1. March 2015

   1. Monday, 23 March 2015 When the Bush came to Town

      Panellists: Fiona Nash, Nationals Senator for NSW; Joel Fitzgibbon, Shadow Minister for Agriculture; Troy Cassar-Daley, Award-winning Country Musician; Robyn Clubb, Treasurer, Royal Agricultural Society of NSW and Orchardist; and Rob Cook, Fourth generation cattleman. more ›
      
   2. Monday, 16 March 2015 Intergenerational Wealth and Health

      Panellists: Joe Hockey, Treasurer; Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer; Cassandra Goldie, Head of Australian Council of Social Service; Kate Carnell, CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and John Daley, CEO Grattan Institute. more ›
      
   3. Monday, 9 March 2015 Bad Feminism: Contradictions and Careers

      To celebrate 40 years of IWD a special Q&A; with guest host Annabel Crabb.
      Panellists: Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Germaine Greer, Feminist icon and provocateur; Roxane Gay, Writer, editor and bad feminist; Holly Kramer, CEO, Best & Less; and Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Founder of Youth Without Borders. more ›
      
   4. Monday, 2 March 2015 Economics, Regulations & One Word

      Panellists: Josh Frydenberg, Assistant Treasurer; Andrew Leigh, Shadow Assistant Treasurer; Miriam Margolyes, Star of Harry Potter; Trisha Jha, Centre for Independent Studies; and Jamila Rizvi, Editor-in-chief of Mamamia. more ›
      

2. February 2015

   1. Monday, 23 February 2015 Family Violence Special

      Panellists: Rosie Batty, 2015 Australian of the Year; Natasha Stott Despoja, Ambassador for Women and Girls; Tim Cartwright, Acting Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police; Charlie King, NT radio sports broadcaster and Simon Santosha, Counsellor for Men and Families. more ›
      
   2. Monday, 16 February 2015 Death, Detention and Defending Policies

      Panellists: Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Communications; Catherine King, Shadow Health Minister; Lisa Wilkinson, Journalist and television presenter; Bryan Stevenson, Director, Equal Justice Initiative; and Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian. more ›
      
   3. Monday, 9 February 2015 Spills, Bills, Coal & Kills

      Panellists: Alan Jones, Influential Radio Broadcaster; Jamie Briggs, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Development; Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer; Heather Ridout, Businesswoman & RBA board member; and Corinne Grant, Comedian & Writer. more ›
      
   4. Monday, 2 February 2015 Elections, Economics & Knightmares

      Panellists: Barnaby Joyce, Minister for Agriculture; Wayne Swan, Former Treasurer; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Senator; John Madigan, Independent Senator for Victoria; and Jacqui Lambie, Independent Senator for Tasmania. more ›
      

3. November 2014

   1. Monday, 24 November 2014 Public Life and Public Progress

      Panellists: Noel Pearson, Chairman, Cape York Partnership; James Cromwell, Actor; Amanda Vanstone, Former Liberal Senator; Holly Ransom, Youth Advocate and Co-Chair G20 Youth Summit; and Waleed Aly, Host of RN Drive, columnist and author. more ›
      
   2. Monday, 17 November 2014 From Political Summit to Political Satire

      Panellists: Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Communications; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Ben Elton, Comedy writer and author; Jonathan Holmes, Journalist; and Sarrah Le Marquand, Opinion editor of The Daily Telegraph. more ›
      
   3. Monday, 10 November 2014 This is your Brain on Climate Change

      Panellists: Baroness Susan Greenfield, Neuroscientist, writer and broadcaster; Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment; Anthony Albanese, Shadow Infrastructure Minister; Laura John, 2014 Australian Youth Representative to the UN; and James Paterson, Deputy Executive Director, Institute of Public Affairs. more ›
      
   4. Monday, 3 November 2014 National Security: Finding A Balance

      Panellist: George Brandis, Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts. more ›
      

4. October 2014

   1. Monday, 27 October 2014 Ideology, Legacy and History

      Panellists: Geoffrey Robertson, International human rights lawyer; Stuart Robert, Assistant Minister for Defence; Catherine King, Shadow Health Minister; and Rowan Dean, Editor, The Spectator Australia. more ›
      
   2. Monday, 20 October 2014 Time Travel, Teaching and The Meaning of Life

      Panellists: Brian Cox, Particle Physicist and TV Presenter; Matt Colwell aka 360, Rapper; Miranda Tapsell, Actress; Richard Gill, Artistic Director Sydney Symphony Education Program; and Nalini Joshi, Mathematician. more ›
      
   3. Monday, 13 October 2014 Watching Watchers and Saving Lives

      Panellists: Catherine McGregor, Group Captain, Royal Australian Air Force Reserve; Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian; Julian Burnside, Barrister and Human Rights Advocate; Kelly O'Dwyer, Liberal Member for Higgins; and Kate Ellis, Labor Member for Adelaide. more ›
      
   4. Monday, 6 October 2014 Mental As in Rockhampton

      Panellists: Patrick McGorry, Mental Health Advocate; Josh Thomas, Comedian & Actor; Louise Byrne, Lived Experience Practitioner; Jennifer Bowers, Australasian Centre for Rural & Remote Mental Health; and Bob Katter, Leader of the Katter�s Australian Party. more ›
      

5. September 2014

   1. Monday, 29 September 2014 Earning, Learning and Yearning

      Panellists: Christopher Pyne, Education Minister; Wayne Swan, Former Treasurer; Kate Carnell, CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Laura Tingle, Political Editor, The Australian Financial Review; and Tony Barry, Actor. more ›
      
   2. Monday, 22 September 2014 Be Alert but not Alarmed

      Panellists: Anne-Azza Aly, Counter Terrorism Expert; Michael Keenan, Minister for Justice; Mark Dreyfus, Shadow Attorney-General; Scott Ludlam, Greens Senator for Western Australia; and Randa Abdel-Fattah, Author and lawyer. more ›
      
   3. Monday, 15 September 2014 Science: Precious Petals to Passionate Teachers

      Panellists: Suzanne Cory, Molecular biologist & Boyer lecturer; Peter Doherty, Nobel Prize Winning Immunologist; Brian Schmidt, Nobel Prize Winning Astrophysicist; Marita Cheng, Engineer and founder of Robogals; and Ian Chubb, Australia�s Chief Scientist. more ›
      
   4. Monday, 8 September 2014 Rupert, ISIS, ICAC & Super Freeze

      Panellists: Jonathan Biggins, Entertainer and political satirist; Kim Williams, Author and former media executive; Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services; Sam Dastyari, Labor Senator; and Kate McClymont, Investigative journalist. more ›
      
   5. Monday, 1 September 2014 100% Women 100% Dangerous

      Panellists: Kay Hymowitz, Author and researcher; Lydia Cacho, Mexican journalist, author and feminist activist; Jane Caro, Author and social commentator; Kajsa Ekis Ekman, Swedish author and journalist; and Alissa Nutting, American author and academic. more ›
      

6. August 2014

   1. Monday, 25 August 2014 Team Australia, Terror and Tinderboxes

      Panellists: Gareth Evans, Former Australian Foreign Minister; Paul Kelly, Editor-at-large The Australian; and Elizabeth Pisani, Author and Indonesia commentator; Tasneem Chopra, Chair, Australian Muslim Women�s Centre for Human Rights; and Ali Alizadeh, Iranian-Australian author and academic. more ›
      
   2. Monday, 18 August 2014 Class, Cooling and Corruption

      Panellists: Warren Truss, Deputy Prime Minister; Penny Wong, Opposition Leader in the Senate; Clive Palmer, Leader of the Palmer United Party; Heather Ridout, Businesswoman & RBA board member; and John Falzon, National CEO, St Vincent de Paul Society. more ›
      
   3. Monday, 11 August 2014 Theology, Terror and Metadata

      Panellists: Greg Combet, Former Labor Minister; Sussan Ley, Assistant Minister for Education; Jennifer Robinson, Human Rights Lawyer; John Stackhouse, Visiting Christian Scholar; and Simon Breheny, Editor of FreedomWatch. more ›
      
   4. Monday, 4 August 2014 Live from Garma Festival, Arnhem Land

      Panellists: Noel Pearson, Chairman, Cape York Partnership; Nova Peris, Labor Senator; Ken Wyatt, Liberal Member for Hasluck; Djawa Yunupingu, Deputy Chairman, Yothu Yindi Foundation; Joe Morrison, CEO, Northern Land Council; and Dh�ŋggal Gurruwiwi, G�lpu Clan Elder. more ›
      

7. July 2014

   1. Monday, 28 July 2014 Who Dunnit and How Do We Fix It?

      Panellists: Barnaby Joyce, Minister for Agriculture; Mark Butler, Shadow Minister for Environment; David Suchet, British Actor; Louise Adler, CEO of Melbourne University Publishing; and Madonna King, Journalist and Commentator. more ›
      
   2. Monday, 21 July 2014 Living with HIV, Looking to the Future

      Panellists: Michael Kirby, Former High Court Judge; Nafsiah Mboi, Indonesian Health Minister; Fran�oise Barr�-Sinoussi, French Nobel Prize winner & co-discoverer of HIV; Amanda Vanstone, Former Liberal Senator; and Nic Holas, Writer and HIV Activist. more ›
      
   3. Monday, 14 July 2014 Conversations in Violence, Secrecy & Education

      Panellists: Philip Ruddock, Chief Government Whip; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Charlie Pickering, Comedian and television presenter; Tania Major, Cape York indigenous leader; and Tim Hawkes, Author and Headmaster of The King's School, Sydney. more ›
      
   4. Monday, 7 July 2014 It's the economy, stupid!

      Panellists: Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning Economist; Ross Garnaut, Distinguished Government Adviser; Judith Sloan, Businesswoman, Academic and Columnist; and Christine Wong, Director of The Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies. more ›
      

8. June 2014

   1. Monday, 30 June 2014 Giddy Up Geelong

      Panellists: Sarah Henderson, Liberal Member for Corangamite; Richard Marles, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection; Darryn Lyons, Mayor of Geelong; Elaine Carbines, CEO, G21 � The Geelong Region Alliance; and Richard Di Natale, Greens Senator and Health spokesperson. more ›
      
