Q+A - Season 12 / Year 2019

Tony Jones returns with a powerful line-up of independent voices:

Julia Banks, Independent Member for Chisholm

Andrew Wilkie, Independent Member for Denison

Adam Bandt, Greens Member for Melbourne

Kerryn Phelps, Independent Member for Wentworth

Rebekha Sharkie, Centre Alliance Member for Mayo

Sarah Henderson, Liberal Member for Corangamite

Mark Dreyfus, Shadow Attorney-General

Stephen Mayne, Shareholder activist

Megan Purcell, Businesswoman

Zoya Patel, People's Panellist

Joining presenter Tony Jones tonight are panellists:

Chief Superintendent Stuart Smith, NSW Acting Assistant Commissioner

Kerryn Redpath, Author, drug educator and former drug user

Dr David Caldicott, Pioneer of pill testing in Australia

Dr Marianne Jauncey, Medical Director, Kings Cross Safe Injecting Room

Mick Palmer, Former AFP Commissioner

Tony Jones is joined in Melbourne by panellists:

Dr Jordan Peterson, Controversial Canadian Psychologist and Author

Alex Hawke, Special Minister of State

Terri Butler, Shadow Minister for Employment Services

Catherine McGregor, Freelance writer, broadcaster and author

Van Badham, Writer and commentator.

Joining Tony Jones are Panellists:Jim Molan, Liberal Senator for NSW; Kristina Keneally, Labor Senator for NSW; Francis Sullivan, Catholic Lay Leader; Dr. Viv Waller, Lawyer; and Rabbi Shmuley, Rabbi, author and TV host.

Joining guest host Annabel Crabb are Panellists:

Karen Andrews, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology

Linda Burney, Shadow Minister for Human Services

Sarah Hanson-Young, South Australian Greens Senator

Sabina Shugg, Director, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Mining Innovation Hub

Nicole Livingstone, Head of AFLW, Olympian and Media Personality

Panellists: Linda Reynolds, Minister for Emergency Management and North Queensland Recovery; Cathy O'Toole, Labor MP for Herbert; Professor Stephen Williams, Centre for Tropical Environment and Sustainability Science, JCU; Jane McMillan, Grazier and Co-Founder of Sisters of the North; and Roger Hill, Rural Property Valuer.

Tony Jones joins Roxane Gay, Writer, editor and 'Bad Feminist' ; Simon Cowan, Research director, Centre for Independent Studies ; Tony Burke, Manager of Opposition Business and Shadow Minister for Environment, Water and Citizenship ; Mehreen Faruqi, Greens Senator for New South Wales and Teena McQueen, Federal Vice-President Liberal Party.

Note: Retiring Government MP Craig Laundy withdrew late on Monday afternoon for family reasons.

Tony Jones is joined by Panellists:

Arthur Sinodinos, NSW Liberal Senator ; Amanda Rishworth, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Veterans Affairs and Defence Personnel ; Rebecca Huntley, Writer and social analyst ; John Roskam, Executive Director, Institute of Public Affairs ; Lakshmi Logathassan, People's Panellist

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.

Guest host Virginia Trioli is in Queensland with Panellists:James McGrath, Liberal Senator; Terri Butler, Labor MP; Larissa Waters, Greens Senator; Malcolm Roberts, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Senate candidate.

On the panel tonight are:

Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications

Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer

Lenore Taylor, Editor, The Guardian Australia

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran, Managing Editor of Crikey

Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian

Panellists: Bill Shorten, Opposition Leader.

Panellists: Simon Birmingham, Liberal campaign spokesman; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Richard Di Natale, Leader of The Australian Greens; and Helen Haines, Independent for Indi.

Panellists: Jim Chalmers, Shadow Minister for Finance; Christopher Pyne, Former Liberal MP; Alice Workman, Political reporter, The Australian; Ming Long, Business leader; and Alan Jones, Radio Broadcaster.

