Q+A - Episode Guide

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Victorian bushfires took centre stage when Q&A returned for its first program of 2009 with a panel of five Australians of the Year. Former defence chief, General Peter Cosgrove, burns specialist Professor Fiona Wood, Cape York indigenous leader Tania Major, scientist and author Tim Flannery, and 2009 Young Australian of the Year Jonty Bush faced questions from the audience about dealing with such a national crisis.

Panellists: Kate Carnell, the former Liberal Chief Minister of the ACT, now CEO of the Food and Grocery Council, Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan, newly appointed Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey, Deputy Leader of the Greens, Senator Christine Milne and, the National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union, Paul Howes.

Panellists: Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services, Bill Shorten; shadow education minister Christopher Pyne; ethicist and writer Leslie Cannold; satirist Jonathan Biggins; and Miss World Australia Sabrina Houssami.

Panellists: Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner; former Treasurer Peter Costello; editor of The Monthly Sally Warhaft; opinion page editor of The Australian, Rebecca Weisser; and businessman, writer and Tasmanian pulp mill opponent Geoffrey Cousins.

Panellists: Maxine McKew, Parliamentary Secretary for early childhood education and childcare; Scott Morrison, shadow housing minister; John Symond, Executive Chairman of Aussie Home Loans; Noeline Brown, entertainer and Ambassador for the Ageing; and Dr Tanveer Ahmed, psychiatrist, columnist and comedian.

Panellists: Kate Ellis, Minister for Youth and Sport; Tony Abbott, shadow minister for families and community services; Father Peter Kennedy, Brisbane's rebel Catholic priest; Bettina Arndt, social commentator and author of The Sex Diaries; and Bruce Wolpe, the Fairfax Media executive who is about to join the Obama administration in Washington.

Panellists: Stephen Conroy, Minister for Communications; Greg Hunt, shadow minister for climate change; Andrew Bolt, columnist for the Herald Sun; Louise Adler, publisher; and Susan Carland, academic and sociologist.

Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Housing; George Brandis, shadow attorney-general; Dennis Altman, writer and academic; Rachel Fry, national president of the Young Liberals; and Satyajit Das, economist.

Panellists: Tony Burke, Minister for Agriculture; Helen Coonan, shadow finance minister; Andrew Boe, lawyer; Jane Caro, social commentator; and John Hewson, former Liberal leader.

Panellists: Chris Bowen, Assistant Treasurer; Sophie Mirabella, shadow minister for early childhood learning, women and youth; John Elliott, businessman and blogger; Catherine Deveny, comedian and columnist for The Age; and Stephen Crittenden, journalist and broadcaster.

Panellists: PJ O'Rourke, author and political satirist; Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; Julie Bishop, Deputy Opposition Leader; David Marr, journalist and author; Cindy Pan, doctor and columnist.

Panellists: Peter Garrett, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts; Barnaby Joyce, National Party Senate Leader; Sarah Hanson-Young, South Australian Greens Senator; Pru Goward, NSW Liberal MP; Wesley Enoch, theatre director and playwright.

Panellists: Senator Mark Arbib, Parliamentary Secretary for Government Service Delivery; Sharman Stone, shadow immigration minister; Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor, The Australian; Guy Rundle, author and Crikey.com.au blogger; Randa Abdel-Fattah, author and lawyer.

Panellists: Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance; Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer; Misha Schubert, political correspondent for The Age; Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, director of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art; Geoff Cousins, author and business man.

Panellists: Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change; Tony Abbott, shadow minister for community services; Bob Ellis, author and political commentator; Sue Cato, public relations consultant; Wendy Machin, NRMA President and former National Party MP.

Panellists: Kate Ellis, Minister for Youth and Sport; Brendan Nelson, former Opposition Leader; William McInnes, actor and author; Miriam Lyons, Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Development; Peter Holmes a Court, businessman and co-owner of the South Sydney Football Club.

