Q&A (2008)
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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.
Read MoreTony, 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.
Read MoreRound 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.
Read MoreBoom 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.
Read MoreCheryl 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MorePolitics 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.
Read MoreIt'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.
Read MoreIt 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.
Read MoreWelcome 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.
Read MoreMoney 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.
Read MoreSomething 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.
Read MoreWriting 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.
Read MoreAll’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.
Read MoreQ&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.
Read MoreSweet 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.
Read MoreSo 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.
Read MoreWho 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.
Read MoreA 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."
Read MoreGoodnight 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.
Read MoreQ&A returns with Australians of the Year!!!
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An Economic Time...
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A Classic Q&A
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TANNER and COSTELLO on Q and A
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A Mixed Bunch
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Religion, Sex and Politics
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Q and A live from Melbourne
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Chinese Puzzles
Tony Jones's guests this week include Senator George Brandis and Young Liberal Party member Rachel Fry.
Read MoreBanks, Bikies and Broadband
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The John Elliot Show
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P.J. O'Rourke on Q and A
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Green and everything in between
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Taxes, Torture and the Taliban
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Budget Special from Canberra
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Beyond Spin
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And That's Half-Time
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Back in Town
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Queensland Rising
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The Youth Show
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The more things change...
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Back to Balibo
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Live from the Melbourne Writers Festival
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Sex and Politics
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Women, War, Sex and Kevin Rudd
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The History Wars
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Q&A Live from Adelaide
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God, Sodomy and the Lash
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Hey Hey It's Racism
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Alexei Sayle joins Q and A
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John Elliott Returns
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The Indonesian Non-Solution
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That's A Wrap
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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.
Read MoreTanner and Joyce Go Head to Head
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Turnbull Returns
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Art, Power and Passion
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God, Science and Sanity
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Conservatives, Comedians and Political Correctness
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The Health of the Nation
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Greens, budgies and staffers...
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Tony Abbott on Q and A
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The American Ambassador on Q&A
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Premiers, Population and the Politics of Fear
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Anzac Day Special
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Emissions Trading, Taxation and Trust
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Censorship in Cyberspace
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Budget special
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Democracy, Death and Taxes
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Backlash in Bennelong?
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Q and A Goes West
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For Lovers of Animals
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Greens in the Spotlight
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The Gillard Coup
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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.
Read MoreFear, Loathing and the East Timor Solution
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And They're Off!
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Where's the Passion?
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Q and A Goes to Brisbane
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Julia Gillard joins Q and A
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Q and A Population Debate Special Dick Smith's Population Puzzle
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Tony Abbott joins Q and A
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Where's Mark Arbib?
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Q and A at the Melbourne Writers Festival
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Bob Katter joins Q&A
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A new political paradigm
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Euthanasia in a hung parliament
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Politics, Betrayal and Sex
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Q and A Gets Dangerous
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Q and A Sports Special
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Miracles, Media and the Murray
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The Odd Angry Shoe: John Howard on Q and A
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Q and A goes West
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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.
Read MoreDon's Party Revisited
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Revolution, Revelations and Romance
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Q and A Goes to Brisbane
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The Carbon Curse
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The Gender Divide
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Julia Gillard Meets the People
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The Q and A Century
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After the Massacre
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Confessions of Kevin
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Defence, Discrimination and Regrets
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Women in Uniform
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Royal Wedding Special
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Q and A Goes to Albury
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The Bin Laden Hit
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The Welfare Conundrum
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Sydney Writers' Festival
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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.
Read MoreAustralia: The Nanny State?
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Activism, Cattle and Katter
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The Gen-Y Q&A
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Taxes, Leaders and the Greens
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Carbon, Cattle and Misogynists
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Q&A: Stopping the Boats
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Julia Gillard Joins Q&A
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A Spiritual Special
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Q&A Goes to Hobart
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Murdoch, Media and Mad Men
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GFC, Refugees and Morality
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Disability, Fracking and Riots
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Islam, Israel and Insurgents
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Melbourne Writers Festival
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The Malaysian Non-Solution
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Women on Top
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A Philosophical Q and A
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Acting, Parliament and Mental Health
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A Very Dangerous Q&A
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Kevin's Comeback
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Q and a Live from Darwin
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Pope of Trash and Princess of Pop
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A Musical Q and A
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Malcolm Turnbull, Jessica Rudd, Kate Ellis and Peter Reith
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Q&A Returns
Joining Tony Jones on the panel are: News Limited columnist and blogger, Joe Hildebrand; Shadow Treasurer, Joe Hockey; economist and businesswoman, Judith Sloan; and founder of the left-wing think tank CPD, Miriam Lyons.
Read MoreCelebrities, 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.
Read MoreThe Labor Leadership
Panellists: Julie Bishop, Eva Cox, Annabel Crabb, Daniel Hannan.
Read MoreAfter 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.
Read MoreLive 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.
Read MoreKatter, 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.
Read MorePolitics 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreLive 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.
Read MoreReligion and Atheism
Panellists: Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell and British atheist, Professor Richard Dawkins.
Read MorePhilosophy 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.
Read MoreBob Brown joins Q&A
Panellist: Bob Brown, outgoing leader of the Australian Greens.
Read MoreQ&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.
Read MoreLive 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.
Read MoreShow 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.
Read MoreMorals 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.
Read MoreSydney 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.
Read MoreBarry 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.
Read MoreLive 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.
Read MorePrime Minister Julia Gillard joins Q&A
Panellists: Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard.
Read MoreLife, the Universe and Everything
Joining Tony Jones on the panel are: NSW Minister for Community Services, Pru Goward; English comedian, Lenny Henry; News Limited columnist and blogger, Joe Hildebrand; Age Discrimination Commissioner, Susan Ryan; and academic and writer, Professor Brian Schmidt.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreAfter 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.
Read MoreArtistic 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.
Read MoreRandom 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.
Read MoreTeachers, 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreManners, 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.
Read MoreBig 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.
Read MoreAssange, 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.
Read MoreMutilation 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.
Read MoreTrolls 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.
Read MoreSeek 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.
Read MoreProtests 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreSorry, 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'.
Read MoreBullying, 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.
Read MoreSuper, 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.
Read MoreFolk 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.
Read MoreForgiveness 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.
Read MoreJames 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.
Read MoreElephants 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.
Read MoreHappy 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.
Read MorePies 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.
Read MoreCry Freedom
Joining Tony Jones on the panel are: trust expert, Rachel Botsman; Shadow Attorney-General George Brandis; Senator for the state of Western Australia, Chris Evans; TV presenter-turned-lawyer, Corinne Grant; and Editor at the Institute of Public Affairs, James Paterson.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreEspionage, Revolution & Ruin
Panellists: Jeff Bleich, Bob Carr, Eva Cox, Ahdaf Soueif, Malcolm Turnbull.
Read MoreCrime, 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.
Read MoreThe Education Debate
Panellists: Peter Garrett, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth; and Christopher Pyne, Shadow Education Minister.
Read MorePope, 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.
Read MoreSports, 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.
Read MoreFaith & 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreTaking 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.
Read MoreThe Health Debate
Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Health Minister; and Peter Dutton, Shadow Health Minister.
Read MoreClass 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.
Read MoreHigh School Showdown
Panellists: Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia.
Read MoreWhere'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.
Read MoreWar, 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.
Read MoreReligion, 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.
Read MoreAn Audience with Bill Gates
Panellist: Bill Gates, Chairman & Founder of Microsoft and Philanthropist.
Read MoreRacism, 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.
Read MoreBring 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.
Read MoreToxic 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.
Read MoreSpeculation & 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.
Read MoreSpin, 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.
Read MoreMore 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.
Read MoreReforms, Solutions & Compromise
Joining Tony Jones on the panel are: TV presenter-turned-lawyer, Corinne Grant; cartoonist, Bill Leak; founder of left-wing think tank CPD, Miriam Lyons; and Shadow Minister for Telecommunications, Malcolm Turnbull.
Read MoreWhen 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreDrones, 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.
Read MoreSocial 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.
Read MoreCostings, 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.
Read MoreThe National Economic Debate
Panellists: Chris Bowen, Federal Treasurer; and Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer.
Read MorePapers, 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.
Read MorePrime Minister Kevin Rudd
Panellist: Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister.
Read MorePM, 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.
Read MorePencils, 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.
Read MoreAn Audience With David Suzuki
Panellist: David Suzuki, Renowned Environmental Scientist and Campaigner.
Read MoreALP Leadership Debate
Panellists: Anthony Albanese, Labor MP for Grayndler; and Bill Shorten, Labor MP for Maribyrnong.
Read MoreCorruption, 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.
Read MoreFireworks, 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.
Read MoreFires, 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.
Read MoreIndependent 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.
Read MoreFrom 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.
Read MoreOpen 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.
Read MoreIndia: 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.