   2. Monday, 23 June 2014 Big Ideas for a Big Country

      Panellists: Mark Carnegie, Venture capitalist and philanthropist; Mark Latham, Former Federal Opposition Leader; Tony Shepherd, Chairman, National Commission of Audit; Eva Cox, Author & social analyst; and Holly Ransom, Youth Advocate and Co-Chair G20 Youth Summit. more ›
      
   3. Monday, 16 June 2014 Dating, Diplomacy & Disputes

      Panellists: Josh Frydenberg, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; Ed Husic, Labor MP; Dee Madigan, Author and advertising director; Virisila Buadromo, Fijian women's advocate; and James Allan, Professor of Law, University of Queensland. more ›
      
   4. Monday, 9 June 2014 Primates, Populism and Utopia

      Panellists: Jane Goodall, Primatologist; Betty Churcher, Art educator; Peter Coleman, Conservative intellectual; Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Central Australian Indigenous leader; and Stuart Rees, Founder of the Sydney Peace Foundation. more ›
      
   5. Monday, 2 June 2014 School Chaplains and Science Cuts

      Panellists: Cory Bernardi, Liberal Senator; Catherine King, Shadow Health Minister; Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical Physicist & Cosmologist; Lucy Turnbull, Former Lord Mayor of Sydney; and Rowan Dean, Associate Editor, Spectator Australia. more ›
      

9. May 2014

   1. Monday, 26 May 2014 Demos, Heroes and Menopause

      Panellists: Thomas Keneally, Acclaimed author and historian; Tara Moss, Author; Richard Flanagan, Novelist; Jean Kittson, Comedian and author; and Tim Storrier, Artist. more ›
      
   2. Monday, 19 May 2014 Tough Questions for Joe Hockey

      Panellist: Joe Hockey, Treasurer. more ›
      
   3. Monday, 12 May 2014 Loopholes & Heavy Lifting

      Panellists: Sharman Stone, Liberal MP; Alannah MacTiernan, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development & Infrastructure; David Marr, Journalist and commentator; Innes Willox, CEO, Australian Industry Group; and Satyajit Das, Finance Expert. more ›
      
   4. Monday, 5 May 2014 Q & Anarchy

      Panellists: Christopher Pyne, Education Minister; Anna Burke, Former Speaker of the House; Mark Trevorrow, Actor and comedian aka �Bob Downe�; Pallavi Sinha, Human Rights & Immigration Lawyer; and John Roskam, Executive Director, Institute of Public Affairs. more ›
      

10. April 2014

    1. Monday, 28 April 2014 Death and Taxes

       Panellists: Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Communications; Doug Cameron, Shadow Minister for Human Services; Sarrah Le Marquand, Opinion editor of The Daily Telegraph; Andrew Neil, British broadcaster and journalist; and Van Badham, Playwright and Columnist for The Guardian Australia. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 21 April 2014 Lobbyists, Lies & Libertarians

       Panellists: Bob Carr, Former Foreign Minister; Kerry Chikarovski, Former State Liberal leader; Eva Cox, Author & social analyst; Brendan O'Neill, British Editor, Spiked Online; and Nigel Kennedy, British Violin Virtuoso. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 14 April 2014 Pensions, Promises & Power

       Panellists: Marise Payne, Minister for Human Services; Penny Wong, Opposition Leader in the Senate; Michelle Garnaut, Chef and restaurateur; Jacqui Lambie, PUP Senator-Elect for Tasmania; and Judith Sloan, Economist and businesswoman. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 7 April 2014 China: Evolution not Revolution

       Panellists: Dr Geoff Raby, Former Ambassador to China; Mei Yan, Businesswoman and media executive; Ma Tianjie, Program Director, Greenpeace East Asia; Cheng Lei, Television Presenter; and Guo Jian, Chinese Australian artist. more ›
       

11. March 2014

    1. Monday, 31 March 2014 Human Rights and Wrongs

       Panellists: Mona Eltahawy, Egyptian author and commentator; Kenneth Roth, International Director of Human Rights Watch; Tim Wilson, Human Rights Commissioner; Ilwad Elman, Somalian peace and human rights activist; and Lucy Siegle, Ethics columnist The Observer. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 24 March 2014 Mad Monday

       Panellists: Rachel Griffiths, Film and television actress; Eddie McGuire, President of Collingwood FC and media personality; Lindsay Fox, Founder, The Linfox Group; Kelly O'Dwyer, Liberal Member for Higgins; and Richard Marles, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 17 March 2014 Biennale, Babies and Blokes

       Panellists: Billy Bragg, Singer-songwriter and activist; Wendy Harmer, Editor in Chief, The Hoopla; Miroslav Volf, Evangelical theologian and author; Sussan Ley, Assistant Minister for Education; and Mark Butler, Shadow Minister for Environment. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 10 March 2014 Vilification, Discrimination & Defamation

       Panellists: George Brandis, Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts; Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer; Lisa Wilkinson, Journalist and television presenter; Marcia Langton, Professor of Indigenous Studies; and Sharri Markson, Media Editor, The Australian. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 3 March 2014 From Qantas to Manus

       Panellists: Josh Frydenberg, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; Jason Clare, Shadow Communications Minister; Sue Morphet, Chair of Manufacturing Australia; Katharine Viner, Editor-in Chief, Guardian Australia; and David Bridie, Musician. more ›
       

12. February 2014

    1. Monday, 24 February 2014 Riots, Reforms & Resilience

       Panellists: Jamie Briggs, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Development; Anthony Albanese, Shadow Infrastructure Minister; Ged Kearney, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions; Clive Palmer, Leader of the Palmer United Party; and Rhonda Cornum, Gulf war veteran & leader of US Army wellbeing project. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 20 February 2014 An Audience With Christine Lagarde

       Panellists: Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 17 February 2014 A Vision for the Future

       Panellists: Eric Abetz, Liberal Senate Leader; Tony Burke, Shadow Finance Minister; Heather Ridout, Businesswoman & RBA board member; Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Founder of Youth Without Borders; and James Allan, Professor of Law, University of Queensland. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 10 February 2014 Sochi, Inquiries & Subsidies

       Panellists: Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Communications; Mark Dreyfus, Shadow Attorney-General; Dave Hughes, Comedian; Yolanda Vega, CEO of Australian Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry; and Janet Albrechtsen, Opinion columnist for The Australian. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 3 February 2014 The ABC of Treachery

       Panellists: Barnaby Joyce, Minister for Agriculture; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Akmal Saleh, Comedian; Cassandra Goldie, Head of Australian Council of Social Service; Nick Cater, Opinion editor with The Australian & author The Lucky Culture; and Ray Martin, Journalist and author. more ›
       

13. November 2013

    1. Monday, 25 November 2013 Spying, Sorry & Free Speech

       Panellists: Yulia Supadmo, Indonesian Senior Journalist; Josh Frydenberg, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer; Kurt Campbell, Lowy Institute Distinguished International Fellow; Tara Moss, Author; and Julian Burnside, Barrister and Human Rights Advocate. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 18 November 2013 India: More than Bollywood and Batsmen

       Panellists: Shashi Tharoor, Diplomat and Minister of State for HR Development; Pallavi Sharda, Australian-born Bollywood star; Swapan Dasgupta, Senior Indian journalist and political commentator; Shoma Chaudhury, Managing Editor of news magazine Tehelka; Karan Thapar, Award winning TV journalist and Host of Devil�s Advocate and Stuart MacGill, Former Australian Cricketer. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 11 November 2013 Open For Business

       Panellists: David Knox, Managing Director and CEO, Santos Ltd; Carol Schwartz, Chair of the Women�s Leadership Institute; John Symond, Founder, Aussie Home Loans; Elizabeth Proust, Chair of Nestle Australia; and Graham Bradley, Non-Executive Chair of HSBC Bank Australia. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 4 November 2013 From the Festival of Dangerous Ideas

       Panellists: Peter Hitchens, Journalist and author; Germaine Greer, Feminist icon and provocateur; Hanna Rosin, Senior editor of The Atlantic; and Dan Savage, Sex Advice Author and Gay Activist. more ›
       

14. October 2013

    1. Monday, 28 October 2013 Independent Thinkers & Independent Schools

       Panellists: Christopher Pyne, Education Minister; Joel Fitzgibbon, Shadow Minister for Agriculture; Ray Martin, Journalist and author; Wendy Harmer, Editor in Chief, The Hoopla; and Judith Sloan, Economist and businesswoman. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 21 October 2013 Fires, Illegals & Rorts

       Panellists: Barnaby Joyce, Minister for Agriculture; Tony Burke, Labor frontbencher; Amanda Vanstone, Former Howard Government Minister; Vince Sorrenti, Comedian; and Rabia Siddique, Lawyer and Author Equal Justice. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 14 October 2013 Fireworks, Free Trade & Indigenous Issues

       Panellists: Arthur Sinodinos, Assistant Treasurer; Penny Wong, South Australian Labor Senator; Warren Mundine, Chair of the Indigenous Advisory Council; Jeff McMullen, Journalist and author; and Lally Katz, Playwright. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 7 October 2013 Corruption, China & Carbon

       Panellists: Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment; Kate Ellis, Labor MP; Viv Benjamin, CEO of the Oaktree Foundation; Luo Xiaopeng, Chinese economist and political analyst; and Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian. more ›
       

15. September 2013

    1. Monday, 30 September 2013 ALP Leadership Debate

       Panellists: Anthony Albanese, Labor MP for Grayndler; and Bill Shorten, Labor MP for Maribyrnong. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 23 September 2013 An Audience With David Suzuki

       Panellist: David Suzuki, Renowned Environmental Scientist and Campaigner. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 16 September 2013 Pencils, Mandates and a Single Bed

       Panellists: Clive Palmer, Leader of the Palmer United Party; Mark Latham, Former Federal Opposition Leader; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Senator; David Williamson, Playwright; Rebecca Huntley, Social researcher and writer; and Nick Xenophon, South Australia Independent Senator. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 9 September 2013 PM, Palmer & the Poisoned Chalice

       Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Health & Medical Research; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Michael Kroger, Former President of the Victorian Liberal Party; Lenore Taylor, Chief Political Correspondent The Guardian; and Graham Richardson, Labor powerbroker turned commentator. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 2 September 2013 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

       Panellist: Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister. more ›
       

16. August 2013

    1. Monday, 26 August 2013 Papers, Parental Leave & Penalty Rates

       Panellists: Bill Shorten, Minister for Education and Workplace Relations; Kelly O'Dwyer, Liberal Member for Higgins; Tom Watson, Anti-Murdoch Campaigner; Sally Warhaft, Editor, Author and host of The Fifth Estate and Tim Wilson, Institute of Public Affairs. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 19 August 2013 The National Economic Debate

