Q&A
Returns Monday 1 February at 9:35pm
Hosted by Tony Jones, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues of the week. It’s about democracy in action - the audience gets to ask the questions.
Archived topic Q&A
Q&A is back! And kicking off 2016 with an Australians of the Year special
Monday 1 February at 9.35pm on ABC
Simulcast LIVE at 9:35pm (AEDT) on iview and ABC NewsRadio; Australia Plus Television also broadcasts Q&A in to Asia and the Pacific.
Joining host Tony Jones on the Q&A panel on Monday will be
2016 Australian of the Year, David Morrison;
2016 Senior Australian of the Year, Gordian Fulde;
2015 Australian of the Year, Rosie Batty;
Indigenous Affairs Editor, Guardian Australia, Stan Grant; and
2016 SA Finalist Young Australian of the Year, Manal Younus.
Members of the public can:
• Register to be part of the Q&A LIVE studio audience at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Submit questions for the panel, also at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Contribute to the discussion via Q&A’s Twitter highlights feed, using #qanda
• Submit live questions via Twitter using #qanda and @qanda
###Q&A live across Australia
Q&A, Australia’s favourite forum for debate and discussion, will again be live on television across Australia when it launches its 2016 season tonight.
The program will air on ABC News 24 at 9pm in SA, 8.30pm in Queensland, 8pm in the NT and 6.30pm in WA. Q&A will also continue to be live-streamed on ABC iview. This means all viewers can join the conversation in real time, including via Twitter. The program can also be watched later in those states at its usual time on ABC TV.
As a result of the change, on Monday nights viewers in those states will no longer see Lateline on News 24. They can catch the program in its later timeslot on ABC TV.
In NSW, ACT, Victoria and Tasmania Q&A will continue to air on ABC TV at 9.30pm AEST. Lateline airs on News 24 at 9.30pm AEST and later on ABC TV. Q&A will also continue to be live-streamed on iview.
Director of News Gaven Morris said: “We are excited to welcome Q&A to the News Division and delighted to be able to offer this very popular program live across Australia once again.
“As Australia gears up for a fascinating federal election, Q&A’s role as a forum for public democracy has never been more vital.”
Q&A will also spend more time on the road this year, with a minimum of 16 episodes broadcast outside its home studio, from locations including Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and regional centres.
The program is looking at ways to help more people participate, including by putting questions to the panel through Skype, Facebook, Twitter and other social media.
Detailed data on every program, including the share of voice of each panelist, will be published weekly on its website.
The changes will add up to a wider range of topics and a greater diversity of voices on the panels, in the audience and asking questions from elsewhere.
Executive Producer Peter McEvoy said: “We are always looking for new ways to make Q&A even better and involve more Australians in debate and discussion around the big issues facing our country.”
Rosie Batty is not on tonight’s program.
Neil Mitchell joins Q&A in Melbourne
Monday 8 February at 9.35pm on ABC
Monday, 8 February - 9.35pm on ABC, simulcast LIVE at 9.35pm (AEDT) on iview, ABC NewsRadio & ABC News 24 (QLD, SA NT, WA only)
On Monday Q&A broadcasts live for the first time from the Docklands Studios in Melbourne. With three female panellists, a radio host and union boss on board, Australian politics is firmly back on the agenda.
Joining host Tony Jones on the panel will be
Minister for Rural Health, Fiona Nash;
Shadow Minister for Health, Catherine King;
Radio Host, Neil Mitchell;
IR Commentator & columnist for The Australian, Grace Collier; and
ACTU Secretary, Dave Oliver.
Members of the public can:
• Register to be part of the Q&A LIVE studio audience at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Submit questions for the panel, also at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Contribute to the discussion via Q&A’s Twitter highlights feed, using #qanda
• Submit live questions via Twitter using #qanda and @qanda
• Follow @qanda on Twitter to receive first-hand updates about the program and panel members.
Q&A’s Feisty Four
Monday 15 February at 9.35pm on ABC
Monday, 15 February - 9.35pm on ABC, plus simulcast LIVE at 9.35pm (AEDT) on iview, ABC NewsRadio & ABC News 24*
On Monday, four panellists will field your questions.
