List of Q+A panellists

Q&A is an Australian television program, broadcast on ABC hosted by journalist Hamish Macdonald. Prior to 2020 the show was hosted by Tony Jones. Each episode usually consists of five panellists, usually one current Federal Labor politician, one current Federal Liberal–National Coalition politician, and three other politicians (current or former), authors, journalists, or personalities.

Season 1: 2008

This was the first season of the program, comprising 20 episodes. The most any one person appeared in this series was twice. The first episode featured Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as the only guest, and was announced as a one-off special. However, on episode 19, Q&A again featured just one panellist, the new leader of the Liberal Party Malcolm Turnbull, who had won a leadership ballot just 9 days before.

Episode	Date	Panellists
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	22 May 2008	Kevin Rudd
2	29 May 2008	Tanya Plibersek	Tony Abbott	Bob Brown Warren Mundine Louise Adler
3	5 June 2008	Tony Burke	Julie Bishop	Randa Abdel-Fattah Stephen Mayne Greg Sheridan
4	12 June 2008	Joel Fitzgibbon	George Brandis Pru Goward	Kate Crawford Charles Firth
5	19 June 2008	Chris Bowen	Christopher Pyne	Cheryl Kernot Nick Adams Julia Zemiro
6	26 June 2008	Bill Shorten	Greg Hunt	Elizabeth Ann Macgregor Tim Blair Angela Conway
7	3 July 2008	Nicola Roxon	Joe Hockey	Marcia Langton Peter van Onselen Miriam Lyons
8	10 July 2008	Craig Emerson	Helen Coonan	Christine Milne Andrew Bolt Linda Jaivin
9	17 July 2008	Lindsay Tanner	Alexander Downer	David Marr Angela Shanahan Rose Jackson
10	24 July 2008	Mark Arbib	Barnaby Joyce	Nick Xenophon Heather Ridout Christine Jackman
11	31 July 2008	Penny Wong	Malcolm Turnbull	Tim Flannery Catherine Harris Tim Wilson
12	7 August 2008	Peter Garrett	Bronwyn Bishop	Julian Morrow Megan Davis Imre Salusinszky
13	14 August 2008	Bob Carr	Julie Bishop	Germaine Greer Greg Sheridan Marcus Westbury
14	21 August 2008	Anthony Albanese	George Brandis	Blanche d'Alpuget Cindy Pan Grahame Morris
15	28 August 2008	Craig Emerson	Sharman Stone	John Pilger Peter Hartcher Rebecca Weisser
16	4 September 2008	Bill Shorten	Christopher Pyne Kerry Chikarovski	Eric Beecher Jane Caro
17	11 September 2008	Tanya Plibersek	Nick Minchin	Mungo MacCallum Tim Wilson Linda Jaivin
18	18 September 2008	Maxine McKew	Tony Abbott	Waleed Aly Margaret Fitzherbert Robert Manne
19	25 September 2008		Malcolm Turnbull
20	2 October 2008	Nicola Roxon	Peter Costello	Cheryl Kernot David Marr Tom Switzer

Season 2: 2009

This was the second season of the program, totalling 16 episodes. As with season one, no panellist appeared in this season more than twice. Episode 7 of this series was broadcast live from Melbourne, the first time the program was filmed outside its Ultimo studio in Sydney. Episode 14 was also broadcast from another location, this time from the National Museum of Australia in Canberra for an Australian federal budget special with the finance minister and shadow treasurer.

Episode	Date	Panellists			Topics
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	12 February 2009			Peter Cosgrove Fiona Wood Tania Major Tim Flannery Jonty Bush	Australians of the Year special
2	19 February 2009	Wayne Swan	Joe Hockey Kate Carnell	Christine Milne Paul Howes	The Economy
3	26 February 2009	Bill Shorten	Christopher Pyne	Jonathan Biggins Leslie Cannold Sabrina Houssami
4	6 March 2009	Lindsay Tanner	Peter Costello	Geoff Cousins Rebecca Weisser Sally Warhaft
5	12 March 2009	Maxine McKew	Scott Morrison	John Symond Tanveer Ahmed Noeline Brown
6	19 March 2009	Kate Ellis	Tony Abbott	Peter Kennedy Bettina Arndt Bruce Wolpe
7	26 March 2009	Stephen Conroy	Greg Hunt	Andrew Bolt Louise Adler Susan Carland	Melbourne broadcast
8	2 April 2009	Tanya Plibersek	George Brandis	Satyajit Das Dennis Altman Rachel Fry
9	9 April 2009	Tony Burke	Helen Coonan John Hewson	Jane Caro Andrew Boe
10	16 April 2009	Chris Bowen	Sophie Mirabella	Catherine Deveny John Elliott Stephen Crittenden
11	23 April 2009	Craig Emerson	Julie Bishop	David Marr Cindy Pan P. J. O'Rourke
12	30 April 2009	Peter Garrett	Barnaby Joyce Pru Goward	Wesley Enoch Sarah Hanson-Young
13	7 May 2009	Mark Arbib	Sharman Stone	Guy Rundle Greg Sheridan Randa Abdel-Fattah
14	14 May 2009	Lindsay Tanner	Joe Hockey	Geoff Cousins Mischa Schubert Elizabeth Ann MacGregor	Budget special from Canberra
15	21 May 2009	Penny Wong	Tony Abbott	Bob Ellis Sue Cato Wendy Machin
16	28 May 2009	Kate Ellis	Brendan Nelson	William McInnes Peter Holmes à Court Miriam Lyons