Panellists: Tim Wilson, Federal Liberal Member for Goldstein; Mark Dreyfus, Shadow Attorney-General; Marcia Langton, Professor of Indigenous Studies; Paul Kelly, Editor-at-large, The Australian; Rachael Jacobs, People's Panellist.

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.

This week in collaboration with Vivid Sydney, Q&A will focus on technology and creativity – exploring how humans are being affected by technology and what this means for future society.

Panellists: Adam Briggs, Rapper, writer, and actor; Faustina Agolley, Actor and writer; Mike Cannon-Brookes, Co-Founder and Co-CEO Atlassian; Dr Larry Marshall, Chief Executive, CSIRO; and Jocelyn Brewer, Cyberpsychologist.

On the panel tonight are:

Brian Cox, Particle Physicist and TV Presenter
Emma Johnston, Marine Ecologist and TV host
David Karoly, Leader of the Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub, CSIRO
Kirsten Banks, Astrophysicist and Science Communicator
Martin Van Kranendonk, Astrobiologist and Geologist

Panellists: Dan Tehan, Minister for Education; Catherine King, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development; Rex Patrick, South Australian Centre Alliance Senator; Sally Rugg, Executive Director of Change.org; and Ash Belsar, People's Panellist.

Panellists: James Paterson, Liberal Senator for Victoria; Clare O'Neil, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Technology and the Future of Work; Jamila Rizvi, Writer, Speaker and Broadcaster; Grace Kelly, Industrial Relations Commentator; and Greg Day, People's Panellist.

Panellists: Scott Ryan, President of the Senate, Penny Wong, Opposition Leader in the Senate, Diana Sayed, Human Rights Lawyer, Tom Switzer, Centre of Independent Studies, and Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies at ANU.

Panellists: Linda Burney, Shadow Minister for Human Services; Rebekha Sharkie, Centre Alliance Member for Mayo; Jim Molan, Former Liberal Senator for NSW; Sami Shah, Comedian and Writer; and Toby Ralph, Marketing and political strategist.

Tonight's Panellists: 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.

Quest Host: Fran Kelly.

Panellists: Eric Abetz, Tasmanian Liberal Senator; Kimberley Kitching, Senator for Victoria; Tim Costello, Social Justice Advocate; Parnell Palme McGuinness, Communications Consultant; and Adam Liaw, Cook, Writer and TV Presenter.

Panellists: Jason Falinski, Liberal MP for Mackellar; Katy Gallagher, Shadow Minister for Finance; Zali Steggall, Independent for Warringah; Cassandra Goldie, CEO of Australian Council of Social Service; and Adam Creighton, Economics Editor, The Australian.

Panellists: A. C. Grayling, Philosopher and author; Alan Tudge, Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure; Terri Butler, Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water; Clare Wright, Historian, author and broadcaster; and Li Shee Su, People's Panellist.

Joining Tony Jones on the panel are:

Linda Burney, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians
Julian Leeser, Co-Chair of Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition
Jacinta Price, Director of Indigenous Program, CIS
Patricia Turner, CEO of National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Sally Scales, Uluru Statement Delegate

Please note that:

Ken Wyatt, Minister for Indigenous Australians
Noel Pearson, Founder, Cape York Partnership,
Patrick Dodson, ALP Senator for Western Australia

originally agreed to appear on tonight's panel but later declined.

Panellists: Gladys Berejiklian, NSW Premier; Kristina Keneally, Senator for NSW; William Gillett, Loxton, SA; Aurora Matchett, Miranda, NSW; Willoughby Duff, Booragoon, WA; and Varsha Yajman, Asquith, NSW.

Panellists: Lionel Shriver, Journalist and Author; DeRay Mckesson, Civil rights activist; Ruby Hamad, Journalist and Author; Benjamin Law, Writer and broadcaster; and Steve Coll, Dean of Columbia Journalism School.

