Q+A is an Australian television current affairs panel show, in which members of the Australian public question a panel of five public figures, usually including politicians, on a range of public interest topics. It is broadcast on two channels of the ABC Television network, and as of May 2023 hosted by journalist Stan Grant.
Hosts and description
Q+A has been hosted by Grant since 1 August 2022. Prior to 2020 the show was hosted by Tony Jones, then by journalist Hamish Macdonald until mid-2021, and then by a series of rotating hosts.[1]
The program focuses mainly on politics, but also covers a range of other issues. Questions are submitted to the panel by the studio audience or via video question from ordinary members of the Australian public, and the program is broadcast live. Part of the aim is to "hold to account politicians and key opinion leaders in a national public forum". Tweets containing commentary from viewers are shown on screen throughout the discussion. There are usually five panellists, most often including at least two politicians from different parties,[2] but occasionally there is a focus on something completely different, such as science,[3] or the special editions from the Garma Festival, with a panel to suit the content.[4]
Season 1: 2008
This was the first season of the program, comprising 20 episodes. The most any one person appeared in this series was twice. The first episode featured Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as the only guest, and was announced as a one-off special. However, on episode 19, Q&A again featured just one panellist, the new leader of the Liberal Party Malcolm Turnbull, who had won a leadership ballot just 9 days before.
Season 2a: 2009
This was the second season of the program, totalling 42 episodes. As with season one, no panellist appeared in this season more than twice. Episode 7 of this series was broadcast live from Melbourne, the first time the program was filmed outside its Ultimo studio in Sydney. Episode 14 was also broadcast from another location, this time from the National Museum of Australia in Canberra for an Australian federal budget special with the finance minister and shadow treasurer.
Season 2b: 2009
The second half of season two of Q&A began on 23 July 2009. Episode 22 was broadcast from the Melbourne Writers Festival with three writers on the panel. Episode 26 was broadcast from Adelaide. Episode 27 had no politician on the panel.
Season 3: 2010
The third season of Q&A began on 8 February 2010, and will be a full season consisting of 40 episodes on the new night, Monday, on ABC1. Episode 1 was broadcast from Old Parliament House, Canberra, with an audience of 16- to 25-year-olds. Episode 4 was broadcast from the Adelaide Festival of Arts, and had a total of 6 panellists making it the largest panel in the program's history. The following episode also had 6 panellists.
Episode 9 featured Opposition Leader Tony Abbott as the only panellist. Episode 12 was a 'politician-free' episode, where no current or former politicians were on the panel. Also in episode 12, a Twitter feed was introduced, where selected tweets discussing Q&A are shown on screen. Episode 18 featured six panellists and was broadcast from Casula in south west Sydney. On episode 24, Tanya Plibersek became the first panellist to appear on Q&A more than twice in one season (only if you consider 2009's programmes to be two seasons – both Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey appeared four times in the full year of 2009 with five other panellists appeared three times that year).
Episode 27 and 28 each featured the two leaders alone on the panel, in the final two episodes before the election. Episode 29 was the first episode following the election, and was controversial in that at the last minute Julia Gillard pulled Mark Arbib from appearing on the panel, and an empty chair was left on the panel for the entire episode. Episode 30 was broadcast from the Melbourne Writers Festival.
Episode 37 featured former Prime Minister John Howard as the only panellist, co-inciding with the launch of his memoirs, Lazarus Rising. Episode 38 was the first time the program was broadcast from Western Australia in Perth.
Nick Minchin was originally supposed to be the Coalition panellist on the season finale, but bad weather prohibited his plane from landing in Sydney on time. Minchin was replaced on the panel by George Brandis.
Season 4: 2011
The fourth season of Q&A began on 7 February 2011, continuing in its Monday night timeslot. The exceptions to this were the twelfth and twenty-third episodes, which aired on Thursday 28 April and 7 July respectively. The first special was a special discussion preceding the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, which the second special was entitled "Stopping The Boats" and was centred on the topic of asylum seekers. During this season, Christopher Pyne was the first panellist to appear ten times since Season One, and Lachlan Harris was the 250th unique panellist since Season One.
Season 5: 2012
The fifth season of Q&A began on 6 February 2012.
| Episode | Date | Panellists | Topics | |||
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| Labor | Coalition | Minor Parties / Independents | Others | |||
| 1 | 6 February 2012 | Penny Wong | Joe Hockey | Judith Sloan Miriam Lyons Joe Hildebrand |
Who has been the best PM ALP leadership Economy Bank jobs Global wages Mothers | |
| 2 | 13 February 2012 | Jenny McAllister | Helen Kroger | Mikey Robins Robert Manne Tim Wilson |
Celebrities Private health rebates Kevin Rudd Peter Slipper Banks | |
| 3 | 20 February 2012 | Bill Shorten | Julie Bishop | Daniel Hannan Eva Cox Annabel Crabb |
Kevin Rudd ALP leadership Europe Manufacturing jobs National Disability Insurance Scheme | |
| 4 | 27 February 2012 | Chris Evans Peter Beattie |
Barnaby Joyce | Christine Milne | Lachlan Harris Janet Albrechtsen |
Gillard vs Rudd Labor instability Primary elections Media role Abbott vs Turnbull |
| 5 | 5 March 2012 (in Adelaide) |
Amanda Vanstone | Natasha Stott Despoja | Mark Steyn Jianying Zha Paul Grabowsky |
Clive Palmer Ruthless individualism Wayne Swan's union influences Bob Carr Misogyny in Australian politics Gay marriage Discrimination | |