Panellists: Nicola Roxon, Minister for Health and Ageing; Nick Minchin, shadow minister for communications; Dr Charlie Teo, neurosurgeon; Julian Morrow, The Chaser; Jessica Brown, policy analyst, Centre for Independent Studies.

Panellists: Anna Bligh, Premier of Queensland; Senator George Brandis, shadow attorney-general; David Penberthy, editor, The Punch; Tania Major, Cape York indigenous activist; Simon Sheikh, executive director, GetUp!.

Panellists: Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister; Malcolm Turnbull, Leader of the Opposition; Mitch Grady, Young Liberal; Sara Haghdoosti, student activist; Linden Brownley, law student and indigenous advocate.

Panellists: Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; Christopher Pyne, shadow education minister; Piers Akerman, columnist, The Daily Telegraph; Indira Naidoo, climate consultant; Sharan Burrow, president, Australian Council of Trade Unions.

Panellists: Maxine McKew, Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government; Tony Smith, shadow assistant treasurer; Candy Bowers, hip-hop artist; Felicity Hampel, Victorian County Court judge; Anthony LaPaglia, actor and film producer.

Panellists: Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance; Tony Abbott, shadow minister for families and community services; Australian authors Richard Flanagan and Tara June Winch; and Pakistani author Kamila Shamsie.

Panellists: Tony Burke, Minister for Agriculture; Bill Heffernan, Liberal Senator; Helen Liddell, British High Commissioner; Anne Summers, author and feminist; Tim Wilson, director, Institute of Public Affairs.

Panellists: former WA Premier Geoff Gallop; social commentator Melinda Tankard Reist; author and teacher John Marsden; the shadow minister for early childhood education, Sophie Mirabella; comedian and satirist Anthony Ackroyd.

Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Housing and the Status of Women; shadow treasurer Joe Hockey; author Thomas Keneally; lawyer and academic Larissa Behrendt; and John Roskam, Executive Director of the Institute for Public Affairs.

Panellists: Kate Ellis, Minister for Early Childhood Education; former Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer; anthropologist Dr Peter Sutton; former leader of the Australian Democrats, Natasha Stott Despoja; and Megan Lloyd, editor of Adelaide's Sunday Mail newspaper.

Panellists: Christopher Hitchens, author and radical atheist; Father Frank Brennan, Jesuit intellectual and social activist; Waleed Aly, politics lecturer; Sally Warhaft, author and founding editor ofThe Monthly; and Anne Henderson, biographer and deputy director of The Sydney Institute.

Panellists: Germaine Greer, author and feminist icon; Labor MP Belinda Neal; Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi; advertising executive Todd Sampson; and conservative columnist forThe Australian, Janet Albrechtsen.

Panellists: Alexei Sayle, satirist and comedian; Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure; Christopher Pyne, Oppostion education spokesman; Nikki Williams, CEO of the NSW Minerals Council; and Deepa Gupta, of the Indian Youth Climate Network.

Panellists: John Elliott, businessman and blogger; Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; Peter Dutton, Opposition health spokesman; Louise Adler, publisher; and Annabel Crabb, journalist.

Panellists: Tony Abbott, shadow minister for families and community services; Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities; satirist and author Jonathon Biggins; social commentator Bettina Arndt; and Catherine Deveny, comedian and columnist withThe Age.

Panellists: Lobbyist and former Labor minister Graham Richardson; shadow treasurer Joe Hockey; Maxine McKew, Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure; journalist David Marr; and Kerry Chikarovski, former NSW Liberal leader. (Season Final)

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.

Panellists: Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance; Barnaby Joyce, shadow minister for finance; Melinda Tankard Reist, author and advocate; Satyajit Das, financial consultant and former banker; Rebecca Huntley, social researcher.

Panellists: Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek; former Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull; veteran political commentator and humorist Mungo MacCallum; publicist and advertising consultant Jane Caro; and conservative advocate John Roskam from the Institute of Public Affairs.

