia (NSW Division) and its Women’s Council President.
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Behrouz Boochani is a Kurdish-Iranian writer, journalist, scholar, cultural advocate and filmmaker. He was a writer and editor for the Kurdish language magazine Werya in Iran.
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Maria Kovacic is an experienced managing director and business owner with twenty years’ experience across the commercial, public and not for profit sectors.
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Catherine Liddle, An Arrernte/Luritja woman from Central Australia, Catherine came to SNAICC with a strong background in senior management positions with First Nations organisations.
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Stephen Jones has represented the Illawarra-based seat of Whitlam (previously Throsby) for Labor since 2010.
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Dan Tehan is the Liberal Member for Wannon in Victoria. He was elected to Parliament in 2010 and was promoted to the outer ministry in 2016. In the reshuffle of late 2017 he entered Cabinet as Minister for Social Security, before being appointed Minister for Education in August 2018. In December 2020, he was appointed Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Dan has been the Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship since the 2022 election.
Previously
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Live from Melbourne | Monday, February 13
This week on Q+A, The Reserve Bank is showing no signs of ending its cycle of rate hikes just yet, despite pressure and upbeat talk from our politicians. But are the wrong people being penalised by the rises? Is this the best way to tackle inflation? Are we running headlong into a recession?
Meanwhile, tensions are rising between the US and China over the shooting down of a spy balloon. As warfare becomes ever more sophisticated – will artificial intelligence become the primary weapon in a country’s arsenal? The AUKUS agreement includes a focus on AI, but what does this mean for Australia?
Also making waves is ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that can have human-like conversations, answer questions and help write essays or code. Some schools have banned the technology while others are embracing it. But with Google and Microsoft setting up their own versions, how realistic is a ban? How can we unlock its potential while managing the dangers?
All this plus the news of the week.
Q+A is live from Melbourne on Monday, February 13 at 9.35pm AEDT.
On the Panel
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Jon Sopel is an award-winning journalist and television presenter. He is the co-host, alongside Emily Maitlis, of the daily podcast The News Agents.
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Dr Anne Aly is the Labor MP for the Perth metropolitan seat of Cowan, which she first won in the 2016 election and retained in 2019 and 2022. She is the Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth.
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Keith Wolahan was elected as the Federal Member for Menzies in 2022. He is a former barrister, and served in the Australian Army, reaching the rank of Captain.
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Dorinda Cox is a Yamatji-Noongar woman with a strong record of working for social justice in her community; locally, globally and nationally. Dorinda is Greens’ spokesperson for Resources, Trade & Tourism and Science.
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Professor Toby Walsh is an ARC Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor of AI at UNSW and CSIRO Data61, and adjunct professor at QUT.
Live from Melbourne | Monday, February 20
This week on Q+A, the digital dilemma … with more of us living, working and socialising online, how can the internet become a safer space for all? Is regulation the answer – or is it up to the tech companies to change the culture?
Tennis champion Jelena Dokic has been candid about the abuse she’s copped in the virtual world – and its real-life consequences, while Australia’s new gender equality ambassador has even been mocked online by Donald Trump Jr. How can governments tackle this? Is it realistic to simply tell victims to get off socials when their livelihoods can depend on it?
And how young is too young for social media? Tik Tok and Instagram insist you have to be 13 to have an account – but can parents really know what their children are up to online? Politicians around the world are playing catch-up on controlling the social media giants. Will we ever get ahead or are we stuck with low-tech solutions to high-tech challenges?
Meanwhile, as our representatives wrap up a busy fortnight in Canberra, we’ll dissect the first sitting week of the year. The Reserve Bank Governor has faced a grilling in the Senate, but says we’re not done with rate hikes yet. The PM is attempting to walk a fine line over faith-based schools choosing the staff they want, but could the religious freedom issue prove a problem for Labor?
And Olympian Peter Bol’s provisional ban has been lifted – but what damage will the doping allegations do to his Paris preparation? How do athletes bounce back from these kinds of accusations?
All this plus the news of the week.
Q+A is live from Melbourne on Monday, February 20 at 9.35pm AEDT.
On the Panel
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Jelena Dokic has had a storied and well-documented life and tennis career both on and off the court. She now pours her efforts into tennis commentary and motivational speaking on topics including resilience, mental health and empowerment.
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Narelda Jacobs is a Whadjuk Noongar woman from Perth. She’s been a journalist at Network 10 since 2000, spending 19 years in the Perth newsroom before heading to Studio 10 in Sydney.
