Australia’s border closures has left 36,000 Australians “unlawfully stranded” overseas, said Human Rights Lawyer Jennifer Robinson on #QandA tonight.
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Australia’s border will be open once “high levels of vaccinations” and a “diminishment of diseases” occurs, said Liberal Member for Wentworth Dave Sharma on #QandA tonight.
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Senior Economist Gabriela D’Souza said “pricing carbon is the most efficient way to transition the Australian economy into renewable energy” on #QandA tonight.
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Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce said there is “nothing” he can do for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a member of Parliament on #QandA tonight.
“What do you expect me to do?” Mr Joyce asked on the program.
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The problem [with housing affordability] is “houses have never been more affordable” according to Finance Journalist Alan Kohler.
“Everyone can afford a house now.” Mr Kohler said on ABC’s #QandA tonight.
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The superannuation guarantee should “be higher for women” to allow them to “catch up”, Finance Journalist and Editor in Chief of The Eureka Report Alan Kohler said on #QandA tonight.
Mr Kohler said there is a “huge gap at the moment” and that it “is a problem”.
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Coercive control “destroys who you are from the inside,” according to Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services Minister Linda Burney.
Speaking on ABC’s #QandA, Ms. Burney said coercive control “should be criminalised” as “it takes away who you are.”
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Contemporary artist, Performer and Advocate Courtney Act said educating the community on important issues such as gender fluidity and sexuality “have to be something we [Australians] speak about in the wider community” on #QandA tonight.
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Communications Consultant Parnell Palme McGuinness said life “has to go on” amidst the surge in COVID-19 cases in India on #QandA tonight.
“An elimination strategy will not work in the long term.”
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Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, said the surge in coronavirus cases in India is “jaw-droppingly bad” on #QandA tonight.
“Hotels are not a long term solution. Every expert has said that.”
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Communications Consultant Parnell Palme Mcguinness said state and Federal governments “have got to stop playing politics” and “call this out” on #QandA tonight.
“Because these are Australian citizens, they have a right to come home and they need our help.”
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Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull said American former police officer Derek Chauvin’s act of murdering George Floyd was “cruel, reckless” and “wrong” on #QandA tonight.
“George Floyd was murdered and he was murdered on television”. Said Mr Turnbull.
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News First and Studio 10 presenter Narelda Jacobs said the over-representation of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in prisons “needs to stop” on #QandA tonight.
“Five people died in one month alone in police custody.”
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Shadow Minister for Finance Katy Gallagher said Australia’s PM, Scott Morrison “has a problem with women” for his actions against former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate on #QandA tonight.
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Coronacast Presenter Norman Swan Said “Leaders reflecting the population” rather than “leading it” is the “problem with politics today” on
#QandA tonight.
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Australia’s PM Scott Morrison's treatment of Christine Holgate does “look a lot like bullying”, journalist Vicky Xu said on #qanda tonight. #rmitjourno
Pertaining to black deaths in custody, journalist, diversity advocate and author Antoinette Latouf said “we are not even acknowledging the problem,” let alone “addressing it” on #QandA tonight. #rmitjourno
Managing Director for the Australian Christian Lobby Martyn Iles said he has “some concerns” for the “transgender issue” on tonight’s episode of #QandA. #rmitjourno
There’s a “quota to protect our generation” as Australia’s “parliament works on the basis of quotas” and “it is time” that “we looked at quotas” Liberal Member for North Sydney Trent Zimmerman said on #QandA tonight. #rmitjourno
Journalist, diversity advocate and lawyer Antoinette Lattouf said Australia is “living relatively well” and can “afford to wait a little bit” for the AstraZeneca vaccine protecting against Covid-19 on #QandA tonight. #rmitjourno