Season 9 - Episode Guide

Panellists: David Morrison, 2016 Australian of the Year; Gordian Fulde, 2016 Senior Australian of the Year; Catherine Keenan, Australia's Local Hero 2016; Stan Grant, Sky News International Editor; and Manal Younus, 2016 SA Finalist Young Australian of the Year.

Panellists: Fiona Nash, Rural Health Minister; Catherine King, Shadow Health Minister; Neil Mitchell, Radio Broadcaster; Grace Collier, IR commentator & columnist The Australian; and Dave Oliver, ACTU Secretary.

Panellists: Steve Ciobo, Incoming Minister for Trade and Investment; Terri Butler, Labor Member for Griffith; Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator; Mark Steyn, Conservative commentator and writer; and Lenore Taylor, Chief Political Correspondent Guardian Australia.

Panellists: David Kilcullen, Military Strategist and Author; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Michael Keenan, Minister for Justice; Eldad Beck, Journalist; and Raihan Ismail, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, ANU.

Panellists: Bruce Billson, Liberal Party MP; Anna Burke, Former Speaker of the House; Lyle Shelton, Managing Director, Australian Christian Lobby; Michele Levine, CEO, Roy Morgan Research; and Kerryn Phelps, Former President of the Australian Medical Association.

Panellists: Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment and Women; Penny Wong, Opposition Leader in the Senate; Alan Jones, Influential Radio Broadcaster; Mia Freedman, Co-founder, Mamamia women's network; and Josh Zepps, New York-Based Media Personality & Broadcaster.

Panellists: Brian Greene, Physicist and string theorist; Tamara Davis, Astrophysicist; Alan Finkel, Australia's Chief Scientist; Emma Johnston, Marine ecologist and TV host; and Upulie Divisekera, Molecular biologist and science communicator.

Panellists: Daniel Andrews, Premier of Victoria; Jacqui Lambie, Independent Senator for Tasmania; Josh Frydenberg, Minister for Resources and Energy; Clementine Ford, Fairfax columnist and feminist speaker; and Elizabeth Proust, Businesswoman and Chair, Bank of Melbourne.

Panellists: Wyatt Roy, Assistant Minister for Innovation; Ed Husic, Opposition innovation spokesman; Holly Ransom, Entrepreneur and youth advocate; Sandy Plunkett, Venture capitalist and consultant; and Michael Biercuk, Quantum physicist and technologist.

Panellists: Christopher Pyne, Industry, Innovation and Science Minister; Amanda Rishworth, South Australian Labor MP; Kelly Vincent, South Australian State MP; Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor,The Australian; and Sameena Zehra, British Comedian.

Panellists: Germaine Greer, Feminist icon and provocateur; Theodore Dalrymple, Author and columnist; Sharman Stone, Liberal MP; Lisa Singh, Tasmanian Labor Senator; and Joseph Tawadros, Aria award winning oud virtuoso.

Panellists: Ewen Jones, Liberal MP for Herbert and Government Whip; Alannah MacTiernan, Shadow Parliamentary Sec. for Regional Development; John Hewson, Former leader of the Liberal Party; Caroline Overington, Writer and journalist; and Jane Caro, Author and social commentator.

Panellists: John Haldane, Visiting Professor and Catholic intellectual; Julie McCrossin, Church elder and journalist; Ray Minniecon, Indigenous Anglican Pastor; Rev. Tiffany Sparks, Anglican Priest and representative for A Progressive Christian Voice; and Lyle Shelton, Managing Director, Australian Christian Lobby.

Panellists: James Fallows, American writer and journalist; Laura Tingle, Political Editor,The Australian Financial Review; George Megalogenis, Author and Commentator; Iain Walker, Executive Director, The new Democracy Foundation and Pru Goward, NSW Cabinet Minister.

Panellists: Kelly O'Dwyer, Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer; Andrew Leigh, Shadow Assistant Treasurer; Adam Bandt, Greens Member for Melbourne; Cassandra Goldie, Head of Australian Council of Social Service; and Innes Willox, CEO, Australian Industry Group.

Panellists: Kate Tempest, Award-winning poet and rapper; Jean-Christophe Rufin, Co-founder, Medecins Sans Frontieres; Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Controversial Somalian feminist and author Heretic; Julian Baggini, Philosopher; and Emma Sky, Former adviser to the US military in Iraq.

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.

Panellist: Steve Ciobo, Minister for Trade and Investment; Terri Butler, Labor Member for Griffith; Richard Di Natale, Leader of The Australian Greens; Nick Xenophon, Independent Senator for South Australia; and Jacqui Lambie, Independent Senator for Tasmania.

LIVE from Tamworth with Panellists: Barnaby Joyce, Deputy Prime Minister; Joel Fitzgibbon, Shadow Minister for Agriculture; Tony Windsor, Former MP and Independent Candidate; Fiona Simson, Vice President of National Farmers' Federation; and Robbie Sefton, Farmer and Businesswoman.

The Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten joins Tony Jones in a special one-on-one Q&A event broadcast LIVE from Penrith in Greater Western Sydney.

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, broadcast LIVE from the Brisbane Powerhouse.

Panellists: Mathias Cormann, Finance Minister; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Chris Richardson, Economist; Marcia Langton, Professor of Indigenous Studies; and Alan Jones, Influential Radio Broadcaster.

