This week on Q+A… power and influence – who has it, who wields it and how it’s used to make change.
| | | | | | | Hello there, This week on Q+A… power and influence – who has it, who wields it and how it’s used to make change. As Rupert Murdoch announces he’s stepping down as chair of Fox and News Corp, handing the reins to son Lachlan – we’ll look at the media mogul’s impact over a seven-decade career. The Australian-born billionaire is often credited with making and breaking governments – so where next for his empire?
Meanwhile, the federal government is set to hold an inquiry into the COVID-19 response, but the PM is already under fire for excluding state and territory decisions from the investigation. Australians saw the extraordinary power exercised by the states during the pandemic – but without examining lockdowns and border closures, will the inquiry go far enough?
And as referendum day on a Voice to Parliament approaches, the debate is heating up. Both Yes and No camps are putting their message to Australians – how effective are their campaigns?
Q+A is live from Melbourne Tonight, Monday September 25 at 9.35pm AEST.
Joining Patricia Karvelas on the panel live in Melbourne:
Madeleine West, Author & Child Protection Advocate
Peter Khalil, Chair of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence & Security
Paul Scarr, Liberal Senator for Queensland
Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, CEO, GetUp
Tom Elliott, Broadcaster & 3AW Drive Host
If you would like to submit a question for consideration, please submit one via our website for the chance to ask the panel.
Each week, Q+A selects our top question to highlight in the newsletter. Scroll down to watch Monday's toughest question asked by Upper Hunter resident John O’Brien, who spoke about the transition to renewables in his community.
Watch Q+A Monday at 9.35pm AEST on ABC TV and ABC iview.
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| Get to know the panellists |
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| | Actress & author Madeleine West has been a fearless campaigner for child sexual abuse victims after revealing her own story. She’s recently joined Crime Stoppers International’s board of advisors. | | READ MORE |
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| Peter Khalil, chair of the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee, has warned Australians must remain "vigilant" against foreign interference after a British national working in Westminster was accused of feeding information to Beijing. | | READ MORE |
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| Liberal Senator Paul Scarr is the chair of the Senate inquiry into sexual consent laws, which has recommended the immediate creation of an independent taskforce to hold universities to account on sexual violence. | | READ MORE |
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| GetUp CEO Larissa Baldwin-Roberts says Howard-era conservative messaging about First Nations people is ingrained in the Australian psyche and the “Yes” Voice campaign isn't quite cutting through. | | READ MORE |
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| 3AW Drive host Tom Elliot has called the Victorian Government’s tax on Airbnb to address social housing “utter nonsense”, saying “taxing one form of housing to try and fix another form of housing, to me doesn’t make any sense”. | | READ MORE |
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| Last Week's Hard Question |
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| John O’Brien asked:
As we transition from fossil fuels, what happens to local communities? | | WATCH NOW |
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| This week’s Four Corners exposes criminals, opportunists and registered providers who have been busted exploiting loopholes to overcharge and defraud the NDIS. | | WATCH PREVIEW |
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