| 6 | 12 March 2012 | Tanya Plibersek | Malcolm Turnbull | Michael O'Brien Mick Gooda Clementine Ford |
Gays Climate change Kony Aboriginals Mining jobs Asylum seekers | |
| 7 | 19 March 2012 | Germaine Greer Toby Ralph Benjamin Law Christa Hughes Craig Gross |
Shallowness of political debate Advice for Julia Gillard Racism Porn Afghanistan | |||
| 8 | 26 March 2012 | Craig Emerson | George Brandis | Larissa Waters | Grahame Morris Liberty Sanger |
Queensland election Automotive industry Clive Palmer & the CIA |
| 9 | 2 April 2012 (in Hobart) |
Julie Collins | Eric Abetz | Andrew Wilkie | Brian Ritchie Natasha Cica Terry Edwards |
MONA Andrew Wilkie's support of the government Forestry Qualifications for politicians |
| 10 | 9 April 2012 | George Pell Richard Dawkins |
Religion & atheism | |||
| 11 | 16 April 2012 | Nicola Roxon | Christopher Pyne | A. C. Grayling Geoffrey Robertson Lydia Khalil |
Julian Assange Craig Thomson Plain cigarette packaging Religion ASIO monitoring protestors Iran/Israel | |
| 12 | 23 April 2012 | Bob Brown | Bob Brown's retirement The Greens | |||
| 13 | 26 April 2012 (special Thursday show) |
Clive Palmer Rebecca Huntley Nick Minchin Anna Rose Megan Clark |
Climate change | |||
| 14 | 30 April 2012 (in Dandenong) |
Mark Dreyfus | Sophie Mirabella | Victor Victor Ged Kearney Peter Reith Diana Nguyen |
Dandenong Racism Manufacturing | |
| 15 | 7 May 2012 | Mark Butler | Kelly O'Dwyer | Mark Bouris Kate Miller-Heidke Graham Richardson |
The Labor party Union corruption Carbon tax Aged card & mental health Banks | |
| 16 | 14 May 2012 | Penny Wong | Joe Hockey | Tim Costello Judith Sloan Stephen Mayne |
Craig Thomson Bill Shorten Egalitarianism Working mothers Budget Hockey & Abbott economic credentials Foreign aid Gay parents | |
| 17 | 21 May 2012 | Jeffrey Eugenides Kathy Lette Glenn Carle Masha Gessen Greg Sheridan |
Marriage Julian Assange Torture Craig Thomson Russia Arts & humanities | |||
| 18 | 28 May 2012 | Barry Humphries Miriam Margolyes Jacki Weaver John Hewson David Marr |
Foreign workers Expat view of Australian politics Craig Thomson Speaking out Women in wealth and power Meaning of 'Un-Australian' Dame Edna | |||
| 19 | 4 June 2012 (in Toowoomba) |
Simon Crean | Barnaby Joyce | Christine Milne | Georgie Somerset Jeremy Marou |
Royalties to regions Aid distribution Foreign investment Foreign workers Mining Same sex marriage Queensland "gay panic" laws Native title Toowoomba range bypass |
| 20 | 11 June 2012 | Julia Gillard | ||||
| 21 | 18 June 2012 | Pru Goward | Lenny Henry Brian Schmidt Susan Ryan Joe Hildebrand |
Racism Age discrimination Science and space Creation Growth vs sustainability | ||
| 22 | 25 June 2012 | Kate Lundy | George Brandis | Tim Freedman John Lee Louise Adler |
Media Asylum seekers China London Olympics | |
| 23 | 2 July 2012 | Greg Combet | Sophie Mirabella | Simon Sheikh Lenore Taylor Grahame Morris |
Carbon tax Parental leave Peter Slipper and media Asylum seekers and racism | |
| 24 | 9 July 2012 | Chris Bowen | Malcolm Turnbull | Nahji Chu Thierry de Duve Elizabeth Ann Macgregor |
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| 25 | 16 July 2012 | Joel Fitzgibbon | Greg Hunt | Sarah Hanson-Young | Richard Ford Jennifer Hewett Peter Craven |
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| 26 | 23 July 2012 | Nicola Roxon | Christopher Pyne | Simon Sheikh Michael Spence Jane Caro |
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| 26 | 30 July 2012 | John Alexander | Shane Gould Louise Sauvage David Pocock Michael O'Loughlin |
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| 27 | 6 August 2012 | Craig Emerson | George Brandis | Bob Katter | Debbie Kilroy Katie Noonan |
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| 28 | 13 August 2012 | Mark Butler | Pru Goward | Peter Singer Phillip Blond Cassandra Goldie |
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| 29 | 20 August 2012 | Doug Cameron | Simon Birmingham | Graham Richardson Janet Albrechtsen Mandy Nolan |
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| 30 | 27 August 2012 | Simon Callow Germaine Greer Kwame Anthony Appiah Sefi Atta |
Melbourne Writers Festival special | |||
| 31 | 3 September 2012 | Tony Burke | Fiona Nash | Angry Anderson Nitin Sawhney Tara Moss |
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| 33 | 10 September 2012 | Chris Evans | Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | Peter Jensen Anna Krien Catherine Deveny |
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| 34 | 17 September 2012 | Clover Moore | Robyn Davidson Ilan Pappé Irving Wallach Greg Sheridan |
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| 35 | 24 September 2012 | Tanya Plibersek | Kelly O'Dwyer | Mark Carnegie Elliot Perlman Jason Silva |
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| 36 | 1 October 2012 | Jane Bussmann Shiv Malik Jianying Zha Simon Laham Jesse Bering |
Festival of Dangerous Ideas special | |||
| 37 | 8 October 2012 | Kate Ellis | Christopher Pyne | Nilaja Sun Piers Akerman |
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| 38 | 15 October 2012 | Bill Shorten | Sophie Mirabella | Pamela Stephenson Charlie Pickering Catherine Fox |
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| 39 | 22 October 2012 | Peter Garrett | Scott Morrison | Billy Bragg Julia Baird |
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| 40 | 29 October 2012 | Kate Lundy | Eric Abetz | Archie Roach Sekai Holland Grahame Morris |
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| 41 | 5 November 2012 | Alannah MacTiernan | Colin Barnett | Bob Brown | Hannah McGlade Bob Cronin |
Perth broadcast |
| 42 | 19 November 2012 | Kevin Rudd | Malcolm Turnbull | Judith Sloan Heather Ridout |
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| 43 | 26 November 2012 | Penny Wong | Barnaby Joyce | Janet Albrechtsen Stella Young Jonathan Biggins |
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Season 6: 2013
This season was the first to feature international broadcasts, with the show travelling to Jakarta and India. The 11 November show featured the 500th unique panellist to appear on the show. If you count it in order of introduction, Graham Bradley was the 500th.