       Panellists: Chris Bowen, Federal Treasurer; and Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 12 August 2013 Costings, Conski & Cab Rides

       Panellists: Penny Wong, Finance Minister; Christopher Pyne, Shadow Education Minister; Adam Bandt, Greens Member for Melbourne; Rhys Muldoon, Actor and Commentator; and Janet Albrechtsen, Opinion columnist for The Australian. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 5 August 2013 Social Media, Surplus & Shelter

       Panellists: Doug Cameron, Parliamentary Secretary for Housing and Homelessness; Greg Hunt, Shadow Minister for Climate Action; Grahame Morris, Political strategist; Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Founder of Youth Without Borders; and Pamela Williams, National Correspondent Australian Financial Review. more ›
       

17. July 2013

    1. Monday, 29 July 2013 Drones, Boot Camps & Degrees

       Panellists: Magda Szubanski, Actress and Comedian; Kate Ellis, Minister for Employment Participation; Josh Frydenberg, Liberal Member for Kooyong; Peter Shergold, Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney; and Shahzad Akbar, Pakistani Human Rights Lawyer. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 22 July 2013 The PNG Solution & The Autism Spectrum

       Panellists: Bill Shorten, Minister for Education and Workplace Relations; Tim Fischer, Former Deputy Prime Minister; Arthur Sinodinos, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition; Louise Adler, CEO of Melbourne University Publishing; and Michelle Foster, Director of the International Refugee Law Programme. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 15 July 2013 When The Boom Is Over

       Panellists: Stephen Smith, Minister for Defence; Julie Bishop, Deputy Opposition Leader; Scott Ludlam, WA Greens Senator; Narelda Jacobs, WA�s first indigenous television news presenter; and Mitch Hooke, CEO of the Minerals Council of Australia. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 8 July 2013 Reforms, Solutions & Compromise

       Panellists: Anthony Albanese, Deputy Prime Minister; Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Minister for Communications; Corinne Grant, Comedian & Writer; Bill Leak, Artist and Cartoonist for The Australian; and Miriam Lyons, Director of the Centre for Policy Development. more ›
       
    5. Thursday, 4 July 2013 More Than Beef, Boats & Bali

       Panellists: Dewi Fortuna Anwar, Senior advisor to Indonesian Vice President Boediono; Tim Lindsey, Director, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society; Yuli Ismartono, Deputy Editor in Chief of Tempo magazine; Rafendi Djamin, Human Rights Advocate; Yenny Wahid, Islamic activist & daughter of late former President �Gus Dur� Wahid; and Meidyatama �Dimas� Suryodiningrat, Editor in Chief of The Jakarta Post. more ›
       
    6. Monday, 1 July 2013 Spin, Selling & Slogans

       Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Health & Medical Research; Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science; Todd Sampson, Advertising CEO and Gruen Transfer regular; Sue Cato, Commentator and Spin Doctor; and Neil Lawrence, Kevin 07 Campaign Creator. more ›
       

18. June 2013

    1. Monday, 24 June 2013 Speculation & Discrimination

       Panellists: Anne Summers, Author The Misogyny Factor; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Graham Richardson, Labor powerbroker turned commentator; Matt Thistlethwaite, Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs; and Judith Sloan, Economist and businesswoman. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 17 June 2013 Toxic Politics & Vaccinations

       Panellists: Kate Lundy, Minister for Sport and Multicultural Affairs; Barnaby Joyce, Queensland Nationals Senator; Paul Kelly, Editor-at-large The Australian; Robert Manne, Writer and academic; and Dr Fiona Stanley, Former Australian Of The Year. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 10 June 2013 Bring Back The Biff, Turn Back The Boats

       Panellists: Mark Latham, Former Federal Opposition Leader; Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Minister for Communications; Craig Emerson, Minister for Trade; Jennifer Hewett, Political journalist; and Haifaa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia's first female filmmaker. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 3 June 2013 Racism, Hypocrisy & Hot Air

       Panellists: Martha Wainwright, Canadian Singer - Songwriter; Bill McKibben, American Environmentalist; Michael Stutchbury, Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Financial Review; Linda Burney, Indigenous MP; and Cory Bernardi, Liberal Senator. more ›
       

19. May 2013

    1. Tuesday, 28 May 2013 An Audience With Bill Gates

       Panellist: Bill Gates, Chairman & Founder of Microsoft and Philanthropist. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 27 May 2013 Religion, Marriage & Euthanasia

       Panellists: Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical Physicist & Cosmologist; Gene Robinson, America�s First Openly Gay Bishop; Fred Nile, Conservative Morals Campaigner; Amanda Vanstone, Former Howard Government Minister; and Susan Ryan, Age Discrimination Commissioner. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 20 May 2013 War, Depression & Hypersexuality

       Panellists: Ruby Wax, Comedian and Author; Faramerz Dabhoiwala, Author The Origins of Sex; Sylvia Nasar, Author A Beautiful Mind; William Dalrymple, Historian of India and the Islamic world; and Mike Carlton, Journalist, Commentator and Author. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 13 May 2013 Where's the beef?

       Panellists: Clive Palmer, Mining Magnate; Ged Kearney, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions; Tim Nicholls, Queensland Treasurer; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Senator; and Bob Katter, Political maverick and Leader of Katter�s Australian Party. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 6 May 2013 High School Showdown

       Panellists: Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia. more ›
       

20. April 2013

    1. Monday, 29 April 2013 Class Warfare, Latte Sippers & Mental Illness

       Panellists: Mark Butler, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing; Jamie Briggs, Coalition Spokesperson on Scrutiny of Government Waste; Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator; Andrea Mason, Co-ordinator of NPY Women�s Council; and Nick Cater, Senior editor with The Australian and author. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 22 April 2013 The Health Debate

       Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Health Minister; and Peter Dutton, Shadow Health Minister. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 15 April 2013 Taking Tasmania into Tomorrow

       Panellists: Dick Adams, Labor MP for Lyons; Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science; David Marr, Journalist and commentator; Jan Davis, CEO of the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association; and Peter Whish-Wilson, Greens Senator for Tasmania. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 8 April 2013 The F Word

       Panellists: Brooke Magnanti, Research Scientist and Author Belle de Jour; Germaine Greer, Feminist icon and provocateur; Mia Freedman, Mamamia founder and director; Deborah Cheetham, Indigenous opera singer; and Janet Albrechtsen, Opinion columnist for The Australian. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 1 April 2013 Faith & Love

       Panellists: Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane; Dr Mohamad Abdalla, Imam; Venerable Robina Courtin, Buddhist Nun; Josh Thomas, Atheist, Comedian & Actor; and Deborah Conway, Jewish Atheist Singer-Songwriter. more ›
       

21. March 2013

    1. Monday, 25 March 2013 Sports, Spills, Skills & Sex

       Panellists: A.C. Grayling, British Philosopher; Brendan O�Connor, Minister for Immigration; Kelly O'Dwyer, Liberal Member for Higgins; Christine Nixon, Former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police; Brendon Gale, Former AFL player and CEO Richmond Football Club; and George Megalogenis, Author and Commentator. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 18 March 2013 Pope, Polls & Poverty

       Panellists: David Feeney, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence; Barnaby Joyce, Queensland Nationals Senator; Viv Benjamin, Anti-poverty Campaigner & Youth Activist; Alannah MacTiernan, Former WA Labor Minister; and Jeremy Cordeaux, Adelaide Broadcaster & Commentator. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 11 March 2013 The Education Debate

       Panellists: Peter Garrett, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth; and Christopher Pyne, Shadow Education Minister. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 4 March 2013 Crime, Climate & Cask Wine

       Panellists: Bill Shorten, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations; Julie Bishop, Deputy Opposition Leader; Christine Milne, Leader of the Greens; Tim Ferguson, Comedian and Senate candidate and Ruslan Kogan, CEO Kogan. more ›
       

22. February 2013

    1. Monday, 25 February 2013 Espionage, Revolution & Ruin

       Panellists: Jeff Bleich, American Ambassador to Australia; Bob Carr, Foreign Minister; Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Minister for Communications; Ahdaf Soueif, Egyptian novelist, commentator and activist; and Eva Cox, Author and feminist. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 18 February 2013 A Show About Nothing

       Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Health; Greg Hunt, Shadow Minister for Climate Action; Professor Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical Physicist & Cosmologist; Dr John Dickson, Director of the Centre for Public Christianity; and Dr Cindy Pan, Medical Commentator & Author. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 11 February 2013 Cry Freedom

       Panellists: Chris Evans, Labor Senator for Western Australia; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Corinne Grant, Comedian & Writer; Rachel Botsman, Author & Social Innovator; and James Paterson, Editor of the IPA Review. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 4 February 2013 Pies For The People

       Panellists: Christopher Pyne, Shadow Education Minister; David Bradbury, Assistant Treasurer; Amanda Vanstone, Former Howard Government Minister; Anne Summers, Author and feminist and Tim Levinson, Hip Hop Artist aka Urthboy. more ›
       

23. November 2012

    1. Monday, 26 November 2012 Happy Endings

       Panellists: Penny Wong, Finance Minister; Barnaby Joyce, Queensland Nationals Senator; Jonathan Biggins, Playwright and Satirist; Stella Young, Comedienne and disability activist; and Janet Albrechtsen, Columnist for The Australian. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 19 November 2012 Elephants On Parade

       Panellists: Judith Sloan, Economist and businesswoman; Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister; Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Communications Minister; and Heather Ridout, Reserve Bank of Australia board member.
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    3. Monday, 5 November 2012 James Price Point and beyond

       Panellists: Colin Barnett, WA Premier; Bob Brown, Former Leader of the Greens; Alannah MacTiernan, Former Labor Minister; Hannah McGlade, Indigenous human rights lawyer and Bob Cronin, Editor in Chief, The West Australian. more ›
       

24. October 2012

    1. Monday, 29 October 2012 Forgiveness and Reconciliation

       Panellists: Kate Lundy, Minister for Sport and Multicultural Affairs; Eric Abetz, Liberal Senate Leader; Archie Roach, Indigenous singer-songwriter; Sekai Holland, Zimbabwe Minister for National Healing & Reconciliation; and Grahame Morris, Political adviser. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 22 October 2012 Folk Music, Five Years & Funding