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Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland was elected to the House of Representatives in 2010 as the Member for Greenway in North West Sydney.
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David Coleman was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Communications in February 2023. He was elected to the House of Representatives as the Federal Member for Banks in September 2013.
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Imogen Senior is a student, researcher, workshop facilitator and youth advocate. She has been a Youth Activist with Plan International Australia since 2020, where she campaigned for safety for women and girls in online spaces through the ‘Free to Be Online’ campaign.
Old photo of Jelena there.
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Monday February 27 | Live from Sydney
This week on Q+A… one year on from the invasion that shook the world. Russia’s offensive in Ukraine has transformed the global landscape – economically, strategically and politically – so what happens next? The US President’s visit to Kyiv has sent a signal to Vladimir Putin, but just how far will the international community go to support Ukraine’s fight?
As economic woes continue to put pressure on households at home and abroad, how much appetite is there for countries to spend more on a war that is so far away? And with no end to the conflict in sight, how long can Ukraine count on its international allies?
In the US, politicians are already positioning themselves for the 2024 White House race. Will Donald Trump again prevail as Republican candidate? Or is the party moving on? Joe Biden seems likely to run again, but how much damage will a struggling economy inflict on his presidency?
And here at home, the government is facing pressure over energy, cost of living – and proposed changes to superannuation that will have huge tax implications for all Australians. How will Labor tackle these problems? How much is actually within their control?
Q+A is live from Sydney on Monday, February 27 at 9.35pm AEDT.
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His Excellency Vasyl Myroshnychenko is Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia and former Advisor to the Minister of Defence of Ukraine.
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Senator Sarah McBride represents Delaware’s First State Senate District and is the highest ranking openly transgender elected official in the United States.
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Following the election of the Albanese Labor Government in May 2022, Pat Conroy was appointed as Minister for International Development and the Pacific and Minister for Defence Industry.
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Professor George Brandis QC was appointed Professor in the Practice of National Security at the National Security College, Australian National University, following his return to Australia after four years as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
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Sharan Burrow is the former General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation 2010-2022. Previously she was President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 2000 – 2010.
Monday, March 6 | Live from Melbourne
This week on Q+A… freedom of speech, stories – and who gets to tell them.
As a censorship debate rages over cuts and rewrites to apparently make Roald Dahl’s children’s books more palatable to today’s readers, the publisher now says it will produce two versions of his novels – with and without the changes. As social mores and views change, what does that mean for literature of the past? Are some books simply too offensive for a modern audience?
Literature can help us make sense of the world – but what happens to those readers who don’t see themselves reflected in stories? Or see themselves as little more than a stereotype? Is there a way to celebrate differences without defining people by them?
Meanwhile, the approaching referendum on a Voice to Parliament is forcing Australians to decide who gets to have a say in our future. And within the “yes” and “no” camps there are differing views – which one will prevail? Does a binary question allow for enough nuance in the discussion?
And the PM is being accused of breaking faith with voters as Labor confirms its plan to wind back tax concessions on multi-million-dollar superannuation balances. So should politicians be allowed to change their views? Does being locked into a promise stymie policy?
On the Panel
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Sir David Hare is a playwright, screenwriter, and director of theatre and film, best known for his plays Plenty (1978), Racing Demon (1990), Skylight (1995), and Amy’s View (1997). He was knighted in 1998 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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Teela Reid is a proud Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman, lawyer, essayist, storyteller and co-founder of @blackfulla_bookclub, a platform that honours First Nation’s Ancestors as the original Storytellers.
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Dr Pragya Agarwal (she/her) is a professor of social inequities, behavioural and data scientist, founder of a research think-tank investigating gender inequities, and author of four widely acclaimed non-fiction books for adults on racism, gender bias and motherhood, and a picture book for raising non-racist children.
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Matt Thistlethwaite was elected to the Senate in 2010, and to the House of Representatives in 2013. He serves as Assistant Minister for Defence, Assistant Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, and Assistant Minister for the Republic.
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Andrew Bragg is a Liberal Senator for New South Wales whose priorities lie across the areas of financial regulation, digital assets, national reconciliation, and the climate. In 2021, Andrew authored Buraadja: The Liberal Case for National Reconciliation.
Monday, March 13 | Live from Melbourne
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.
Q+A is live from Melbourne on Monday, March 13 at 9.35pm AEDT.
