This week on Q+A… voting on the Voice.
| | | | | | | Hello there, This week on Q+A… voting on the Voice. The Prime Minister has finally named the date for the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament – the first bid to change the Constitution in more than two decades.
As October 14 approaches, each side is ramping up its campaign and appealing to people’s emotions. Can Australians unpack the rhetoric to make an informed decision? Whose argument is cutting through? And which generation is likely to swing the vote?
Meanwhile, parliament returns for another sitting week. Industrial relations reform is on the agenda as Labor looks to close “loopholes” in the system. But what will the new laws mean for small business?
And the pressure on Qantas keeps growing with the consumer watchdog launching legal action over “ghost flights”. How much longer will the flying kangaroo be a protected species?
Q+A is live from Melbourne tonight, Monday September 4 at 9.35pm AEST.
Joining Patricia Karvelas on the panel live in Melbourne:
Ged Kearney, Assistant Minister for Health & Aged Care
Andrew McKellar, CEO, Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Lawyer & Human Rights Advocate
Darcy McGauley-Bartlett, 2023 Victorian Young Australian of the Year
Freya Leach, Director of Youth Policy, Menzies Research Centre
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 last week's toughest question asked by mother of triplets, Silje Andersen-Cooke, who asked about increasing parental leave for parents of multiples.
Watch Q+A on Monday at 9.35pm AEST on ABC TV or ABC iview.
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| Get to know the panellists |
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| | Assistant Health Minister Ged Kearney wants to improve women's health and overhaul Australia's health system "that has been designed by men, for men". | | READ MORE |
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| Andrew McKellar, CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says there’s no evidence the government’s proposed industrial relation laws will make it easier for businesses to employ people. | | READ MORE |
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| Bundjalung Widubul-Wiabul woman Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts is a survivor of out-of-home care. She says the foster care system “continues the Stolen Generations”. | | READ MORE |
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| Gunaikurnai man Darcy McGauley-Bartlett is Victoria's Young Australian of the Year and an advocate for better prison healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. | | READ MORE |
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| Freya Leach is working with the Menzies Research Centre on policies that she hopes will attract more young people to join the Liberal party. | | READ MORE |
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| Last Week's Hard Question |
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| Silje Andersen-Cooke asked:
I am a mum of one and a half year old fraternal triplets. And I gave birth to them at 35 weeks and I stopped work at about 29 weeks. And after they were born they spent about three weeks in the hospital before they came home. What that meant is I used a significant chunk of my parental leave before the babies were even able to come home.
Our question to the panel is, should the Australian Government (and we know that they're already looking into parental leave at the moment, looking to reform it) should the Australian Government consider increasing parental leave for parents of multiples? | | WATCH HERE |
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| Despite the Taliban's public promises of change, Ramita Navai powerfully exposes the reality of life for women under their rule.
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