Panellists: Peter Garrett, Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts; Chris Pyne, Opposition education spokesman; Jin Xing, choreographer and dancer; Eddie Perfect, comedian and performer; Brenda Croft, artist and curator; and Paul Grabowsky, Director of the Adelaide Festival.

Panellists: Richard Dawkins, author, evolutionary biologist and atheist; Patrick McGorry, mental health expert and Australian of the Year; Rabbi Jackie Nino; Family First Senator Steve Fielding; Julie Bishop, Deputy Opposition Leader; and Tony Burke, Minister for Agriculture.

Panellists: Miranda Devine, conservative columnist with The Sydney Morning Herald; Catherine Deveny, comedian and anything but conservative columnist with The Age; Waleed Aly, politics lecturer; Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities; and Peter Dutton, shadow health minister.

Panellists: Nicola Roxon, Minister for Health; Baroness Valerie Amos, United Kingdom High Commissioner to Australia; Greg Hunt, Opposition environment spokesman; John 'Rampaging Roy Slaven' Doyle, broadcaster and playwright; and Tim Wilson, from the free-market think tank the Institute for Public Affairs.

Panellists: Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; Kelly O'Dwyer, Liberal MP; Sue Cato, spin doctor; Nick McKim, Leader of the Tasmanian Greens; and Graham Richardson, lobbyist and former Labor minister.

A veteran of many Q&A panels since the program's earliest days, Tony Abbott this time faced the audience alone as Leader of the Opposition. A sharp and well-informed audience put him through the hoops on issues across the policy spectrum, and Tony kept his answers brief enough to allow room for well over 20 questions from those in the studio and from others around Australia via video and the web.

The panel includes: Greg Sheridan, Joe Hockey, Tanya Plibersek, Jeff Bleich and Lucy Turnbull.

Panellists: Bob Carr, former NSW Premier; Scott Morrison, Opposition immigration spokesman; Heather Ridout, chief executive of the Australian Industry Group; national director of GetUp, Simon Sheikh; and communication consultant Shimrit Nothman.

Panellists: Former Defence Force Chief General Peter Cosgrove; author and feminist icon Germaine Greer; Brigadier Alison Creagh; historian Professor Henry Reynolds; and Peter FitzSimons, author and journalist.

Panellists: Climate Change Minister Penny Wong; Liberal Senator Nick Minchin; Deputy Greens Leader Christine Milne; John Symond of Aussie Home Loans; and Paul Howes, national secretary of the Australian Workers' Union.

Panellists: Kaiser Kuo, internet consultant; Brendan O'Connor, Minister for Home Affairs; Sophie Mirabella, shadow minister for innovation; columnist and commentator Helen Razer; and Brett Solomon, Executive Director of Accessnow.org.

Panellists: Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance; Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer.

Panellists: Acclaimed authors Peter Carey, Lionel Shriver and John Ralston Saul; Indigenous academic Marcia Langton; and former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.

Panellists: Maxine McKew, member for Bennelong; Liberal senator Cory Bernardi; law student and political aspirant Mitch Grady; Miriam Lyons, Director of the Centre for Policy Development; and singer and song-writer Clare Bowditch.

Panellists: Financial Services Minister Chris Bowen; Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison; AFL legend Kevin Sheedy; NSW Liberal MP Pru Goward; youth representative and human rights activist Samah Hadid; and lawyer and community worker Heath Ducker.

Panellists: Peter Garrett, Minister for Environment Protection; Peter Singer, philosopher and ethicist; Helen Coonan, Liberal Senator; David Marr, author and journalist; and Jayashri Kulkarni, professor of psychiatry.

Panellists: Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; former Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull; Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young; Labor legend and former Senator Graham Richardson; and Jessica Brown, policy analyst from the Centre for Independent Studies.

