Australia now faces some serious questions about the next phase of our battle to contain coronavirus.

Recent data is encouraging – social distancing seems to be working and we’ve avoided the catastrophic start to the epidemic other countries have endured.

With the curve now flattening, we can either lockdown until there is a vaccine or continue living in partial lockdown for 12 months or more, with the subsequent social and economic damage to our economy and society.

Q+A tackles these big questions with an economist, an epidemiologist, an ethicist, union leader and the man handpicked by the Prime Minister to lead the COVID expert advisory panel.

Panellists: Neville Power, Chairman, National COVID-19 Coordination Commission; Sally McManus, Secretary, ACTU; Simon Longstaff, Executive Director, The Ethics Centre; Gigi Foster, Economist, UNSW; and Jodie McVernon, Epidemiologist, Doherty Institute.

This episode was broadcast on Monday, April 20, 2020.

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Q+A is a television discussion program that focuses mostly on politics but ranges across all of the big issues that set Australians thinking, talking and debating.

It is driven by interaction: Q+A provides a rare opportunity for Australian citizens to directly question and hold to account politicians and key opinion leaders in a national public forum and Q+A is broadcast live so that not only the studio audience but also the wider audience can get involved.

We aim to create a discussion that is constructive, that reflects a diverse range of views and that provides a safe environment where people can respectfully discuss their differences.

It’s impossible to represent every view on a single panel or in one audience but we’re committed to giving participants a fair go.

In order to be as inclusive and diverse as possible, the program is presented from a range of locations around the country and all Australians are encouraged to get involved through social media as well as by joining the audience.

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