Thanks for joining myself and Tessa tonight! 

PK has asked the three panelists to share something positive after an evening of intense politics, so I thought I'd share them in the blog. 

O'Brien said family was everything, and to hold onto loved ones tight.

Husic said he couldn't wait to get married after the election.

Sathanapally said she would rather be in Australia than anywhere else. 

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I'm just going to take a moment to ask you look at the new polling commissioned by Q+A from YouGov in the wake of last week's budget. 

Just 12% say they are better off than they were 12 months ago, while more than four in 10 report being worse off despite easing inflation across the country. 

PK has asked Sathanapally to answer Adrien's question about housing affordability, and she makes some really interesting points about how the problem has been in the making for three decades.

"No-one is off the hook. Neither major party. Everyone has their role to play in it," she says. 

"No-one's going to like this answer, but there was a period where money was made really, really cheap, and the consequence of that was the prices got very high very quickly, and they're not coming back down."

She says fixing a problem that's taken decades is "going to take time" but one of the major problems is that we haven't been building enough houses. 

She mentions the tax side of the argument, which PK says they will be saving for another show. 

Hey, it's a mammoth topic! 

Our next question is from Adrian Theseira.

He says Australia's wealth inequality has escalated over the past two decades. 

When will the government stop this redistribution of wealth from the middle class to the ultra-rich by introducing serious wealth taxes and start significantly lowering taxes for the working class in order to give us regular Aussies a fair go at owning a home?

Audience member Fiona spoke directly to the politicians on the panel about her experience being on JobSeeker and why the government cannot not use the same solutions as it did during the pandemic.

Watch the full conversation here:

In response to Fiona's question, Sathanapally says that JobSeeker is simply "too low" and suggests that the payments should go up, but not quite to the level of the aged pension. 

Husic, in response, said he was conscious things he was about to say "won't necessarily wash well" with Fiona. 

"Rent assistance will never cover, and has never been designed to cover, the entirety of rent. It is designed to contribute."

In comparison to COVID-19 payments, he reminded the audience the pandemic was a "once in a generation impact". 

O'Brien's reply was the same as it was to the previous audience member: strengthening the economy. 

Our next question is from Fiona Cameron. 

She's asking about JobSeeker matching the aged pension. 

Why won't the government raise the rate of JobSeeker to match the pension? 

The government went to the 2022 election promising no-one left behind. They left a million people behind on day one of the campaign with a flat-out refusal. 

Why was it so important to Labor to demand payments be increased at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but so easy to return to the pittance amount paid and then tell us to be grateful for the paltry inconsequential increase in rent assistance?

Everyone was pretty moved by audience member Peter Carnegie sharing how his family have been struggling. 

Watch it in full here: 

In response to Peter's question, Ed Husic says Labor is "fair dinkum about making life easier while people are trying to get work" in the current economy. 

"One of the first things we did as a government was to lift JobSeeker and the indexation and those changes will deliver over $5000, and over $7,500 for single parents, women in particular," he said. 

"I'm not going to look you in the eye and say that sorts out all your issues," he adds. 

Husic says Labor is committed to ensuring the next generation in particular is "trained, skilled up and ready for work" through Labor's Fee-Free TAFE legislation.

O'Brien echoes Husic's empathy.

"When you hear the Coalition talking about the need for a stronger economy, please know this is also speaking directly to you, because we need to get the prices down."

Audience member Peter Carnegie recounts his story of losing his wife to cancer last year and supporting his family as a single parent to an 8yo and 22yo. 

His question is about job opportunities. 

 The 22-year-old has never had a job as I needed him to take care of his mother while I was at work. 

He is now struggling to find a job. He is on JobSeeker, however, it just seems to be a tick box to get the payment.

How can the government help him get a job when it seems no-one wants to even give him an interview?

 And how can I survive when I'm working full time and on the family tax benefit and still struggling to not live beyond my means?