Panellists: Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disability Services; Barnaby Joyce, National Party Senate Leader; Christine Wallace, political biographer and journalist; Magda Szubanski, actor and comedian; Harold Mitchell, advertising guru and philanthropist; and Janet Albrechtsen, columnist for The Australian.

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.

Panellists: Chris Evans, Minister for Immigration; Christopher Pyne, shadow education minister; journalist and author Lenore Taylor; Scott Ludlam, WA Greens Senator; Victorian County Court Judge Felicity Hampel; and John Elliott, business man and former Liberal Party president.

Panellists: Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek; Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop; political analyst Waleed Aly; newspaper columnist Piers Akerman; and ALP strategist Bruce Hawker.

Panellists: Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change; Greens Senator Christine Milne; Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull; former Labor minister Graham Richardson; and Tom Switzer, editor of The Spectator Australia.

Panellists: Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; Barnaby Joyce, National Party Senate Leader; Peter Dutton, shadow minister for health; Larissa Waters, lead Queensland Senate candidate for the Greens; and Madonna King, ABC Brisbane radio presenter.

Dick Smith's Population Puzzle looks at the future of Australia's population.

Panellists: Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull; Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young; political commentator Graham Richardson; Independent MP Tony Windsor; and conservative columnist Janet Albrechtsen.

Panellists: Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser; author Jessica Rudd; author and political historian John Keane; biographer and commentator Christine Wallace; and Chris Berg, research fellow with the Institute of Public Affairs.

Panellists: Independent MP Bob Katter; Greens Senator Christine Milne; former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie; Liberal Senator Nick Minchin; and social researcher Rebecca Huntley.

On the panel: Clive Palmer, Tanya Plibersek, Warren Truss, Sarah Hanson-Young and Lenore Taylor.

Panellists: Immigration Minister Chris Bowen; shadow education minister Christopher Pyne; ethicist and author Leslie Cannold; editor of the Australian Women's Weekly, Helen McCabe; and comedian Craig Reucassel from The Chaser.

Panellists: Communications Minister Stephen Conroy; shadow innovation minister Sophie Mirabella; journalist and author Mungo MacCallum; Independent MP Rob Oakeshott; and Fiona Patten, president of the Australian Sex Party.

Panellists: International human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson; editor-at-large for The Australian, Paul Kelly; activist and commentator Tariq Ali; journalist and author Ratih Hardjono; and columnist Lenore Skenazy.

Panellists: Sports Minister Mark Arbib; Liberal MHR Kelly O'Dwyer; author and journalist Roy Masters; former Test cricketer Geoff Lawson; and Olympic swimming champion Lisa Forrest.

Panellists: Mike Kelly, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture; shadow climate minister Greg Hunt; scientist and climate change advocate Tim Flannery; scientist and climate change sceptic Jennifer Mahorasy; journalist with The Australian, Jennifer Hewett; and Bruce Guthrie, former News Ltd editor and author of Man Bites Murdoch.

When Q&A invited former Prime Minister John Howard to appear on the program to discuss his autobiography, Lazarus Rising, no one anticipated that the show would make news around the world. Then again, no one could know that audience member and Iraq war protester Pete Gray would choose to make a point about the war by taking off both shoes and hurling them across the studio at the former PM.

Panellists: WA Premier Colin Barnett; Defence Minister Stephen Smith; mining magnate Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest; Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop; Greens Senator Rachel Siewert; and Indigenous business representative Tony Wiltshire from the Pilbara Aboriginal Contractors' Association.

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.

The final Q&A for 2010 was not entirely without drama: a violent thunderstorm closed Sydney airport for much of the night and the plane from Adelaide carrying Liberal Senator Nick Minchin, one of the scheduled panellists for the evening, was diverted to Melbourne.

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)

Panellists: Daniel Andrews, Premier of Victoria; Josh Frydenberg, Minister for the Environment and Energy; Daisy Cousens, Research Fellow, Menzies Research Centre; Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Climate activist and hip-hop artist; and Helen Andrews, Policy analyst and Trump supporter.