Season 7: 2014
On 29 September, Christopher Pyne became the first panellist to appear 20 times since Season One. On 7 April, the show travelled to Shanghai and on 4 August the first outdoor show was conducted in Arnhem Land at the Garma Festival.
Season 8: 2015
On 16 February, Malcolm Turnbull became the first guest to appear 21 times on the show. To celebrate International Woman's Day a special episode of Q&A was held, hosted by Annabel Crabb and featuring an all-female panel. Virginia Trioli guest hosted the program twice, on 27 July and 24 August.
Season 9: 2016
Season 10: 2017
Season 11: 2018
| Episode | Date | Panellists | Topics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Coalition | Minor Parties / Independents | Others | |||
| 1 | 5 February 2018 | Chris Richardson Heather Ridout Sally McManus Stephen Mayne James Pearson |
A Spotlight on the Economy | |||
| 2 | 12 February 2018 | Terri Butler | Linda Reynolds | Chris Kenny Van Badham |
Nepotism, Referendums & Radical Reform | |
| 3 | 15 February 2018 | Catharine Lumby Isabella Manfredi Josh Bornstein Janet Albrechtsen |
MeToo Special hosted by Virginia Trioli | |||
| 4 | 19 February 2018 | Chris Bowen | Josh Frydenberg | Louise Adler Shareena Clanton Simon Breheny |
Civil War, Colonisation and Power | |
| 5 | 26 February 2018 | Clare O'Neil | Zed Seselja | Harriet Harman A.C. Grayling Catherine McGregor |
DPM, Politics and Pay Gaps | |
| 6 | 5 March 2018 | Tanya Plibersek | Angus Taylor | Richard Di Natale | Kamila Shamsie Sharri Markson |
Family Matters and Home Fires |
| 7 | 12 March 2018 | Bob Carr | Tim Flannery John Daley Jane Fitzgerald Jiyoung Song |
A Big Australia | ||
| 8 | 19 March 2018 | Mark Butler | Paul Fletcher | Tom Switzer Alice Workman Lydia Khalil |
Tax, Trump and The Polls | |
| 9 | 26 March 2018 | Michael Sandel | A Night with Michael Sandel | |||
| 10 | 9 April 2018 | Clare O'Neil | Alan Tudge | Stuart Bateson Andrew Rule Nyadol Nyuon |
Polling, Policing and Reporting | |
| 11 | 16 April 2018 | Amanda Rishworth | Mitch Fifield | Missy Higgins Grahame Morris Kenneth Roth |
Privacy, Missile Strikes and Celebrity Activism | |
| 12 | 23 April 2018 | Andrew Leigh | Fiona Nash | John Roskam Rebecca Huntley Jill Sheppard |
Class Divides and Inequality | |
| 13 | 30 April 2018 | Katy Tur Wesley Morris Masha Gessen Richard McGregor |
Trump, Twitter & North Korea | |||
| 14 | 7 May 2018 | Linda Burney | Tim Wilson | Stanley Johnson Leyla Acaroglu Jeremy Heimans |
Newstart, New Power and New Jobs | |
| 15 | 14 May 2018 | Chris Bowen | Angus Taylor | Elizabeth Proust Judith Sloan Ben Oquist |
A Broader Budget | |
| 16 | 21 May 2018 | Julie Collins | Jane Hume | Peter Singer Randa Abdel-Fattah Greg Sheridan |
Weddings, Gaza and Losing Faith | |
| 17 | 28 May 2018 | Ged Kearney | Jim Molan | Rod Bower Monica Doumit Tim Fung |
First Responders, Refugees and Flexible Working | |
| 18 | 4 June 2018 | Mark Dreyfus | Dan Tehan | Jacqui Lambie | Rosie Waterland Grace Collier |
Chaos, Ego and Cash |
| 19 | 11 June 2018 | Bill Shorten | Q&A with Bill Shorten | |||
| 20 | 18 June 2018 | Tim Watts | Linda Reynolds | Michael Spence Simon Jackman Aubrey Blanche |
Being Careful, North Korea and Culture Wars | |
| 21 | 25 June 2018 | Kiruna Stamell Dylan Alcott Graeme Innes Catia Malaquias Bruce Bonyhady |
Q&A Enabled | |||
| 22 | 2 July 2018 | Catherine King | Sarah Henderson | Cory Bernardi | Erik Jensen Corey White |
Abuse, Foster Care and Taxes |
| 23 | 9 July 2018 | Tanya Plibersek | Matt Canavan | Teela Reid Mitchell Walton Kumbi Gutsa Victoria Fielding |
Q&A People's Panel | |
| 24 | 23 July 2018 | Craig Reucassel Ronni Kahn Jo Taranto David O'Loughlin Gayle Sloan |
War on Waste | |||
| 25 | 30 July 2018 | Jim Chalmers | Mitch Fifield | Lenore Taylor Parnell Palme McGuinness Tony Winwood |
Super Saturday and Media Diversity | |
| 26 | 6 August 2018 | Joel Fitzgibbon | David Littleproud | Fiona Simson Jenny Dowell Matt Sorenson |
Drought Relief and Future Farming | |
| 27 | 13 August 2018 | Anne Aly | Eric Abetz | Cornel West Lindsay Shepherd Jeremy Bell |
Power, Spirituality and Free Speech | |
| 28 | 20 August 2018 | John Marsden Maxine Beneba Clarke Sofie Laguna Michael Ahmad Trent Dalton |
Stranger than Fiction | |||
| 29 | 27 August 2018 | Cathy O'Toole | George Christensen | Pauline Hanson Larissa Waters Bob Katter |
Chaos, Crocs and Coal Mining | |
| 30 | 3 September 2018 | Anthony Albanese | Steven Ciobo | Alan Jones Annika Smethurst Elmari Whyte |
Media Power, Popularity and Special Envoys | |
| 31 | 10 September 2018 | Penny Wong | Bridget McKenzie | Dylan Storer Joanne Tran Rueben Davis Holly Cooke |
