Q+A - Season 11 / Year 2018

Panellists: Sally McManus, Secretary, ACTU; Chris Richardson, Economist and chair of Deloitte Access Economics; Heather Ridout, Businesswoman & former RBA board member; James Pearson, CEO, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Stephen Mayne,Crikey Founder.

Panellists: Linda Reynolds, Liberal Senator for WA; Terri Butler, Queensland Labor MP; John Hewson, Former leader of the Liberal Party; Chris Kenny, Associate Editor National Affairs,The Australian; and Van Badham, Columnist for The Guardian Australia.

Panellists: Josh Frydenberg, Minister for the Environment and Energy; Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer; Louise Adler, CEO of Melbourne University Publishing; Simon Breheny, Director of Policy, IPA; and Shareena Clanton, Actress.

Panellists: Harriet Harman, Former Deputy Leader of the British Labour Party; Zed Seselja, Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation; Clare O'Neil, Shadow Minister for Justice; A.C. Grayling, Philosopher; and Catherine McGregor, Freelance writer, broadcaster and author.

Panellists: Angus Taylor, Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Richard Di Natale, Leader of The Australian Greens; Kamila Shamsie, Author; and Sharri Markson, National Political Editor,The Daily Telegraph.

Panellists: Bob Carr, Former Foreign Minister; Tim Flannery, Chief Councillor of the Climate Council; Jane Fitzgerald, Property Council of Australia, NSW; John Daley, CEO Grattan Institute; and Jiyoung Song, Asia Institute of the University of Melbourne.

Panellists: Dan Tehan, Minister for Social Services; Mark Butler, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy; Alice Workman, Political Reporter withBuzzfeed Australia; and Tom Switzer, Centre for Independent Studies.

Panellist: Michael Sandel, Political Philosopher, Harvard University.

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.

Q&A returns after the Easter break with a show in Dandenong, Victoria. Joining Virginia Trioli (Tony Jones on sickie) are Panellists: Alan Tudge, Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs; Clare O'Neil, Shadow Minister for Justice; Nyadol Nyuon, Lawyer and community advocate; Stuart Bateson, Commander, Victoria Police; and Andrew Rule, Crime writer and Herald Sun columnist.

Joining Virginia Trioli (Tony Jones still unwell) are Panellists: 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.

Panellists:

Andrew Leigh, Shadow Assistant Treasurer; Fiona Nash, Former Nationals Senator; Rebecca Huntley, Social researcher and writer; Jill Sheppard, Lecturer, Australian National University; and John Roskam, Executive Director, Institute of Public Affairs.

Panellists: Masha Gessen, Russian journalist and Putin biographer; Katy Tur, NBC News Correspondent; Wesley Morris, Critic-at-large at The New York Times; Richard McGregor, Senior Fellow, Lowy Institute; and Alexis Okeowo, Staff writer for The New Yorker.

Panellists: Tim Wilson, Federal Liberal Member for Goldstein (Victoria); Linda Burney, Shadow Minister for Human Services; Stanley Johnson, Environmentalist; Leyla Acaroglu, Design disruptor and cultural provocateur; and Jeremy Heimans, Co-founder and CEO of Purpose.

Panellists: Angus Taylor, Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity; Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer; Elizabeth Proust, Businesswoman and Chair, Bank of Melbourne; Judith Sloan, Economist and Businesswoman; and Ben Oquist, Executive Director, the Australia Institute.

Panellists: Jane Hume, Liberal Party Senator from Victoria; Julie Collins, Shadow Minister for Ageing and Mental Health; Peter Singer, Philosopher and ethicist; Randa Abdel-Fattah, Author and academic; and Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor,The Australian.

Panellists: Jim Molan, Liberal Senator for NSW; Ged Kearney, Labor MP; Father Rod Bower, Rector, Gosford Anglican Church; Monica Doumit, Catholic Commentator; and Tim Fung, CEO and co-founder of Airtasker.

Panellists: Dan Tehan, Minister for Social Services; Mark Dreyfus, Shadow Attorney-General; Jacqui Lambie, Former Tasmanian Senator; Rosie Waterland, Author and broadcaster; and Grace Collier, IR commentator.

Panellist: Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition

Panellists: Linda Reynolds, Liberal Senator for WA; Tim Watts, Federal Member for Gellibrand; Michael Spence, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sydney; Simon Jackman, CEO, United States Studies Centre; and Aubrey Blanche, Global Diversity Programs Lead, Atlassian.

On Monday's Q&A host Tony Jones twill moderate a panel debating the challenges of the disability community.

The NDIS has been a game changer but there are serious teething problems, so who's benefitting and who's missing out? Will people with disability ever be fully included in our schools, our offices, our politics and our screens?

On the panel:

Wheelchair tennis and basketball champion and broadcaster Dylan Alcott
Actress with dwarfism and disability advocate Kiruna Stamell
Lawyer and former Disability Discrimination Commissioner who is blind Graeme Innes
Founding father of the NDIS, now Director of the Melbourne Disability Institute Bruce Bonyhady
And parent and carer Catia Malaquias, advocate for inclusion of disability in culture and education

Hamish McDonald is guest host for Q&A from the ABC Southbank studios, Melbourne.

Panellists:

Victorian Liberal MP: Sarah Henderson
Shadow Health Minister: Catherine King
Australian Conservatives: Cory Bernardi
Editor, The Saturday Paper: Erik Jensen
Author and comedian, Roadmap to Paradise: Corey White

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.

Panellists:

Matt Canavan, Queensland Nationals Senator;

Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader;

Teela Reid, Lawyer, NSW;

Mitchell Walton, Former Tradie and Business Owner, NSW;

Kumbi Gutsa, Commerce Graduate, WA; and

Victoria Fielding, Marketing Professional, SA.

