Q&A: May 2

Monday’s Q&A, airing on Budget Eve, asks: Is our political system up to the challenges of the 21st Century?

Joining host Tony Jones on the Q&A panel will be: Essayist George Megalogenis, who says stalled reform and failing infrastructure could make Australia the next victim of globalisation; American journalist and politics veteran James Fallows; Political editor of the Australian Financial Review Laura Tingle; Executive Director of the new Democracy Foundation Iain Walker, who believes the coming election won’t solve our problems; and journalist and broadcaster turned State Cabinet Minister Pru Goward.

9:35pm Monday on ABC and ABC News 24.