Q&A
Episode name: Q&A
Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues of the week. It's about democracy in action - the audience gets to ask the questions.
Release Date: 2008-05-22
NewsTalk
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Season 2
Q&A returns with Australians of the Year!!!
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Religion, Sex and Politics
Q and A live from Melbourne
Chinese Puzzles
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P.J. O'Rourke on Q and A
Green and everything in between
Taxes, Torture and the Taliban
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Beyond Spin
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Back in Town
Queensland Rising
The Youth Show
The more things change...
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Live from the Melbourne Writers Festival
Sex and Politics
Women, War, Sex and Kevin Rudd
The History Wars
Q&A Live from Adelaide
God, Sodomy and the Lash
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Alexei Sayle joins Q and A
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The Indonesian Non-Solution
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Season 3
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Art, Power and Passion
God, Science and Sanity
Conservatives, Comedians and Political Correctness
The Health of the Nation
Greens, budgies and staffers...
Tony Abbott on Q and A
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Premiers, Population and the Politics of Fear
Anzac Day Special
Emissions Trading, Taxation and Trust
Censorship in Cyberspace
Budget special
Democracy, Death and Taxes
Backlash in Bennelong?
Q and A Goes West
For Lovers of Animals
Greens in the Spotlight
The Gillard Coup
New PM & Population
Fear, Loathing and the East Timor Solution
And They're Off!
Where's the Passion?
Q and A Goes to Brisbane
Julia Gillard joins Q and A
Q and A Population Debate Special Dick Smith's Population Puzzle
Tony Abbott joins Q and A
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Q and A at the Melbourne Writers Festival
Bob Katter joins Q&A
A new political paradigm
Euthanasia in a hung parliament
Politics, Betrayal and Sex
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Miracles, Media and the Murray
The Odd Angry Shoe: John Howard on Q and A
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Don's Party Revisited
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Defence, Discrimination and Regrets
Women in Uniform
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Q and A Goes to Albury
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The Welfare Conundrum
Sydney Writers' Festival
Cate's Carbon Controversy
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Activism, Cattle and Katter
The Gen-Y Q&A
Taxes, Leaders and the Greens
Carbon, Cattle and Misogynists
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GFC, Refugees and Morality
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Islam, Israel and Insurgents
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Women on Top
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Acting, Parliament and Mental Health
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Malcolm Turnbull, Jessica Rudd, Kate Ellis and Peter Reith
Season 5
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The Labor Leadership
After the Ballot
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Katter, Kony and the Climate
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Religion and Atheism
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Morals and Politics
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Live from Toowoomba
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Life, the Universe and Everything
The Great Boat Debacle
After the Carbon Tax
Artistic Politics
Random Violence
Teachers, Schools and our Education System
A Q&A of Olympic proportions
Manners, Mining and the Can-do Attitude
Big Ideas and Big Society
Assange, Asylum & Human Bondage
Mutilation and the Media Generation
Trolls and Trawlers
Seek and Ye Shall Submit
Protests and Palestine
The Future of The Future
Sorry, Lust and Free Will
Bullying, Education & Purpose
Super, Sexism & Surgery
Folk Music, Five Years & Funding
Forgiveness and Reconciliation
James Price Point and beyond
Elephants On Parade
Happy Endings
Season 6
Pies For The People
Cry Freedom
A Show About Nothing
Espionage, Revolution & Ruin
Crime, Climate & Cask Wine
The Education Debate
Pope, Polls & Poverty
Sports, Spills, Skills & Sex
Faith & Love
The F Word
Taking Tasmania into Tomorrow
The Health Debate
Class Warfare, Latte Sippers & Mental Illness
High School Showdown
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War, Depression & Hypersexuality
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An Audience with Bill Gates
Racism, Hypocrisy & Hot Air
Bring Back The Biff, Turn Back The Boats
Toxic Politics & Vaccinations
Speculation & Discrimination
Spin, Selling & Slogans
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Reforms, Solutions & Compromise
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The PNG Solution & The Autism Spectrum
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Social Media, Surplus & Shelter
Costings, Conski & Cab Rides
The National Economic Debate
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PM, Palmer & the Poisoned Chalice
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Fireworks, Free Trade & Indigenous Issues
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The ABC of Treachery
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A Vision for the Future
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Mad Monday
Human Rights and Wrongs
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Death and Taxes
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Loopholes & Heavy Lifting
Tough Questions for Joe Hockey
Demos, Heroes and Menopause
School Chaplains and Science Cuts
Primates, Populism and Utopia
Dating, Diplomacy & Disputes
Big Ideas for a Big Country
Giddy Up Geelong
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Ideology, Legacy and History
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Greece, Gags & Grazing Land
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A New Prime Minister, New Leadership
Bill Shorten in Ballarat
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Great Australians
