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Q&A

Q&A Season 8: Episode Guide & Ratings

2008TV Series

Season 8 Episodes

1. Elections, Economics & Knightmares

February 2nd, 2015 1 hr

Tony Jones is ed by Former ALP Treasurer, Wayne Swan; Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce; Greens Senator for Queensland, Larissa Waters; and Independent Senators, John Madigan and Jacqui Lambie.

2. Spills, Bills, Coal & Kills

February 9th, 2015 1 hr

Tony Jones is ed by broadcaster Alan Jones; Assistant Infrastructure Minister Jamie Briggs; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, Chair of AustralianSuper Heather Ridout; and comedian and writer Corrine Grant.

3. Death, Detention and Defending Policies

February 16th, 2015 1 hr

lists Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Communications; Catherine King, Shadow Health Minister; Lisa Wilkinson, Journalist; Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative; & Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian.

4. Family Violence Special

February 23rd, 2015 1 hr

lists: Aus of the Year, Rosie Batty; Aus Ambassador for Women, Natasha Stott Despoja; Acting VIC Police Commissioner, Tim Cartwright; Indigenous anti-violence campaigner, Charlie King; & Men's Counsellor, Simon Santosha.

5. Economics, Regulations & One Word

March 2nd, 2015 1 hr

lists: Star of stage and screen, Miriam Margolyes; Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg; Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Andrew Leigh; Centre for Independent Studies, Trisha Jha; & Editor In Chief of Mamamia, Jamila Rizvi.

6. Bad Feminism: Contradictions and Careers

March 9th, 2015 1 hr

To celebrate 40 years of IWD a special Q&A with guest host Annabel Crabb. Annabel Crabb guest hosts Q&A with a including Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop; Feminist icon, Germaine Greer; Author, Roxane Gay; CEO of Best & Less, Holly Kramer & Engineer and youth advocate, Yassmin Abdel-Magied.

7. Intergenerational Wealth and Health

March 16th, 2015 1 hr

An Intergenerational Report special. ing Tony Jones is Treasurer Joe Hockey; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen; ACOSS CEO Cassandra Goldie; CEO of Australian Chamber of Commerce Kate Carnell & public policy expert John Daley.

8. When the Bush came to Town

March 23rd, 2015 1 hr

Live from the Royal Easter Show, Tony Jones is ed by National Party Senator Fiona Nash; Shadow Minister for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon; Country musician Troy-Cassar-Daley; Orchardist Robyn Clubb; and cattleman Rob Cook.

9. Depression, Drugs and Another Planet

March 30th, 2015 1 hr

Host Tony Jones is ed by lists Education Minister Christopher Pyne; Opposition Senate Leader Penny Wong; Comedian Ruby Wax; Musician and humanitarian Michael Franti & Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Brian Schmidt.

10. Political Tensions and Children in Detention

April 6th, 2015 1 hr

Greek musical legend Nana Mouskouri s Tony Jones on the Q&A with: Parl Sec to the Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer; Labor Member Ed Husic; Australian Financial Review Editor, Michael Stutchbury; & playwright Van Badham.

11. Vaccinations, Press Freedoms & Forced Closures

April 13th, 2015 1 hr

lists: Journalist Peter Greste; Asst Minister for Social Services Mitch Fifield; Shadow Parl Sec for Regional Development Alannah MacTiernan; CEO Regional Aus Institute Su McCluskey; & NITV News' Malarndirri McCarthy.

12. Drinking, Depression and Deportation

April 20th, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones: Journalist Derryn Hinch; Minister for Trade & Investment, Andrew Robb; Former Speaker of the House, Anna Burke; Comedian Dave Hughes; CEO of the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, Jane Burns.

13. ANZAC Spirit, Modern Warfare and Marriage

April 27th, 2015 1 hr

On the this week: Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Former deputy PM Tim Fischer; Historian Carolyn Holbrook; & Deputy Program Director, Human Rights Watch Tom Porteous.

14. Assault, Altruism and Emissions

May 4th, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones on the : Philosopher & ethicist, Peter Singer; Environment Minister, Greg Hunt; Shadow Environment Minister, Mark Butler; Broadcaster & commentator, Amanda Vanstone; & US performer, Adrienne Truscott.

15. Struggle Street on Budget Eve

May 11th, 2015 1 hr

lists: Clive Palmer, Leader of the Palmer United Party; Christian Porter, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; Nakkiah Lui, Playwright; Jason Clare, Shadow Communications Minister; and Jennifer Hewett, Political journalist.