Panellists: Zed Seselja, Assistant Minister for Finance, Charities and Electoral Matters; Anne Aly, Labor Member for Cowan; Jordon Steele-John, Greens Senator for WA; Danielle Wood, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform Program Director, Grattan Institute; Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian.

Panellists: James Paterson, Liberal Senator for Victoria; Madeleine King, Shadow Minister for Trade; Eva Cox, Author and social analyst; Sam Dastyari, Former Labor Senator; and John Lee, China expert, United States Studies Centre.

Panellists: Kerry O'Brien, Legendary Journalist and Author; Jan Fran, Media Commentator and Broadcaster; Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts; Chris Bowen, Shadow Minister for Health; and Dai Le, Fairfield City Councillor.

Panellists: Katie Noonan, Singer, producer, songwriter, pianist and business woman; Jonathon Welch, Founder, The Choir of Hard Knocks; Mojo Juju, Wiradjuri/Filipino songwriter and musician; Tex Perkins, Australian Rock Legend; L-FRESH The LION, Australian Sikh Hip Hop artist

Guest host Fran Kelly leads a national conversation on aged care.

Panellists: Maggie Beer, Australian food icon and founder of the Maggie Beer Foundation; Richard Colbeck, Minister for Aged Care; Julie Collins, Shadow Minister for Ageing and Seniors; Sarah Holland-Batt, Consumer advocate and relative; Sean Rooney, CEO of Leading Age Services Australia. Hosted by Fran Kelly.

Panellists: Tim Wilson, Liberal MP for Goldstein; Tim Watts, Labor MP for Gellibrand; Vicky Xu, Journalist, Researcher and Comedian; Jennifer Hewett, The Australian Financial Review; Simon Longstaff, Executive Director, The Ethics Centre. Hosted by Hamish McDonald.

Q&A is in Melbourne with a Future Alert special hosted by Annabel Crabb.

With war, rampant disease, food shortages and a poisoned environment all threatening human survival, Q&A brings together some of the nation's best minds to discuss how we confront these threats and whether our political system is capable of addressing them.

On the panel:

Former Liberal party leader: John Hewson

Science communicator and food security expert: Julian Cribb

Inventor and sustainability engineer: Veena Sahajwalla

Futurist: Jordan Nguyen

Australian Futures Project Program Director: Chloe Spackman

Hamish Macdonald will host Q&A on Monday with a panel discussion on the drought.

This latest drought is brutal. Rivers are choking and farming communities desperate, while Canberra is caught up in political turmoil over the best way forward. Does the government have a plan?

Minister for Water Resources, Drought and Natural Disaster: David Littleproud

Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Resources: Joel Fitzgibbon

National Farmers Federation president: Fiona Simson

Australia Institute's Senior Water Researcher: Maryanne Slattery and

Kate McBride, the 21 year old grazier from Menindee whose video of fish deaths in the Darling River went viral.

Guest host Fran Kelly leads an all-women panel with journalist Mona Eltahawy, author Jess Hill, writer/Indigenous rights activist Nayuka Gorrie, businesswoman Hana Assafiri and anti-ageism campaigner/author Ashton Applewhite.

Tony Jones is joined by panellists:

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.

Q&A is in WA for an Australia Talks special. Joining Tony Jones is Labor MP Anne Aly, WA State Liberal MP Zak Kirkup, human rights lawyer Hannah McGlade, political editor Lanai Scarr and people's panellist Dylan Storer.

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.

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.

The Season 2019 final marks Tony Jones' final show as the host of Q&A.

Tonight, join us as we reflect on the issues that shaped 2019. From the federal election to the climate crisis, medevac to China's growing influence – what will you ask the panel to discuss for this program that signals the end of an era for Q&A?

On the panel are:

Former Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull

Opposition Leader, Anthony Albanese

South African Australian Author, Sisonke Msimang

CEO of NACCHO (Aboriginal controlled health), Patricia Turner

Nobel Prize winning astronomer and ANU Vice-Chancellor, Brian Schmidt