Future Alert

Q&A is in Melbourne with a Future Alert special hosted by Annabel Crabb.

With war, rampant disease, food shortages and a poisoned environment all threatening human survival, Q&A brings together some of the nation's best minds to discuss how we confront these threats and whether our political system is capable of addressing them.

On the panel:

Former Liberal party leader: John Hewson

Science communicator and food security expert: Julian Cribb

Inventor and sustainability engineer: Veena Sahajwalla

Futurist: Jordan Nguyen

Australian Futures Project Program Director: Chloe Spackman