Read MoreSpying, 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.
Read MoreThe ABC of Treachery
Tony Jones is joined by Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; comedian Akmal Saleh; journalist and author Ray Martin; Head of ACOSS Cassandra Goldie; author and columnist Nick Cater.
Read MoreSochi, Inquiries & Subsidies
Tony Jones is joined by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, comedian Dave Hughes, Australian Women Chamber of Commerce's Yolanda Vega, The Australian columnist Janet Albrechtsen.
Read MoreA Vision for the Future
Tony Jones is joined by Employment Minister Eric Abetz; Finance Shadow Minister Tony Burke; Reserve Bank of Australia board member Heather Ridout; Youth without Borders' Yassmin Abdel-Magied; UQ Law Professor James Allan.
Read MoreRiots, Reforms & Resilience
Tony Jones is joined by Assistant Minister for Infrastructure Jamie Briggs; Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Anthony Albanese; ACTU President Ged Kearney; MP Clive Palmer; Gulf War veteran Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum.
Read MoreFrom Qantas to Manus
Tony Jones is joined by Parliamentary Secretary to the PM Josh Frydenberg; Shadow Communications Minister Jason Clare; Chair of Manufacturing Australia Sue Morphet; musician David Bridie & editor-in-chief Katharine Viner.
Read MoreVilification, Discrimination & Defamation
Tony Jones is joined by Attorney-General George Brandis; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen; Professor of Indigenous Studies Marcia Langton; journalist Lisa Wilkinson; The Australian's media editor Sharri Markson.
Read MoreBiennale, Babies and Blokes
Tony Jones is joined by British musician Billy Bragg; The Hoopla's Wendy Harmer; Christian intellectual Miroslav Volf; Assistant Education Minister Sussan Ley; and Shadow Environment Minister Mark Butler.
Read MoreMad Monday
Live from the Melbourne Recital Centre. Tony Jones is joined by actress Rachel Griffiths; media identity Eddie McGuire; trucking magnate Lindsay Fox; Liberal MP Kelly O'Dwyer; Shadow Immigration Minister Richard Marles.
Read MoreHuman Rights and Wrongs
Tony Jones is joined by Egyptian author Mona Eltahawy; Human Rights Watch's Kenneth Roth; Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson; Somalian human rights activist Ilwad Elman; The Observer's ethics columnist Lucy Siegle.
Read MoreChina: Evolution not Revolution
Tony Jones hosts this special edition live from Shanghai. Joined by Former Ambassador to China Dr. Geoff Raby; Businesswoman and media executive Mei Yan; Greenpeace East Asia Program Director Ma Tianjie; Television Presenter Cheng Lei; and Chinese Australian artist Guo Jian.
Read MorePensions, Promises & Power
Tony Jones is joined by Minister for Human Services Marise Payne; Opposition Senate leader Penny Wong; Restaurateur and chef Michelle Garnaut; conservative economist Judith Sloan; Tasmanian Senator-Elect Jacqui Lambie.
Read MoreLobbyists, Lies & Libertarians
Tony Jones is joined by former Foreign Minister Bob Carr; former NSW Opposition leader Kerry Chikarovski; author and social analyst Eva Cox; Spiked Online editor Brendan O'Neill; British violinist Nigel Kennedy.
Read MoreDeath and Taxes
Joining Tony Jones on the panel will be: Minister For Communications, Malcolm Turnbull; Shadow Minister Doug Cameron; editor Sarrah Le Marquand; TV presenter Andrew Neil and playwright Van Badham.
Read MoreQ & Anarchy
Tony Jones is joined by Education Minister Christopher Pyne; Former Speaker of the House Anna Burke; actor and comedian aka 'Bob Downe' Mark Trevorrow; human rights lawyer Pallavi Sinha; IPA Executive Director John Roskam.
Read MoreLoopholes & Heavy Lifting
On Budget Eve, Tony Jones is joined by Victorian Liberal MP Sharman Stone; Labor Member for Perth Alannah MacTiernan; journalist David Marr; finance expert Satyajit Das; Australian Industry Group's Innes Willox.
Read MoreTough Questions for Joe Hockey
Treasurer Joe Hockey will be the sole panellist in this post-Budget special hosted by Tony Jones. Live from Penrith, in Sydney's western suburbs.
Read MoreDemos, Heroes and Menopause
Live from Sydney Writers' Festival. Tony Jones is joined by singer Kate Ceberano, author Tara Moss, novelist Richard Flanagan, comedian and author Jean Kittson, artist Tim Storrier.
Read MoreSchool Chaplains and Science Cuts
Host Tony Jones is joined by Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi, Shadow Health Minister Catherine King; Former Lord Mayor of Sydney Lucy Turnbull; Spectator Australia's Rowan Dean; Theoretical Physicist Lawrence Krauss.
Read MorePrimates, Populism and Utopia
Tony Jones is joined by primatologist Jane Goodall; art educator Betty Churcher; conservative intellectual Peter Coleman; Indigenous leader Rosalie Kunoth-Monks; and Sydney Peace Foundation's Stuart Rees.
Read MoreDating, Diplomacy & Disputes
Tony Jones is joined by Parliamentary Secretary to the PM Josh Frydenberg; rising Labor star Ed Husic; author and advertising director Dee Madigan; Fijian women's advocate Virisila Buadromo; Law professor James Allan.
Read MoreBig Ideas for a Big Country
Tony Jones is joined venture capitalist Mark Carnegie; former Federal Opposition Leader Mark Latham; author and social analyst Eva Cox; National Commission of Audit Chair Tony Shepherd; youth advocate Holly Ransom.
Read MoreGiddy Up Geelong
Live from Geelong. Tony Jones is joined by Liberal MP Sarah Henderson; Shadow Immigration Minister Richard Marles; Greens Senator Richard Di Natale; Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons; and Geelong Region Alliance CEO Elaine Carbines.
Read MoreIt's the economy, stupid!
Tony Jones is joined by Nobel Prize-winning American economist Joseph Stiglitz; distinguished government adviser Ross Garnaut; Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies' Christine Wong; and academic and columnist Judith Sloan.
Read MoreConversations in Violence, Secrecy & Education
Tony Jones is joined by Chief Government Whip Philip Ruddock; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; comedian Charlie Pickering; Cape York Indigenous leader Tania Major; Headmaster of The King's School Tim Hawkes.
Read MoreLiving with HIV, Looking to the Future
Host Tony Jones is joined by former High Court Judge Michael Kirby; Indonesian Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi; co-discoverer of HIV Françoise Barré-Sinoussi,; former Liberal Senator Amanda Vanstone; HIV activist Nic Holas.
Read MoreWho Dunnit and How Do We Fix It?
On the panel: Hercule Poirot aka actor David Suchet; The Nationals Deputy Leader Barnaby Joyce; Environment Shadow Minister Mark Butler; PM's Literary Awards Fiction Chair Louise Adler; Joe Hockey's biographer Madonna King.
Read MoreLive from Garma Festival, Arnhem Land
Live from North East Arnhem Land, Tony Jones is joined by Noel Pearson; Nova Peris; Ken Wyatt; Djawa Yunipingu; Joe Morrison; and Dhanggal Gurruwiwi.
Read MoreTheology, Terror and Metadata
Tony Jones is joined by former Labor Minister Greg Combet; Assistant Minister for Education Sussan Ley; Editor of FreedomWatch Simon Breheny; visiting Christian scholar John Stackhouse; human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson.
Read MoreClass, Cooling and Corruption
Tony Jones is joined by Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss; Labor Senate Leader Penny Wong; Leader of the Palmer United Party Clive Palmer; Chair of AustralianSuper Heather Ridout; social justice advocate Dr John Falzon.
Read MoreTeam Australia, Terror and Tinderboxes
Live from Melbourne Writers Festival. Tony Jones joined by former Foreign Minister Gareth Evans; political journalist Paul Kelly; Indonesian observer Elizabeth Pisani; Iranian-Australian author Ali Alizadeh; cross-cultural consultant Tasneem Chopra.
Read More100% Women 100% Dangerous
From the Festival of Dangerous Ideas: American novelist Alissa Nutting; Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho; American commentator Kay Hymowitz; Australian feminist Jane Caro; Swedish anarcho-feminist Kajsa Ekis Ekman.
Read MoreRupert, ISIS, ICAC & Super Freeze
Tony Jones is joined by arts and media executive Kim Williams; Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells; Labor Senator Sam Dastyari; investigative journalist Kate McClymont; political satirist Jonathan Biggins.
Read MoreScience: Precious Petals to Passionate Teachers
To discuss the future of science, Tony Jones is joined by molecular biologist Suzanne Cory, immunologist Peter Doherty; astrophysicist Brian Schmidt; Young Australian of the Year Marita Cheng; Chief Scientist Ian Chubb.
