Q+A
Season 8
Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues of the week. It's about democracy in action - the audience gets to ask the questions.
Where to Watch Season 8
43 Episodes
- Death, Detention and Defending PoliciesE3
Episode 3Death, Detention and Defending PoliciesPanellists Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Communications; Catherine King, Shadow Health Minister; Lisa Wilkinson, Journalist; Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative; & Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian. - Economics, Regulations & One WordE5
Episode 5Economics, Regulations & One WordPanellists: Star of stage and screen, Miriam Margolyes; Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg; Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Andrew Leigh; Centre for Independent Studies, Trisha Jha; & Editor In Chief of Mamamia, Jamila Rizvi. - Bad Feminism: Contradictions and CareersE6
Episode 6Bad Feminism: Contradictions and CareersTo celebrate 40 years of IWD a special Q&A with guest host Annabel Crabb. Annabel Crabb guest hosts Q&A with a panel including Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop; Feminist icon, Germaine Greer; Author, Roxane Gay; CEO of Best & Less, Holly Kramer & Engineer and youth advocate, Yassmin Abdel-Magied. - Intergenerational Wealth and HealthE7
Episode 7Intergenerational Wealth and HealthAn Intergenerational Report special. Joining Tony Jones is Treasurer Joe Hockey; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen; ACOSS CEO Cassandra Goldie; CEO of Australian Chamber of Commerce Kate Carnell & public policy expert John Daley. - Depression, Drugs and Another PlanetE9
Episode 9Depression, Drugs and Another PlanetHost Tony Jones is joined by panellists Education Minister Christopher Pyne; Opposition Senate Leader Penny Wong; Comedian Ruby Wax; Musician and humanitarian Michael Franti & Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Brian Schmidt. - Political Tensions and Children in DetentionE10
Episode 10Political Tensions and Children in DetentionGreek musical legend Nana Mouskouri joins Tony Jones on the Q&A panel with: Parl Sec to the Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer; Labor Member Ed Husic; Australian Financial Review Editor, Michael Stutchbury; & playwright Van Badham. - Vaccinations, Press Freedoms & Forced ClosuresE11
Episode 11Vaccinations, Press Freedoms & Forced ClosuresPanellists: Journalist Peter Greste; Asst Minister for Social Services Mitch Fifield; Shadow Parl Sec for Regional Development Alannah MacTiernan; CEO Regional Aus Institute Su McCluskey; & NITV News' Malarndirri McCarthy. - Drinking, Depression and DeportationE12
Episode 12Drinking, Depression and DeportationJoining Tony Jones: Journalist Derryn Hinch; Minister for Trade & Investment, Andrew Robb; Former Speaker of the House, Anna Burke; Comedian Dave Hughes; CEO of the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, Jane Burns. - ANZAC Spirit, Modern Warfare and MarriageE13
Episode 13ANZAC Spirit, Modern Warfare and MarriageOn the panel this week: Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Former deputy PM Tim Fischer; Historian Carolyn Holbrook; & Deputy Program Director, Human Rights Watch Tom Porteous. - Struggle Street on Budget EveE15
Episode 15Struggle Street on Budget EvePanellists: Clive Palmer, Leader of the Palmer United Party; Christian Porter, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; Nakkiah Lui, Playwright; Jason Clare, Shadow Communications Minister; and Jennifer Hewett, Political journalist. - War Cries, Citizenship & Crime PreventionE18
Episode 18War Cries, Citizenship & Crime PreventionJoining Tony Jones LIVE on the panel: Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg; Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Anthony Albanese; Actor and elder Jack Charles; Policy analyst Miriam Lyons; and Businesswoman Judith Sloan. - Revolutionary Christianity, Citizenship & IncarcerationE19
Episode 19Revolutionary Christianity, Citizenship & IncarcerationPanellists: Christine Forster, City of Sydney Councillor; Dr Cornel West, Scholar and Poet; Philip Ruddock, Special Envoy for Citizenship; Katy Gallagher, Senator for the Australian Capital Territory; and Bates Gill, CEO of US Studies Centre. - Radicalisation, Religion & RecognitionE22
Episode 22Radicalisation, Religion & RecognitionJoining Tony Jones on the panel: Dep Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Editor-at-large The Australian Paul Kelly; Cosmologist Lawrence Krauss; Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson; counter-terrorism expert Dr. Anne Aly. - Cheating, Climate, War & DemocracyE31
Episode 31Cheating, Climate, War & DemocracyJoining Tony Jones live from the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Sydney Opera House: Climate activist Naomi Klein; Christian philosopher Miroslav Volf; Tariq Ali; Feminist Laurie Penny & American Review Editor Tom Switzer. - Drowning in Desperation to Dying with DignityE32
Episode 32Drowning in Desperation to Dying with DignityPanellists: NSW Premier, Mike Baird; Shadow Treasurer, Chris Bowen; Pres of Business Council of Aus, Catherine Livingstone; Human Rights Lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson & International Editor of The Economist, Helen Joyce. - Social Cohesion, Offshore Detention & FactionsE37
Episode 37Social Cohesion, Offshore Detention & FactionsJoining Tony Jones on the panel: Australia's first indigenous Federal Minister Ken Wyatt; Labor Senator Lisa Singh; Greens MP Adam Bandt; Muslim Community Leader Sheikh Wesam Charkawi; and soprano Tania de Jong. - Friends and Allies in Foreign PolicyE38
Episode 38Friends and Allies in Foreign PolicyA foreign affairs special panel: Former Foreign Minister Bob Carr; CEO Lowy Institute Michael Fullilove; Former diplomat Alison Broinowski; Director Of Advocacy, Human Rights Law Centre Emily Howie; Melbourne Uni's Sow Keat Tok. - Country Life, CSG and CannabisE39
Episode 39Country Life, CSG and CannabisLive from Toowoomba with guest host Tom Ballard. Panellists: Rural Health Mininister Fiona Nash; Shadow Minister for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon; Southern Qld Uni's Jan Thomas; Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio; Singer Katie Noonan. - GST, Gonski, Population and DiversityE40
Episode 40GST, Gonski, Population and DiversityJoining Tony Jones on the panel: ecologist & biologist Paul Ehrlich; Minister for Education & Training Simon Birmingham; Shadow Finance Minister Tony Burke; Comedian & Broadcaster Wendy Harmer & Businesswoman Dai Le.
