With so much attention on the treatment of women in the workplace, we’ll be joined by Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie and communications specialist Parnell Palme McGuinness.
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This week on Q+A – all the big issues of the week including a plan to get more women into the workforce, by lifting the maximum childcare subsidy and scrapping an annual cap on support. With so much attention on the treatment of women in the workplace, we’ll be joined by Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie and communications specialist Parnell Palme McGuinness.
We’ll also look at why mass vaccination centres are operating at a fraction of capacity and ask what the government needs to do to restore faith in its vaccination rollout?
As India’s COVID-19 crisis spirals out of control, Australia has announced it will cut repatriation flights from the nation by 30 per cent to reduce the risk of spreading the disease. But will it be enough?
The war of words over the country’s hotel quarantine system is raging on, with some calling the system “faulty” and not fit for purpose. What is the future for Australia’s hotel quarantine system?
And we’ll hear about the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on our arts community with Courtney Act joining us on the panel and closing the show with a performance.
Joining me on the panel:
Bridget McKenzie, Nationals Senate Leader
Courtney Act, Performer and activist
Mark Butler, Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing
Parnell Palme McGuinness, Communications Consultant
Hervé Lemahieu, Director, Power and Diplomacy Program, Lowy Institute
Please submit a question via our website by 9am Thursday for the chance to ask the panel.
Scroll down to watch Monday's toughest question asked by Dr Louis Peachey. 👇
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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| | A household name in the UK, Courtney Act has been regularly invited to appear on news shows to give her opinion not only on gender issues but also more topics such as Brexit and the state of the NHS. | | LEARN MORE |
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| | As debate continues over the country’s hotel quarantine system, Mark Butler says the Prime Minister Scott Morrison has done nothing to act on recommendations given to him to establish new facilities outside major cities. | | LEARN MORE |
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| | The Nationals say there has been a cultural shift towards women over many years, but there is no room to be complacent and that “We can always do better and we must do better”. | | LEARN MORE |
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