High School Special 3 | |
| 32 | 17 September 2018 | Germaine Greer Andrew Neil David Marr Sisonke Msimang Elena Jeffcoat |
Rape, Racism and No-Platforming | |||
| 33 | 1 October 2018 | Amanda Rishworth | Simon Birmingham | Sarah Hanson-Young | John Butler Sali Miftari |
Bullying, quotas, and the ABC |
| 34 | 8 October 2018 | Eddie Woo Pasi Sahlberg Cindy Berwick Gabbie Stroud Jennifer Buckingham |
Teaching Special | |||
| 35 | 15 October 2018 | Terri Butler | James Paterson | Jeffrey Sachs James Bartholomew Linda McIver |
Climate, Welfare and Religious Schools | |
| 36 | 22 October 2018 | Anthony Albanese | Philip Ruddock | Kerryn Phelps | Peter van Onselen Anne Summers |
Wentworth by-election Special |
| 37 | 29 October 2018 | Neil Armfield Nakkiah Lui Toby Schmitz Zindzi Okenyo Miles Gregory |
Live from the Pop-up Globe | |||
| 38 | 5 November 2018 | Toby Walsh Nikki Goldstein Chuck Klosterman Betty Grumble Van Badham |
Sex Robots, Killer Robots: A Dangerous Q&A | |||
| 39 | 8 November 2018 | Malcolm Turnbull | Malcolm Turnbull on Q&A | |||
| 40 | 12 November 2018 | Chris Bowen | Zed Seselja | Gillian Triggs Parnell Palme McGuinness |
Trust, Leadership, and Stability | |
| 41 | 19 November 2018 | Mark Dreyfus | Alex Hawke | Susan Glasser Greg Sheridan Karen Middleton |
Tourism, Trump, and the Embassy | |
| 42 | 26 November 2018 | Doug Cameron | Eric Abetz | Mehreen Faruqi | Tom Switzer Yasmin Poole |
VicVotes, Terrorism, and Gender |
| 43 | 3 December 2018 | Lisa Singh | Linda Reynolds | Billy Bragg Martin Matthews |
Protest and Pre-selection | |
| 44 | 3 December 2018 | Tanya Plibersek | Scott Ryan | Richard Di Natale | Nyadol Nyuon Brendan O'Neill |
2018 Finale |
Season 12: 2019
| Episode | Date | Panellists | Topics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Coalition | Minor Parties / Independents | Others | |||
| 1 | 4 February 2019 | Julia Banks Andrew Wilkie Adam Bandt Kerryn Phelps Rebekha Sharkie |
The Boats, the Banks, and the River | |||
| 2 | 11 February 2019 | Mark Dreyfus | Sarah Henderson | Stephen Mayne Megan Purcell Zoya Patel |
Manus, Hakeem, and Franking Credits | |
| 3 | 18 February 2019 | Stuart Smith Kerryn Redpath David Caldicott Marianne Jauncey Mick Palmer |
Drugs | |||
| 4 | 25 February 2019 | Terri Butler | Alex Hawke | Catherine McGregor Jordan Peterson Van Badham |
Jordan Peterson Destroys Q&A | |
| 5 | 4 March 2019 | Kristina Keneally | Jim Molan | Francis Sullivan Viv Waller Rabbi Shmuley |
A Church in Crisis | |
| 6 | 11 March 2019 | Linda Burney | Karen Andrews | Sarah Hanson-Young | Sabina Shugg | Women in Leadership |
| 7 | 18 March 2019 | Cathy O'Toole | Linda Reynolds | Stephen Williams
Jane McMillan Roger Hill |
Q&A In Townsville | |
| 8 | 25 March 2019 | Tony Burke | Teena McQueen | Meereen Faruqi | Roxane Gay
Simon Cowan |
Roxane Gay on Q&A |
| 9 | 1 April 2019 | Amanda Rishworth | Arthur Sinodinos | Rebecca Huntley
Lakshmi Logathassan |
Cash, Guns, Gangs and Life | |
| 10 | 8 April 2019 | Josh Frydenberg | Budget Special | |||
| 11 | 15 April 2019 | Terri Butler | James McGrath | Larissa Waters | Election 2019: The Battle For Queensland | |
| 12 | 29 April 2019 | Chris Bowen | Mitch Fifield | Lenore Taylor
Bhakthi Puvanenthiran |
The Election Countdown | |
| 13 | 6 May 2019 | Bill Shorten | Bill Shorten on Q&A | |||
| 14 | 13 May 2019 | Tanya Plibersek | Simon Birmingham | Richard Di Natale | The Q&A Last Chance Saloon | |
| 15 | 20 May 2019 | Jim Chalmers | Christopher Pyne | Alice Workman
Ming Long |
The Wash Up | |
| 16 | 27 May 2019 | Mary Dreyfus | Tim Wilson | Marcia Langton
Rachael Jacobs |
First Australians and Quiet Australians | |
| 17 | 3 June 2019 | Joel Fitzgibbon | Nicolle Flint | Jimmy Barnes
Matthew Warren |
Jimmy Barnes Rocks Q&A | |
| 18 | 10 June 2019 | Adam Briggs
Jocelyn Brewer |
Q&A Vivid | |||
| 19 | 17 June 2019 | Brian Cox
Martin Van Kranendonk |
Q&A Science Special | |||
| 20 | 24 June 2019 | Catherine King | Dan Tehan | Rex Patrick | Sally Rugg
Ash Belsar |
The Freedom to Fund Yourself |
| 21 | 1 July 2019 | Clare O'Neil | James Paterson | Jamila Rizvi
Grace Kelly Greg Day |
Union Bosses and Suburban Dads | |
| 22 | 8 July 2019 | Penny Wong | Scott Ryan | Diana Sayed | Nukes In An Uncertain World | |
| 23 | 15 July 2019 | Linda Burney | Jim Molan | Rebekha Sharkie | Sami Shah
Toby Ralph |
Deemed Not To Matter |
| 24 | 22 July 2019 | Alastair Campbell
Kate Mills |
Boris, Brexit, and the Black Dog | |||
| 25 | 29 July 2019 | Kimberley Kitching | Eric Abetz | Tim Costello
Parnell Palme McGuinness |
