Ordinary Australians have “demanded” climate change action for the last 8 years but “haven’t gotten it”, according to Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on #QandA tonight. @JournalismRmit
Australia needs a federal independent anti-corruption body to investigate reports outside of Royal Commissions, according to Shadow Minister for Education, Tanya Plibersek, on @QandA tonight. @rmitjournos
Australia’s vaccine rollout “bungled” the opportunity to protect vulnerable people, according to Sally McManus, ACTU secretary, on @QandA tonight. @JournalismRmit
Covid has “exposed and amplified” the societal inequities people with disabilities have always experienced, Dinesh Palipana, emergency doctor and disability advocate, said on @QandA tonight. @JournalismRmit
Indigenous cultural practices can help create biodegradable and sustainable products like spinifex condoms, astrophysicist and science communicator, Kirsten Banks, said on @QandA tonight. @journalismrmit#qanda
Misinformation is being “weaponised” against people to encourage violence and events like the recent Melbourne protests, according to Quantum Physicist Michael Biercuk on #qanda tonight. @JournalismRmit
The “double standard in policing” in different NSW LGA’s of concern is creating “an absolute feeling of two cities”, according to Mayor of Canterbury Bankstown, Khal Asfour, on #QandA tonight. @rmitjournos
The War on Terror led to a “normalised” climate of Islamophobia which “tainted” Muslim communities around the world, Lawyer and Diversity & Inclusion Champion, Mariam Veiszadeh, said on @QandA tonight. @rmitjournos
Convincing China war will be an “economic disaster” is the “only way” to prevent it, according to Foreign Affairs Expert, John Lee, on @QandA tonight. @rmitjournos
The 2020 budget “severely impacted women” by favouring male dominated fields, according to author and former Federal Liberal, Julia Banks, on @QandA tonight. @rmitjournos
Indigenous players make up 10% of AFL and WAFL players, but that number “quickly diminishes” in positions of power within the game, former AFL player, Tony Armstrong, said on @QandA tonight. @rmitjournos