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Polls, Property and Processing
Hybrid War to Hot War
Safe Schools, Sniping and Senators
Peta, Priests and Presidents
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ABCC, Double D and Rioting
Innovation, Collaboration & NBN
Federation, Funding, Disability and Disunity
Alcohol, Violence, Sugar and Shakespeare
Dissolution, Disappointment and Tears
Church and State
Reforms, Representatives and Re-Election
Budget, Billionaires and Battlers
Free Will, Free Speech and Criticising Islam
Debate: Pyne vs Albanese
Balance of Power
Tussle in Tamworth
Bill Shorten
Malcolm Turnbull
Brexit Fallout, Indigenous People and Young Voices
Minority Government and Division
Liberal Split, Senate Vote and Chilcot
Senate Powerbrokers
Incarceration, Islam and Innovation
Rudd, Rehabilitation and Animal Ethics
US Election Special
Experts and Empirical Evidence
Racism, Revenge Porn & Nauru
Social Determinants of Health
Over 400 Years of Shakespeare
Guns, Diversity and Donations
Marriage Equality, Migrants and Masculinity
Education, Environment and Equality
Renewables, Welfare and Body Image
Australia's Sovereign Borders
Industrial Relations and Respectful Relationships
Media Influence, Privacy and Secrecy
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Two Veeps and a Satirist
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1967 and Mabo - Moving Forward
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Australia's Energy Future
Australian values, Apes and Irrationality
Authenticity, Optics and Taboo
Incentives, Intervention and Fireworks
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School Special Victoria
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Antifa, Women & Doomsday
Consequences, Citizenship and Climate
Energy, Myanmar and Dreamers
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Electricity, Sports and Marriage
Trump, Guns and Rock n Roll
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Q&A High School Special 2.0
Section 44, Space and Skeptics
Protections, Preferences & Parliamentarians
Royal Commissions and Election Results
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PM Malcolm Turnbull on Q&A
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Season 11
A Spotlight on the Economy
Nepotism, Referendums & Radical Reform
Civil War, Colonisation and Power
DPM, Politics and Pay Gaps
Family Matters and Home Fires
A Big Australia
Tax, Trump and The Polls
A Night with Michael Sandel
Polling, Policing and Reporting
Privacy, Missile Strikes and Celebrity Activism
Class Divides and Inequality
Trump, Twitter & North Korea
Newstart, New Power and New Jobs
A Broader Budget
Weddings, Gaza and Losing Faith
First Responders, Refugees and Flexible Working
Chaos, Ego and Cash
Q&A with Bill Shorten
Being Careful, North Korea and Culture Wars
Q&A Enabled
Abuse, Foster Care and Taxes
People's Panel - Celebrating 10 Years of Q&A
War on Waste
Super Saturday and Media Diversity
Drought Relief and Future Farming
Power, Spirituality and Free Speech
Stranger than Fiction
Chaos, Crocs and Coal Mining
Media Power, Popularity and Special Envoys
High School Students Special
Rape, Racism and No-Platforming
Bullying, quotas, and the ABC
Teaching Special
Climate, Welfare and Religious Schools
Wentworth by-election Special
Live from the Pop-up Globe
Sex Robots, Killer Robots: A Dangerous Q&A
Trust, Leadership, and Stability
Tourism, Trump, and the Embassy
VicVotes, Terrorism, and Gender
Protest and Pre-selection
2018 Finale
Season 12
The Boats, the Banks, and the River
Manus, Hakeem, and Franking Credits
Q&A on Drugs
Jordan Peterson Destroys Q&A
A Church in Crisis
Q&A: Women in Leadership
Q&A In Townsville
Roxane Gay on Q&A
Cash, Guns, Gangs, and Life
Q&A Budget Special
Election 2019: The Battle For Queensland
The Election Countdown
Bill Shorten on Q&A
The Q&A Last Chance Saloon
The Wash Up
First Australians and Quiet Australians
Jimmy Barnes Rocks Q&A
Q&A at Vivid
Science Special
The Freedom to Fund Yourself
Union Bosses and Suburban Dads
Nukes in an Uncertain World
Deemed Not To Matter
Boris, Brexit and The Black Dog
Wage Theft and Celebrity Chefs
Zali's Political Slalom
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The Indigenous Voice
High School Special
Writers Special
Donations, Disability and Disillusionment
The Political Donations Arms Race
Kerry O'Brien and Your Right To Know
The Power of Music
A Spotlight on Aged Care
Democracy or Disruption?
Future Alert
The Drought
Broadside
Climate and Catastrophe
Q&A in WA
International Power
Q&A Pacific
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Season 13
Q+A Bushfires Special
Climate Solutions
Trust
Q+A on China - A Healthy Relationship?
The Australian Identity: Who Are We?
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The Corona Challenge: Are We Prepared?
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Surviving Lockdown
COVID-19: Where to Next?
Education in the Age of COVID-19
The Post-COVID World Order
Q+A: The Premiers
Young and Free?
Australia Reimagined
Our Energy Future
Hard Truths
The Future of Sport
Australia: Secret State?
Saving the Arts and 'Brain Farts'
Borders, Booze and the Big Spend on Defence
Julia Gillard on Q+A
Disrupted Recovery
Fight Of Our Lives
The Frontline
State of Disaster
Media and Misinformation
Generation COVID
Panel of Wisdom
Border Wars
The Age of Loneliness
US Election 2020: Four More Years?
Road to Recovery
Budget Special
Anthony Albanese on Q+A
Social Disconnect
An Ethical Australia? Accountability, Ethics and Leadership
US Election: Trump vs Biden
Politicians, Presidents and the Palace
Sex, Lies and a Better Politics
Live From Penrith
Q+A 2020 Finale: The Year That Changed Us
Season 14
Calling It Out
Q+A on Vaccines: What do you want to know?
Bargaining with Big Tech
Spotlight on Aged Care
All About Women
On The Rebound
Consent
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Vaccines, The Church, and the State of Politics
It's Complicated: Vaccines, China, and Saying Sorry
Climate, Politics, and 'Fossil Fools'
Diversity, Double Standards and Aussies Trapped Abroad
Power and Control
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Trauma and Truth-Telling
Vaccine, Quarantine and Life Outside the Big Cities
Health and Humanity
Boats, Boys Clubs and Businesses on the Brink
Sydney Surge and Life on the Spectrum
Vaccines: Supply and Demand
The Ethics of Accountability
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