Wage Theft and Celebrity Chefs | |
| 26 | 5 August 2019 | Katy Gallagher | Jason Falinski | Zali Steggall | Cassandra Goldie
Adam Creighton |
Zali's Political Slalom |
| 27 | 12 August 2019 | Terri Butler | Alan Tudge | A. C. Grayling
Li Shee Su |
How Good is Democracy? | |
| 28 | 19 August 2019 | Linda Burney | Julian Leeser | Jacinta Price
Sally Scales |
The Indigenous Voice | |
| 29 | 26 August 2019 | Kristina Keneally | Gladys Berejiklian | William Gillett
Aurora Matchett Willoughby Duff Varsha Yajman |
Q&A High School Special | |
| 30 | 2 September 2019 | Lionel Shriver
Ruby Hamad |
Lionel Shriver and DeRay Mckesson: Writers on Q&A | |||
| 31 | 9 September 2019 | Anne Aly | Zed Seselja | Jordon Steele-John | Danielle Wood | Donations, Disability, and Disillusionment |
| 32 | 16 September 2019 | Madeleine King | James Paterson | Eva Cox
John Lee |
The Political Donations Arms Race | |
| 33 | 23 September 2019 | Chris Bowen | Paul Fletcher | Kerry O'Brien
Dai Le |
Kerry O'Brien and Your Right To Know | |
| 34 | 30 September 2019 | Katie Noonan | The Power of Music | |||
| 35 | 7 October 2019 | Julie Collins | Richard Colbeck | Maggie Beer
Sean Rooney |
A Spotlight on Aged Care | |
| 36 | 14 October 2019 | Tim Watts | Tim Wilson | Vicky Xu
Jennifer Hewett Simon Longstaff |
Democracy or Disruption? | |
| 37 | 21 October 2019 | John Hewson
Julian Cribb Chloë Spackman |
Q&A: Future Alert | |||
| 38 | 28 October 2019 | Joel Fitzgibbon | David Littleproud | Fiona Simson
Maryanne Slattery Kate McBride |
The Drought | |
| 39 | 4 November 2019 | Mona Eltahawy
Nayuka Gorrie Hana Assafiri |
Q&A Broadside | |||
| 40 | 11 November 2019 | Mark Butler | Jason Falinski | Ross Garnaut
Sarah McNamara |
Climate and Catastrophe | |
| 41 | 18 November 2019 | Anne Aly | Zak Kirkup | Hannah McGlade
Lanai Scarr Dylan Storer |
Q&A in WA | |
| 42 | 25 November 2019 | Tanya Plibersek | Samantha Power
James Brown |
International Power | ||
| 43 | 2 December 2019 | Alex Hawke | Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
Manu Tupou-Roosen |
Q&A Pacific | ||
| 44 | 9 December 2019 | Anthony Albanese | Malcolm Turnbull | Sisonke Msimang | The End of an Era – Q&A 2019 Finale | |
Season 13: 2020
| Episode | Date | Panellists | Topics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Coalition | Minor Parties / Independents | Others | |||
| 1 | 3 February 2020 | Kristy McBain | Jim Molan | Victor Steffensen
Cheryl McCarthy |
Q+A Bushfires Special | |
| 2 | 10 February 2020 | Osher Günsberg
Sophia Hamblin Wang Matt Evans Martijn Wilder Paul Kelly (Musical Guest) |
Climate Solutions | |||
| 3 | 17 February 2020 | Clare O’Neil | Katie Allen | Jacqui Lambie | Jack Manning Bancroft | Trust |
| 4 | 24 February 2020 | Wang Xining | Australia and China: A Healthy Relationship? | |||
| 5 | 2 March 2020 | Nova Peris | Tarang Chawla
Marlee Silva |
The Australian Identity: Who Are We? | ||
| 6 | 9 March 2020 | Tanya Plibersek | Adrian Piccoli
John Collier Vy Tran |
Education: Are We Failing? | ||
| 7 | 16 March 2020 | Katy Gallagher | Richard Colbeck | Bill Bowtell
Mukesh Haikerwal Sam Mostyn |
The Corona Challenge: Are We Prepared? | |
| 8 | 23 March 2020 | Norman Swan
Paul Kelly |
Coronavirus: Ask The Doctors | |||
| 9 | 30 March 2020 | Linda Burney | Michael Sukkar | Nicki Hutley | Coronavirus: The Cost | |
| 10 | 6 April 2020 | Chris Bowen | Katie Allen | Stephen Parnis
Danielle Austin Vyom Sharma Lucy Morgan |
Coronavirus: Stories From The Frontline | |
| 11 | 13 April 2020 | Matt Preston
Christine Morgan |
Surviving Lockdown | |||
| 12 | 20 April 2020 | Neville Power
Simon Longstaff Gigi Foster Jodie McVernon |
COVID-19: Where to Next? | |||
| 13 | 27 April 2020 | Dan Tehan | Nick Coatsworth
Mark Scott Lian Davies |
Education in the Age of COVID-19 | ||
| 14 | 4 May 2020 | Penny Wong | Dave Sharma | Michael Fullilove
Elaine Pearson |
The Post-COVID World Order | |
| 15 | 11 May 2020 | Dan Andrews | Gladys Berejiklian | Q+A: The Premiers | ||
| 16 | 18 May 2020 | Yael Stone
Sophie Johnson |
Young and Free? | |||
| 17 | 25 May 2020 | Lucy Turnbull
Rae Johnston |
Australia Reimagined | |||
| 18 | 1 June 2020 | Joel Fitzgibbon | Matt Canavan | Zali Steggall | Zoe Whitton
Sophia Wang |
Our Energy Future |
| 19 | 8 June 2020 | Jim Chalmers | Andrew Bragg | Nakkiah Lui | Hard Truths | |
| 20 | 15 June 2020 | Andrew Abdo | The Future of Sport | |||
| 21 | 22 June 2020 | Nick Xenophon | Dennis Richardson
Jacinta Carroll |
Australia: Secret State | ||
| 22 | 29 June 2020 | Bill Shorten | Paul Fletcher | Katie Noonan
Yasmin Poole Sue Morphet |
Saving the Arts and 'Brain Farts' | |
