This week… the final Q+A of the year. In what’s been a tumultuous 12 months, we’ve seen war, floods and a change in government.
As Australians try to manage cost-of-living pressures, Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has apologised to mortgage holders who borrowed with an expectation that interest rates would not rise until 2024.
Are you managing your household debt? What’s changed about the way you are living? How is the nation different from this time a year ago?
Meanwhile as politicians in Canberra enter the home stretch of parliament, the Nationals have confirmed they will oppose a First Nations voice to parliament. What does this mean for the Liberal party? Where does this leave Labor’s promise for a referendum?
What does the year ahead hold? Will we make any progress on breaking away from the monarchy? NSW voters head to the polls in March, what impact will Independent MPs have there? The Teals shot to prominence in the federal election, but haven’t made any gains in the Victorian poll – how much impact are they actually having?
And sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins is handing down her latest findings on sexual harassment in the workplace. What’s changed since the last survey four years ago, which sparked the Respect@Work report? How much work still needs to be done?
On the panel this week:
Grace Tame
Bestselling author
Grace Tame is a leader of positive change. She is a survivor-advocate for victims of sexual assault, particularly those who were abused as children. She is the CEO of the Grace Tame Foundation, and the 2021 Australian of the Year.
Nova Peris
Republican, Olympian and former politician
Nova Peris’s achievements as an athlete brought attention to the potential of Aboriginal women, and her time in Federal Parliament showcased her desire to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Allegra Spender
Independent MP for Wentworth
Allegra Spender is a business leader, renewable energy advocate, and the independent Member for Wentworth.
Matt Kean
NSW Treasurer
Matt Kean entered Parliament in 2011 and spent his early years advocating for stronger mental health policy. He was appointed Treasurer in the Perrottet Government in October 2021, and delivered his first Budget in June 2022.
Josh Szeps
Broadcaster
Josh Szeps is the host of Afternoons with Josh Szeps on ABC Radio Sydney and the former anchor of Weekend Breakfast on ABC TV.
With a special performance from: Stephen Oliver
Writer and actor
Steven Oliver is a descendant of the Kuku-Yalanji, Waanyi, Gangalidda, Woppaburra, Bundjalung and Biripi peoples. He became notorious with ABC’s Black Comedy as a writer/actor/associate producer where his creations ‘The Tiddas’ helped gain him a Favourite Comedy Performer of the Decade finalist nomination at the 2020 AACTA’s.
Professional victim 👍
What a surprise.
I wouldn’t watch this trash if you paid me, it’s just a disgrace that I have to pay for it to exist.