One year on from the election that changed Australia’s political landscape, five first-term parliamentarians join the panel.
| | | | | | | Hello there, This week on Q+A… the Class of 22. One year on from the election that changed Australia’s political landscape, five first-term parliamentarians join the panel. So just how different is the reality of a political career to what they imagined?
With an economy under pressure amid fears of a global recession, a worsening housing crisis and the approaching winter putting more strain on energy supplies – how much impact can one politician have on the problems Australians are facing?
The Senate is proving pivotal to the government’s legislative agenda, and independents Tammy Tyrrell and David Pocock have been making their presence felt. From securing commitments on social housing to putting more scrutiny on economic inclusion, these first-time senators are fighting for the issues they’re passionate about.
In the lower house, Max Chandler-Mather was swept in on Brisbane’s Green wave. A renter throughout his adult life, he has made housing his priority, but is his party’s refusal to pass the housing future fund bill helping or hurting the very people living through housing stress?
Labor’s Michelle Ananda-Rajah – who turned one of Melbourne’s premier blue-ribbon seats red – hasn’t been shy about putting her views forward, including calling for an increase in JobSeeker. And Zoe McKenzie held off a Teal challenge in her Liberal Victorian seat – so what does she make of the Coaliton’s post-election woes?
What does the Class of 22 make of being inside the “Canberra bubble”?
Q+A is live from Melbourne Tonight, Monday May 22 at 9.35pm AEST.
Joining Stan Grant on the panel live from Melbourne:
Michelle Ananda-Rajah, Labor member for Higgins
Zoe McKenzie, Liberal member for Flinders
David Pocock, Independent Senator for the ACT
Tammy Tyrrell, Independent Senator for Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network
Max Chandler-Mather, Greens member for Griffith
Please submit a question via our website by 11.00am AEST today 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 Jessica Blowers, who asked Jim Chalmers a question about the single parent pension.
Watch Q+A Monday at 9.35pm AEST on ABC TV, or stream live on ABC iview or on our YouTube channel.
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| | Labor MP Michelle Ananda-Rajah says she “welcomes” revisiting discussions about negative gearing and that we need to “reimagine our cities for the future”. | | READ MORE |
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| Liberal MP Zoe McKenzie is the first woman to hold the seat of Flinders, which covers Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. | | READ MORE |
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| Independent Senator David Pocock says Jim Chalmers’ $40 fortnightly increase to JobSeeker is “laughable” and “embarrassing” and says it is “keeping people in poverty”. | | READ MORE |
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| Last month Senator Tammy Tyrrell struck a deal with Labor to deliver 1,200 new social and affordable rental homes in Tasmania in return for her support of the housing bill. | | READ MORE |
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| Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather has accused the PM of spreading lies about him as the debate over the government’s housing bill becomes more acrimonious, but he has signalled the minor party is willing to bend. | | READ MORE |
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| Last Week's Hard Question |
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| Cost of Living - single Parent |
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Jessica Blowers asked:
Dr Chalmers, I'm a single mum of one child who turns eight at the end of August, at which time I will be put on JobSeeker. Your government has announced that the age limit of eligibility for the single parent pension will be raised to 14 from September. That's a whole month I won't be able to pay my rent because the payment of JobSeeker won't be enough to cover it. I'd like to know what measures the government has in place to bridge the gap that I and other parents in similar situations will find ourselves? | | WATCH HERE |
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