| 23 | 6 July 2020 | Terri Butler | Christopher Pyne | Shaun Micallef | Borders, Booze and the Big Spend on Defence | |
| 24 | 13 July 2020 | Julia Gillard | Julia Gillard on Q+A | |||
| 25 | 20 July 2020 | Sarah Henderson | Adam Bandt | Margy Osmond
Jodie McVernon |
Disrupted Recovery | |
| 26 | 27 July 2020 | Katy Gallagher | Simon Birmingham | Bill Bowtell
Gigi Foster Karen Soo |
Fight Of Our Lives | |
| 27 | 3 August 2020 | Ged Kearney | Andrew Laming | Kerryn Phelps | Lucy Morgon
Vyom Sharma Abbey Fistrovic |
The Front Line |
| 28 | 10 August 2020 | Kimberley Kitching | Tim Wilson | Dinesh Palipana
Paul Waterson Killian Ashe |
State of Disaster | |
| 29 | 17 August 2020 | Michelle Rowland | Barnaby Joyce | Antoinette Lattouf | Media and Misinformation | |
| 30 | 24 August 2020 | Anika Wells | Andrew Bragg | Jordon Steele-John | Scott Yung
Ahmed Hassan Kate McBride Hamani Tanginoa |
Generation Covid |
| 31 | 31 August 2020 | Kerry O'Brien
Ray Minniecon |
Panel of Wisdom | |||
| 32 | 7 September 2020 | Kristina Keneally | Michael McCormack | Omar Khorshid | Border Wars | |
| 33 | 14 September 2020 | Gus Worland
Michelle Lim |
The Age of Loneliness | |||
| 34 | 21 September 2020 | Kim Hoggard
Barbara Heineback Cole Brown John Ruddick |
US Election 2020: Four More Years? | |||
| 35 | 28 September 2020 | Mark Butler | Darren Chester | Mike Cannon-Brookes
Yun Jiang |
Road to Recovery | |
Season 14: 2021
| Episode | Date | Panellists | Topics | |||
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| Labor | Coalition | Minor Parties / Independents | Others | |||
| 1 | 4 February 2021 | Alexander Downer | Grace Tame | Calling It Out | ||
| 2 | 11 February 2021 | Nick Coatsworth
Michelle Anada-Rajah Tony Blakely |
Q+A on Vaccines: What do you want to know? | |||
| 3 | 18 February 2021 | Michelle Rowland | Paul Fletcher | Julie Inman Grant
Lydia Khalil Hal Crawford |
Bargaining with Big Tech | |
| 4 | 25 February 2021 | Clare O'Neil | Katie Allen | Jane Halton
Joseph Ibrahim |
Spotlight on Aged Care | |
| 5 | 4 March 2021 | Anne Aly | Susan McDonald | Isabel Allende
Dhanya Mani Hani Abdile |
All About Women | |
| 6 | 11 March 2021 | Kristina Keneally | Zed Seselja | Gareth Parker
Fiona Simson |
On the Rebound | |
| 7 | 18 March 2021 | Stan Grant
Sam Mostyn Gigi Foster |
Fixing the Future | |||
| 8 | 25 March 2021 | Yumi Stynes
Michael Slater Yasmin Poole |
Consent | |||
| 9 | 8 April 2021 | Anika Wells | Trent Zimmerman | Martyn Iles
Antoinette Lattouf Teela Reid |
Vaccines, the Church, and the State of Politics | |
| 10 | 15 April 2021 | Katy Gallagher | James Paterson | Norman Swan
David Olsson |
It's Complicated: Vaccines, China, and Saying Sorry | |
| 11 | 22 April 2021 | Malcolm Turnbull | Sarah Hanson-Young | Narelda Jacobs | Climate, Politics, and 'Fossil Fools' | |
| 12 | 29 April 2021 | Mark Butler | Bridget McKenzie | Courtney Act
Parnell Palme McGuinness Hervé Lemahieu |
Diversity, Double Standards, and Aussies Trapped Abroad | |
| 13 | 6 May 2021 | Linda Burney | Fiona Martin | Alan Kohler | Power and Control | |
| 14 | 13 May 2021 | Jim Chalmers | Jane Hume | Larissa Waters | Budget 2021 Special | |
| 15 | 20 May 2021 | Tony Burke | Barnaby Joyce | Luke McGregor
Gabriela D'Souza Zoe Whitton |
Barnaby Meets Lukenomics | |
| 16 | 27 May 2021 | Ed Husic | Dave Sharma | Jennifer Robinson | Trauma and Truth-Telling | |
| 17 | 3 June 2021 | Stephen Jones | Tim Wilson | Diane Smith-Gander | Vaccine, Quarantine and Life Outside the Big Cities | |
| 18 | 10 June 2021 | Cameron Murray
Kamalini Lokuge Omar Khorshid Sally Scales |
Health and Humanity | |||
| 19 | 17 June 2021 | Clare O'Neil | Darren Chester | Hana Assafiri | Boats, Boys Clubs and Businesses on the bRint | |
| 20 | 24 June 2021 | Andrew Leigh | Hollie Hughes | Bill Bowtell
Jayden Evans |
Sydney Surge and Life on the Spectrum | |
| 21 | 1 July 2021 | Annastacia Palaszczuk | David Speers
Jennifer Hewett Michelle Ananda-Rajah |
Vaccines: Supply and Demand | ||
| 22 | 8 July 2021 | Malarndirri McCarthy | Katie Allen | Cameron Stewart | The Ethics of Accountability | |
| 23 | 15 July 2021 | Alison Pennington | Dealing with Delta | |||
| 24 | 22 July 2021 | Bill Shorten | David Gillespie | Astrid Edwards | The Olympics and Opening Up | |
| 25 | 29 July 2021 | Chris Bowen | Andrew Bragg | Clover Moore | Deborah Cheetham | Sending in the Army and Getting Back to Work |
| 26 | 5 August 2021 | Damien Cave
Julie Leask Kate Mills Yulia Supadmo |
Opening Up: Lessons from the World | |||
| 27 | 12 August 2021 | Catherine King | Matt Canavan | Alan Kohler
Angela Jackson Paul Zahra |