On the Panel
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Billy Bragg is a punk rocker, soldier, Essex boy, folk singer, Skiffle aficionado, protest singers’ protest singer, patriot, optimist, lefty polemicist, author, soul miner, musicologist, champion of the underclasses, Cockney vocalist and all round decent bloke.
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Josh Burns is Labor’s Federal Member for Macnamara. First elected in 2019, he serves in key parliamentary roles including as Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights and Chair of the Foreign Affairs and Aid Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade.
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Perin Davey is Deputy Leader of the Nationals. Sh grew up in Canberra, but chose to move to the regions where she feels more at home, currently living on the Billabong Creek near Deniliquin.
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Antoinette Lattouf is a multi award winning journalist, TEDx Sydney speaker and author of How to Lose Friends and Influence White People.
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Gigi Foster works in diverse fields including education, social influence, time use, lab experiments, behavioural economics, and Australian policy.
According to the CBD column in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, some residents in the bayside Melbourne suburb of Brighton were being invited to board free buses to take them to last night’s show in Melbourne.
Coming Up: Monday, March 20 | Live from Sydney
This week on Q+A… unpacking the secrets of life, the universe and everything as world-renowned physicist Brian Greene joins the panel.
Australia has committed the next three decades and $368 billion to AUKUS, linking the nation’s future inextricably to the US. But while 30 years is several lifetimes in politics, it’s a mere blip in the bigger picture of the universe. So how wise is this investment? What sort of innovations will outpace the subs deal? Are submarines simply yesterday’s technology?
Greene says that “future of our species relies upon the depth and nuance of our engagement with the world” … is this pact making Australia’s world smaller or bigger? Is there a better way to equip the next generation for the difficult times ahead than just throwing money at the defence budget?
Meanwhile, parliament returns for another sitting week – some tough budget decisions will have to be made. What programs could be cut to help fund the subs deal? And in NSW, voters are preparing to cast their ballot in the state election… how will Dominic Perrottet’s national push for cashless poker machines play out?
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Brian Greene is a renowned physicist and best-selling author, known for his work on string theory and the nature of space and time.
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Geoffrey Robertson AO KC is an international jurist, human rights lawyer, academic, author and broadcaster.
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Matt Keogh is the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and the Minister for Defence Personnel. He was elected as the first member for the Federal Division of Burt in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth at the 2016 Federal Election.
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Dai Le was elected as the first ever Independent Federal Member for Fowler in 2022, making her the first Vietnamese-Australian to become a Federal MP.
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Kirsten Banks is a proud Wiradjuri woman and science communicator, completing her PhD in astrophysics at the University of NSW.e from Sydney on Monday, March 20 at 9.35pm AEDT.
On the Panel
They’ve done it also in Sydney on a few occasions in the past running a Shuttle Bus from Parramatta Train Station to the Ultimo studios.
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Coming Up: Monday, March 27 | Live from Sydney
This week on Q+A…Indigenous leaders joined an emotional Anthony Albanese to reveal the wording of the Voice referendum question which will be put to the nation. The Prime Minister has appealed to Australians to support the vote, asking: “If not now, when?”
The agreed wording of the question follows intense negotiations and reads: “A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this proposed alteration.”
The announcement comes ahead of South Australia’s special sitting of Parliament on Sunday to pass its own First Nations Voice Bill – the first such legislation in the country. The PM is seeking to head off dissent by clearly setting out that the Voice will have no power of veto – but will that be enough to satisfy those opposed to it? And what does the question mean for First Nations sovereignty?
Meanwhile, as the fanfare of the announcement subsides, the reality of Australia’s submarine deal is sinking in. Critics from within Labor’s ranks are voicing their concerns about the deal that some say could end up costing far more than the projected $368 billion. Just what price are we paying for security?
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskus is celebrating a year in office – he’s the only opposition leader who’s managed to unseat a Premier during the pandemic. Will NSW follow suit and have a new leader after the weekend’s state election?
Q+A is live from Sydney on Monday, March 27 at 9.35pm AEDT.
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Peter Malinauskas is the 47th Premier of South Australia. Prior to entering the Legislative Council, Peter was the State Secretary of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association.
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Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is the former Director of Indigenous Research at the Centre for Independent Studies, a spokesperson for Advance Australia, and has served as Deputy Mayor of Alice Springs Town Council.
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Jordon Steele-John is Australia’s youngest senator who journeys with a disability. Prior to taking up the post of Senator for WA, Jordon dedicated his time to youth and disability advocacy.
