It’s the final Q+A of the year. And what a year it’s been!Â
2020 brought us drought, bushfires and the chaos of a pandemic. COVID and the accompanying recession has changed the world, and all of us – in some ways for the worse, and in some for the better.
All against a backdrop of the most extraordinary US Presidential election in living memory, and an alarming deterioration in our relations with China.
Joining Hamish on the panel:
Jimmy Barnes Rock icon who has delighted us all with his ‘Lockdown Songs’, performed each day from home since COVID hit
Kristy McBain, New Federal MP for Eden-Monaro who has helped her community through devastating bushfires and the economic impacts of COVID-19
Michael Yabsley, Former Liberal MP who came out as a gay man in 2020
Rita Therese, Sex worker, artist and writer who weathered the Melbourne lockdown, and was forced to take her business online like so many Australians
Lavina Lee, International relations expert, who watched Australia’s relationship with China change dramatically this year
Read more about our panelists here
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SA 8.05pm; NT 8.05pm; WA 6.35pm