Panellists: Josh Frydenberg, Minister for Resources and Energy; Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer; Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator; Paul Kelly, Editor-at-large The Australian; and Holly Ransom, Entrepreneur and Youth Advocate.

Live from Melbourne are Panellists: George Brandis, Attorney-General; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Derryn Hinch, Journalist and Senator-elect; Van Badham, Columnist forThe Guardian Australia; and Steve Price, Broadcaster.

Panellists: Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education; Sam Dastyari, Labor Senator for New South Wales; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Senator; Nick Xenophon, NXT Senator for South Australia; and Pauline Hanson, Queensland Senator-elect.

Joining guest host Virginia Trioli are Panellists: Craig Laundy, Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science; Ed Husic, Opposition innovation spokesman; Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission; Peter Kurti, Research Fellow, Centre for Independent Studies; and Shireen Morris, Constitutional reform research fellow, Cape York Institute.

Joining guest host Virginia Trioli in Melbourne are Panellists: Matt Canavan, LNP Senator for Queensland; Lisa Singh, Tasmanian Labor Senator; Peter Singer, Renowned philosopher and ethicist; Celeste Liddle, Indigenous writer and commentator; and Kate Roffey, Former CEO of the Committee for Melbourne.

Panellists: Linda Tirado, American Anti-poverty Campaigner; Bob Carr, Former Foreign Minister; P.J. O'Rourke, Author and Satirist; Lydia Khalil, Middle East Analyst; and Crispin Rovere, US politics and defence policy analyst.

Panellists: Greg Hunt, Minister for Industry, Innovation & Science; Linda Burney, Shadow Minister for Human Services; Brian Cox, Particle Physicist and TV Presenter; Lily Serna, Mathematician and TV Presenter; and Malcolm Roberts, One Nation Senator-elect for Qld.

Panellists: Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications; Catherine King, Shadow Health Minister; Corinne Grant, Comedian & Writer; Brendan O'Neill, Editor,Spiked magazine and Erin Watson-Lynn, Academic and entrepreneur.

Panellists: Cassandra Goldie, Head of Australian Council of Social Service; Warren Mundine, Chair of the Indigenous Advisory Council; Sir Michael Marmot, President of the World Medical Association; Christine Bennett, School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame and Deborah Cobb-Clark, Professor of Economics, University of Sydney.

From the Sydney Opera House we mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare with Panellists: John Bell, Founding Artistic Director, Bell Shakespeare; Kylie Farmer, Indigenous actor and Shakespeare translator; Germaine Greer, Feminist icon and provocateur; Kate Mulvany, Actor, playwright and screenwriter and A.C. Grayling, Philosopher.

Panellists: Bridget McKenzie, National Party Senator for Victoria; Doug Cameron, Shadow Minister for Human Services; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Senator; Rowan Dean, Editor,Spectator Australia; and Dai Le, Founder, Diverse Australasian Women's Network.

Panellists: Jimmy Barnes, Rock icon and author; Magda Szubanski, Actress and Comedian; Fiona Nash, Deputy Nationals Leader; Tony Burke, Manager of Opposition Business and Jacqui Lambie, Independent Senator for Tasmania.

In Adelaide this week are Panellists:Jay Weatherill, South Australia Premier;Penny Wong, Opposition Leader in the Senate; Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education; and Amanda Vanstone, Former Liberal Senator.

Panellists: Christian Porter, Minister for Social Services; Mark Butler, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy; Marina Go, Media executive and author; Eva Cox, Author & social analyst; and Trisha Jha, Centre for Independent Studies.

Panellists: Shen Narayanasamy, No Business in Abuse and #LetThemStay campaigns; Jim Molan, Co-author of Operation Sovereign Borders; Jane McAdam, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW; Huy Truong, Refugee & entrepreneur; and Father Frank Brennan, Jesuit priest and Professor of Law.

Panellists: Richard Di Natale, Leader of The Australian Greens; Tim Watts, Federal Member for Gellibrand; Judith Sloan, Economist and Businesswoman; Ged Kearney, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions; Grace Collier, IR commentator; and John Roskam, Executive Director, Institute of Public Affairs.

Panellists: Arthur Sinodinos, Cabinet Secretary; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Chris Mitchell, Former editor-in-chief,The Australian; Robert Manne, Writer and Emeritus Professor; and Christine Dolan, Investigative journalist.

Panellists: Sussan Ley, Minister for Health and Aged Care; Joel Fitzgibbon, Shadow Minister for Agriculture; Stefano de Pieri, Chef and Author of A Gondola on the Murray; Emma Germano, General Manager of I Love Farms; Dean Wickham, Executive Officer of Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council; and Katrina Myers, Avocado farmer & mental health advocate.

Panellists: James Paterson, Victorian Liberal Senator; Anthony Albanese, Shadow Infrastructure Minister; Naomi Klein, AuthorThis Changes Everything; Don Watson, Author; and Georgina Downer, Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs.

Joining Virginia Trioli are Panellists:Barnaby Joyce, Deputy Prime Minister; Kate Ellis, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education; Helen Andrews, Trump supporter & policy analyst; Joe Siracusa, Security and International Diplomacy, RMIT University; and Jennifer Hunt, National Security College.

Panellists: Eric Abetz, Tasmanian Liberal Senator; Terri Butler, Queensland Labor MP; Benjamin Law, Screenwriter, author and columnist; Nakkiah Lui, Playwright, Performer and Commentator; and Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor,The Australian. (Final for 2016)