This Thursday 8.30pm AEST Q+A broadcasts live from Melbourne with host Virginia Trioli in collaboration with the Melbourne Writers Festival.
We’ll explore the power of words in the workplace, on the sporting field and in big business.
On the agenda – vaping and the new-look tobacco, racism in sport, growing inequality, power and consent, alternative futures and challenging big corporations.
A chance to broaden the discussion and debate new ideas with storytellers and thinkers from Australia and beyond.
On the panel this week:
John Safran
Writer and filmmaker
John Safran is a writer and filmmaker who always gets in too deep for his own good. His latest book is Puff Piece: How Philip Morris set vaping alight (And burned down the English language).
Virginia Gay
Actor, writer and director
Virginia Gay is an actor, writer, and director, best known for her roles in All Saints, Winners & Losers, and more recently the film Judy & Punch.
Julia Banks
Author, lawyer, and former Federal Liberal and Independent MP
Julia Banks is a former Liberal Government Federal MP and Independent MP, and the bestselling author of Power Play: Breaking through bias, barriers and boys’clubs.
Tony Armstrong
ABC News Breakfast Presenter and former AFL player
Tony Armstrong is the sports presenter on ABC TV’s News Breakfast. He joined the ABC in 2020 after an AFL playing career with the Adelaide Crows, Sydney Swans and Collingwood.
Rachel Doyle
Barrister
Rachel Doyle SC is a barrister whose new book, Power & Consent, argues that we need to understand the power relationships at the heart of the modern workplace.
Yanis Varoufakis
Greek economist and author
Australian academic turned international economic rock star, Yanis Varoufakis is the former Finance Minister of Greece. His is the author of multiple bestsellers, and his new novel is Another Now.
