Heading back to 10? Bigger role with 10 News First?
Wow, 18 whole months. Truly a veteran of the network.
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Back to The Project with Lisa on Fridays and Sundays 
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Assume 18 months as a full time, exclusive contract. He obviously freelanced with the ABC years before that.
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This is very interesting…. Wonder where he will end up.
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What’s not to say the ABC will just axe Q&A? The writing has been on the wall, with them moving it to a lower rating Thursday slot, and now the host leaving.
He seems to bounce around a bit. I think he would be better suited to news anchor. Was good when presenting news the other week.
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He does seem to move around a lot.
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His a solid presenter he would be a valuable long term news anchor if he could hold his ground. 7 and 9 won’t probably touch him as he might run off again.
Yes he never really sits still at one place. I guess that’s the nature of work these days but it’s noticeable for Hamish.
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He’ll be back at Ten in a flash. Already been reappearing on The Project.
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David Speers to host?
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I would say so… at least until the end of the year.
Most likely the show will continue to come out of Melbourne.
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I think Q&A will continue for the rest of 2021, but at this stage you’d have to say it seems unlikely we’ll see the program return next year.
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Hamish is probably going to Nine to host Today when Karl starts his new night time show with Sam Armytage. Just waiting for confirmation from Woman’s Day. 
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Thursday 22 July at 8:30 pm
Almost half of the Australian population remains in lockdown with no end in sight, as authorities pin their hopes on restrictions stopping chains of transmission. Victoria’s lockdown has been extended with contract tracers there racing to keep up with infections amid cases spreading to regional areas. Sydney is facing its fifth week of lockdown and tough new restrictions have seen construction sites shut down. It’s a very different story in the UK, with so-called “Freedom Day” set to see an end to almost all restrictions. But with new cases reaching 50,000 a day, it’s feared abandoning the measures could see another spike in infections.
Another million Pfizer doses have landed in Australia, and while the Home Affairs Minister says “there is light at the end of the tunnel”, she admits it could be months before those under-40 are vaccinated. As the vaccine rollout woes continue, new research by think tank The Australia Institute shows faith in state and territory governments’ handling of the pandemic is at an all-time high, to the detriment of the federal government. Is it time for both levels of government to put politics aside and work together?
Meanwhile the Queensland Premier has jetted to Tokyo for Wednesday’s announcement of the 2032 Games – with Brisbane all but confirmed as host city. With the delayed 2020 Games getting underway this week, the pandemic is casting a shadow over the Olympics. Two South African athletes are in isolation after testing positive in the Olympic village, and it’s feared more infections will emerge as athletes and officials arrive in Tokyo. In Melbourne, an AFL game and an international rugby match have been linked to COVID transmission – so what does this mean for spectator sport in Australia during the pandemic?
Q+A is live from Melbourne on Thursday, July 22 at 8.30pm AEST.
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Libby Trickett OAM was a gold medallist at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
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Over a long career in media and marketing, Russel Howcroft has been one of the most prominent voices for the power and cultural/economic importance of advertising.
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David Gillespie is the Minister for Regional Health and Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment. He has served in the House of Representatives as the Member for Lyne since 2013 and is currently Deputy Leader of the House.
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Bill Shorten is the Shadow Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the Shadow Minister for Government Services, and was leader of the Australian Labor Party from 2013 to 2019.
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Astrid Edwards is an interviewer, teacher, writer and advocate. She is one half of Bad Producer Productions, an independent Australian podcast network specialising in arts, comedy and sport podcasts.
I hope they make Virginia the new host, or even alternate with Speers as I know she does 5 days of radio a week.
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Would be great to have Virginia back on TV regularly but Speers would be great too and would probably be more available considering he mainly does Insiders these days.
Hamish is quite overrated. Running back to 10’s ultra low rating the project? Next.
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