Read MoreBe Alert but not Alarmed
Tony Jones is joined by Minister for Justice Michael Keenan, Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, counter terrorism expert Anne Azza Aly, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, author and former lawyer Randa Abdel-Fattah.
Read MoreEarning, Learning and Yearning
Tony Jones is joined by Education Minister Christopher Pyne; former Treasurer Wayne Swan; Head of the Australian Chamber of Commerce Kate Carnell; political editor Australian Financial Review Laura Tingle; actor Tony Barry.
Read MoreMental As in Rockhampton
To discuss mental health issues in regional Australia, Tony Jones is joined by psychiatrist Patrick McGorry; comedian Josh Thomas; mental health practitioner Louise Byrne; ACRRMH's Jennifer Bowers; Independent MP Bob Katter.
Read MoreWatching Watchers and Saving Lives
With Catherine McGregor, advisor to Chief of the Air Force; human rights advocate Julian Burnside; The Australian's Greg Sheridan; Inquiry into Residential Housing Chair Kelly O'Dwyer; Shadow Education Minister Kate Ellis.
Read MoreTime Travel, Teaching and The Meaning of Life
Tony Jones is joined by a panel of passionate people: physicist and former rock star Brian Cox; rapper Matt Colwell aka 360; conductor Richard Gill; mathematician Nalini Joshi; actor Miranda Tapsell.
Read MoreIdeology, Legacy and History
Tony Jones is joined by human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson; Assistant Defence Minister Stuart Robert; Shadow Health Minister Catherine King; Gough Whitlam's biographer Jenny Hocking; Australian Spectator's Rowan Dean.
Read MoreNational Security: Finding A Balance
Toughening terror laws - Attorney General George Brandis joins host Tony Jones on the panel, live from Bankstown.
Read MoreThis is your Brain on Climate Change
Tony Jones is joined by neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield; Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt; Shadow Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese; Youth Representative to the UN Laura John; the IPA's James Paterson.
Read MoreFrom Political Summit to Political Satire
Tony Jones is joined by Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; comedy writer and author Ben Elton; journalist Jonathan Holmes; opinion editor Sarrah Le Marquand.
Read MorePublic Life and Public Progress
Tony Jones is joined by Indigenous leader Noel Pearson; celebrated actor James Cromwell; former Howard Government Minister Amanda Vanstone; G20 Youth Summit chair Holly Ransom; RN Drive host Waleed Aly.
Read MoreElections, Economics & Knightmares
Tony Jones is joined by Former ALP Treasurer, Wayne Swan; Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce; Greens Senator for Queensland, Larissa Waters; and Independent Senators, John Madigan and Jacqui Lambie.
Read MoreSpills, Bills, Coal & Kills
Tony Jones is joined by broadcaster Alan Jones; Assistant Infrastructure Minister Jamie Briggs; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, Chair of AustralianSuper Heather Ridout; and comedian and writer Corrine Grant.
Read MoreDeath, Detention and Defending Policies
Panellists 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.
Read MoreFamily Violence Special
Panellists: Aus of the Year, Rosie Batty; Aus Ambassador for Women, Natasha Stott Despoja; Acting VIC Police Commissioner, Tim Cartwright; Indigenous anti-violence campaigner, Charlie King; & Men's Counsellor, Simon Santosha.
Read MoreEconomics, Regulations & One Word
Panellists: 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.
Read MoreBad Feminism: Contradictions and Careers
To 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.
Read MoreIntergenerational Wealth and Health
An 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.
Read MoreWhen the Bush came to Town
Live from the Royal Easter Show, Tony Jones is joined by National Party Senator Fiona Nash; Shadow Minister for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon; Country musician Troy-Cassar-Daley; Orchardist Robyn Clubb; and cattleman Rob Cook.
Read MoreDepression, Drugs and Another Planet
Host 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.
Read MorePolitical Tensions and Children in Detention
Greek 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.
Read MoreVaccinations, Press Freedoms & Forced Closures
Panellists: 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.
Read MoreDrinking, Depression and Deportation
Joining 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.
Read MoreANZAC Spirit, Modern Warfare and Marriage
On 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.
Read MoreAssault, Altruism and Emissions
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Philosopher & ethicist, Peter Singer; Environment Minister, Greg Hunt; Shadow Environment Minister, Mark Butler; Broadcaster & commentator, Amanda Vanstone; & US performer, Adrienne Truscott.
Read MoreStruggle Street on Budget Eve
Panellists: 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.
Read MoreDeath Cults, Brains & Migration
On the Q&A panel this week, we feature some of the brightest stars from this year's Sydney Writers' Festival: Norman Doidge; Caitlin Doughty; Douglas Coupland; Mohsin Hamid and Christina Lamb.
Read MoreJoe Hockey on the Tradies vs Ladies Budget
This week Tony Jones is joined by the Treasurer of Australia, Joe Hockey to face a LIVE studio audience & respond directly to their post-budget questions.
Read MoreWar Cries, Citizenship & Crime Prevention
Joining 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.
Read MoreRevolutionary Christianity, Citizenship & Incarceration
Panellists: 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.
Read MoreMagna Carta Magna QandA
Q&A marks the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta with an episode from Parliament House in Canberra. Joining Tony Jones on the panel are Bronwyn Bishop, Noel Pearson, Gillian Triggs, Luca Belgiorno-Nettis & Bret Walker.
Read MoreTerror, Poverty & Native Titles
Panellists: singer Antony Hegarty; Parl. Sec for Foreign Affairs Steve Ciobo; Shad Min. for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon; lobbyist Grahame Morris; Advertising director Dee Madigan; & anti-poverty campaigner Linda Tirado.
Read MoreRadicalisation, Religion & Recognition
Joining 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.
Read MoreGreece, Gags & Grazing Land
On the panel: Vrasidas Karalis, Professor of Modern Greek; Shadow Minister for Immigration Richard Marles; Greens Senator Larissa Waters; policy analyst Trisha Jha & foreign affairs editor Greg Sheridan.
Read MorePeace, Ideology & Free Speech
On the panel: Former Liberal leader John Hewson, Shadow Assistant Minister for Education Amanda Rishworth, war correspondent Michael Ware, scholar John Stackhouse, and Director of Polling at the Lowy Institute Alex Oliver.
Read MoreChoppers, Coal & Community
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Former Deputy PM, Tim Fischer; Broadcaster, Alan Jones; Senator, Jacqui Lambie; Shadow Environment Minister, Mark Butler & Mining and development strategist Katherine Teh-White.
Read MoreCulture of Change
Joining Virginia Trioli LIVE from Brisbane: QLD Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk; Catholic Archbishop Mark Coleridge; Fmr Nats Senator Ron Boswell; Policy Analyst Prof Anne Tiernan; Innovation Strategist Monica Bradley.
Read MoreNew Frontiers & Next Bold Missions
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Director of NY's Hayden Planetarium Neil de Grasse Tyson; Oncologist and author Ranjana Srivastava; Broadcaster and maths geek Adam Spencer; and Marine ecologist Beth Fulton.
Read MorePerks, Penalty Rates & Life in Space
Joining Tony Jones: astronaut Chris Hadfield; Assistant Minister for Vocational Education Sharon Bird; author/feminist Anne Summers; Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and journalist Joe Hildebrand.
Read MoreEthics, Equality & Evasion
Joining Tony Jones on the Q&A panel: Greens leader Richard Di Natale; Parl Sec to the Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer; Labor Senator Sam Dastyari; British Editor Brendan O'Neill; and Traditional marriage advocate Katy Faust.
Read MorePublic Life & Political Memoirs
Joining Virginia Trioli from the Melbourne Writers Festival, publisher Louise Adler; Former Qld Premier Anna Bligh; Former Howard Cabinet insider Peter Reith; Former Independent MP Tony Windsor; & author Annabel Crabb.
Read MoreCheating, Climate, War & Democracy
Joining 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.
Read MoreDrowning in Desperation to Dying with Dignity
Panellists: 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.
Read MoreA New Prime Minister, New Leadership
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Folk legend Joan Baez; Former Liberal leader John Hewson; Labor member for Griffith, Terri Butler; World Vision CEO Tim Costello; and Editor of The Spectator Australia, Rowan Dean.
Read MoreBill Shorten in Ballarat
Live from Ballarat. This week we dissect the policies of the federal opposition, when Tony Jones is joined on the panel for a special one on one with Bill Shorten, the leader of the Australian Labor Party.
Read MoreConservatives, China & Chris Brown
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce; Shadow Health Minister Catherine King; Journalist David Marr; Museum Director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor & Executive Director of the IPA, John Roskam.
Read MoreShine a Light on Depression
Mental As Q&A shines a light on depression - one of the most common yet misunderstood mental illnesses in Australia. On the panel: Ian Hickie; Wayne Schwass; Professor Pat Dudgeon; Fay Jackson; and Dr. Roderick McKay.