Panellists: James Paterson, Victorian Liberal Senator; Kate Ellis, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education; Jacqui Lambie, Independent Senator for Tasmania; Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Founder of Youth Without Borders; and Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, Founder, The new Democracy Foundation.

Panellists:George Brandis, Attorney-General; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Julian Burnside, Barrister and Human Rights Advocate; Piers Akerman, Political commentator; and Michele Levine, CEO, Roy Morgan Research.

Panellists:Scott Ryan,Special Minister of State; Clare O'Neil, Shadow Minister for Justice; Peter Singer, Philosopher and ethicist; Leyla Acaroglu, Design disruptor and cultural provocateur; and Ted Lapkin, Former Abbott Government Advisor.

Panellists: Lindy West, Writer and performer; Mei Fong, Journalist and writer; Thordis Elva, Writer, journalist and public speaker; Faustina Agolley, TV host and producer; and Josephine Cashman, Indigenous lawyer & businesswoman.

Panellists: Mem Fox, Author; Martha Wainwright, Canadian Singer-Songwriter; Neil Armfield, Theatre and opera director; Ursula Yovich, Actress and cabaret singer; and Kim Williams, Author and former media executive.

Panellists: Wadah Khanfar, Former director-general of the Al Jazeera Network; Claire Wardle, First Draft News; Mark Day, JournalistThe Australian; Zed Seselja, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs; and Terri Butler, Queensland Labor MP.

Panellists: Mark Seymour, Singer-Songwriter; Bridget McKenzie, National Party Senator for Victoria; Amanda Rishworth, Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs and Defence Personnel; Peter Holmes à Court, Businessman turned writer; Kerry Chikarovski, Former State Liberal leader; and Lydia Khalil, International security adviser.

Panellists: Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Laureate and Chairman of Yunus Centre; Helle Thorning-Schmidt, CEO of Save the Children International; Josh Frydenberg, Minister for the Environment and Energy; Linda Burney, Shadow Minister for Human Services; and Paul Kelly, Editor-at-largeThe Australian.

Panellists: Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications; Penny Wong, Opposition Leader in the Senate; Billy Bragg, Singer-songwriter and activist; Nikki Gemmell, Author; and Margaret Somerville, Professor of Bioethics, The University of Notre Dame Australia.

Panellists: Germaine Greer, Feminist icon and provocateur; Chido Govera, Zimbabwean activist and social entrepreneur; Alex Hawke, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection; Tony Burke, Manager of Opposition Business; and Derryn Hinch, Senator for Victoria.

Panellists: Armando Iannucci, Executive Producer of Veep; Barnaby Joyce, Deputy Prime Minister;
Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Brian Schmidt, Nobel laureate; and Laura Demasi, Social Researcher and Director, Ipsos.

Panellists: Dan Tehan, Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel; Lisa Singh, Tasmanian Labor Senator; Dave Hughes, Comedian and Broadcaster; Mark Leibler, Taxation lawyer and corporate strategist; and Danni Addison, CEO Urban Development Institute VIC.

Panellists: Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education; Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Senator; Innes Willox, CEO, Australian Industry Group; and Miranda Stewart, Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute ANU.

Panellists: Niki Savva, Journalist and author; Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical Physicist & Cosmologist; Mikhail Zygar, Russian journalist and writer; Mona Chalabi, Data editor of The Guardian US; and Paul Beatty, Author,The Sellout.

From Parliament House, Canberra this special 1967 & Mabo: Moving Forward marks 50 years since the 1967 referendum & 25 years since Mabo.

Panellists: Noel Pearson, Founder, Cape York Partnership; Pat Anderson, Co-chair Referendum Council and Chairperson of The Lowitja Institute; Megan Davis, UNSW Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous; Nakkiah Lui, Playwright, Performer and Commentator; and Stan Grant, ABC Indigenous Affairs Coverage Editor.

