This week on Q+A, more pain for households after the Reserve Bank delivered a 12th rate hike in just over a year
| | | | | | | Hello there, This week on Q+A, more pain for households after the Reserve Bank delivered a 12th rate hike in just over a year – taking interest rates to their highest level in 11 years. The bank’s governor admits many families will suffer a "painful squeeze", but insists inflation has to be tamed. Just how much more can households bear? And is the cure worse than the disease?
Much of the blame for stubbornly high inflation is being slated home to the lowest-paid workers, after the Fair Work Commission announced an increase in the minimum wage from next month. But according to the OECD, the main culprit is corporate super-profits. Are the most vulnerable paying the price for an unfair system?
Meanwhile, the fallout from the incendiary judgement against Australia's most decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith continues. Should the VC recipient – labelled in court as a liar, murderer and bully – be ordered to hand back his honour? What do his actions in the field mean for diggers at home and serving overseas? Is this case damaging the reputation of our elite soldiers?
And parliament returns for another sitting fortnight as the government's "same job, same pay" workplace law changes are emerging as 2023's big industrial relations brawl. The new laws – designed to ensure labour hire workers are paid the same as employees doing the same job – are being debated as the future housing fund bill nears agreement. Is Labor facing a rough ride for the rest of the year?
Q+A is live from Sydney tonight, Monday, June 12 at 9.35pm AEST.
Joining Patricia Karvelas on the panel live in Sydney:
Sally McManus, ACTU Secretary
Stephen Jones, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services
Keith Wolahan, Liberal member for Menzies
Thenu Herath, Human Rights Advocate
Michael Ware, Sky News US contributor
If you would like to submit a question for consideration, please submit it 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 which was asked by registered nurse Maria Capozzi. Maria told the Minister for Aged Care, Anika Wells, that having registered nurses 24/7 isn’t enough to solve the sector’s issues.
Watch Q+A Monday at 9.35pm AEST on ABC TV, or stream live on ABC iview.
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| | ACTU Secretary Sally McManus calls the Fair Work Commission's minimum wage rise an 'absolutely essential increase'. | | READ MORE |
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| Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones joins the panel on Monday. Households are set for more pain after the Reserve Bank’s 12th rate hike in just over a year and warnings the rises aren’t finished yet. | | READ MORE |
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| Liberal MP Keith Wolahan was an Army captain and has served three combat tours in Afghanistan. | | READ MORE |
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| Thenu Herath is a human rights advocate who is passionate about global justice and youth empowerment. | | READ MORE |
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| Michael Ware is a Sky News US contributor and former war correspondent. He says there's "plenty of blame to go around" over the US withdrawal from Afghanistan that led to a Taliban takeover. | | READ MORE |
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| Last Week's Hard Question |
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| Aged Care - "Fixing" the Sector |
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Maria Capozzi asked:
The Minister suggests that having registered nurses 24/7 is going to fix the aged care sector - how is this going to take form? | | WATCH HERE |
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| The secretive deals between Australia's big sporting codes and bookmakers. Pat McGrath reveals how sports governing bodies get a cut of every bet made in Australia on their games. Could it change the way the games are played? | | WATCH PREVIEW | |
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