Read MoreSocial Cohesion, Offshore Detention & Factions
Joining 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.
Read MoreFriends and Allies in Foreign Policy
A 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.
Read MoreCountry Life, CSG and Cannabis
Live 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.
Read MoreGST, Gonski, Population and Diversity
Joining 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.
Read MoreFacing Death
Joining Tony Jones are Broadcaster Andrew Denton; doctor/author Karen Hitchcock; palliative care specialist Ralph McConaghy; terminal cancer patient Ana Lamaro & doctor/euthanasia advocate Rodney Syme.
Read MoreParis, Syria & South Australia
Joining Tony Jones in Adelaide: French Ambassador Christophe Lecourtier, security consultant Andrew MacLeod, Federal Minister Christopher Pyne; Shadow Minister Kate Ellis; Sen. Nick Xenophon & youth advocate Holly Ransom.
Read MoreRacists, Extremists and Economists
Joining Tony Jones are Environment Minister Greg Hunt; Anthony Albanese; Geraldine Brooks; Former Finance Minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis; Judith Sloan & from the Australian Muslim Women's Centre Tasneem Chopra.
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Great Australians
Tony Jones hosts a special featuring 2016 Australian of the Year David Morrison; Catherine Keenan; Senior Australian of the Year Gordian Fulde; Indigenous Affairs Editor Stan Grant & SA Finalist Young Australian of the Year Manal Younus.
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Corruption, Penalty Rates & Public Health
Joining Tony Jones in Melbourne: Minister for Rural Health Fiona Nash; Shadow Minister for Health Catherine King; Radio Host Neil Mitchell; IR Commentator & Columnist, Grace Collier & ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver.
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Polls, Property and Processing
Joining host Tony Jones on the panel in our Sydney studio is Deputy Leader of the National Party, Barnaby Joyce; Labor MP, Terri Butler; Greens Senator, Sarah Hanson-Young and Canadian conservative commentator, Mark Steyn; and political correspondent Lenore Taylor.
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Hybrid War to Hot War
Joining Tony Jones on the panel are Justice Minister Michael Keenan; Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Tanya Plibersek; Counter-insurgency expert David Kilcullen; Raihan Ismail & Israeli journalist Eldad Beck.
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Safe Schools, Sniping and Senators
Joining Tony Jones from Melbourne: Australian Christian Lobby's Lyle Shelton; Former AMA President Kerryn Phelps; CEO of Roy Morgan Research Michele Levine; Former Small Business Minister Bruce Billson & Labor MP Anna Burke.
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Peta, Priests and Presidents
Celebrating International Women's Day: Minister for Women & Employment Michaelia Cash; Opp Leader in the Senate Penny Wong; Co-founder of Mamamia Mia Freedman; Broadcaster Alan Jones & Host of HuffPost Live Josh Zepps.
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String Theory, Sea Turtles, AI and Pi
Tony Jones hosts a science special featuring: physicist, Brian Greene; astrophysicist, Tamara Davis; Australia's Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel; Marine ecologist, Emma Johnston & molecular biologist, Upulie Divisekera.
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ABCC, Double D and Rioting
Live from Melbourne with: Minister for Energy & Resources Josh Frydenberg; Vic Premier Daniel Andrews; Tas Senator Jacqui Lambie; Feminist commentator Clementine Ford; and Chair of Bank of Melbourne Elizabeth Proust.
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Innovation, Collaboration & NBN
An Innovation special, joining Tony Jones are Assist. Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy; Opp spokesman on Digital Innovation Ed Husic; entrepreneur Holly Ransom; Quantum physicist Michael Biercuk & Sandy Plunkett.
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Federation, Funding, Disability and Disunity
Live from Adelaide: Leader of the House Christopher Pyne; Shadow Asst Education Minister Amanda Rishworth; Dignity for Disability Party's Kelly Vincent; Journalist Greg Sheridan & political satirist Sameena Zehra.
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Alcohol, Violence, Sugar and Shakespeare
Joining Tony Jones on the panel are Feminist icon Germaine Greer; author and columnist Theodore Dalrymple; Liberal MP Sharman Stone; Tasmanian Labor Senator Lisa Singh and Aria award winning musician Joseph Tawadros.
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Dissolution, Disappointment and Tears
Joining Tony Jones are Liberal MP Ewen Jones; Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development Alannah MacTiernan; former Liberal Party leader John Hewson; journalist Caroline Overington & commentator Jane Caro.
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Church and State
Joining host Julia Baird on the panel; Professor John Haldane; journalist Julie McCrossin; Indigenous Anglican Pastor Ray Minniecon; Rev. Tiffany Sparks & Managing Dir. of the Australian Christian Lobby Lyle Shelton.
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Reforms, Representatives and Re-Election
On the eve of Treasurer Scott Morrison's first budget we ask: Is our political system up to the challenges of the 21st Century? On the panel: James Fallows; Laura Tingle; George Megalogenis; Iain Walker and Pru Goward.
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Budget, Billionaires and Battlers
Joining Tony Jones live in Melbourne are Minister for Small Business Kelly O'Dwyer; Shadow Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh; Greens MP Adam Bandt; Head of ACOSS Cassandra Goldie & CEO Of Australian Industry Group Innes Willox.
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Free Will, Free Speech and Criticising Islam
In conjunction with the Sydney Writers' Festival, Q&A presents some of the literary world's best minds including: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Kate Tempest, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Julian Baggini & Emma Sky.
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Debate: Pyne vs Albanese
Joining host Tony Jones on the panel will be Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Christopher Pyne in a one-on-one debate with the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Cities Anthony Albanese.
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Balance of Power
Joining Tony Jones in Brisbane are Trade Minister Steve Ciobo; Greens leader Richard Di Natale; South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon; Labor member for Griffith Terri Butler; Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie.
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Tussle in Tamworth
Tony Jones in Tamworth with Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce; Shadow Minister for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon; Independent Candidate Tony Windsor; Vice Pres of Nat Farmers' Fed Fiona Simson & farmer/businesswoman Robbie Sefton.
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Bill Shorten
The Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten joins Tony Jones in a special one-on-one Q&A event from Penrith in Greater Western Sydney.
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Malcolm Turnbull
In his much-anticipated first appearance on Q&A since becoming the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull will join Tony Jones for a special one-on-one event, from the Brisbane Powerhouse.
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Brexit Fallout, Indigenous People and Young Voices
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Finance Minister Mathias Cormann; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Economic Analyst Chris Richardson; Professor of Indigenous Studies Marcia Langton & Broadcaster Alan Jones.
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Minority Government and Division
On the panel: Minister for Resources & Energy Josh Frydenberg; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen; SA Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young; Editor-at-large The Australian Paul Kelly; entrepreneur & youth advocate Holly Ransom.
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Liberal Split, Senate Vote and Chilcot
On the panel Live from Melbourne: Attorney-General George Brandis; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Senator-elect Derryn Hinch; weekly columnist, Guardian Australia Van Badham; and broadcaster Steve Price.
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Senate Powerbrokers
Tony Jones is joined by the Senate powerbrokers: Education Minister Simon Birmingham; Labor Senator Sam Dastyari; Greens Senator Larissa Waters; NXT Senator Nick Xenophon & Queensland Senator-elect Pauline Hanson.
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Incarceration, Islam and Innovation
Joining guest host Virginia Trioli on the panel: Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Craig Laundy; Labor MP Ed Husic; Cape York Institute's Shireen Morris; and Reverend Peter Kurti.
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Rudd, Rehabilitation and Animal Ethics
Joining guest host Virginia Trioli in Melbourne: Resources Minister Matt Canavan, Tasmanian Labor Senator Lisa Singh, Philosopher/ethicist Peter Singer, writer Celeste Liddle, Former CEO Committee for Melbourne Kate Roffey.
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US Election Special
Giving their take on the US election is political satirist PJ O'Rourke; equality campaigner Linda Tirado; former foreign minister Bob Carr; counter-terrorism adviser Lydia Khalil and US policy analyst Crispin Rovere.
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Experts and Empirical Evidence
On the panel: Science superstar Brian Cox; Minister for Industry, Innovation & Science Greg Hunt; Shadow Minister for Human Services Linda Burney; One Nation senator-elect Malcolm Roberts & mathematician Lily Serna.
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Racism, Revenge Porn & Nauru
On the panel from Melbourne: Minister for Communications Mitch Fifield; Shadow Health Minister Catherine King; Comedian/writer Corinne Grant; Editor of Spiked Online Brendan O'Neill & academic Erin Watson-Lynn.
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Social Determinants of Health
On the panel: Pres World Medical Assoc Michael Marmot; Chair of PM's Indigenous Advisory Council Warren Mundine; Head of ACOSS Cassandra Goldie; Prof of Economics Deborah Cobb-Clark; Dean of Medicine Christine Bennett.
