Former Centrelink employee Steve Fuller is experiencing immense difficulty using Centrelink’s online tools. He asks the panel if the website has been deliberately set up to be difficult to use. This question was asked on Monday February 11 2019, but was not included in the Q&A broadcast.

BONUS QUESTION: Centrelink Online

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News & Politics

Panellists: Bill Bowtell, Adjunct Professor, UNSW and Strategic Health Policy Adviser; Gigi Foster, Economist, UNSW; George Megalogenis, Author and journalist; Cassandra Goldie, CEO of Australian Council of Social Service; and Karen Soo, Executive Officer at the Haymarket Chamber of Commerce. With a live cross to Simon Birmingham, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, and Katy Gallagher, Shadow Minister for Finance.

Fight Of Our Lives

Panellists: Sarah Henderson, Liberal Senator for Victoria; Adam Bandt, Leader of the Australian Greens; Margy Osmond, CEO of the Tourism and Transport Forum; Jodie McVernon, Epidemiologist, Doherty Institute; L-FRESH the LION, Hip Hop artist from south-west Sydney; with a live cross to Michael Gunner, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory.

Disrupted Recovery

Panellists: Julia Gillard, Former Prime Minister of Australia

Julia Gillard

Panellists: Shaun Micallef, Television host; Brooke Boney, Today Show entertainment reporter; Christopher Pyne, Former Liberal MP; and Terri Butler, Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water.

Borders, Booze and the Big Spend on Defence

Panellists: Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts; Bill Shorten, Shadow Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme; Katie Noonan, Musician, producer, composer and artistic director; Yasmin Poole, Writer and youth advocate; and Sue Morphet, President, Chief Executive Women. Guest Host: Virginia Trioli

BONUS QUESTION: Centrelink Online

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