       Panellists: Billy Bragg, Singer-songwriter and activist; Peter Garrett, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth; Amanda Vanstone, Former Howard Government Minister; Scott Morrison, Shadow Immigration Minister; and Julia Baird, Author, broadcaster and journalist. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 15 October 2012 Super, Sexism & Surgery

       Panellists: Pamela Stephenson, Author and psychotherapist; Bill Shorten, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations; Charlie Pickering, Comedian and television presenter; Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science; and Catherine Fox, Deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review's Boss Magazine. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 8 October 2012 Bullying, Education & Purpose

       Panellists: Kate Ellis, Minister for Employment Participation; Christopher Pyne, Shadow Education Minister; Lindsay Tanner, Former Finance Minister; Nilaja Sun, American actor and playwright; and Piers Akerman, Political commentator. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 1 October 2012 Sorry, Lust and Free Will

       Panellists: Jane Bussmann, 'Bob and Bono - Get Out of Africa!'; Shiv Malik, 'The War of Young against Old'; Jianying Zha, 'China Hearts America'; Jesse Bering, 'We're All Sexual Perverts!'; and Simon Laham, 'The Joy of Sin'. more ›
       

25. September 2012

    1. Monday, 24 September 2012 The Future of The Future

       Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Health; Kelly O'Dwyer, Liberal Member for Higgins; Mark Carnegie, Venture capitalist and philanthropist; Elliot Perlman, Australian novelist and screenwriter; and Jason Silva, American futurist and film maker. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 17 September 2012 Protests and Palestine

       Panellists: Clover Moore, Newly re-elected Lord Mayor of Sydney; Robyn Davidson, Acclaimed Australian author; Ilan Pappe, Israeli born historian; Irving Wallach, Prominent Australian barrister; and Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs editor of The Australian. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 10 September 2012 Seek and Ye Shall Submit

       Panellists: Peter Jensen, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney; Chris Evans, Minister for Tertiary Education; Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Ageing; Anna Krien, Journalist and author; and Catherine Deveny, Writer, comedian and social commentator. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 3 September 2012 Trolls and Trawlers

       Panellists: Tony Burke, Minister For Environment and Sustainability; Tara Moss, Author and former model; Angry Anderson, Rock singer and conservative political activist; Fiona Nash, The National�s Senator and Nitin Sawhney, British Indian musician and composer. more ›
       

26. August 2012

    1. Monday, 27 August 2012 Mutilation and the Media Generation

       Panellists: Simon Callow, Celebrated British actor and writer; Germaine Greer, Feminist icon and provocateur; Anthony Appiah, Ghanaian-British-American philosopher and novelist; and Sefi Atta, Nigerian Author. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 20 August 2012 Assange, Asylum & Human Bondage

       Panellists: Graham Richardson, Labor powerbroker turned commentator; Doug Cameron, Labor Senator for New South Wales; Janet Albrechtsen, Opinion columnist for The Australian;Simon Birmingham, Liberal Senator for South Australia; and Mandy Nolan, comedian, author and mother-of-five. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 13 August 2012 Big Ideas and Big Society

       Panellists: Peter Singer, Ethicist and philosopher; Phillip Blond, British political thinker and theologian; Dr Cassandra Goldie, Head of Australian Council of Social Service; Mark Butler, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing; and Pru Goward, Member for Goulburn. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 6 August 2012 Manners, mining and the can-do attitude

       Panellists:Katie Noonan, singer-songwriter; Craig Emerson, Minister for Trade; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Bob Katter, political maverick and leader of the Australian Party; and Debbie Kilroy, prisoner rights advocate. more ›
       

27. July 2012

    1. Monday, 30 July 2012 A Q&A; of Olympic proportions

       Panellists: Shane Gould, Australian swimming legend and triple Olympic gold medal winner; Louise Sauvage, multi gold medallist wheelchair racer; David Pocock, incoming captain of the Australian Wallabies rugby team; John Alexander, tennis champion turned MP for Bennelong; and Michael O'Loughlin, former Sydney Swans' star. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 23 July 2012 Teachers, Schools and our Education System

       Panellists: Simon Sheikh, GetUp Director; Nicola Roxon, Attorney-General; Christopher Pyne, Shadow Education Minister; Michael Spence, Vice-Chancellor of Sydney University and Jane Caro, social commentator. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 16 July 2012 Random Violence

       Panellists: Richard Ford, Pulitzer Prize-winning author; Joel Fitzgibbon, Government Whip; Greg Hunt, Shadow Climate Minister; Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator; Jennifer Hewett, political journalist; and Peter Craven, literary critic. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 9 July 2012 Artistic Politics

       Panellists: Chris Bowen, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship; Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Communications Minister; Nahji Chu, one-time refugee now successful restaurateur; Thierry de Duve, internationally acclaimed art theorist and critic; and Liz Ann Macgregor, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 2 July 2012 After The Carbon Tax

       Panellists: Greg Combet, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency; Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science; Simon Sheikh, National Director of GetUp; Lenore Taylor, National Affairs Correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald; and Grahame Morris, political strategist. more ›
       

28. June 2012

    1. Monday, 25 June 2012 The Great Boat Debacle

       Panellists: Kate Lundy, Minister for Sport and Multicultural Affairs; Tim Freedman, lead singer of The Whitlams; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Dr John Lee, foreign policy academic and China expert; and Louise Adler, CEO of Melbourne University Publishing. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 18 June 2012 Life, the universe and everything

       Panellists: Lenny Henry, British comedian, actor and writer; Pru Goward, ABC journalist turned NSW government minister; Brian Schmidt, Nobel Prize winning astrophysicist; Susan Ryan, Age Discrimination Commissioner; and Joe Hildebrand, News Ltd columnist. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 11 June 2012 Prime Minister Julia Gillard joins Q&A;

       Panellists: Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 4 June 2012 Live from Toowoomba

       Panellists: Simon Crean, Federal Minister for Regional Australia and the Arts; Barnaby Joyce, Queensland Senator and Shadow Federal Minister for Regional Development; Christine Milne, Leader of the Greens; Georgie Somerset, Kingaroy farmer and President of the Queensland Rural Women's Network and Jeremy Marou, Torres Strait Islands musician and grand nephew of Eddie Mabo. more ›
       

29. May 2012

    1. Monday, 28 May 2012 Barry Humphries joins Q&A;

       Panellists: Barry Humphries, celebrated Australian writer, satirist and actor; Miriam Margolyes, star of Harry Potter and champion of English novelist Charles Dickens; Jacki Weaver, Academy Award nominated actress; David Marr, journalist and commentator; and John Hewson, former leader of the Liberal Party. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 21 May 2012 Sydney Writers' Festival

       Panellists: Jeffrey Eugenides, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex, Kathy Lette, Australian author, commentator and self-confessed �demented mother�; Glenn Carle, former CIA interrogator and analyst; Masha Gessen, Russian journalist and Putin biographer; and Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 14 May 2012 Morals and Politics

       Panellists: Penny Wong, Finance Minister; Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer; Tim Costello, CEO of World Vision Australia; Judith Sloan, economist and businesswoman; and Stephen Mayne, Crikey founder and shareholder activist. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 7 May 2012 Show me the money...

       Panellists: Graham Richardson, Labor powerbroker turned commentator; Mark Butler, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing; Kelly O'Dwyer, Liberal MP; Mark Bouris, leading Australian businessman; and Kate Miller-Heidke, singer songwriter. more ›
       

30. April 2012

    1. Monday, 30 April 2012 Live from Dandenong

       Panellists: Mark Dreyfus, Cabinet Secretary and local Labor MP; Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science; Victor Victor, Sudanese youth leader; Ged Kearney, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions; Peter Reith, former Howard Government Minister; and Diana Nguyen, actor and comedian. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 26 April 2012 Q&A; Climate Debate

       Panellists: Social researcher and writer, Rebecca Huntley; former Liberal Minister, Nick Minchin; founder of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, Anna Rose; mining magnate, Clive Palmer; Chief Executive of the CSIRO, Dr Megan Clark. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 23 April 2012 Bob Brown joins Q&A;

       Panellist: Bob Brown, outgoing leader of the Australian Greens. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 16 April 2012 Philosophy and the World

       Panellists: Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon; shadow education minister, Christopher Pyne; humanist philosopher, A.C. Grayling; human rights lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson and Middle East analyst, Lydia Khalil. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 9 April 2012 Religion and Atheism

       Panellists: Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell and British atheist, Professor Richard Dawkins. more ›
       
    6. Monday, 2 April 2012 Live from Hobart

       Panellists: former Violent Femme, Brian Ritchie, now director of Hobart's MONA Festival of Music and Art; The Minister for Community Services, Julie Collins; Liberal Senate Leader, Eric Abetz; Outspoken Independent and anti-gambling MP, Andrew Wilkie; author and academic, Natasha Cica; and CEO of the Forest Industry Association, Terry Edwards. more ›
       

31. March 2012

    1. Monday, 26 March 2012 The Qld election

       Panellists: Craig Emerson, Trade Minister; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Senator; Grahame Morris, political strategist; Liberty Sanger, labor lawyer. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 19 March 2012 Politics and porn in a post-feminist world

       Panellists Germaine Greer, celebrated Australian intellectual; Toby Ralph, marketing and political strategist; Benjamin Law, writer and journalist; Christa Hughes, cabaret artist; and Craig Gross, America's contentious porn pastor. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 12 March 2012 Katter, Kony and the Climate

       Panellists: Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek; Shadow Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull; former Farmer of the Year, Michael O�Brien; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Mick Gooda; and Feminist writer and broadcaster, Clementine Ford. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 5 March 2012 Live from Adelaide

       Panellists: Amanda Vanstone, former Howard Government Minister; Mark Steyn, conservative commentator and writer; Natasha Stott Despoja, one-time Democrats leader; Jianying Zha, writer and adviser to US President Barack Obama; and Paul Grabowsky, Director, 2012 Adelaide Festival. more ›
       

32. February 2012

    1. Monday, 27 February 2012 After the Ballot

       Panellists: Government Leader in the Senate, Chris Evans; the Nationals� Senator, Barnaby Joyce; former Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie; Deputy Leader of the Greens, Christine Milne; Kevin Rudd's former advisor, Lachlan Harris; and opinion columnist for The Australian, Janet Albrechtsen. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 20 February 2012 The Labor Leadership

