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With Australia’s borders unlikely to re-open until mid-2022, senior government ministers are standing by the decision to keep our borders closed, despite internal party backlash. Some MPs have expressed concerns Australia will become a “hermit nation” the longer we remain closed. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the Government will continue to be led by medical advice, but what will extended border closures mean for the country’s productivity?
Despite the economy showing strong signs of recovery, the budget papers forecast a decade of deficits and debt, set to peak at almost $1 trillion in 2025. Will Australia ever see a surplus again?
One sector hit hardest by the border closures is higher education, with the industry losing $1.8bn in revenue and 17,000 jobs due to the pandemic. What is the future for Australian universities, if the borders remain closed? Tens of thousands of Australians are still stranded overseas, so how will we clear the backlog?
And as the situation escalates between Israelis and Palestinians on the Gaza strip, we’ll look at the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Middle East.
Joining me on the panel:
Luke McGregor, Comedian, writer and actor
Barnaby Joyce, Nationals Member for New England
Gabriela D'Souza, Senior Economist, Committee for Economic Development of Australia
Tony Burke, Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and the Arts
Lisa Jackson Pulver, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Sydney
Please submit a question via our website by 9am Thursday for the chance to ask the panel.
Scroll down to watch Thursday's toughest question asked by Mel Pannack. 👇
Watch Q+A Thursday at 8.30pm on ABC TV, streamed live 8.30pm AEST on ABC iview or on our website.
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| Get to know the panellists |
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| | Comedian Luke McGregor – who graduated with a degree in economics - thinks the whole conversation around debt and deficit needs to change. | | LEARN MORE |
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| | Economist Gabriela D'Souza says estimates of 0.1 population growth in Australia this year will be "quite devastating", and will lead to the country "missing out on key talent". | | LEARN MORE |
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| | Shadow Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke says the federal budget was a whole lot of announcements but no narrative as to how Australia could do better in terms of wages, secure work and climate change. | | LEARN MORE |
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Catch Up on Last Week's Show |
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| Mel Pannack says that while the government is touting this as a ‘women’s budget’, it does little to address the needs of vulnerable women at risk of homelessness. | | WATCH |
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| "I don't want you kids to worry about paying your trillion dollars of debt off." Jacqui Lambie closed Q+A with a bleak assessment for Australia's youth. | | WATCH |
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| The Q+A Panel discussed the level of national debt impacting the younger generation, so-called slush funds and suggested benefits for women in the federal budget, live from Canberra. | | WATCH |
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