Panellists: Christian Porter, Minister for Social Services; Anthony Albanese, Shadow Infrastructure Minister; David Leyonhjelm, Liberal Democrats Senator for NSW; Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University; and Kiruna Stamell, Actor, dancer & advocate.

Energy special.

Panellists: Josh Frydenberg, Minister for the Environment and Energy; Mark Butler, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy; Alan Finkel, Australia's Chief Scientist; Rosemary Sinclair, CEO of Energy Consumers Australia; and Amanda McKenzie, CEO of the Climate Council.

Guest host Jeremy Fernandez & Panellists: James Paterson, Victorian Liberal Senator; Linda Burney, Shadow Minister for Human Services; Jane Goodall, Primatologist; Peter Kurti, Research Fellow, Centre for Independent Studies; and Rachel Botsman, Author & Social Innovator.

Guest host Virginia Trioli & Panellists: Alastair Campbell, Former Press Secretary to Tony Blair; Anna Greenberg, Pollster and Commentator; Christopher Pyne, Minister for Defence Industry; Clare O'Neil, Shadow Minister for Justice; and Grahame Morris, Political Strategist.

Q&A is coming from Alice Springs, with guest host Virginia Trioli & Panellists: Warren Snowdon, Shadow Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health; Jacinta Price, Alice Springs Council; Dale McIver, Chair of Tourism Central Australia; Josie Douglas, Senior Policy Officer, Central Land Council; Bob Katter, Leader of the Katter's Australian Party; and William Tilmouth, Co-founder Children's Ground.

Panellists: Matt Canavan, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia; Terri Butler, Queensland Labor MP; Mehdi Hasan, Host with Al Jazeera English; John Stackhouse, Christian scholar and historian; and Rachel Corbett, Writer, radio and television presenter.

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.

Panellists: Josh Frydenberg, Minister for the Environment and Energy; Catherine King, Shadow Health Minister; Pinidu Chandrasekera, Parade College, Bundoora; Aretha Brown, Williamstown High School; Jock Maddern, Kaniva College; and Jacinta Speer, The MacRobertson Girls' High School.

Panellists: Steve Ciobo, Minister for Trade and Investment; Jim Chalmers, Shadow Minister for Finance; Mei Fong, Journalist and writer; Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor,The Australian; and Jessica Irvine, Economics Journalist.

In a Q&A Special from the Garma Festival in Arnhem Land, guest host Stan Grant is joined by:

Panellists: Nigel Scullion, Minister for Indigenous Affairs; Marcia Langton, Professor of Indigenous Studies; Noel Pearson, Founder, Cape York Partnership; Denise Bowden, Festival Director, Garma; Djapirri Mununggirritj, Board Member, Yothu Yindi Foundation; and Peter Yu, CEO Nyamba Buru Yawuru.

Panellists: Eric Abetz, Tasmanian Liberal Senator; Sam Dastyari, Labor Senator for New South Wales; Kim Rubenstein, Professor, ANU College of Law; Jamila Rizvi, Author, presenter and columnist; and Michael Jensen, Theologian and author.

Panellists: Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition.

Panellists: George Brandis, Attorney-General; Tony Burke, Manager of Opposition Business; Jacqui Lambie, Independent Senator for Tasmania; Christine Forster, City of Sydney Councillor; and Dan Sultan, Singer-songwriter.

Joining Tony Jones at the Melbourne Writers' Festival:

Panellists: Rutger Bregman, Historian and author; Laurie Penny, Writer and journalist; Shashi Tharoor, Indian diplomat, politician and author; Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Founder and editor-in-chief of Muslim Girl; and Michael Fullilove, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy.

Guest Presenter Virginia Trioli & Panellists: Zed Seselja, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs; Mark Dreyfus, Shadow Attorney-General; Lucy Gichuhi, Independent Senator for South Australia; A.C. Grayling, Philosopher; and Merav Michaeli, Chair of the Zionist Party, Israel.

