The Story of the Royals

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After the devastating impact of bushfires and COVID-19, what should our economic recovery plan look like? The government's Technology Roadmap sets out a gas-led recovery. All as Australia braces for the next bushfire season. Panellists: Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder and co-CEO of Atlassian; Darren Chester, minister for veterans' affairs and defence personnel; Mark Butler, shadow minister for climate change and energy; Marian Wilkinson, investigative journalist and author, The Carbon Club; Yun Jiang, editor, China Story blog at the Australian National University; with a musical performance from Alex the Astronaut.

Australia is in the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression with decades of economic growth brought to a halt as the result of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. More than six months on from the closure of our borders and the extensive restrictions placed on how we work and play, Four Corners investigates the financial fallout for everyday Australians and what the future may hold. The program analyses why specific locations and industries were so vulnerable to the shutdown and explores what it will take for Australia to recover.