Season 3: 2009

The third season of Q&A began on 23 July 2009. Episode 6 was broadcast from the Melbourne Writers Festival with three writers on the panel. Episode 10 was broadcast from Adelaide. Episode 11 had no politician on the panel.

Episode	Date	Panellists			Topics
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	23 July 2009	Nicola Roxon	Nick Minchin	Julian Morrow Jessica Brown Charlie Teo
2	30 July 2009	Anna Bligh	George Brandis	David Penberthy Tania Major Simon Sheikh
3	6 August 2009	Julia Gillard	Malcolm Turnbull	Sara Haghdoosti Mitch Grady Linden Brownley	Youth special
4	13 August 2009	Craig Emerson	Christopher Pyne	Sharan Burrow Piers Akerman Indira Naidoo
5	20 August 2009	Maxine McKew	Tony Smith	Felicity Hampel Anthony LaPaglia Candy Bowers
6	27 August 2009	Lindsay Tanner	Tony Abbott	Richard Flanagan Kamila Shamsie Tara June Winch	Melbourne Writers Festival special
7	3 September 2009	Tony Burke	Bill Heffernan	Helen Liddell Tim Wilson Anne Summers
8	10 September 2009	Geoff Gallop	Sophie Mirabella	John Marsden Anthony Ackroyd Melinda Tankard Reist
9	17 September 2009	Tanya Plibersek	Joe Hockey	Thomas Keneally Larissa Behrendt John Roskam
10	24 September 2009	Kate Ellis	Alexander Downer	Natasha Stott Despoja Peter Sutton Megan Lloyd	Adelaide broadcast
11	1 October 2009			Christopher Hitchens Waleed Aly Frank Brennan Anne Henderson Sally Warhaft	Spirituality special
12	8 October 2009	Belinda Neal	Cory Bernardi	Germaine Greer Todd Sampson Janet Albrechtsen
13	15 October 2009	Anthony Albanese	Christopher Pyne	Alexei Sayle Deepa Gupta Nikki Williams
14	22 October 2009	Craig Emerson	Peter Dutton	Louise Adler Annabel Crabb John Elliott
15	29 October 2009	Bill Shorten	Tony Abbott	Bettina Arndt Catherine Deveny Jonathan Biggins
16	5 November 2009	Maxine McKew Graham Richardson	Joe Hockey Kerry Chikarovski	David Marr

Season 4: 2010

The fourth season of Q&A began on 8 February 2010, and will be a full season consisting of 40 episodes on the new night, Monday, on ABC1. Episode 1 was broadcast from Old Parliament House, Canberra, with an audience of 16- to 25-year-olds. Episode 4 was broadcast from the Adelaide Festival of Arts, and had a total of 6 panellists making it the largest panel in the program's history. The following episode also had 6 panellists.

Episode 9 featured Opposition Leader Tony Abbott as the only panellist. Episode 12 was a 'politician-free' episode, where no current or former politicians were on the panel. Also in episode 12, a Twitter feed was introduced, where selected tweets discussing Q&A are shown on screen. Episode 18 featured six panellists and was broadcast from Casula in south west Sydney. On episode 24, Tanya Plibersek became the first panellist to appear on Q&A more than twice in one season (only if you consider 2009's programmes to be two seasons - both Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey appeared four times in the full year of 2009 with five other panellists appeared three times that year).

Episode 27 and 28 each featured the two leaders alone on the panel, in the final two episodes before the election. Episode 29 was the first episode following the election, and was controversial in that at the last minute Julia Gillard pulled Mark Arbib from appearing on the panel, and an empty chair was left on the panel for the entire episode. Episode 30 was broadcast from the Melbourne Writers Festival.

Episode 37 featured former Prime Minister John Howard as the only panellist, co-inciding with the launch of his memoirs, Lazarus Rising. Episode 38 was the first time the program was broadcast from Western Australia in Perth.

Nick Minchin was originally supposed to be the Coalition panellist on the season finale, but bad weather prohibited his plane from landing in Sydney on time. Minchin was replaced on the panel by George Brandis.

