This week Q+A looks beyond our locked borders to the rest of the world where life and economies are starting to open back up.
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This week Q+A looks beyond our locked borders to the rest of the world where life and economies are starting to open back up.
Britain is now living with COVID, and following a staged reopening, life is returning to normal. The virus has not been eliminated there, but high vaccination rates mean smaller numbers of deaths, and far fewer hospitalisations.
In the US, cities and states have sprung back to life, but the Delta variant is on the rise, and vaccination rates have slowed. Then on our doorstep, Indonesia is grappling with a deadly Delta surge and now has some of the highest daily COVID case and death numbers in the world.
What can we learn from these and other countries about a pathway out of COVID?
When will we reach herd immunity and see an end to lockdowns? Will vaccine passports and mandates become the norm?
And how do we shake our current obsession with daily case numbers and adopt a new mindset?
Stan Grant hosts Q+A live from Sydney on Thursday, August 5 at 8.30pm AEST.
Joining Stan on the panel:
Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Dr Eric Feigl-Ding, Epidemiologist and health economist
Yulia Supadmo, Chief editor, Rajawali Televisi
Damien Cave, Australian bureau chief, The New York Times
Julie Leask, Vaccine specialist
Kate Mills, CEO Property Industry Foundation
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 Ron Ao, who voiced the frustrations of those living in Sydney’s west and south western suburbs. 👇
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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| | Former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark co-chaired a report into the World Health Organization’s response to COVID-19, which found that the first emergence of the virus did not trigger the global response it should have. | | MORE |
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| | While Australia's borders remain shut, other parts of the world are restarting their economies by opening up and living with COVID-19. UK-born entrepreneur and former business journalist Kate Mills joins the panel. | | MORE |
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| | COVID-19 cases are soaring in the USA, fuelled by unvaccinated Americans and the Delta variant. Australian Bureau Chief of The New York Times Damien Cave also joins the panel. | | MORE |
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Catch Up on Last Week's Show |
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| Ron Ao voices the frustration of the Fairfield community as western Sydney continues to face tough restrictions. | | WATCH |
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| Labor MP Chris Bowen says a reintroduction of the government's early release of superannuation policy would be “morally bankrupt" and "frankly offensive", but Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg says "it is, after all, the people's money." | | WATCH |
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| As Western Sydney continues to face greater lockdown restrictions, the Q+A panel discuss getting people back to work, getting the arts industry back on track, and providing some relief for business. | | WATCH |
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