Guest presenter Jeremy Fernandez & Panellists: Michael Sukkar, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer; Penny Wong, Opposition Leader in the Senate; Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator; Emma Herd, CEO Investor Group on Climate Change; and Bret Stephens, Author and journalist.

Panellists: Craig Laundy, Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science; Ed Husic, Shadow Minister for the Digital Economy and Future of Work; Catherine Ball, Scientist, Entrepreneur and Drone Specialist; Sandra Peter, Director, Sydney Business Insights; and Adam Spencer, Broadcaster and Maths Geek.

Q&A is live from Melbourne with Panellists: Matt Canavan, Queensland Nationals Senator; Amanda Rishworth, Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs and Defence Personnel; Richard Di Natale, Leader of The Australian Greens; and Michele Levine, CEO, Roy Morgan Research.

Panellists: Jimmy Barnes, Rock Icon and Author; Bridget McKenzie, National Party Senator for Victoria; Anne Aly, Labor Member for Cowan; and Tim Fischer, former Deputy Prime Minister and author.

Special Q&A Same-Sex Marriage debate with Panellists: Magda Szubanski, Actress and Comedian; Glenn Davies, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney; Frank Brennan, Jesuit priest and professor of law; and Karina Okotel, No campaign spokesperson.

Panellists: Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister; Laura Tingle, Political Editor,The Australian Financial Review; Alan Jones, Radio Broadcaster; and Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University.

Student special with Panellists: Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Geordie Brown, Oxley High School, Tamworth; Nadia Homem, Burwood Girls High School; Arthur Lim, Moorebank High School; and Lauren McGrath-Wild, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney.

Panellists: Angus Taylor, Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation; Terri Butler, Queensland Labor MP; Brian Cox, Particle Physicist and TV Presenter; and Judith Sloan, Economist and Businesswoman.

Panellists: George Brandis, Attorney-General; Brendan O'Connor, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations; Janet Rice, Greens Senator for Victoria; Stephen O'Doherty, Christian radio broadcaster; and Jacqui Lambie, Outgoing Independent Senator for Tasmania.

Panellists: James McGrath, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister; Murray Watt, Labor Senator for Queensland; Lenore Taylor, Editor of The Guardian Australia; Jan Fran, Presenter,The Feed, SBS; and Warren Mundine, Former adviser to the PM on Indigenous Affairs.

Panellists: Eric Abetz, Tasmanian Liberal Senator; Lisa Singh, Tasmanian Labor Senator; Gillian Triggs, Former President, Australian Human Rights Commission; Simon Breheny, Director of Policy, IPA; and Kate McClymont, Investigative journalist with Sydney Morning Herald.

Presented by Virginia Trioli with Panellist: Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia.

Presented by Virginia Trioli with Panellists: Greg Hunt, Minister for Health and Sport; Anthony Albanese, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure; Maxine McKew, Author and Hon Enterprise Professor, University of Melbourne; Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor,The Australian; and Alice Workman, Political Reporter with Buzzfeed Australia. (Final for 2017)

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).

For all you digital natives, Q&A streamed live on Thursday 8 May. The set may have been under construction and a cheeky sign where the Q&A logo should have been but the night went off well.

From Hollywood to Australia #MeToo has seen women calling Times Up! on sexual harassment. Virginia Trioli hosts a special Q&A with Panellists: Isabella Manfredi, Lead singer of The Preatures; Josh Bornstein, Employment lawyer; Janet Albrechtsen, Opinion columnist for The Australian; and Catharine Lumby, Professor of Media at Macquarie University.

Note: Controversial Sydney barrister Charles Waterstreet withdrew from the Q&A #MeToo special on Thursday morning after previously confirming that he would appear.

Host Tony Jones is joined by special guest and former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as he makes his first major media appearance to answer questions from the people of Australia on a special Q&A.