The Cost of Climate and COVID | |
| 28 | 19 August 2021 | Bob Carr | Darren Chester | Diana Sayed
Lydia Khalil |
The Taliban's Takeover and Afghanistan's Future | |
| 29 | 26 August 2021 | Anthea Rhodes
Arth Tuteja Fiona Russell Petria Houvardas |
The Kids are Alright: COVID-19 and Young People | |||
| 30 | 2 September 2021 | Penny Wong | Anne Ruston | Grace Tame | Women's Safety: Less Talk, More Action | |
| 31 | 9 September 2021 | Julia Banks | John Safran
Rachel Doyle |
The Power of Words | ||
| 32 | 16 September 2021 | Linda Burney | Dave Sharma | John Lee | A Tale of Two Cities | |
| 33 | 23 September 2021 | Brian Schmidt
Lisa Morawska Vanessa Pirotta |
A Trip to the Future: A Q+A Science Special | |||
| 34 | 30 September 2021 | Bruce Keebaugh
Simon Longstaff |
The Ethics of Mandatory Vaccines | |||
| 35 | 7 October 2021 | Tanya Plibersek | Paul Fletcher | Alastair MacGibbon
Zara Seidler |
Corruption, Scams and Misinformation | |
| 35 | 14 October 2021 | Mark Dreyfus | Andrew Bragg | Helen Haines | Craig Reucassel
Kate Roffey |
Big Money and Politics |
| 36 | 21 October 2021 | Chris Bowen | Tim Wilson | Amelia Telford
Anne Baker Simon Holmes à Court |
Australia's Climate Future | |
| 37 | 28 October 2021 | Bri Lee
John Bell Tim Dean |
The Power and Appeal of Shakespeare | |||
| 38 | 4 November 2021 | Matt Kean | Adam Bandt | Blair Palese | Lies, Leaks and Climate Promises | |
| 39 | 11 November 2021 | Ed Husic | James Paterson | Chris Uhlmann
Lavina Lee Yun Jiang |
Shifting Alliances | |
| 40 | 18 November 2021 | Andy Penn
Eliza Hull Emma Fulu |
The Great Resignation | |||
| 41 | 25 November 2021 | Andrew Barr | Jason Falinski | Melinda Cilento
Yaara Bou Melham |
Freedom, Faith, and Crossing the Floor | |
| 42 | 2 December 2021 | John Roskam | Missy Higgins
Hugh van Cuylenburg |
Power, Protests and Parliament: Q+A Season Finale | ||
Season 15: 2022
| Episode | Date | Panellists | Title | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Coalition | Minor Parties / Independents | Others | |||
| 1 | 10 February 2022 | Tanya Plibersek | Katie Allen | Dylan Alcott | Power, Expectations and Making Change | |
| 2 | 17 February 2022 | Chris Bowen | Andrew Constance | Allegra Spender | Lavina Lee | Russia, Donations and Distractions |
| 3 | 24 February 2022 | Stephen Jones | Bridget Archer | Jelena Dokic
Brooke Blurton Mark Cross |
Opening Up: Anxiety and Mental Health
(with a live performance from the legendary Archie Roach) | |
| 4 | 3 March 2022 | Brendan O'Connor | Jason Falinski | Dennis Richardson
Deborah Snow Olga Boichak |
Putin's War | |
| 5 | 10 March 2022 | Lillian Flex Mami Ahenkan
Najeeba Wazefadost Fiona Simson |
Feminism, Floods and Refugees | |||
| 6 | 17 March 2022 | Anne Aly | Sarah Henderson | Roxane Gay | Cancel Culture and Branding Balls-Ups | |
| 7 | 24 March 2022 | Terri Butler | Dan Tehan | Omar Khorshid
Melinda Cilento |
Cost of Living and the Bottom Line | |
| 8 | 31 March 2022 | Jim Chalmers | Barnaby Joyce | Jacqui Lambie | Paul Kelly | Budget Special |
| 9 | 7 April 2022 | Clare O'Neil | Anne Ruston | Samantha Maiden
Steph Tisdell Gideon Rozner |
The Election Countdown | |
| 10 | 14 April 2022 | Chris Bowen | Andrew Bragg | Osher Günsberg
Kate McBride |
The Race for the Nation | |
| 11 | 21 April 2022 | Murray Watt | Keith Pitt | Bob Katter | Bronwyn Fredericks
Amanda Cahill |
Live from Gladstone |
| 12 | 28 April 2022 | Anika Wells | Stuart Robert | Campbell Newman | Caitlyn Byrne | Inflation, Floods and Preparing for War |
| 13 | 5 May 2022 | Anthony Albanese | Anthony Albanese on Q+A | |||
| 14 | 12 May 2022 | Catherine King | Paul Fletcher | Caroline Di Russo
Simon Reynolds Intifar Chowdhury |
The Undecided Voters | |
| 15 | 19 May 2022 | Josh Burns | James Paterson | Cathy McGowan | Gigi Foster | The Final Countdown
Hosted by David Speers. |
| 16 | 26 May 2022 | Amanda Rishworth | Andrew Bragg | Mehreen Faruqi | The Election Battle and 'Nicer' Politics
(with a live performance from Kate Miller-Heidke) Hosted by David Speers. | |
| 17 | 2 Jun 2022 | Linda Burney | Julian Leeser | Gail Mabo Shireen Morris |
Mabo, a Voice and the Road Ahead
Hosted by Stan Grant. | |
| 18 | 9 Jun 2022 | Tony Burke | Paul Fletcher | Katie Noonan | A Kick in the Arts (with a live performance by the Australian Vocal Ensemble featuring Katie Noonan) Hosted by Virginia Trioli. | |
| 19 | 16 Jun 2022 | Chris Bowen | Zoe Daniel | Saul Griffith
Sarah McNamara Tony Wood |
Australia's Energy Crisis
Hosted by Virginia Trioli. | |
| 20 | 23 Jun 2022 | Brendan O'Connor | Bridget McKenzie | Gabriela D'Souza
