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This week on Q+A - the COVID Endgame.
As frustrated Victorians endure their fourth lockdown, businesses across the country are hurting and many are now asking if we’ve lost the bigger picture.
We’re told the vaccine is our best form of protection but is Australia being left behind? As a nation, we’ve managed the health and economic challenges well, but is it time we learnt to live with COVID long term rather than put all our efforts into eliminating it? The prevention of coronavirus outbreaks in remote Indigenous communities is considered one of the success stories of Australia's pandemic response, so how can we protect other vulnerable communities?
As we assess what risk we’re prepared to live with, are there lessons we can learn from other countries? Prime Minister Scott Morrison will meet with global leaders, including US President Joe Biden, at the G7 summit in the UK this week.
Plus, we take a look at the latest trade war tensions with China and Australia’s place in the region, and the big changes to Medicare rebates that may see us paying thousands more for standard procedures. How will you be affected?
Remember this is your show and your chance to set the agenda – so send us any questions we should be asking!
Q+A is live from Canberra on Thursday, June 10 at 8.30pm AEST.
Joining Stan Grant on the panel:
Omar Khorshid, President, Australian Medical Association
Kamalini Lokuge, Epidemiologist, Australian National University
Peter Hartcher, Political Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
Sally Scales, APY Art Centre Collective Regional Programs Coordinator and Uluru Statement Leadership
Cameron Murray, Economist and Research Fellow
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 student Fiona Myers, who is a mother and full-time carer for two children living with disabilities. 👇
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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| In May, President of the Australian Medical Association Omar Khorshid called for mandated aged care staffing, and said Australia's hotel quarantine system is "not fit for purpose". | | LEARN MORE |
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| In March, Kamalini Lokuge said the key to growing vaccine uptake is building trust. She said the Australian government has built a relationship of trust over many decades, through Medicare and public health care. | | LEARN MORE |
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| In his new book Red Zone, Peter Hartcher asks Australian policy makers - Scott Morrison, Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd and Peter Dutton - what they think China wants with Australia. | | LEARN MORE |
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Catch Up on Last Week's Show |
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| Fiona is a mother and full-time carer for two children who live with disabilities. She says "people with disabilities been an afterthought in the vaccination process despite being prioritised in the rollout plan". | | WATCH |
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| Students in a local Illawarra community are petitioning the government to act on the Uluru Statement from the Heart, calling for a Voice to Parliament and a Makarrata commission. They want to know why there hasn’t been any action on this "vital element of reconciliation". | | WATCH |
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| Q+A visits Wollongong to discuss vaccines, quarantine and the issues accompanying many coastal regions' population booms. | | WATCH |
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