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Over 400 Years of Shakespeare
From the Sydney Opera House we mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare with: Scholar Germaine Greer; Bell Shakespeare Company's John Bell; Actor Kate Mulvany; Philosopher AC Grayling & Actor Kylie Farmer.
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Guns, Diversity and Donations
Joining Tony Jones on the panel are: Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie; Labor Senator Doug Cameron: Greens Senator Larissa Waters: Editor of Spectator Australia Rowan Dean & suspended Liberal Party member Dai Le.
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Marriage Equality, Migrants and Masculinity
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Rock legend Jimmy Barnes; author/comedian Magda Szubanski; Deputy Nationals leader Fiona Nash; Manager of Opposition Business Tony Burke & independent Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie.
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Education, Environment and Equality
On tonight's high powered political panel in Adelaide: SA Premier Jay Weatherill; Education & Training Minister Simon Birmingham; Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong & former Liberal Senator Amanda Vanstone.
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Renewables, Welfare and Body Image
On the panel is Minister for Social Services Christian Porter, Shadow Minister for Climate Change & Energy Mark Butler, media executive/author Marina Go, social equity advocate Eva Cox & policy analyst Trisha Jha.
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Australia's Sovereign Borders
A focus on Australia's refugee policy with #LetThemStay Campaign's Shen Narayanasamy, retired General Jim Molan, priest & Prof. of Law Frank Brennan, the Kaldor Centre's Jane McAdam & refugee/entrepreneur Huy Truong.
Read MoreIndustrial Relations and Respectful Relationships
On the panel: Leader of The Greens Richard Di Natale; Labor MP for Gellibrand Tim Watts; Economist & businesswoman Judith Sloan; President of ACTU Ged Kearney & Industrial Relations commentator Grace Collier.
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Media Influence, Privacy and Secrecy
On the panel: Cabinet Secretary Arthur Sinodinos, Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Former Editor-in-chief of 'The Australian' Chris Mitchell; investigative journalist Christine Dolan & writer Robert Manne.
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Refugee Ban, Backpackers and Cultural Capital
Joining Tony Jones in Mildura: Health Minister Sussan Ley, Shadow Agriculture Minister Joel Fitzgibbon, I Love Farms' Emma Germano, Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council Head Dean Wickham & avocado farmer Katrina Myers.
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18C, Trump and Islands Sinking
Joining Tony Jones: Shadow Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese; Liberal Senator James Paterson; This Changes Everything author Naomi Klein; author Don Watson & Institute of Public Affairs adjunct fellow Georgina Downer.
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New World Order
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce; Shadow Education Minister Kate Ellis; policy analyst Helen Andrews, RMIT University Professor Joe Siracusa & Jennifer Hunt from the University of Sydney.
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End of the Year, Dawn of an Era
On the panel: Liberal Senator Eric Abetz; Labor MP Terri Butler; Playwright/actor in Black Comedy Nakkiah Lui; The Australian's Foreign Affairs Editor Greg Sheridan & screenwriter/author Benjamin Law.
Read MoreTrump, Climate Action and Youths
Tony Jones is joined in Melbourne by Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews, Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg, policy analyst Helen Andrews, teen climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez & journalist Daisy Cousens.
Read MoreBlackouts, Childcare, and Migration
Tony Jones is joined by Vic Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education Kate Ellis, Senator Jacqui Lambie, mechanical engineer Yassmin Abdel-Magied & new Democracy Foundation's Luca Belgiorno-Nettis.
Read MorePensions, Debt and NDIS
Q&A's Tony Jones is joined by Attorney-General George Brandis; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Barrister & human rights advocate Julian Burnside; political commentator Piers Akerman & Pollster Michele Levine.
Read MoreDeath and Disruption
Tony Jones is joined in Melbourne by Special Minister of State Scott Ryan, Shadow Justice Minister Clare O'Neil, philosopher Peter Singer, Sustainability Advocate Leyla Acaroglu & Former Abbott Govt Advisor Ted Lapkin.
Read MoreStrikes, Sexual Assault and Revenge Porn
Q&A is All About Women, featuring an all-female panel including anti-violence campaigner Thordis Elva, Pulitzer Prize winner Mei Fong, author/performer Lindy West, actor/presenter Faustina Agolley & lawyer Josephine Cashman.
Read MoreFestival of the Arts
Q&A from Adelaide Arts Festival with Canadian singer songwriter Martha Wainwright, theatre & film director Neil Armfield, Indigenous actress & singer Ursula Yovich, media & arts executive Kim Williams and more.
Read MoreThe Misinformation Ecosystem
Q&A takes a look at fake news & the post-truth era with: former director general of Al Jazeera Wadah Khanfar, First Draft News' Claire Wardle, journalist Mark Day, Liberal Senator Zed Seselja & Labor's Terri Butler.
Read MoreHunting, Housing and Homeland Security
With the world reeling from the terror attack in London, Q&A focuses on international security. Tony Jones is joined by Lydia Khalil, Kerry Chikarovski, Amanda Rishworth, Bridget McKenzie, Peter Holmes a Court & Mark Seymour.
Read MoreCompany Tax, Climate Refugees and Cold War
Q&A features a panel of global thinkers: author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, Former Danish PM & Save the Children CEO Helle Thorning-Schmidt & The Australian's Editor-at-large Paul Kelly.
Read MoreAssad, Assisted Suicide and Satire
Joining Tony Jones: Minister for Communications Mitch Fifield; Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong; author Nikki Gemmell; Ethicist Margaret Somerville & British political singer-songwriter Billy Bragg.
Read MoreCitizenships, Skilled Workers and Mushrooms
Joining Tony Jones: Feminist icon Germaine Greer; Assistant Immigration Minister Alex Hawke; Shadow Environment Minister Tony Burke; Victorian Senator Derryn Hinch & Zimbabwean sustainable farming advocate Chido Govera.
Read MoreTwo Veeps and a Satirist
Joining Tony Jones: creator of Veep Armando Iannucci; ANU Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt; Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Research Director of IPSOS Mind & Mood Report Laura Demasi.
Read MoreGonski, Veterans and the Budget
Joining Tony Jones: Minister for Veterans' Affairs & Defence Personnel Dan Tehan; Tasmanian Labor Senator Lisa Singh; Comedian Dave Hughes; Taxation lawyer Mark Leibler & CEO of the Urban Development Institute Danni Addison.
Read MoreBudget, Surplus & Debt
In a post Budget Q&A special from the Gold Coast, Tony Jones is joined by Education Minister Simon Birmingham; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen; Greens Senator Larissa Waters; Innes Willox and Miranda Stewart.
Read MoreTrump, Putin and The End
Tony Jones is joined by Sydney Writers' Festival guests: journalists Niki Savva & Mikhail Zygar; theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss; Data Editor of The Guardian US Mona Chalabi & Man Booker prize-winner Paul Beatty.
Read More1967 and Mabo - Moving Forward
From Parliament House, Canberra this special 1967 & Mabo: Moving Forward marks 50 years since the 1967 referendum & 25 years since Mabo. Guests: Noel Pearson, Pat Anderson, Megan David, Nakkiah Lui & Stan Grant.
Read MoreTerror, Housing and the NDIS
On the panel: Social Services Minister Christian Porter; Shadow Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese; NSW Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm; La Trobe University's Judith Brett & actor/advocate Kiruna Stamell.
Read MoreAustralia's Energy Future
In an Energy special Environment & Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg, Shadow Energy Minister Mark Butler, Australia's Chief Scientist Alan Finkel, Energy Consumers Aus CEO Rosemary Sinclair & Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie.
Read MoreAustralian values, Apes and Irrationality
Guest host Jeremy Fernandez is joined on the panel by Liberal Senator James Paterson, Shadow Human Services Minister Linda Burney, Primatologist Jane Goodall, Research Fellow Peter Kurti & Author Rachel Botsman.
Read MoreAuthenticity, Optics and Taboo
Joining Virginia Trioli: Tony Blair's Former Press Secretary Alastair Campbell, pollster Anna Greenberg, Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne, Shadow Justice Minister Clare O'Neil & political strategist Grahame Morris.
Read MoreIncentives, Intervention and Fireworks
Q&A is coming from Alice Springs, with guest host Virginia Trioli joined by Bob Katter, Warren Snowdon, Jacinta Price, Dale McIver and Josie Douglas.
Read MoreAdani, Armies and Assaults
Joining Tony Jones: Minister for Resources & Northern Australia Matt Canavan, Queensland Labor MP Terri Butler, British broadcaster Mehdi Hasan, Canadian Christian scholar John Stackhouse & writer/presenter Rachel Corbett.
Read MoreSchool Special Victoria
In a Q&A first, four high school students Pinidu Chandrasekera, Aretha Brown, Jock Maddern & Jacinta Speer join federal politicians Josh Frydenberg & Catherine King on the panel in front of a student-only audience.
