Q+A returns for 2021 in a brand new time slot – Thursdays at 8.30pm!
This Thursday Feb 4 we kick off with a panel of eminent Australians joining host Hamish Macdonald live from Sydney. They’ll debate some of the current issues likely to shape the year ahead.
What now for Australia with a new Biden presidency? Will we feel the reverberations of lingering Trumpism here? How has the Australia Day debate impacted race relations and will the vaccine brawls erupting in Europe disrupt the Australian roll-out? Plus a chance to hear directly from our new Australian of the Year who’s pledged to dismantle the system of grooming used by sexual predators.
The show will close with a live performance from didgeridoo player and musical director William Barton.
Joining me on the panel:
Grace Tame, Australian of the Year
Alexander Downer, Former Liberal Foreign Affairs Minister
Warren Mundine, Chairman of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation
Shane Fitzsimmons, Former NSW RFS Commissioner
Tanya Hosch, Social inclusion advocate
Please submit a question via our website by 9am Thursday for the chance to ask the panel.
Each week I'll be selecting my top question to highlight in the newsletter.
Watch Q+A Thursday at 8.30pm on ABC TV, streamed live 8.30pm AEST on ABC iview or on our website.
Looking forward to hearing your questions. Hamish Macdonald |
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| Get to know the panellists |
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| Grace Tame is your Australian of the Year, a leader of positive change, and a survivor-advocate for victims of sexual assault. | | LEARN MORE |
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| During last summer’s devastating bushfires, millions of Australians looked to then NSW Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons for leadership and guidance. | | LEARN MORE |
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| Tanya Hosch is a social inclusion advocate, and a member of both Chief Executive Women and the NAB Indigenous Advisory Group. | | LEARN MORE |
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| In November 2020, Malcolm Turnbull clashed with The Australian's Editor-at-Large Paul Kelly over climate science, claiming NewsCorp has "turned this issue of physics into an issue of values or identity". | | WATCH NOW | |
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