16. Death Cults, Brains & Migration

May 18th, 2015 1 hr

On the Q&A this week, we feature some of the brightest stars from this year's Sydney Writers' Festival: Norman Doidge; Caitlin Doughty; Douglas Coupland; Mohsin Hamid and Christina Lamb.

17. Joe Hockey on the Tradies vs Ladies Budget

May 25th, 2015 1 hr

This week Tony Jones is ed by the Treasurer of Australia, Joe Hockey to face a LIVE studio audience & respond directly to their post-budget questions.

18. War Cries, Citizenship & Crime Prevention

June 1st, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones LIVE on the : Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg; Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Anthony Albanese; Actor and elder Jack Charles; Policy analyst Miriam Lyons; and Businesswoman Judith Sloan.

19. Revolutionary Christianity, Citizenship & Incarceration

June 8th, 2015 1 hr

lists: Christine Forster, City of Sydney Councillor; Dr Cornel West, Scholar and Poet; Philip Ruddock, Special Envoy for Citizenship; Katy Gallagher, Senator for the Australian Capital Territory; and Bates Gill, CEO of US Studies Centre.

20. Magna Carta Magna QandA

June 15th, 2015 1 hr

Q&A marks the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta with an episode from Parliament House in Canberra. ing Tony Jones on the are Bronwyn Bishop, Noel Pearson, Gillian Triggs, Luca Belgiorno-Nettis & Bret Walker.

21. Terror, Poverty & Native Titles

June 22nd, 2015 1 hr

lists: singer ANOHNI Hegarty; Parl. Sec for Foreign Affairs Steve Ciobo; Shad Min. for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon; lobbyist Grahame Morris; Advertising director Dee Madigan; & anti-poverty campaigner Linda Tirado.

22. Radicalisation, Religion & Recognition

June 29th, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones on the : Dep Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Editor-at-large The Australian Paul Kelly; Cosmologist Lawrence Krauss; Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson; counter-terrorism expert Dr. Anne Aly.

23. Greece, Gags & Grazing Land

July 6th, 2015 1 hr

On the : Vrasidas Karalis, Professor of Modern Greek; Shadow Minister for Immigration Richard Marles; Greens Senator Larissa Waters; policy analyst Trisha Jha & foreign affairs editor Greg Sheridan.

24. Peace, Ideology & Free Speech

July 13th, 2015 1 hr

On the : Former Liberal leader John Hewson, Shadow Assistant Minister for Education Amanda Rishworth, war correspondent Michael Ware, scholar John Stackhouse, and Director of Polling at the Lowy Institute Alex Oliver.

25. Choppers, Coal & Community

July 20th, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones on the : Former Deputy PM, Tim Fischer; Broadcaster, Alan Jones; Senator, Jacqui Lambie; Shadow Environment Minister, Mark Butler & Mining and development strategist Katherine Teh-White.

26. Culture of Change

July 27th, 2015 1 hr

ing Virginia Trioli LIVE from Brisbane: QLD Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk; Catholic Archbishop Mark Coleridge; Fmr Nats Senator Ron Boswell; Policy Analyst Prof Anne Tiernan; Innovation Strategist Monica Bradley.

27. New Frontiers & Next Bold Missions

August 3rd, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones on the : Director of NY's Hayden Planetarium Neil de Grasse Tyson; Oncologist and author Ranjana Srivastava; Broadcaster and maths geek Adam Spencer; and Marine ecologist Beth Fulton.

28. Perks, Penalty Rates & Life in Space

August 10th, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones: astronaut Chris Hadfield; Assistant Minister for Vocational Education Sharon Bird; author/feminist Anne Summers; Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and journalist Joe Hildebrand.

29. Ethics, Equality & Evasion

August 17th, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones on the Q&A : Greens leader Richard Di Natale; Parl Sec to the Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer; Labor Senator Sam Dastyari; British Editor Brendan O'Neill; and Traditional marriage advocate Katy Faust.

30. Public Life & Political Memoirs

August 24th, 2015 1 hr

ing Virginia Trioli from the Melbourne Writers Festival, publisher Louise Adler; Former Qld Premier Anna Bligh; Former Howard Cabinet insider Peter Reith; Former Independent MP Tony Windsor; & author Annabel Crabb.