Joining host Tony Jones on the panel in our Sydney studio will be
Deputy Leader of the National Party,
Barnaby Joyce;
the woman who now holds Kevin Rudd’s old seat, Terri Butler;
Greens Senator, Sarah Hanson-Young; and
Canadian conservative commentator, Mark Steyn.
Q&A is simulcast LIVE around the country on ABC TV, ABC News 24, ABC NewsRadio, and iview.
Members of the public can:
• Register to be part of the Q&A LIVE studio audience at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Submit questions for the panel, also at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Contribute to the discussion via Q&A’s Twitter highlights feed, using #qanda
• Submit live questions via Twitter using #qanda and @qanda
• Follow @qanda on Twitter to receive first-hand updates about the program and panel members.
*On ABC News 24: QLD 8.35pm, SA 9.05pm, NT 8.05pm, WA 6.35pm (see map image below)
How does News24 transition away from regular programming to Q&A in WA, SA, NT & QLD?
David Kilcullen joins Q&A to discuss international affairs
Monday 22 February at 9.35pm on ABC
On Q&A next Monday we focus on international affairs and the challenges of terrorism.
Joining host Tony Jones on the panel will be
Counter-insurgency expert and military strategist,
David Kilcullen; Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Tanya Plibersek; Minister for Justice and Counter-Terrorism,
Michael Keenan; Israeli journalist,
Eldad Beck; and from the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, ANU, Raihan Ismail.
Q&A is simulcast LIVE around the country on ABC TV, ABC News 24, ABC NewsRadio, and iview.
Members of the public can:
• Register to be part of the Q&A LIVE studio audience at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Submit questions for the panel, also at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Contribute to the discussion via Q&A’s Twitter highlights feed, using #qanda
• Submit live questions via Twitter using #qanda and @qanda
• Follow @qanda on Twitter to receive first-hand updates about the program and panel members.
Monday, 22 February - 9.35pm on ABC, plus simulcast LIVE at 9.35pm (AEDT) on iview, ABC NewsRadio & ABC News 24
Lyle Shelton and Kerryn Phelps go head to head on Q&A in Melbourne
Monday 29 February at 9.35pm on ABC
Q&A is back in Melbourne on Monday night.
Joining host Tony Jones on the panel will be
The Australian Christian Lobby’s, Lyle Shelton;
Former President AMA and marriage equality advocate, Kerryn Phelps;
CEO of Roy Morgan Research, Michele Levine;
Former Minister Small Business, Bruce Billson; and
Labor MP, Anna Burke.
Q&A is simulcast LIVE around the country on ABC TV, ABC News 24, ABC NewsRadio, and iview.
Members of the public can:
• Register to be part of the Q&A LIVE studio audience at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Submit questions for the panel, also at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Contribute to the discussion via Q&A’s Twitter highlights feed, using #qanda
• Submit live questions via Twitter using #qanda and @qanda
• Follow @qanda on Twitter to receive first-hand updates about the program and panel members.
Monday, 29 February - 9.35pm on ABC, plus simulcast LIVE at 9.35pm (AEDT) on iview, ABC NewsRadio & ABC News 24. On ABC News 24: QLD 8.35pm, SA 9.05pm, NT 8.05pm, WA 6.35pm
Q&A on the eve of International Women’s Day
Monday, 7 March - 9.35pm on ABC, plus simulcast LIVE at 9.35pm (AEDT) on iview, ABC NewsRadio & ABC News 24*
Monday’s Q&A falls between Mardi Gras and International Women’s Day, so there’ll be lots to talk about.
Joining host Tony Jones on the panel this week will be
Minister for Women and Employment, Michaelia Cash;
Opposition Leader in the Senate, Penny Wong;
Radio broadcaster, Alan Jones;
Co-founder of Mamamia Women’s Network, Mia Freedman; and
New York-based media personality & political satirist, Josh Zepps.
Q&A is simulcast LIVE around the country on ABC TV, ABC News 24, ABC NewsRadio, and iview.
Members of the public can:
• Register to be part of the Q&A LIVE studio audience at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Submit questions for the panel, also at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Contribute to the discussion via Q&A’s Twitter highlights feed, using #qanda
• Submit live questions via Twitter using #qanda and @qanda
• Follow @qanda on Twitter to receive first-hand updates about the program and panel members.
Yawn.
