Q+A: Mar 4

ABC screens a special Q+A episode “All About Women” ahead of International Women’s Day this week.

With a growing number of sexual assault claims engulfing our Federal Parliament, it’s clear that the very institution responsible for enacting and protecting peoples’ rights has systemic problems in the way it treats women. What urgent changes are needed to end Canberra’s toxic culture of silence and what is the role of men in changing the power imbalance?

We’ll also discuss Facebook re-friending Australia, the climate wars dividing the Coalition, the new JobSeeker rate and the impact of COVID on women. Plus a very special appearance from legendary writer Isabel Allende who joins the show from San Francisco.

Joining host Hamish Macdonald:

Isabel Allende, Internationally acclaimed author and feminist
Susan McDonald, Queensland National Party Senator
Anne Aly, WA Labor MP
Samantha Maiden, National Political Editor (pictured)
Dhanya Mani, Lawyer and former NSW Liberal Party staffer
Kate Crawford, Academic and leading artificial intelligence expert

With a live performance from Somalian poet Hani Abdile to close the show.

8:30pm Thursday on ABC