Read MoreTrusts, Trump and Tensions in Asia
On the panel: Trade Minister Steve Ciobo; Shadow Finance Minister Jim Chalmers; Chinese American writer Mei Fong; Foreign Affairs editor, The Australian Greg Sheridan; Senior economics writer, Fairfax Media Jessica Irvine.
Read MoreQ&A from Garma Festival 2017
In a Q&A Special from the Garma Festival in Arnhem Land, guest host Stan Grant is joined by Noel Pearson, Marcia Langton, Nigel Scullion, Denise Bowden, Peter Yu & Djapirri Mununggirritj.
Read MoreCitizenship, Charlottesville and Surveys
Tony Jones is back in the Q&A studio with a cracker political panel featuring Liberal Senator Eric Abetz, Labor Senator Sam Dastyari, ANU Law Professor Kim Rubenstein, author Jamila Rizvi & theologian Michael Jensen.
Read MoreBill Shorten on Q&A
In a special Q&A, Tony Jones is joined by the Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten to answer the questions asked by viewers & the studio audience.
Read MoreAustralia Day and Families Divided
Tony Jones is joined by Attorney-General George Brandis, Manager of Opposition Business Tony Burke, Independent Senator for TAS Jacqui Lambie, City of Sydney Councillor Christine Forster, and singer/songwriter Dan Sultan.
Read MoreAntifa, Women & Doomsday
Joining Tony Jones are indigenous author Kim Scott, writer/journalist Laurie Penny, Indian diplomat Shashi Tharoor, founder of 'Muslim Girl' Amani Al-Khatahtbeh & Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove.
Read MoreConsequences, Citizenship and Climate
Joining Virginia Trioli: Assistant Minister for Social Services & Multicultural Affairs Zed Seselja, Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, SA Senator Lucy Gichuhi, philosopher A.C. Grayling & Israeli MP Merav Michaeli.
Read MoreEnergy, Myanmar and Dreamers
Jeremy Fernandez is joined by Assistant Minister to the Treasurer Michael Sukkar, Opposition Leader in the Senate Penny Wong, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, industry advocate Emma Herd & journalist Bret Stephens.
Read MoreDrones, Robots and The Future
Q&A returns with Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation & Science Craig Laundy, Shadow Minister for the Digital Economy Ed Husic, Scientist Catherine Ball, Sandra Peter & broadcaster Adam Spencer.
Read MoreElectricity, Sports and Marriage
Joining Tony Jones in Melbourne are Queensland Nationals Senator Matt Canavan, SA Labor MP Amanda Rishworth, Greens Leader Richard Di Natale, Richmond Tigers President Peggy O'Neal & CEO of Roy Morgan Research Michele Levine.
Read MoreTrump, Guns and Rock n Roll
Joining Tony Jones this week: Rock icon & author Jimmy Barnes, Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie, Labor MP for Cowan Anne Aly, Lowy Institute Research Fellow Lydia Khalil & Former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer.
Read MoreQ&A Same Sex Marriage Debate
Joining Tony Jones for the Q&A Same-Sex Marriage debate: actress and author Magda Szubanski; Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies; Jesuit priest and law professor Frank Brennan; 'No campaign' spokesperson Karina Okotel.
Read MoreLiability, Instability and Deniability
Joining Tony Jones this week: Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd; The Australian Financial Review Political Editor Laura Tingle; 2GB Radio Broadcaster Alan Jones and La Trobe University Emeritus Professor Judith Brett.
Read MoreQ&A High School Special 2.0
Joining Tony Jones for our second high school special for 2017: Minister for Education Simon Birmingham, Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek, Geordie Brown, Nadia Homem, Arthur Lim and Lauren McGrath-Wild.
Read MoreSection 44, Space and Skeptics
Space, time and intelligent life with rock star physicist Brian Cox. Plus Assistant Minister for Digital Transformation Angus Taylor, QLD Labor MP Terri Butler, economist Judith Sloan & futurist Shara Evans join Tony Jones.
Read MoreProtections, Preferences & Parliamentarians
Joining Tony Jones this week: Attorney-General George Brandis; Shadow Minister for Employment & Workplace Relations Brendan O'Connor; Greens Senator Janet Rice; Christian radio broadcaster Stephen O'Doherty, and Jacqui Lambie.
Read MoreRoyal Commissions and Election Results
Tony Jones is joined by Assistant Minister to the PM James McGrath, Qld Labor Senator Murray Watt, Guardian Australia editor Lenore Taylor, The Feed's Jan Fran & former adviser to the PM on Indigenous Affairs Warren Mundine.
Read MoreHuman Rights and Harassment
Joining Tony Jones are Tas Liberal Senator Eric Abetz, Tas Labor Senator Lisa Singh, former President of Aust Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs, IPA Director of Policy Simon Breheny & Fairfax journalist Kate McClymont.
Read MorePM Malcolm Turnbull on Q&A
He's been bobbing in a sea of political woes but now the polls may be turning. What questions do the Australian people want answered? Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on a special Q&A presented by Virginia Trioli.
Read MoreComebacks, Cancer Treatment and Uni Cuts
Joining Virginia Trioli in Melbourne for the final Q&A of 2017: Health Minister Greg Hunt, Shadow Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese, author Maxine McKew, The Australian's Greg Sheridan, Buzzfeed's Alice Workman.
Read MoreA Spotlight on the Economy
Q&A returns to tackle the big issues that set Australians thinking, talking and debating. Tony Jones puts the economy under the spotlight with Sally McManus, Chris Richardson, Heather Ridout, James Pearson and Stephen Mayne.
Read MoreNepotism, Referendums & Radical Reform
Joining Tony Jones to face the public's questions are journalist/commentator David Marr, WA Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds, Qld Labor MP Terri Butler, The Australian's Chris Kenny and more.
Read MoreCivil War, Colonisation and Power
Joining Tony Jones on Q&A this week: Environment & Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, publisher Louise Adler, IPA Director of Policy Simon Breheny & actress Shareena Clanton.
Read MoreDPM, Politics and Pay Gaps
Joining Tony Jones: Former Deputy Leader of UK Labour Harriet Harman, Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs & Innovation Zed Seselja, Shadow Justice Minister Clare O'Neil, philosopher A.C. Grayling & author Catherine McGregor.
Read MoreFamily Matters and Home Fires
Joining Tony Jones: Minister for Law Enforcement & Cybersecurity Angus Taylor, Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek, Greens leader Richard Di Natale, author Kamila Shamsie & Daily Telegraph political editor Sharri Markson.
Read MoreA Big Australia
A close look at our booming population. Australia has the fastest rate of population growth in the industrialised world, but can we handle 40 million? Panel: Bob Carr, Tim Flannery, Jane Fitzgerald, John Daley and Dr Jay Song.
Read MoreTax, Trump and The Polls
Joining Tony Jones are Urban Infrastructure Minister Paul Fletcher, Shadow Energy Minister Mark Butler, Buzzfeed Aus political editor Alice Workman, Centre for Independent Studies' Tom Switzer and security analyst Lydia Khalil.
Read MoreA Night with Michael Sandel
The Harvard Professor who's a Youtube superstar. His courses have been viewed by tens of millions worldwide, political philosopher Michael Sandel tackles the toughest issues of our time. Tony Jones presents a special Q&A.
Read MorePolling, Policing and Reporting
Q&A returns after the Easter break with a show in Dandenong, Victoria. Joining Tony Jones are Alan Tudge, Clare O'Neil, Nyadol Nyuon, Andrew Rule and Stuart Bateson as we count down towards Q&A's 10th birthday.
Read MorePrivacy, Missile Strikes and Celebrity Activism
Virginia Trioli is joined on the panel by: Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications; Amanda Rishworth, Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs and Defence Personnel; Missy Higgins, Australian singer/songwriter; Kenneth Roth, International Director of Human Rights Watch; and Grahame Morris, Political strategist.
Read MoreClass Divides and Inequality
Tony Jones is joined by Shadow Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh, former Nationals Senator Fiona Nash, social researcher Rebecca Huntley, ANU lecturer Jill Sheppard & Institute of Public Affairs Executive Director John Roskam.
Read MoreTrump, Twitter & North Korea
Joining Tony Jones at the Sydney Writers' Festival: Russian dissident Masha Gessen, American journalist Katy Tur, New York Times critic Wesley Morris, Lowy Institute's Richard McGregor and New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo.
Read MoreNewstart, New Power and New Jobs
From Black Lives Matter to Airbnb and even ISIS, there's a new form of people power sweeping the globe. Tony Jones is joined by a panel of changemakers Tim Wilson, Linda Burney, Stanley Johnson, Leyla Acaroglu and Jeremy Heimans.
Read MoreA Broader Budget
The fallout from the budget with Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, Law Enforcement Minister Angus Taylor, Institute of Company Directors Chair Elizabeth Proust, economist Judith Sloan & Director of Australia Institute Ben Oquist.
