Is seeing a GP becoming a luxury?
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This week on Q+A… a health system at breaking point. Are we becoming a country of haves and have-nots, with top medical care only available to those who can afford it? Is seeing a GP becoming a luxury? And as Australia ages, can Medicare keep up?
Meanwhile… what does Scarlett O’Hara have to do with Donald Trump? And what’s the link between Gone with the Wind and the rioters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6?
Literature and culture expert Sarah Churchwell joins the panel to explain her take on one of America’s best-known novels – arguing that its denialism of the horrors of slavery and trumpeting of white nationalism are inextricably linked with Trumpism and the issues that continue to divide the US today.
Australia is also a nation becoming more polarised – along political, social and cultural lines. So what can we learn from the American experience?
And as the coronation of a new king approaches – what does the monarchy mean in modern Australia?
Joining Stan Grant on the panel live from Melbourne:
Mark Butler, Minister for Health and Aged Care
Bridget Archer, Liberal member for Bass
Anthony Dillon, Researcher and Aboriginal affairs commentator
Sarah Churchwell, American literature and culture expert
Mukesh Haikerwal, GP, Deputy Chair Australian GP ALLIANCE and formerly President of the AMA & Chair of the AIHW and World Medical Association.
Please submit a question via our website by 9am AEST Monday 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 Geoff Hughes, who put his unorthodox proposal to the panel of a having a State of Origin style Competition to help make housing affordable.
Watch Q+A Monday at 9.35pm AEST on ABC TV, streamed live 9.35pm AEST on ABC iview or on our YouTube channel.
Looking forward to hearing your questions. |
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| | Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler Joins the panel. The cost of hundreds of medicines will be halved, with Australians soon able to buy 60 days' worth for the price of a single prescription under a shake-up of the PBS. | | READ MORE |
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| Liberal MP Bridget Archer is co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Ending Poverty Group, which is calling on the government to lift the JobSeeker rate. | | READ MORE |
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| Aboriginal affairs commentator Anthony Dillon is one of the faces of the ‘No’ campaign ahead of the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. | | READ MORE |
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| US author Sarah Churchwell argues that bestselling novel Gone with the Wind has left a legacy that continues to haunt America – and even led to the rise of Donald Trump. | | READ MORE |
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| GP & ex-AMA president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal joins the panel. He says A significant number of patients dodge paying for telehealth consultations and GPs are calling in ‘debt collectors as the problem is so bad’. | | READ MORE |
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| | | Home Ownership - State of Origin |
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Geoff Hughes asked the panel: On the eve of Anzac Day my question is: Why did so many die for Australia?
Obviously to protect the home and your family. Stan, I'm here with my daughter (she is married and well-paid) who is desperate to buy in the Sydney property market, to date impossible!
Australia exports minerals worth hundreds of billions each year, a 5 per cent levy will pay for the backlog of housing. I suggest a State of Origin Competition for each state on making housing affordable - let’s face it Australians love a contest! | | WATCH IT HERE |
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| Actor Heather Mitchell's life has been as dramatic off screen as it has on. And she's channelling those experiences into some of the greatest performances of her career. | | STREAM ON IVIEW | |
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