I’m tired of Q&A’s idea of ‘balance’ being a few reasonable sane people, and then one nutcase on the opposing side.
Hearing both sides of an issue doesn’t mean going to the extreme fringe of each side and presenting those views as representative of either side.
This slack approach by dopey journalists is what has made politics, not just in Australia but worldwide, so pathetically partisan over the last few years.
It finally happened tonight. At the end of the 9pm AEDT news, the anchor said Lateline would be coming up for viewers in NSW, QLD, ACT and TAS, and for other states there would be a news update followed by Q&A.
A special science edition of Q&A
Monday 14 March - 9.35pm on ABC, plus simulcast LIVE at 9.35pm (AEDT) on iview, ABC NewsRadio & ABC News 24*
Joining host Tony Jones on the panel to help us make sense of science will be
World renowned physicist and string theorist, Brian Greene;
Astrophysicist, Tamara Davis;
Australia’s Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel;
Marine ecologist and
TV host, Emma Johnston; and
Molecular biologist and science communicator, Upulie Divisekera.
Q&A is simulcast LIVE around the country on ABC TV, ABC News 24, ABC NewsRadio, and iview.
Members of the public can:
• Register to be part of the Q&A LIVE studio audience at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Submit questions for the panel, also at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Contribute to the discussion via Q&A’s Twitter highlights feed, using #qanda
• Submit live questions via Twitter using #qanda and @qanda
• Follow @qanda on Twitter to receive first-hand updates about the program and panel members.
*On ABC News 24: QLD 8.35pm, SA 9.05pm, NT 8.05pm, WA 6.35pm
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews joins Q&A live from Melbourne
Monday, 21 March - 9.35pm on ABC, plus simulcast LIVE at 9.35pm (AEDT) on iview, ABC NewsRadio & ABC News 24*
On Monday night Q&A is back in Melbourne, and joining host Tony Jones on the panel will be the Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews with:
Minister for Energy & Resources, Josh Frydenberg;
Tasmanian Senator, Jacqui Lambie;
Feminist commentator, Clementine Ford; and
Businesswoman and Chair of Bank of Melbourne, Elizabeth Proust.
Q&A is simulcast LIVE around the country on ABC TV, ABC News 24, ABC NewsRadio, and iview.
Members of the public can:
• Register to be part of the Q&A LIVE studio audience at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Submit questions for the panel, also at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Contribute to the discussion via Q&A’s Twitter highlights feed, using #qanda
• Submit live questions via Twitter using #qanda and @qanda
• Follow @qanda on Twitter to receive first-hand updates about the program and panel members.
*On ABC News 24: QLD 8.35pm, SA 9.05pm, NT 8.05pm, WA 6.35pm (see map image below)
Wow! Since the new season began it has already come to Melbourne three times (including next week). That’s the same number of broadcasts it has held in the city for the whole of 2015.
Live from Adelaide
Monday 4 April - 9.35pm on ABC, plus simulcast LIVE at 9.35pm (AEDT) on iview, ABC NewsRadio & ABC News 24*
On Monday night Q&A is broadcasting LIVE from Adelaide.
Joining host Tony Jones on the panel in the Dunstan Playhouse at the Adelaide Festival Centre will be the
Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Christopher Pyne;
Shadow Assistant Education Minister, Amanda Rishworth;
Leader of the Dignity for Disability Party, Kelly Vincent;
Foreign Editor of The Australian, Greg Sheridan; and
British political satirist, Sameena Zehra.
Q&A is simulcast LIVE around the country on ABC TV, ABC News 24, ABC NewsRadio, and iview.
Members of the public can:
• Register to be part of the Q&A LIVE studio audience at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Submit questions for the panel, also at: abc.net.au/qanda
• Contribute to the discussion via Q&A’s Twitter highlights feed, using #qanda
• Submit live questions via Twitter using #qanda and @qanda
• Follow @qanda on Twitter to receive first-hand updates about the program and panel members.
*On ABC News 24: SA 8.35pm; NT 8.35pm; WA 7.35pm
With the end of daylight saving this Sunday, Q&A will air on ABC main channel in Queensland at 9.35pm AEST for the next six months.
It feels a while, but I don’t care - I hate the themed shows, and going by the ratings, so do most viewers.