       Panellists: Bill Shorten, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations; Julie Bishop, Deputy Opposition Leader; Daniel Hannan, conservative Member of the European Parliament; Eva Cox, feminist academic; and Annabel Crabb, journalist. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 13 February 2012 Celebrities, Leaders and the Speaker

       Panellists Jenny McAllister, ALP National President; Helen Kroger, Liberal Senator; Mikey Robins, comedian; Robert Manne, writer and academic; and Tim Wilson, Institute of Public Affairs. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 6 February 2012 Q&A; Returns

       Panellists: Penny Wong, Finance Minister; Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer; Judith Sloan, economist and businesswoman; Miriam Lyons, Director of the Centre for Policy Development; and Joe Hildebrand, columnist. more ›
       

33. November 2011

    1. Monday, 7 November 2011 Malcolm Turnbull, Jessica Rudd, Ray Martin, Kate Ellis and Peter Reith

       Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Communications Minister; Jessica Rudd, novelist; Ray Martin, journalist and author; Kate Ellis, Minister for Employment Participation; and Peter Reith, former Howard Government Minister. more ›
       

34. October 2011

    1. Monday, 31 October 2011 A Musical Q and A

       Panellists: Allan Asher, outgoing Ombudsman; Richard Gill, Music Director of the Victorian Opera; Anne Summers, author and feminist; Tanveer Ahmed, psychiatrist and commentator and Rebecca Weisser, Opinion Editor of The Australian. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 24 October 2011 Pope of trash and princess of pop

       Panellists: John Waters, American filmmaker; Tanya Plibersek, Human Services Minister; Christopher Pyne, Opposition education spokesperson; Kate Miller-Heidke, singer songwriter; Graham Richardson, political commentator and strategist; Judith Sloan, economist and business woman. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 17 October 2011 Q and A live from Darwin

       Panellists: Paul Henderson, Chief Minister NT; David Tollner, Country Liberal Party MP; Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Central Australian Aboriginal elder; Fiona O'Loughlin, comedian and author; Stuart Blanch, Director, Environment Centre NT; Luke Bowen, Exec Director Northern Territory Cattlemen�s Association. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 10 October 2011 Kevin's Comeback

       Panellists: Bill Shorten, Assistant Treasurer; Julie Bishop, Deputy Liberal Leader; Richard Flanagan, celebrated novelist and essayist; Ron Merkel, prominent barrister; and Caroline Overington, News Ltd journalist and author. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 3 October 2011 A Very Dangerous Q&A;

       Panellists: Slavoj Zizek, firebrand philosopher; Kate Adie, BBC Foreign Correspondent; Jon Ronson, writer and psychopath expert; Mona Eltahawy, Egyptian born democracy activist; and Greg Sheridan, The Australian's foreign editor. more ›
       

35. September 2011

    1. Monday, 26 September 2011 Acting, Parliament and Mental Health

       Panellists: William McInnes, actor and author; Rob Oakeshott, Independent MP; Janet Albrechtsen, opinion columnist for The Australian; Mark Butler, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing; Helen Coonan, Former Communications Minister. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 19 September 2011 A Philosophical Q and A

       Panellists: Kristina Keneally, Former NSW Premier; Raimond Gaita, philosopher and author; Cristina Rad, video blogger and radical atheist; Jim Wallace, Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby; and Gerard Henderson, historian and conservative commentator. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 12 September 2011 Women on top

       Panellists: Germaine Greer, celebrated Australian intellectual; Barnaby Joyce, Queensland Nationals Senator; Paul Barry, journalist and author; Melinda Tankard Reist, anti-porn campaigner; and Joe Hildebrand, News Ltd columnist. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 5 September 2011 The Malaysian non-solution

       Panellists: Greg Combet, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency; Sophie Mirabella, shadow minister for innovation, industry and science; Clive Palmer, mining magnate; Paul Howes, National Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union; and Jessica Irvine, economics journalist. more ›
       

36. August 2011

    1. Monday, 29 August 2011 Melbourne Writers Festival

       Panellists: Don Watson, Former speechwriter for Paul Keating and distinguished writer; Kate Grenville, celebrated Australian author; Anna Funder, author of Stasiland; Malalai Joya, former Afghan parliamentarian and writer; and Omar Musa, Malaysian-Australian rapper and poet. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 22 August 2011 Islam, Israel and Insurgents

       Panellists: Nick Minchin, Former Liberal Minister; Hanifa Deen, Pakistani-Australian author; Daniel Pipes, American political commentator; Doug Cameron, Labor Senator; and Suelette Dreyfus, academic and author of Underground. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 15 August 2011 Disability, Fracking and Riots

       Panellists: Tony Burke; Environment and Sustainability Minister, Malcolm Turnbull; Former Opposition leader, Deborah Cheetham; Indigenous opera singer, Stella Young; Disability advocate, Lachlan Harris; Kevin Rudd's former press secretary, Jackie Kelly; former Howard government Minister. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 8 August 2011 GFC, Refugees and Morality

       Panellists: Noni Hazlehurst; actor and youth advocate, Graham Richardson; former Labor minister, Mark Dreyfus; Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, Kelly O'Dwyer; Member for Higgins, Tom Switzer; editor The Spectator Australia. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 1 August 2011 Murdoch, Media and Mad Men

       Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Human Services Minister; Peter Dutton, Shadow Health Minister; Christine Nixon, Former Victorian Police Commissioner; Heather Ridout, Chief Executive, Australian Industry Group; Brendan O'Neill, British Editor, Spiked Online; Stephen Mayne, Crikey founder. more ›
       

37. July 2011

    1. Monday, 25 July 2011 Q&A; goes to Hobart

       Panellists: Lara Giddings, Premier of Tasmania; Eric Abetz, Opposition Senate Leader; Christine Milne, Deputy Leader of the Greens; Peter Cundall, horticulturalist and television personality; Garry Bailey, News Ltd Editor, The Mercury; Melanie Kerrison, lawyer. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 18 July 2011 A Spiritual Special

       Panellists: John Lennox, Oxford mathematician and Christian; John Safran, documentary maker; Eva Cox, atheist social commentator; Jacqueline Grey, Pentecostal scholar; and Susan Carland, Muslim Sociologist. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 11 July 2011 Julia Gillard joins Q&A;

       Panellist: Prime Minister Julia Gillard. more ›
       
    4. Thursday, 7 July 2011 Q&A;: Stopping the Boats

       Panellists: Chris Bowen, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship; Scott Morrison, Shadow Immigration Minister; Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator; David Marr, journalist and commentator; Najeeba Wazefadost, Afghan Refugee and Piers Akerman, Political commentator. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 4 July 2011 Carbon, Cattle and Misogynists

       Panellists: Penny Wong, Finance Minister; Mathias Cormann, Shadow Assistant Treasurer; Charles Waterstreet, flamboyant barrister; Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Director of the MCA and Stephen O�Doherty, CEO Christian Schools Australia. more ›
       

38. June 2011

    1. Monday, 27 June 2011 Taxes, Leaders and The Greens

       Panellists: Anthony Albanese; Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Joe Hockey; Shadow Treasurer, Adam Bandt; Greens MP, Judith Sloan; economist and academic, Fiona Kartauskas; political cartoonist. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 20 June 2011 The Gen-Y Q&A;

       Panellists: Faustina 'Fuzzy' Agolley, TV host; Josh Thomas, Comedian; Ruslan Kogan, CEO Kogan; Samah Hadid, human rights activist; and James Paterson, Associate Editor of the IPA Review. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 13 June 2011 Activism, Cattle and Katter

       Panellists: Peter Garrett, Minister for Education and Minister for Early Childhood and Youth; Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Shadow Minister for Ageing and Shadow Minster for Mental Health; Bob Katter, Independent MP; Mike Carlton, Broadcaster, Journalist and author and Natalie Pa'apa'a, singer Blue King Brown and political activist. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 6 June 2011 Australia: The Nanny State?

       Panellists: Nicola Roxon, Minister for Health and Ageing; Christopher Pyne, Opposition education spokesperson; Lee Rhiannon, Greens Senator-elect; Sandy Gutman aka Austen Tayshus, comedian and author; and Paul McGeough, Fairfax foreign correspondent and author. more ›
       

39. May 2011

    1. Monday, 30 May 2011 Cate's Carbon Controversy

       Panellists: George Brandis, shadow attorney-general; Kate Lundy, Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration; Jackie Kelly, former Howard government minister; Guy Rundle, roving reporter for Crikey; and Joe Hildebrand, columnist and blogger for The Daily Telegraph. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 23 May 2011 Sydney Writers' Festival

       Panellists: Gail Dines, author of Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality; Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Hours; Brendan Cowell, writer and actor; Leslie Cannold, ethicist and author of The Book of Rachael; and Howard Jacobson, winner of the Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 16 May 2011 The Welfare Conundrum

       Panellists: Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten; Opposition Senate Leader Eric Abetz; Anna Rose from the Youth Climate Coalition; Judge Felicity Hampel from the Victorian County Court; and John Roskam, executive director of the Institute of Public Affairs. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 9 May 2011 The Bin Laden Hit

       Panellists: Malcolm Turnbull, shadow communications minister; Lindsay Tanner, author and former finance minister; Christine Wallace, political journalist and biographer; Lydia Khalil, anti-terrorism expert; and Nazeem Hussain, comedian and Treasurer of the Victorian Islamic Council. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 2 May 2011 Q and A goes to Albury

       Panellists: the Minister for Regional Australia, Simon Crean; the member for Indi, Sophie Mirabella; Independent MP Tony Windsor; Nick Klomp, Dean of Science at Charles Sturt University; winemaker Eliza Brown; and Alana Johnson, cattle farmer and 2010 Rural Woman of the Year. more ›
       

40. April 2011

    1. Thursday, 28 April 2011 Royal Wedding Special

       Panellists: Former NSW Premier and republican Bob Carr; former Howard government ministers Nick Minchin (monarchist) and Amanda Vanstone (republican); entertainment reporter Angela Bishop (monarchist); academic and Aboriginal advocate Marcia Langton (republican with caveats); and Craig Reucassel (republican) from The Chaser. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 25 April 2011 Women in Uniform

