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April 14, 2020 01: 35:03
Australia is presently living through a crisis that nobody living has actually really seen before and on Monday night’s Q A, how we endure it as a country was the primary topic of discussion.
Key points:
- Previous deputy prime minister John Anderson stimulated a dispute over asylum hunters when he recommended we merely needed to make it through the coronavirus crisis initially
- There were require more to be done when it pertains to a possible increase in domestic violence throughout the pandemic
- Senator Jacqui Lambie raised concerns over whether regional Australia would be appropriately looked after when it concerns COVID-19 testing
While many remained in agreement that more can be done on domestic violence and social distancing, it was the topic of asylum hunters and how to handle them today that saw members of the panel divided.
Primarily, the contrasting perspectives of former deputy prime minister John Anderson, comic Julie McCrossin and previous Socceroos skipper turned human rights activist Craig Foster took centre phase.
A question put to the panel by western Sydney doctor Iyngaranathan Selvaratnam on the requirement to release asylum seekers from immigration detention centres into community detention was then put to Mr Anderson, who was deputy PM to John Howard, and his answer caused a stir due to him saying it might be practical to take care of Australian citizens first and refugees second.
” If we get this wrong then coming out of this … can I make two points? Mr Anderson stated.
” We won’t have the ability to manage t