On the eve of the new season of War on Waste, Q&A tackles the issue with host Tony Jones and a specialist panel:

The Host of War on Waste: Craig Reucassel
CEO & founder of OzHarvest: Ronni Kahn
President Australian Local Government Association: David O'Loughlin
CEO Waste Management Association of Australia: Gayle Sloan
Director of Good For The Hood – our People's Panelist: Jo Taranto

Panellists:Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications;

Jim Chalmers, Shadow Minister for Finance;

Lenore Taylor, Editor of The Guardian Australia;

Parnell Palme McGuinness, Communications Consultant; and

Tony Winwood, People's Panellist.

Tonight's episode of Q&A is broadcast live from Lismore.

Panellists:

Minister for Agriculture: David Littleproud
Shadow Minister for Rural and Regional Australia: Joel Fitzgibbon
President of National Farmers' Federation: Fiona Simson
Former Mayor of Lismore: Jenny Dowell
People's Panellist from Kyogle: Matt Sorenson

Panellists: Dr Cornel West, Scholar and Poet; Eric Abetz, Tasmanian Liberal Senator; Anne Aly, Labor Member for Cowan; Lindsay Shepherd, Free Speech Advocate; and Jeremy Bell, People's Panellist.

Panellists: John Marsden, Author,Tomorrow, When the War Began; Maxine Beneba Clarke, Author,The Hate Race; Sofie Laguna, Author,The Choke; Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Author,The Lebs; and Trent Dalton, Author,Boy Swallows Universe.

With the nation in political chaos Q&A heads north to Mackay in Queensland with what promises to be a very lively panel:

Prominent Nationals backbencher: George Christensen
One Nation leader: Pauline Hanson
Returning Greens Senator: Larissa Waters
North Queensland's only Labor MP: Cathy O'Toole
And leader of the Katter Australia party: Bob Katter

Panellists: Steve Ciobo, Minister for Defence Industry;

Anthony Albanese, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure;

Alan Jones, Radio Broadcaster;

Annika Smethurst, National Political Editor for News Corporations Sunday papers; and

Elmari Whyte, People's Panellist from Brisbane.

Tonight Q&A broadcasts from the Australian National University in Canberra for its third High School special.

Hundreds of high school students auditioned to join the panel with four being chosen, to be joined by 2 politicians (poor kids!):

Panellists:

Indigenous Queenslander: Rueben Davis
Adelaide-based science whiz: Holly Cooke
Young conservative, NSW: Joanne Tran
And coming all the way from Fitzroy Crossing, WA: Dylan Storer.
They will join Deputy National Party leader: Bridget McKenzie
And Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister: Penny Wong

This week the Panellists are:

Feminist icon and provocateur: Germaine Greer
British journalist and Chairman of The Spectator: Andrew Neil
Author and commentator: David Marr
South African writer and political analyst: Sisonke Msimang
People's Panellist from Perth: Elena Jeffcoat.

Panellists:

Simon Birmingham, Trade Minister;

Amanda Rishworth, Labor Front Bencher;

Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator;

John Butler, Singer-songwriter; and

Sali Miftari, People's Panellist.

Panellists: Eddie Woo, Internet sensation Maths teacher; Pasi Sahlberg, Finnish educator, author and scholar; Cindy Berwick, Indigenous education advocate and former teacher; Gabbie Stroud, Author, blogger and former teacher; and Jennifer Buckingham, CIS Education researcher.

Panellists:

Jeffrey Sachs, American economist;
James Bartholomew, Journalist and author;
James Paterson, Liberal Senator for Victoria;
Terri Butler, Shadow Minister for Young Australians and Youth Affairs;
Linda McIver, People's Panelist.

Panellists: Kerryn Phelps, Independent candidate for Wentworth; Philip Ruddock, NSW Liberal Party President; Anthony Albanese, Labor MP; Peter Van Onselen, political commentator and author; and Anne Summers, author and journalist.

Panellists: Writer and actor, Nakkiah Lui; Actor and playwright, Toby Schmitz; Actor, musician and presenter, Zindzi Okenyo; and founder and Artistic Director of Pop-up Globe, Miles Gregory.

Panellists:

Van Badham, Columnist for Guardian Australia; Nikki Goldstein, Sex educator (sex robots); Chuck Klosterman, Pop culture critic; Betty Grumble, Performer and sex clown; and Toby Walsh, Artificial Intelligence researcher.

Note: Angela Nagle, Author, Kill all Normies was unavailable due to illness.

Panellists: Gillian Triggs, Former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission; Zed Seselja, Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance; Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer; John Anderson, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia; and Parnell Palme McGuinness, Communications Consultant.

Panellists: Alex Hawke, Special Minister of State; Mark Dreyfus, Shadow Attorney-General; Susan B. Glasser, Journalist,The New Yorker; Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor of The Australian; and Karen Middleton, Chief political correspondent of The Saturday Paper.

Panellists: Jim Molan, Liberal Senator for NSW; Doug Cameron, Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness; Mehreen Faruqi, Greens Senator for NSW; Tom Switzer, Centre for Independent Studies; and Yasmin Poole, People's Panellist.

Joining quest presenter Hamish Macdonald are:

Panellists: Billy Bragg, Singer-songwriter and activist; Linda Reynolds, Assistant Minister for Home Affairs; Lisa Singh, Tasmanian Labor Senator; Amanda Vanstone, Former Liberal Senator; and People's Panellist, Martin Matthews.

Panellists: Scott Ryan, President of the Senate; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Richard Di Natale, Leader of The Australian Greens; Nyadol Nyuon, Lawyer and community advocate; and Brendan O'Neill, Editor,spiked magazine (final for 2018).