Q+A: June 3

Q+A is Live from Wollongong this week with guest host Stan Grant.

This week Q+A heads to the Illawarra, looking at all the big issues of the week including the latest Covid-19 crisis unfolding in Victoria.

More than 50 cases have now been linked to the latest outbreak, including three at an aged care facility in Melbourne’s north west. So what have we learned from the last twelve months? And will the current pace of the vaccine rollout be enough to prevent more outbreaks?

The latest lockdown in Victoria is another blow for many businesses, without JobKeeper, will they survive?

We’ll also explore the challenges facing our universities, with international borders likely to remain closed for at least another year and foreign students choosing to study elsewhere.

We’ll look at whether the ALP can reinvent itself in NSW following the resignation of Opposition Leader Jodi Mackay. The recent Upper Hunter by-election result caused discontent within Labor’s ranks, raising questions about how the political landscape is changing in communities outside the big cities.

And as more people move out of our major metropolitan centres, what does the growing urban sprawl mean for rural and regional towns when it comes to infrastructure, jobs and property prices?

Joining Stan Grant on the panel:

Tim Wilson, Liberal MP for Goldstein
Stephen Jones, Labor MP for Whitlam
Diane Smith-Gander, National Chair, CEDA
Gordon Bradbery, Lord Mayor of Wollongong
Lisa Jackson Pulver, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Sydney

Thursday, June 3 at 8.30pm on ABC.