       Panellists: Former chief of allied operations in Iraq, Major-General Jim Molan; feminist and commentator, Eva Cox; former Army Major and author, Matina Jewell; the executive director of the Australia Defence Association, Neil James; and Afghan refugee and community advocate, Najeeba Wazefadost. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 11 April 2011 Defence, Discrimination and Regrets

       Panellists: Penny Wong, Finance Minister; Greg Hunt, shadow environment minister; Chris Kenny, columnist with The Australian; Bess Price, Aboriginal advocate; and Graham Innes, Disability and Race Discrimination Commissioner. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 4 April 2011 Confessions of Kevin

       Panellists: Kevin Rudd, Foreign Minister; Julie Bishop, shadow foreign minister; Jeff Bleich, US Ambassador to Australia; Louise Adler, publisher; and Robert Manne, writer and academic. more ›
       

41. March 2011

    1. Monday, 28 March 2011 After the Massacre

       Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Human Services; Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, shadow minister for ageing and mental health; John Della Bosca, former NSW Government minister; Grahame Morris, PR consultant and former chief of staff to John Howard; and The Chaser's Julian Morrow. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 21 March 2011 The Q and A Century

       Panellists: Jason Clare, Minister for Defence Materiel; Christopher Pyne, shadow education minister; Christine Milne, Deputy Leader, The Greens; Miranda Devine, columnist, The Daily Telegraph; and Lachlan Harris, political commentator and former press secretary to Kevin Rudd. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 14 March 2011 Julia Gillard Meets The People

       View a selection of behind the scenes photos from this program.
       With Labor at near-record opinion-poll lows, Prime Minister Julia Gillard agreed to come on Q&A; and address her critics head-on at a remarkable time in the political cycle. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 7 March 2011 The Gender Divide

       Panellists: Gail Kelly, CEO of Westpac; Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer; Kate Ellis, Minister for the Status of Women; Mike Carlton, journalist and commentator; and Janet Albrechtsen, columnist for The Australian. more ›
       

42. February 2011

    1. Monday, 28 February 2011 The Carbon Curse

       Panellists: Bill Shorten, Assistant Treasurer; Malcolm Turnbull, Opposition communications spokesman; Piers Akerman, political columnist; Samah Hadid, UN youth representative; and Gretel Killeen, author, comedian and television personality. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 21 February 2011 Q and A goes to Brisbane

       Panellists: Anna Bligh, Queensland Premier; Barnaby Joyce, National Party Senator; Ian Nelson, Queensland Secretary, One Nation; Tim Flannery, Climate Change Commissioner; and Gina Castelain, Indigenous business woman. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 14 February 2011 Revolution, Revelations and Romance

       Panel: John Pilger, author and film-maker; Craig Emerson, Minister for Trade; Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor of The Australian; Helen Coonan, Liberal Senator; and Lydia Khalil, Middle East analyst. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 7 February 2011 Don's Party Revisited

       Panel: David Williamson, playwright; Graham Richardson, lobbyist and Labor legend; Amanda Vanstone, Howard government minister and former Ambassador to Italy; Gerard Henderson, historian and chief executive of the Sydney Institute; and Catherine Deveny, comedian and commentator. more ›
       

43. November 2010

    1. Monday, 8 November 2010 That�s Goodbye From Us...

       Panellists: Bill Shorten, Assistant Treasurer; George Brandis, shadow attorney-general; Randa Abdel Fattah, author and lawyer; Janet Albrechtsen, conservative commentator; and Jonathan Biggins, satirist and performer.
       The final Q&A; for 2010 was not entirely without drama: a violent thunderstorm closed Sydney airport for much of the night and the plane from Adelaide carrying Liberal Senator Nick Minchin, one of the scheduled panellists for the evening, was diverted to Melbourne. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 1 November 2010 Q and A goes West

       Panellists: WA Premier Colin Barnett; Defence Minister Stephen Smith; mining magnate Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest; Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop; Greens Senator Rachel Siewert; and Indigenous business representative Tony Wiltshire from the Pilbara Aboriginal Contractors' Association. more ›
       

44. October 2010

    1. Monday, 25 October 2010 The Odd Angry Shoe: John Howard on Q and A

       When Q&A; invited former Prime Minister John Howard to appear on the program to discuss his autobiography, Lazarus Rising, no one anticipated that the show would make news around the world. Then again, no one could know that audience member and Iraq war protester Pete Gray would choose to make a point about the war by taking off both shoes and hurling them across the studio at the former PM. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 18 October 2010 Miracles, Media and the Murray

       Panellists: Mike Kelly, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture; shadow climate minister Greg Hunt; scientist and climate change advocate Tim Flannery; scientist and climate change sceptic Jennifer Mahorasy; journalist with The Australian, Jennifer Hewett; and Bruce Guthrie, former News Ltd editor and author of Man Bites Murdoch. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 11 October 2010 Q and A Sports Special

       Panellists: Sports Minister Mark Arbib; Liberal MHR Kelly O'Dwyer; author and journalist Roy Masters; former Test cricketer Geoff Lawson; and Olympic swimming champion Lisa Forrest. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 4 October 2010 Q and A Gets Dangerous

       Panellists: International human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson; editor-at-large for The Australian, Paul Kelly; activist and commentator Tariq Ali; journalist and author Ratih Hardjono; and columnist Lenore Skenazy. more ›
       

45. September 2010

    1. Monday, 27 September 2010 Politics, Betrayal and Sex

       Panellists: Communications Minister Stephen Conroy; shadow innovation minister Sophie Mirabella; journalist and author Mungo MacCallum; Independent MP Rob Oakeshott; and Fiona Patten, president of the Australian Sex Party. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 20 September 2010 euthanasia in a hung parliament

       Panellists: Immigration Minister Chris Bowen; shadow education minister Christopher Pyne; ethicist and author Leslie Cannold; editor of the Australian Women's Weekly, Helen McCabe; and comedian Craig Reucassel from The Chaser. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 13 September 2010 A new political paradigm

       On the panel: Clive Palmer, Tanya Plibersek, Warren Truss, Sarah Hanson-Young and Lenore Taylor. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 6 September 2010 Bob Katter joins Q&A;

       Panellists: Independent MP Bob Katter; Greens Senator Christine Milne; former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie; Liberal Senator Nick Minchin; and social researcher Rebecca Huntley. more ›
       

46. August 2010

    1. Monday, 30 August 2010 Q and A at the Melbourne Writers Festival

       Panellists: Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser; author Jessica Rudd; author and political historian John Keane; biographer and commentator Christine Wallace; and Chris Berg, research fellow with the Institute of Public Affairs. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 23 August 2010 Where's Mark Arbib?

       Panellists: Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull; Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young; political commentator Graham Richardson; Independent MP Tony Windsor; and conservative columnist Janet Albrechtsen. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 16 August 2010 Tony Abbott joins Q and A

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    4. Thursday, 12 August 2010 Q and A Population Debate Special

       Dick Smith's Population Puzzle looks at the future of Australia's population. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 9 August 2010 Julia Gillard joins Q and A

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    6. Monday, 2 August 2010 Q and A Goes to Brisbane

       Panellists: Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; Barnaby Joyce, National Party Senate Leader; Peter Dutton, shadow minister for health; Larissa Waters, lead Queensland Senate candidate for the Greens; and Madonna King, ABC Brisbane radio presenter. more ›
       

47. July 2010

    1. Monday, 26 July 2010 Where's the Passion?

       Panellists: Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change; Greens Senator Christine Milne; Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull; former Labor minister Graham Richardson; and Tom Switzer, editor of The Spectator Australia. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 19 July 2010 And They�re Off!

       Panellists: Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek; Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop; political analyst Waleed Aly; newspaper columnist Piers Akerman; and ALP strategist Bruce Hawker. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 12 July 2010 Fear, Loathing and the East Timor Solution

       Panellists: Chris Evans, Minister for Immigration; Christopher Pyne, shadow education minister; journalist and author Lenore Taylor; Scott Ludlam, WA Greens Senator; Victorian County Court Judge Felicity Hampel; and John Elliott, business man and former Liberal Party president. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 5 July 2010 New PM & Population

       Panellists: Tony Burke, Minister for Sustainable Population; George Brandis, shadow attorney-general; Annabel Crabb, journalist and commentator; Cheryl Kernot, former Labor MP and Leader of the Australian Democrats; and Grahame Morris, political commentator and former Liberal staffer. more ›
       

48. June 2010

    1. Monday, 28 June 2010 The Gillard Coup

       Panellists: Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disability Services; Barnaby Joyce, National Party Senate Leader; Christine Wallace, political biographer and journalist; Magda Szubanski, actor and comedian; Harold Mitchell, advertising guru and philanthropist; and Janet Albrechtsen, columnist for The Australian. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 21 June 2010 Greens in the Spotlight

       Panellists: Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; former Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull; Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young; Labor legend and former Senator Graham Richardson; and Jessica Brown, policy analyst from the Centre for Independent Studies. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 14 June 2010 For Lovers of Animals

       Panellists: Peter Garrett, Minister for Environment Protection; Peter Singer, philosopher and ethicist; Helen Coonan, Liberal Senator; David Marr, author and journalist; and Jayashri Kulkarni, professor of psychiatry. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 7 June 2010 Q and A Goes West

       Panellists: Financial Services Minister Chris Bowen; Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison; AFL legend Kevin Sheedy; NSW Liberal MP Pru Goward; youth representative and human rights activist Samah Hadid; and lawyer and community worker Heath Ducker. more ›
       

49. May 2010

    1. Monday, 31 May 2010 Backlash in Bennelong?

       Panelists: Maxine McKew, member for Bennelong; Liberal senator Cory Bernardi; law student and political aspirant Mitch Grady; Miriam Lyons, Director of the Centre for Policy Development; and singer and song-writer Clare Bowditch. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 24 May 2010 Democracy, Death and Taxes

       Panellists: Acclaimed authors Peter Carey, Lionel Shriver and John Ralston Saul; Indigenous academic Marcia Langton; and former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 17 May 2010 Budget special

       Panellists: Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance; Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 10 May 2010 Censorship in Cyberspace

       Panellists: Kaiser Kuo, internet consultant; Brendan O'Connor, Minister for Home Affairs; Sophie Mirabella, shadow minister for innovation; columnist and commentator Helen Razer; and Brett Solomon, Executive Director of Accessnow.org. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 3 May 2010 Emissions Trading, Taxation and Trust