31. Cheating, Climate, War & Democracy

August 31st, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones live from the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Sydney Opera House: Climate activist Naomi Klein; Christian philosopher Miroslav Volf; Tariq Ali; Feminist Laurie Penny & American Review Editor Tom Switzer.

32. Drowning in Desperation to Dying with Dignity

September 7th, 2015 1 hr

lists: NSW Premier, Mike Baird; Shadow Treasurer, Chris Bowen; Pres of Business Council of Aus, Catherine Livingstone; Human Rights Lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson & International Editor of The Economist, Helen Joyce.

33. A New Prime Minister, New Leadership

September 14th, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones on the : Folk legend Joan Baez; Former Liberal leader John Hewson; Labor member for Griffith, Terri Butler; World Vision CEO Tim Costello; and Editor of The Spectator Australia, Rowan Dean.

34. Bill Shorten in Ballarat

September 21st, 2015 1 hr

Live from Ballarat. This week we dissect the policies of the federal opposition, when Tony Jones is ed on the for a special one on one with Bill Shorten, the leader of the Australian Labor Party.

35. Conservatives, China & Chris Brown

September 28th, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones on the : Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce; Shadow Health Minister Catherine King; Journalist David Marr; Museum Director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor & Executive Director of the IPA, John Roskam.

36. Shine a Light on Depression

October 5th, 2015 1 hr

Mental As Q&A shines a light on depression - one of the most common yet misunderstood mental illnesses in Australia. On the : Ian Hickie; Wayne Schwass; Professor Pat Dudgeon; Fay Jackson; and Dr. Roderick McKay.

37. Social Cohesion, Offshore Detention & Factions

October 12th, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones on the : Australia's first indigenous Federal Minister Ken Wyatt; Labor Senator Lisa Singh; Greens MP Adam Bandt; Muslim Community Leader Sheikh Wesam Charkawi; and soprano Tania de Jong.

38. Friends and Allies in Foreign Policy

October 19th, 2015 1 hr

A foreign affairs special : Former Foreign Minister Bob Carr; CEO Lowy Institute Michael Fullilove; Former diplomat Alison Broinowski; Director Of Advocacy, Human Rights Law Centre Emily Howie; Melbourne Uni's Sow Keat Tok.

39. Country Life, CSG and Cannabis

October 26th, 2015 1 hr

Live from Toowoomba with guest host Tom Ballard. lists: Rural Health Mininister Fiona Nash; Shadow Minister for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon; Southern Qld Uni's Jan Thomas; Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio; Singer Katie Noonan.

40. GST, Gonski, Population and Diversity

November 2nd, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones on the : ecologist & biologist Paul Ehrlich; Minister for Education & Training Simon Birmingham; Shadow Finance Minister Tony Burke; Comedian & Broadcaster Wendy Harmer & Businesswoman Dai Le.

41. Facing Death

November 9th, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones are Broadcaster Andrew Denton; doctor/author Karen Hitchcock; palliative care specialist Ralph McConaghy; terminal cancer patient Ana Lamaro & doctor/euthanasia advocate Rodney Syme.

42. Paris, Syria & South Australia

November 16th, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones in Adelaide: French Ambassador Christophe Lecourtier, security consultant Andrew MacLeod, Federal Minister Christopher Pyne; Shadow Minister Kate Ellis; Sen. Nick Xenophon & youth advocate Holly Ransom.

43. Racists, Extremists and Economists

November 23rd, 2015 1 hr

ing Tony Jones are Environment Minister Greg Hunt; Anthony Albanese; Geraldine Brooks; Former Finance Minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis; Judith Sloan & from the Australian Muslim Women's Centre Tasneem Chopra.

All Seasons

Season 14

Season 14

Feb 4, 2021
Season 13

Season 13

Feb 3, 2020
Season 12

Season 12

Feb 4, 2019
Season 11

Season 11

Feb 5, 2018
Season 10

Season 10

Feb 6, 2017
Season 9

Season 9

Feb 1, 2016
Season 8

Season 8

Feb 2, 2015
Season 7

Season 7

Feb 3, 2014
Season 6

Season 6

Feb 4, 2013
Season 5

Season 5

Feb 6, 2012
Season 4

Season 4

Feb 7, 2011
Season 3

Season 3

Feb 8, 2010
Season 2

Season 2

Feb 12, 2009
Season 1

Season 1

May 22, 2008
Specials

Specials

Apr 26, 2012