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Richard V. Spencer was the 76th Secretary of the Navy. He was sworn in to the office in August of 2017 and served until November of 2019.
Full panel TBC
Two contestants on this week’s episode of Hard Quiz, Pip and Shayla, had appeared on Q+A before. The producers found the footage of each of them posing a question and played on air (Pip in 2008 and Shayla in 2013).
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Monday April 3, 2023
This week on Q+A… after a bruising week for the Liberal Party with election defeat in NSW and Victoria’s battle over rogue member Moira Deeming – could a win in this weekend’s Aston by-election turn the party’s fortunes around? No opposition has lost a seat to a government at a byelection for more than 100 years so what would a loss mean for Peter Dutton?
Labor is hoping to pass more legislation through parliament this week – after finally securing a deal on its climate bill. But the government’s key housing bill is looking shaky, as the Greens stand their ground over more help for renters. New retail sales figures indicate that interest rates are starting to bite – so will the RBA put the brakes on more hikes at its Tuesday meeting?
And data security is again in focus, as Latitude Financial faces legal action over a recent breach that saw current and former customers’ data stolen – including driver’s licence numbers from millions in Australia and New Zealand. Just what will the government have to do to protect citizens’ data?
Joining Stan Grant on the panel live in Melbourne for all this plus news of the week:
Q+A is live from Melbourne on Monday, APRIL 3 at 9.35pm AEDT.
On the Panel
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Amanda Rishworth is the Minister for Social Services, she was elected to the federal parliament as the Member for Kingston at the age of 29.
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John Pesutto i s Victorian Opposition Leader and has lived in Hawthorn for more than 25 years and is passionate about championing important local initiatives and projects that will benefit the Hawthorn community.
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Sara James is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and author. Sara has covered significant news events in Australasia for NBC, CNN and PBS.
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Deni Todorovič is a vocal activist for queer rights and human rights and pushes the narrative forward around topics of gender, sexuality, politics, race and equality.
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Osman Faruqi; Culture News Editor for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald; Osman Faruqi is a Journalist, Writer and Editor.
Monday April 10, 2023
This week on Q+A… Australian politics is changing – and a new generation is making its mark.
Recent election results at a state and federal level show that nothing can be taken for granted, so what do some of the nation’s young powerbrokers make of what’s happened? And how do they want to use their voices to make change?
As the referendum grows nearer, the Liberal Party has confirmed it will campaign against the Voice to Parliament – with backbenchers allowed a conscience vote on the issue. Peter Dutton says the party supports Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians – but without support for the Voice, will the Liberals find themselves on the wrong side of history?
Across the country, political convictions seem increasingly to be guided by personal ethics – so where does the role of religion fit? Does faith fit with politics, or should they be separate?
And finally some relief for mortgage holders before the Easter break, with the Reserve Bank keeping rates on hold for the first time in a year. But is this just a temporary reprieve? And will it have any meaningful impact on those struggling to pay the bills?
Q+A is live from Sydney on Monday, APRIL 10 at 9.35pm AEST.
On the Panel
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Andrew Neil is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster who is chairman of The Spectator and presenter of The Andrew Neil Show on Channel 4.
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Professor Anne Pattel-Gray was appointed Professor of Indigenous Studies and inaugural Head of the School of Indigenous Studies at the University of Divinity in August 2022. She is a descendant of the Bidjara / Kari Kari people of Queensland and a celebrated Aboriginal leader.
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Kanishka Raffel was consecrated in 2021 as first non-European Archbishop of Sydney. Born in London to Sri Lankan parents, he was raised as a Buddhist.
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Fatima Payman is an Australian Muslim with cultural roots from Afghanistan. The eldest daughter of four children, she was raised in the Northern suburbs of Perth.
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Zara Seidler is the co-founder of The Daily Aus, a social-first news service that engages over a quarter of a million young Australians a day.
Update
I really think they need to give Stan the flick. As much as I like him he just doesn’t suit this show well.
I would have loved to have seen Leigh Sales get the job.
Looking at the ratings it’s tanking now even on Mondays. Moving it from that timeslot was the worst thing they ever did to the show.
My bet 2024 the show won’t be back.
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Virginia Trioli was my favourite out of the rotating hosts.
Stan’s a great analyst and guest panelist but he’s out of his depth hosting this show. Almost looks like he doesn’t want to be there.
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