       Panellists: Climate Change Minister Penny Wong; Liberal Senator Nick Minchin; Deputy Greens Leader Christine Milne; John Symond of Aussie Home Loans; and Paul Howes, national secretary of the Australian Workers' Union. more ›
       

50. April 2010

    1. Monday, 26 April 2010 Anzac Day Special

       Panellists: Former Defence Force Chief General Peter Cosgrove; author and feminist icon Germaine Greer; Brigadier Alison Creagh; historian Professor Henry Reynolds; and Peter FitzSimons, author and journalist. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 19 April 2010 Premiers, Population and the Politics of Fear

       Panellists: Bob Carr, former NSW Premier; Scott Morrison, Opposition immigration spokesman; Heather Ridout, chief executive of the Australian Industry Group; national director of GetUp, Simon Sheikh; and communication consultant Shimrit Nothman. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 12 April 2010 The American Ambassador on Q&A;

       The panel includes: Greg Sheridan, Joe Hockey, Tanya Plibersek, Jeff Bleich and Lucy Turnbull. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 5 April 2010 Tony Abbott on Q and A

       A veteran of many Q&A; panels since the program's earliest days, Tony Abbott this time faced the audience alone as Leader of the Opposition. A sharp and well-informed audience put him through the hoops on issues across the policy spectrum, and Tony kept his answers brief enough to allow room for well over 20 questions from those in the studio and from others around Australia via video and the web. more ›
       

51. March 2010

    1. Monday, 29 March 2010 Greens, budgies and staffers...

       Panellists: Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; Kelly O'Dwyer, Liberal MP; Sue Cato, spin doctor; Nick McKim, Leader of the Tasmanian Greens; and Graham Richardson, lobbyist and former Labor minister. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 22 March 2010 The Health of the Nation

       Panellists: Nicola Roxon, Minister for Health; Baroness Valerie Amos, United Kingdom High Commissioner to Australia; Greg Hunt, Opposition environment spokesman; John 'Rampaging Roy Slaven' Doyle, broadcaster and playwright; and Tim Wilson, from the free-market think tank the Institute for Public Affairs. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 15 March 2010 Conservatives, Comedians and Political Correctness

       Panellists: Miranda Devine, conservative columnist with The Sydney Morning Herald; Catherine Deveny, comedian and anything but conservative columnist with The Age; Waleed Aly, politics lecturer; Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities; and Peter Dutton, shadow health minister. more ›
       
    4. Monday, 8 March 2010 God, Science and Sanity

       Panellists: Richard Dawkins, author, evolutionary biologist and atheist; Patrick McGorry, mental health expert and Australian of the Year; Rabbi Jackie Nino; Family First Senator Steve Fielding; Julie Bishop, Deputy Opposition Leader; and Tony Burke, Minister for Agriculture. more ›
       
    5. Monday, 1 March 2010 Art, Power and Passion

       Panellists: Peter Garrett, Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts; Chris Pyne, Opposition education spokesman; Jin Xing, choreographer and dancer; Eddie Perfect, comedian and performer; Brenda Croft, artist and curator; and Paul Grabowsky, Director of the Adelaide Festival. more ›
       

52. February 2010

    1. Monday, 22 February 2010 Turnbull Returns

       Panellists: Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek; former Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull; veteran political commentator and humorist Mungo MacCallum; publicist and advertising consultant Jane Caro; and conservative advocate John Roskam from the Institute of Public Affairs. more ›
       
    2. Monday, 15 February 2010 Tanner and Joyce Go Head to Head

       Panellists: Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance; Barnaby Joyce, shadow minister for finance; Melinda Tankard Reist, author and advocate; Satyajit Das, financial consultant and former banker; Rebecca Huntley, social researcher. more ›
       
    3. Monday, 8 February 2010 The PM on Q and A

       Q&A; made a triumphant return for 2010 with a special program from Old Parliament House in Canberra featuring Kevin Rudd and an audience of 200 young Australians aged 16-25. Program producers were inundated with hundreds of excellent questions from this group. more ›
       

53. November 2009

    1. Thursday, 5 November 2009 That's A Wrap

       Panellists: Lobbyist and former Labor minister Graham Richardson; shadow treasurer Joe Hockey; Maxine McKew, Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure; journalist David Marr; and Kerry Chikarovski, former NSW Liberal leader. more ›
       

54. October 2009

    1. Thursday, 29 October 2009 The Indonesian Non-Solution

       Panellists: Tony Abbott, shadow minister for families and community services; Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities; satirist and author Jonathon Biggins; social commentator Bettina Arndt; and Catherine Deveny, comedian and columnist with The Age. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 22 October 2009 John Elliott Returns

       Panellists: John Elliott, businessman and blogger; Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; Peter Dutton, Opposition health spokesman; Louise Adler, publisher; and Annabel Crabb, journalist. more ›
       
    3. Thursday, 15 October 2009 Alexei Sayle joins Q and A

       Panellists: Alexei Sayle, satirist and comedian; Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure; Christopher Pyne, Oppostion education spokesman; Nikki Williams, CEO of the NSW Minerals Council; and Deepa Gupta, of the Indian Youth Climate Network. more ›
       
    4. Thursday, 8 October 2009 Hey Hey It's Racism

       Panellists: Germaine Greer, author and feminist icon; Labor MP Belinda Neal; Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi; advertising executive Todd Sampson; and conservative columnist for The Australian, Janet Albrechtsen. more ›
       
    5. Thursday, 1 October 2009 God, Sodomy and the Lash

       Panellists: Christopher Hitchens, author and radical atheist; Father Frank Brennan, Jesuit intellectual and social activist; Waleed Aly, politics lecturer; Sally Warhaft, author and founding editor of The Monthly; and Anne Henderson, biographer and deputy director of The Sydney Institute. more ›
       

55. September 2009

    1. Thursday, 24 September 2009 Q&A; Live from Adelaide

       Panellists: Kate Ellis, Minister for Early Childhood Education; former Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer; anthropologist Dr Peter Sutton; former leader of the Australian Democrats, Natasha Stott Despoja; and Megan Lloyd, editor of Adelaide's Sunday Mail newspaper. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 17 September 2009 The History Wars

       Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Housing and the Status of Women; shadow treasurer Joe Hockey; author Thomas Keneally; lawyer and academic Larissa Behrendt; and John Roskam, Executive Director of the Institute for Public Affairs. more ›
       
    3. Thursday, 10 September 2009 Women, War, Sex and Kevin Rudd

       Panellists: former WA Premier Geoff Gallop; social commentator Melinda Tankard Reist; author and teacher John Marsden; the shadow minister for early childhood education, Sophie Mirabella; comedian and satirist Anthony Ackroyd. more ›
       
    4. Thursday, 3 September 2009 Sex and Politics

       Panellists: Tony Burke, Minister for Agriculture; Bill Heffernan, Liberal Senator; Helen Liddell, British High Commissioner; Anne Summers, author and feminist; Tim Wilson, director, Institute of Public Affairs. more ›
       

56. August 2009

    1. Thursday, 27 August 2009 live from the Melbourne Writers Festival

       Panellists: Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance; Tony Abbott, shadow minister for families and community services; Australian authors Richard Flanagan and Tara June Winch; and Pakistani author Kamila Shamsie. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 20 August 2009 Back to Balibo

       Panellists: Maxine McKew, Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government; Tony Smith, shadow assistant treasurer; Candy Bowers, hip-hop artist; Felicity Hampel, Victorian County Court judge; Anthony LaPaglia, actor and film producer. more ›
       
    3. Thursday, 13 August 2009 The more things change...

       Panellists: Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; Christopher Pyne, shadow education minister; Piers Akerman, columnist, The Daily Telegraph; Indira Naidoo, climate consultant; Sharan Burrow, president, Australian Council of Trade Unions. more ›
       
    4. Thursday, 6 August 2009 The Youth Show

       Panellists: Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister; Malcolm Turnbull, Leader of the Opposition; Mitch Grady, Young Liberal; Sara Haghdoosti, student activist; Linden Brownley, law student and indigenous advocate. more ›
       

57. July 2009

    1. Thursday, 30 July 2009 Queensland rising

       Panellists: Anna Bligh, Premier of Queensland; Senator George Brandis, shadow attorney-general; David Penberthy, editor, The Punch; Tania Major, Cape York indigenous activist; Simon Sheikh, executive director, GetUp!. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 23 July 2009 Back in Town

       Panellists: Nicola Roxon, Minister for Health and Ageing; Nick Minchin, shadow minister for communications; Dr Charlie Teo, neurosurgeon; Julian Morrow, The Chaser; Jessica Brown, policy analyst, Centre for Independent Studies. more ›
       

58. May 2009

    1. Thursday, 28 May 2009 And That's Half-Time

       Panellists: Kate Ellis, Minister for Youth and Sport; Brendan Nelson, former Opposition Leader; William McInnes, actor and author; Miriam Lyons, Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Development; Peter Holmes a Court, businessman and co-owner of the South Sydney Football Club. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 21 May 2009 Beyond Spin

       Panellists: Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change; Tony Abbott, shadow minister for community services; Bob Ellis, author and political commentator; Sue Cato, public relations consultant; Wendy Machin, NRMA President and former National Party MP. more ›
       
    3. Thursday, 14 May 2009 Budget Special from Canberra

       Panellists: Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance; Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer; Misha Schubert, political correspondent for The Age; Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, director of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art; Geoff Cousins, author and business man. more ›
       
    4. Thursday, 7 May 2009 Taxes, Torture and the Taliban

       Panellists: Senator Mark Arbib, Parliamentary Secretary for Government Service Delivery; Sharman Stone, shadow immigration minister; Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor, The Australian; Guy Rundle, author and Crikey.com.au blogger; Randa Abdel-Fattah, author and lawyer. more ›
       

59. April 2009

    1. Thursday, 30 April 2009 green and everything in between

       Panellists: Peter Garrett, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts; Barnaby Joyce, National Party Senate Leader; Sarah Hanson-Young, South Australian Greens Senator; Pru Goward, NSW Liberal MP; Wesley Enoch, theatre director and playwright. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 23 April 2009 P.J. O'Rourke on Q and A

       Panellists: PJ O'Rourke, author and political satirist; Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; Julie Bishop, Deputy Opposition Leader; David Marr, journalist and author; Cindy Pan, doctor and columnist. more ›
       