Read MoreWeddings, Gaza and Losing Faith
Joining Tony Jones in Melbourne Victorian Liberal Senator Jane Hume, Tasmanian Labor Senator Julie Collins, philosopher/ethicist Peter Singer, The Australian's Foreign Affairs Editor Greg Sheridan and author Randa Abdel-Fattah.
Read MoreFirst Responders, Refugees and Flexible Working
Members of the public get to ask questions to a panel including NSW Liberal Senator Jim Molan, Labor MP Ged Kearney, Anglican priest Rod Bower, Catholic commentator Monica Doumit & Airtasker CEO & co-founder Tim Fung.
Read MoreChaos, Ego and Cash
Joining Tony Jones in Melbourne: Social Services Minister Dan Tehan, Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, former Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie, author/broadcaster Rosie Waterland & IR commentator Grace Collier.
Read MoreQ&A with Bill Shorten
Labor is leading in the polls but Bill Shorten is lagging as Preferred Prime Minister. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten joins Tony Jones on Q&A to answer your questions from the Shedley Theatre in Elizabeth, Adelaide.
Read MoreBeing Careful, North Korea and Culture Wars
Joining Tony Jones: WA Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds, Labor MP Tim Watts, University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence, US Studies Centre CEO Simon Jackman & Atlassian's Global Diversity Programs Lead Aubrey Blanche.
Read MoreQ&A Enabled
A star of stage and screen, a sports champ, lawyers, advocates, parents and carers join Tony Jones to discuss living with a disability. On the panel Kiruna Stamell, Dylan Alcott, Graeme Innes, Catia Malaquias & Bruce Bonyhady.
Read MoreAbuse, Foster Care and Taxes
Joining guest host Hamish Macdonald: Liberal MP Sarah Henderson, Shadow Health Minister Catherine King, Australian Conservatives Leader Cory Bernardi, The Saturday Paper Editor-in-chief Erik Jensen and comedian Corey White.
Read MorePeople's Panel - Celebrating 10 Years of Q&A
To celebrate 10 Years of Q&A, the first ever Q&A People's Panel will see four everyday Australians get the chance to set the national agenda and give the pollies a wake-up call.
Read MoreWar on Waste
Q&A's War On Waste: Tony Jones is joined by Craig Reucassel, Oz Harvest CEO Ronni Kahn, Australian Local Govt. Assoc. President David O'Loughlin, Waste Management Assoc. President Gayle Sloan and People's Panelist Jo Taranto.
Read MoreSuper Saturday and Media Diversity
Joining Tony Jones: Communications Minister Mitch Fifield, Shadow Finance Minister Jim Chalmers, Guardian Australia Editor Lenore Taylor, communications consultant Parnell Palme McGuinness and people's panellist Tony Winwood.
Read MoreDrought Relief and Future Farming
Q&A in Lismore: Agriculture Minister David Littleproud, Shadow Agriculture Minister Joel Fitzgibbon, National Farmers Federation President Fiona Simson, Former Mayor of Lismore Jenny Dowell & People's Panellist Matt Sorenson.
Read MorePower, Spirituality and Free Speech
Joining Tony Jones on Q&A: Scholar and poet Dr Cornel West, Tasmanian Liberal Senator Eric Abetz, Labor Member for Cowan Anne Aly, Free Speech Advocate Lindsay Shepherd and People's Panellist Jeremy Bell.
Read MoreStranger than Fiction
Do novelists hold up a mirror to society? Q&A is in Melbourne with fiction writers John Marsden, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Sofie Laguna, Michael Mohammed Ahmad and Trent Dalton to discuss how and why they write about Australia.
Read MoreChaos, Crocs and Coal Mining
Q&A is in Mackay to take Queensland's political pulse, with the LNP's George Christensen, Labor MP Cathy O'Toole, The Greens' Larissa Waters, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and Leader of Katter's Australia Party Bob Katter.
Read MoreMedia Power, Popularity and Special Envoys
Joining Tony Jones on the show that puts you at the centre of the conversation: Shadow Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese, radio broadcaster Alan Jones, People's Panellist Elmari Whyte and more to come.
Read MoreHigh School Students Special
They are the leaders of the future and they tackle the issues of today. A panel of high school students join Tony Jones in Canberra for democracy in action on the show that puts the audience at the centre of the conversation.
Read MoreRape, Racism and No-Platforming
Tony Jones hosts the show where you ask the questions. On the panel: feminist icon/provocateur Germaine Greer, British journalist Andrew Neil, essayist David Marr, author Sisonke Msimang and People's Panellist Elena Jeffcoat.
Read MoreBullying, quotas, and the ABC
The show that holds politicians and opinion leaders to account returns with Simon Birmingham, Amanda Rishworth, Sarah Hanson-Young, John Butler and people's panellist Sali Miftari joining Tony Jones in Melbourne.
Read MoreTeaching Special
What's right and wrong with our schools? What makes a great teacher? Are we over-testing our kids? Tony Jones is joined by Eddie Woo, Pasi Sahlberg, Cindy Berwick, Gabbie Stroud and Jennifer Buckingham for a Teaching Special.
Read MoreClimate, Welfare and Religious Schools
Tony Jones is joined in Melbourne by world-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs, British commentator James Bartholomew, Victorian Liberal Senator James Paterson, Labor frontbencher Terri Butler and People's Panelist Linda McIver.
Read MoreWentworth by-election Special
An unmissable Q&A: Tony Jones is joined by Independent candidate for Wentworth Kerryn Phelps, NSW Liberal Party President Philip Ruddock, Labor MP Anthony Albanese, political commentator Peter van Onselen, author Anne Summer.
Read MoreLive from the Pop-up Globe
400 years after his death, we talk Shakespeare, comedy and drama in the golden age of TV. Q&A from the pop-up Globe with leading lights of the theatre Neil Armfield, Nakkiah Lui, Toby Schmitz, Zindzi Okenyo and Miles Gregory.
Read MoreSex Robots, Killer Robots: A Dangerous Q&A
Q&A at The Festival of Dangerous Ideas with author Angela Nagle, sex educator Nikki Goldstein, pop culture critic Chuck Klosterman, performer and sex clown Betty Grumble and Artificial Intelligence researcher Toby Walsh.
Read MoreTrust, Leadership, and Stability
With former Deputy PM John Anderson, Assistant Finance Minister Zed Seselja, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, former Human Rights Commission President Gillian Triggs and Communications consultant Parnell Palme McGuinness.
Read MoreTourism, Trump, and the Embassy
Joining Tony Jones: New Yorker correspondent Susan Glasser, Special Minister of State Alex Hawke, Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, The Australian's Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan and political correspondent Karen Middleton.
Read MoreVicVotes, Terrorism, and Gender
Q&A dissects the Victorian election result and brings our divided Senate around the table with Lib Sen Eric Abetz, Labor Sen Doug Cameron, Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi, plus Tom Switzer and People's Panellist Yasmin Poole.
Read MoreProtest and Pre-selection
Joining Hamish Macdonald is singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg, Assistant Minister for Home Affairs Linda Reynolds, Tas Labor Senator Lisa Singh, former minister Amanda Vanstone and people's panellist Martin Matthews.
Read More2018 Finale
Tony Jones is joined by President of the Senate Scott Ryan, Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek, Greens leader Richard Di Natale, lawyer/advocate Nyadol Nyuon & editor of Spiked magazine Brendan O'Neill.
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The Boats, the Banks, and the River
Tony Jones returns with a powerful line-up of independent voices: Julia Banks, Andrew Wilkie, Adam Bandt, Kerryn Phelps, Rebekha Sharkie.
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Manus, Hakeem, and Franking Credits
Tony Jones is joined in Melbourne by Liberal Member for Corangamite Sarah Henderson; Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus; Crikey founder Stephen Mayne, businesswoman Megan Purcell and People's Panellist Zoya Patel.
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Q&A on Drugs
On the panel to discuss drug policy: Chief Superintendent Stuart Smith; author Kerryn Redpath; Pioneer of pill testing in Australia Dr David Caldicott; Medical Director Marianne Jauncey; Former AFP Commissioner Mick Palmer.
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Jordan Peterson Destroys Q&A
Tony Jones is joined in Melbourne by Canadian psychologist/author Dr Jordan Peterson; QLD Labor MP Terri Butler; freelance broadcaster/writer/author Catherine McGregor and writer/commentator Van Badham.
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A Church in Crisis
Tony Jones is joined by NSW Liberal Senator Jim Molan, NSW Labor Senator Kristina Keneally, Catholic Lay Leader Francis Sullivan, institutional abuse lawyer Dr Viv Waller and rabbi and relationship counsellor Shmuley Boteach.