Lech Blaine Alexi Boyd |
Price Pressures and Postcode Discrimination[6] Recorded in Werribee, Victoria. Hosted by David Speers. | |
| 21 | 7 July 2022 | Anne Aly | Anne Summers
Jess Hill |
The Choice: Violence or Poverty[7] Hosted by Virginia Trioli. | ||
| 22 | 14 July 2022 | Peter Khalil | George Brandis | Vasyl Myroshnychenko | A Foreign Affair: Boris, AUKUS, Ukraine and Assange[8] Hosted by David Speers. | |
| 23 | 1 August 2022 | Linda Burney | Jacinta Nampijinpa Price | Yiŋiya Mark Guyula | June Oscar
Dean Parkin Mayatili Marika |
Garma 2022[9] Recorded at Garma Festival, Northern Territory. [Returned to Monday night 9.30pm timeslot] Hosted by Stan Grant. |
| 24 | 4 August 2022 | Jenny McAllister | Sarah Hanson-Young | Larry Marshall
Hannah Diviney [10] |
Global Megatrends and Lived Experiences[11]
Hosted by Stan Grant. | |
| 25 | 11 August 2022 | Pat Conroy | James Paterson | Sharan Burrow
Jennifer Hsu Damien Cave |
China, Democracy and Capitalism[12]
Hosted by Stan Grant. | |
| 26 | 18 August 2022 | Murray Watt | Catherine Cusack | Johann Hari
Amanda Rose |
Morrison's Secret Ministries[13]
Hosted by Stan Grant. | |
| 27 | 25 August 2022 | Kieren Perkins
David Lakisa Catherine Ordway |
Sports, Inclusion and Redemption[14] Hosted by Stan Grant. | |||
| 28 | 1 September 2022 | Katy Gallagher | Stuart Robert | A.C. Grayling
Wendy El-Khoury Catherine Marriott |
Workers, Taxes and Getting a Fair Go[15] Hosted by Stan Grant. | |
| 29 | 8 September 2022 | Brian Cox | Ambition, Power and Storytelling Without A Pen[16] Melbourne Writers Festival special Hosted by Stan Grant. | |||
| 30 | 15 September 2022 | Eric Abetz | Teela Reid
Simon Longstaff |
Royalty, a Republic and Truth-Telling[17]
Hosted by Stan Grant. | ||
| 31 | 29 September 2022 | Ed Husic | Bridget McKenzie | Jacqui Lambie |
Ben Abbatangelo |
Corruption, Sport and Big Corporates: Who Can We Trust?[18]
Hosted by Stan Grant. |
| 32 | 5 October 2022 | Amanda Rishworth | Mehreen Faruqi |
Alan Oster |
Religion, Economics and Extremism[19]
Hosted by Stan Grant. | |
| 33 | 13 October 2022 | Erin Brockovich
Stephen Jones Saba Vasefi |
Protests, People and Power[20]
Hosted by Stan Grant. | |||
|}
Footnotes
References
- ↑ Meade, Amanda (25 July 2022). "'A huge responsibility': Stan Grant appointed permanent Q+A host by ABC". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ↑ "About Us". Q+A. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ↑ "UNSW scientists shine on the ABC's Q&A Science Special". UNSW. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ↑ "ABC: Special Q&A broadcast from Garma". indigenous.gov.au. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ↑ "The Voice to Parliament". Readings Books. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ↑ "Price Pressures and Postcode Discrimination (Season 16, Episode 20)". ABC.net.au. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "The Choice: Violence or Poverty (Season 16, Episode 21)". ABC.net.au. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "A Foreign Affair: Boris, AUKUS, Ukraine and Assange (Season 16, Episode 22)". ABC.net.au. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "Q+A at Garma 2022 (Season 16, Episode 23)". ABC.net.au. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "China, Democracy and Capitalism (Season 16, Episode 25)". ABC.net.au. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "Global Megatrends and Lived Experiences (Season 16, Episode 24)". ABC.net.au. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "China, Democracy and Capitalism (Season 16, Episode 25)". ABC.net.au. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "Morrison's Secret Ministries (Season 16, Episode 26)". ABC.net.au. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "Sports, Inclusion and Redemption (Season 16, Episode 27)". ABC.net.au. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "Workers, Taxes and Getting a Fair Go (Season 16, Episode 28)". ABC.net.au. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "Ambition, Power and Storytelling Without A Pen (Season 16, Episode 29)". ABC.net.au. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ↑ "Royalty, a Republic and Truth-Telling (Season 16, Episode 30)". ABC.net.au. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ↑ "Corruption, Sport and Big Corporates: Who Can We Trust?". ABC.net.au. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ↑ "Religion, Economics and Extremism". ABC.net.au. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ↑ "Protests, People and Power". ABC.net.au. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2023.