    3. Thursday, 16 April 2009 The John Elliot Show

       Panellists: Chris Bowen, Assistant Treasurer; Sophie Mirabella, shadow minister for early childhood learning, women and youth; John Elliott, businessman and blogger; Catherine Deveny, comedian and columnist for The Age; and Stephen Crittenden, journalist and broadcaster. more ›
       
    4. Thursday, 9 April 2009 Banks, Bikies and Broadband

       Panellists: Tony Burke, Minister for Agriculture; Helen Coonan, shadow finance minister; Andrew Boe, lawyer; Jane Caro, social commentator; and John Hewson, former Liberal leader. more ›
       
    5. Thursday, 2 April 2009 Chinese Puzzles

       Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Housing; George Brandis, shadow attorney-general; Dennis Altman, writer and academic; Rachel Fry, national president of the Young Liberals; and Satyajit Das, economist. more ›
       

60. March 2009

    1. Thursday, 26 March 2009 Q and A live from Melbourne

       Panellists: Stephen Conroy, Minister for Communications; Greg Hunt, shadow minister for climate change; Andrew Bolt, columnist for the Herald Sun; Louise Adler, publisher; and Susan Carland, academic and sociologist. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 19 March 2009 Religion, Sex and Politics

       Panellists: Kate Ellis, Minister for Youth and Sport; Tony Abbott, shadow minister for families and community services; Father Peter Kennedy, Brisbane's rebel Catholic priest; Bettina Arndt, social commentator and author of The Sex Diaries; and Bruce Wolpe, the Fairfax Media executive who is about to join the Obama administration in Washington. more ›
       
    3. Thursday, 12 March 2009 A Mixed Bunch

       Panellists: Maxine McKew, Parliamentary Secretary for early childhood education and childcare; Scott Morrison, shadow housing minister; John Symond, Executive Chairman of Aussie Home Loans; Noeline Brown, entertainer and Ambassador for the Ageing; and Dr Tanveer Ahmed, psychiatrist, columnist and comedian. more ›
       
    4. Thursday, 5 March 2009 TANNER and COSTELLO on Q and A

       Panellists: Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner; former Treasurer Peter Costello; editor of The Monthly Sally Warhaft; opinion page editor of The Australian, Rebecca Weisser; and businessman, writer and Tasmanian pulp mill opponent Geoffrey Cousins. more ›
       

61. February 2009

    1. Thursday, 26 February 2009 a classic Q&A;

       Panellists: Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children�s Services, Bill Shorten; shadow education minister Christopher Pyne; ethicist and writer Leslie Cannold; satirist Jonathan Biggins; and Miss World Australia Sabrina Houssami. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 19 February 2009 An economic time...

       Panellists: Kate Carnell, the former Liberal Chief Minister of the ACT, now CEO of the Food and Grocery Council, Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan, newly appointed Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey, Deputy Leader of the Greens, Senator Christine Milne and, the National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union, Paul Howes. more ›
       
    3. Thursday, 12 February 2009 Q&A; returns with Australians of the Year!!!

       The Victorian bushfires took centre stage when Q&A; returned for its first program of 2009 with a panel of five Australians of the Year. Former defence chief, General Peter Cosgrove, burns specialist Professor Fiona Wood, Cape York indigenous leader Tania Major, scientist and author Tim Flannery, and 2009 Young Australian of the Year Jonty Bush faced questions from the audience about dealing with such a national crisis. more ›
       

62. October 2008

    1. Thursday, 2 October 2008 Goodnight and good luck...

       Q&A; wrapped its debut season with a cracking line up to take your questions. Audiences tuned in to see Australia's longest serving Treasurer and soon-to-be civilian, Peter Costello, Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon, former leader of the Australian Democrats, then a Labor MP and now an academic, Cheryl Kernot, author and journalist, David Marr and former editor of the Op-Ed page of The Australian and a former Liberal adviser, Tom Switzer give us a closing show to remember. more ›
       

63. September 2008

    1. Thursday, 25 September 2008 A penultimate treat from Q&A;

       The Parliamentary Liberal Party has chosen a new leader. As Tony Abbott said in a Q&A; program, "...the king is dead, long live the king. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 18 September 2008 Who needs sandwiches when you have Q&A; providing food for thought?

       Q&A; feeds your brain this week with a great assortment of guests. Rhodes Scholar with an Oxford Blue in boxing and one of the better performers in the House, Shadow Minister for Families and Indigenous Affairs, Tony Abbott makes a welcome return to the program. more ›
       
    3. Thursday, 11 September 2008 So many questions, so little time...

       Taking the stage this week are: Shadow Minister for Defence and leader of the opposition in the Senate, Nick Minchin, the Minister for Housing and Status of Women, Tanya Plibersek, political journalist and author of "Poll Dancing" - a satirical look at the 2007 federal election, Mungo MacCallum, the Director of the IP and Free Trade Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs, Tim Wilson and author, essayist and playwright Linda Jaivin. more ›
       
    4. Thursday, 4 September 2008 Sweet 16 - episodes that is...

       Episode 16 of Q&A; features a stellar panel. Labor's rising star and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services, Bill Shorten is joined by Shadow Minister for Justice, Christopher Pyne, former leader of the NSW Liberals, Kerry Chikarovski, Crikey.com.au publisher, Eric Beecher and advertising guru from the Gruen Transfer, Jane Caro. more ›
       

64. August 2008

    1. Thursday, 28 August 2008 Q&A; Episode 15 - No catchy title, just a great panel

       Another exciting episode of Q&A; with author and journalist John Pilger on the program, he was joined by Minister for Small Business, Craig Emerson, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Sharman Stone, Political Editor for the Sydney Morning Herald, Peter Hartcher and Opinion Editor for The Australian, Rebecca Weisser. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 21 August 2008 All�s fair in love and politics

       On Q&A;, star graduate of the NSW Labor Left Faction, master strategist and now Minister for Infrastructure, Anthony Albanese and former barrister and current Shadow Attorney General, George Brandis were joined by Blanche D�Alpuget, biographer and wife of former PM, Bob Hawke. They were mixing it up with doctor and author, Cindy Pan and former chief of staff to John Howard, Grahame Morris. more ›
       
    3. Thursday, 14 August 2008 Writing Politics

       On Q&A; this week the writers dominated. The show featured author and academic, Germaine Greer, former NSW premier and author of My Reading Life, Bob Carr, deputy opposition leader Julie Bishop, The Australian newspaper's foreign editor, Greg Sheridan and curator and critic, Marcus Westbury. more ›
       
    4. Thursday, 7 August 2008 Something for Everyone

       This week�s Q&A; had something for everyone: Peter Garrett, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts went head to head with the Shadow Minister for Veterans� Affairs Bronwyn Bishop. Joining them were the Chaser�s Julian Morrow, the Director of the Indigenous Law Centre at UNSW, Megan Davis and a columnist for the Australian, Imre Salusinszky. more ›
       

65. July 2008

    1. Thursday, 31 July 2008 Money and Trees � the green stuff

       Joining Q&A; this week were: the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Penny Wong, Shadow Treasurer, Malcolm Turnbull, scientist and global warming activist, Tim Flannery, businesswoman, Catherine Harris and the Director of the IP and Free Trade Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs, Tim Wilson. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 24 July 2008 Welcome the Senate

       With the Independent Senator, Nick Xenophon, the National�s Senator Barnaby Joyce and Labor Senator, Mark Arbib, on Q&A; this week, we only have one thing to say�welcome the Senate. Joining them were journalist and author of "Inside Kevin 07", Christine Jackman, and Chief Executive of the Australian Industry Group, Heather Ridout. more ›
       
    3. Thursday, 17 July 2008 It takes all types of people to make the world go round...

       This week's panel were: well traveled former Foreign Affairs Minister, Alexander Downer, Minister for Finance, Lindsay Tanner, author, journalist and critic of the Howard government, David Marr, columnist, Angela Shanahan and rising star of Young Labor, Rose Jackson. more ›
       
    4. Thursday, 10 July 2008 It's not easy being Green

       Environmental apocalypse now or never? Green�s Senator Christine Milne was up against Herald Sun columnist and climate change sceptic Andrew Bolt, with Minister for Small Business Craig Emerson, former Communications Minister Helen Coonan, and author, essayist and playwright Linda Jaivin holding the casting votes. more ›
       
    5. Thursday, 3 July 2008 Politics and the Academy

       This episode of Q&A; saw the Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon and her shadow Joe Hockey go head to head. Joining them were leading Indigenous scholar, Marcia Langton, writer and Assoc. more ›
       

66. June 2008

    1. Thursday, 26 June 2008 The Young Guns

       The Young Guns�Two rising stars from the federal parliament, Labor's Bill Shorten and the Liberals' Greg Hunt, joined the Q&A; panel this week. Find out how the new generation from each side of the political divide approached the issues of the day. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 19 June 2008 Cheryl returns

       Freshly back in Australia, former leader of the Australian Democrats Cheryl Kernot joined Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen, Shadow Minister for Justice Christopher Pyne, Ashfield Liberal council member Nick Adams, and, television presenter, radio host and comedian Julia Zemiro. more ›
       
    3. Thursday, 12 June 2008 Boom shake shake shake the room!

       The headliners for 12 June, 2008 were the Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon, Senator George Brandis, associate professor Kate Crawford, Liberal MP Pru Goward and the Chaser's Charles Firth. more ›
       
    4. Thursday, 5 June 2008 Round Three

       The headliners for June 5 were Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke, author and lawyer Randa Abdel-Fattah, founder of Crikey Stephen Mayne and, The Australian newspaper's foreign editor Greg Sheridan. more ›
       

67. May 2008

    1. Thursday, 29 May 2008 Tony, Tanya and Bob.

       Tony Abbott and Tanya Plibersek are back in the boxing ring for Q&A;'s second episode. Joining them are Bob Brown, Warren Mundine and Louise Adler for their first grilling by the Q&A; punters. more ›
       
    2. Thursday, 22 May 2008 The Rudd Files

       The Q&A; season kicked off on May 22nd with the man in the top job. Kevin Rudd was in the hot seat with our sharp and always on-the-pulse audience including our SMS and online community. more ›
       
    3. Thursday, 8 May 2008 Q&A Pilot

       For all you digital natives, Q&A; streamed live on Thursday 8 May. The set may have been under construction and a cheeky sign where the Q&A; logo should have been but the night went off well. more ›
       

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