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Q&A: Women in Leadership
Annabel Crabb presents a Women in Leadership special with Industry Minister Karen Andrews, Australias first indigenous female MP Linda Burney, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Sabina Shugg and AFLW boss Nicole Livingstone.
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Q&A In Townsville
A special Q&A in Townsville. Tony Jones joins Minister for Emergency Management Linda Reynolds, Labor MP for Herbert Cathy O'Toole, Professor Stephen Williams, grazier Jane McMillan and rural property valuer Roger Hill.
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Roxane Gay on Q&A
Tony Jones joins feminist writer Roxane Gay, retiring Government MP Craig Laundy, Shadow Minister for Environment, Water and Citizenship Tony Burke, Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Liberal Vice President Teena McQueen.
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Cash, Guns, Gangs, and Life
On the eve of the budget Tony Jones joins Liberal senator Arthur Sinodinos, Labor front-bencher Amanda Rishworth, social analyst Rebecca Huntley, IPA Executive Director John Roskam and People's Panellist Lakshmi Logathassan.
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Q&A Budget Special
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg joins Tony Jones for an election budget special in Melbourne, as the audience ask about the Coalition government's economic plan and the big issues likely to dominate the Federal election campaign.
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Election 2019: The Battle For Queensland
Guest host Virginia Trioli is in Queensland with LNP Senator James McGrath, Labor MP Terri Butler, Greens Senator Larissa Waters and One Nation candidate Malcolm Roberts to discuss the issues ahead of the May 18 election.
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The Election Countdown
Tony Jones is joined by Communications Minister Mitch Fifield, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, The Guardian Editor Lenore Taylor, Crikey Managing Editor Bhakthi Puvanenthiran and The Australian's Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan.
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Bill Shorten on Q&A
Just 12 days before election day, the Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten joins Tony Jones and an audience of undecided voters in Melbourne to face the public's questions.
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The Q&A Last Chance Saloon
With less than a week before Australia decides who will govern for the next three years the public question Liberal campaign spokesman Simon Birmingham, Deputy Labor Leader Tanya Plibersek and Greens Leader Richard Di Natale.
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The Wash Up
After Australians deliver their election verdict, Labor frontbencher Jim Chalmers, former Liberal MP Christopher Pyne, broadcaster Alan Jones, political reporter Alice Workman and business leader Ming Long join Tony Jones.
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First Australians and Quiet Australians
The debate turns philosophical with politicians and big thinkers Liberal MP Tim Wilson, ALP MP Mark Dreyfus, Professor of Indigenous Studies Marcia Langton, philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy and people's panelist Rachael Jacobs.
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Jimmy Barnes Rocks Q&A
Joining Tony Jones on the panel from Melbourne are: rock icon and author Jimmy Barnes, author Sisonke Msimang, SA Liberal MP Nicolle Flint, regional Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon, and energy policy specialist Matthew Warren.
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Q&A at Vivid
In a special Q&A from the Vivid Festival: rapper/actor/writer Adam Briggs, broadcaster/writer Faustina Agolley, Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEO of CSIRO Dr Larry Marshall and cyberpsychologist Jocelyn Brewer.
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Science Special
Joining Tony Jones to talk everything science: physicist Prof. Brian Cox, marine ecologist Emma Johnston, atmospheric and climate scientist David Karoly, astrophysicist Kirsten Banks and astrobiologist Martin Van Kranendonk.
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The Freedom to Fund Yourself
Joining Tony Jones in Melbourne: Education Minister Dan Tehan, Shadow Infrastructure Minister Catherine King, Centre Alliance Senator Rex Patrick, Director of Change.org Sally Rugg and people's panellist Ash Belsar.
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Union Bosses and Suburban Dads
On the eve of parliament's return, Tony Jones joins Liberal Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Innovation Clare O'Neil, writer/broadcaster Jamila Rizvi, IR Commentator Grace Kelly and people's panellist Greg Day.
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Nukes in an Uncertain World
Joining Tony Jones: Senate President Scott Ryan, Opposition Senate Leader Penny Wong, Human Rights Lawyer Diana Sayed, Tom Switzer from the Centre for Independent Studies and Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies at ANU.
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Deemed Not To Matter
Joining Tony Jones in Melbourne: Shadow Minister for Families Linda Burney, Centre Alliance MP Rebekha Sharkie, Former Liberal Senator Jim Molan, comedian Sami Shah and marketing and political strategist Toby Ralph.
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Boris, Brexit and The Black Dog
On the panel: UK political strategist Alastair Campbell, former WA Premier Geoff Gallop, Property Industry Foundation CEO Kate Mills, Menzies Research Centre Executive Director Nick Cater and political scientist Anne Tiernan.
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Wage Theft and Celebrity Chefs
Fran Kelly joins Tasmanian Liberal Senator Eric Abetz, Victorian Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching, social justice advocate Tim Costello, communications consultant Parnell Palme McGuinness and cook/writer/presenter Adam Liaw.
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Zali's Political Slalom
Joining Tony Jones are Independent MP Zali Steggall, Liberal MP Jason Falinski, Labor Senator Katy Gallagher, Australian Council of Social Service CEO Cassandra Goldie and The Australian's Economics Editor Adam Creighton.
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How Good is Democracy?
Tony Jones joins philosopher/author A. C. Grayling, Minister for Population & Cities Alan Tudge, Shadow Minister for the Environment & Water Terri Butler, historian/broadcaster Clare Wright and people's panellist Li Shee Su.
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The Indigenous Voice
A special look at the case for Constitutional Recognition and an Indigenous voice to parliament. Tony Jones is joined by Noel Pearson, Linda Burney, Julian Leeser, Jacinta Price and Patricia Turner.
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High School Special
We open up the panel to the leaders of the future. In a High School Special, students William Gillett, Aurora Matchett, Willoughby Duff and Varsha Yajman join NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Senator Kristina Keneally.
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Writers Special
A Q&A Writers special with American novelist Lionel Shriver, civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson, Australian journalist Ruby Hamad, writer/broadcaster Benjamin Law and Dean of Columbia Journalism School Steve Coll.
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Donations, Disability and Disillusionment
Guest host Fran Kelly joins ACT Liberal Senator Zed Seselja, Labor MP for Cowan Anne Aly, WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John, Grattan Institute's Danielle Wood and The Australian's Foreign Affairs Editor Greg Sheridan.
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The Political Donations Arms Race
Tony Jones is joined by Liberal Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Trade Madeleine King, author/social analyst Eva Cox, former Labor Senator Sam Dastyari and China expert at the United States Studies Centre John Lee.
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Kerry O'Brien and Your Right To Know
Answering your questions are legendary journalist and author Kerry O'Brien, broadcaster/commentator Jan Fran, Communications Minister Paul Fletcher, Shadow Health Minister Chris Bowen and Fairfield City Councillor Dai Le.
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The Power of Music
Explore the power of music to transform lives with rock legend Tex Perkins, singer/songwriter Katie Noonan, The Choir of Hard Knocks founder Jonathon Welch, soul/blues artist Mojo Juju, and Hip Hop artist L-FRESH The LION.
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A Spotlight on Aged Care
Guest host Fran Kelly leads a national conversation on aged care. We discuss the issues plaguing the system with Maggie Beer, Richard Colbeck, Julie Collins, Sarah Holland-Batt and Sean Rooney.
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Democracy or Disruption?
As Extinction Rebellion and Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters take to the streets, Hamish Macdonald discusses China, climate and the right to protest with Tim Wilson, Tim Watts, Vicky Xu, Jennifer Hewett and Simon Longstaff.
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Future Alert
Guest host Annabel Crabb is joined by John Hewson, Jordan Nguyen, Veena Sahajwalla, Julian Cribb and Chloe Spackman to discuss whether our government is capable of addressing potential disasters threatening human survival.
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The Drought
Guest host Hamish Macdonald leads a discussion on drought with Minister for Water Resources and Drought David Littleproud, Shadow Minister for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon, Fiona Simson, Maryanne Slattery and Kate McBride.
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Climate and Catastrophe
Tony Jones is joined by economic strategist Ross Garnaut, Aus Energy Council CEO Sarah McNamara, Liberal MP Jason Falinski, Shadow Minister for Climate Change & Energy Mark Butler plus Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sarah Friar.
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International Power
A focus on international affairs with Former US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, Labor MP Tanya Plibersek, Israeli Parliamentarian Tamar Zandberg, James Brown from the US Studies Centre and The Australian's Greg Sheridan.
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Q&A Pacific
Q&A celebrates 80 years of Australia broadcasting into the Asia-Pacific region with a special from Suva, Fiji. Joining Tony Jones are Alex Hawke, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Enele Sopoaga, Manu Tupou-Roosen and Virisila Buadromo.
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The End of an Era
The 2019 finale of Q&A. Joining Tony Jones on the panel Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese, Indigenous leader Pat Turner, author Sisonke Msimang and ANU Vice-Chancellor Brian Schmidt.
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