Episode	Date	Panellists			Topics
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	8 February 2010	Kevin Rudd			Prime Minister
2	15 February 2010	Lindsay Tanner	Barnaby Joyce	Satyajit Das Melinda Tankard Reist Rebecca Huntley
3	22 February 2010	Tanya Plibersek	Malcolm Turnbull	Mungo MacCallum John Roskam Jane Caro
4	1 March 2010	Peter Garrett	Christopher Pyne	Eddie Perfect Paul Grabowsky Jin Xing Rhoda Roberts	Adelaide Festival special
5	8 March 2010	Tony Burke	Julie Bishop	Patrick McGorry Richard Dawkins Steve Fielding Jacqueline Ninio Veronica Brady
6	15 March 2010	Bill Shorten	Peter Dutton	Miranda Devine Catherine Deveny Waleed Aly
7	22 March 2010	Nicola Roxon	Greg Hunt	John Doyle Valerie Amos Tim Wilson
8	29 March 2010	Craig Emerson Graham Richardson	Kelly O'Dwyer	Nick McKim Sue Cato
9	5 April 2010		Tony Abbott		Leader of the Opposition
10	12 April 2010	Tanya Plibersek	Joe Hockey	Jeffrey L. Bleich Lucy Turnbull Greg Sheridan
11	19 April 2010	Bob Carr	Scott Morrison	Heather Ridout Simon Sheikh Shimrit Nothman
12	26 April 2010			Germaine Greer Peter Cosgrove Peter FitzSimons Henry Reynolds Alison Creagh	ANZAC Day special
13	3 May 2010	Penny Wong	Nick Minchin	John Symond Christine Milne Paul Howes
14	10 May 2010	Brendan O'Connor	Sophie Mirabella	Kaiser Kuo Helen Razer Brett Solomon
15	17 May 2010	Lindsay Tanner	Joe Hockey		Budget special
16	24 May 2010			Malcolm Fraser Peter Carey Lionel Shriver John Ralston Saul Marcia Langton	Authors special
17	31 May 2010	Maxine McKew	Cory Bernardi	Miriam Lyons Clare Bowditch Mitchell Grady
18	7 June 2010	Chris Bowen	Scott Morrison Pru Goward	Kevin Sheedy Samah Hadid Heath Ducker	Casula broadcast
19	14 June 2010	Peter Garrett	Helen Coonan	David Marr Peter Singer Jayashri Kulkarni
20	21 June 2010	Craig Emerson Graham Richardson	Malcolm Turnbull	Sarah Hanson-Young Jessica Brown
21	28 June 2010	Bill Shorten	Barnaby Joyce	Magda Szubanski Harold Mitchell Janet Albrechtsen Christine Wallace	The Gillard Coup
22	5 July 2010	Tony Burke	George Brandis	Annabel Crabb Cheryl Kernot Grahame Morris
23	12 July 2010	Chris Evans	Christopher Pyne	John Elliott Scott Ludlam Felicity Hampel Lenore Taylor
24	19 July 2010	Tanya Plibersek	Julie Bishop	Piers Akerman Waleed Aly Bruce Hawker
25	26 July 2010	Penny Wong Graham Richardson	Malcolm Turnbull	Christine Milne Tom Switzer
26	2 August 2010	Craig Emerson	Peter Dutton Barnaby Joyce	Madonna King Larissa Waters	Brisbane broadcast
27	9 August 2010	Julia Gillard			Prime Minister
28	12 August 2010	Tony Burke	Scott Morrison	Bob Brown Dr Suvendrini Perera John Elliott	Population special
29	16 August 2010		Tony Abbott		Casula broadcast
30	23 August 2010	Mark Arbib Graham Richardson	Malcolm Turnbull	Janet Albrechtsen Sarah Hanson-Young Tony Windsor
31	30 August 2010			Malcolm Fraser Jessica Rudd John Keane Christine Wallace Chris Berg	Melbourne Writers Festival special
32	6 September 2010	Peter Beattie	Nick Minchin	Bob Katter Christine Milne Rebecca Huntley
33	13 September 2010	Tanya Plibersek	Warren Truss	Sarah Hanson-Young Clive Palmer Lenore Taylor
34	20 September 2010	Chris Bowen	Christopher Pyne	Craig Reucassel Helen McCabe Leslie Cannold
35	27 September 2010	Stephen Conroy	Sophie Mirabella	Rob Oakeshott Fiona Patten Mungo MacCallum
36	4 October 2010			Tariq Ali Geoffrey Robertson Lenore Skenazy Ratih Hardjono Paul Kelly	Festival of Dangerous Ideas special (Sydney Opera House)
37	11 October 2010	Mark Arbib	Kelly O'Dwyer	Roy Masters Geoff Lawson Lisa Forrest	Sports special
38	18 October 2010	Mike Kelly	Greg Hunt	Tim Flannery Jennifer Marohasy Bruce Guthrie Jennifer Hewett
39	25 October 2010		John Howard		Former Prime Minister
40	1 November 2010	Stephen Smith	Julie Bishop Colin Barnett	Rachel Siewert Andrew Forrest Tony Wiltshire	Perth broadcast
41	9 November 2010	Bill Shorten	Nick Minchin George Brandis	Janet Albrechtsen Jonathan Biggins Randa Abdel-Fattah

Season 5: 2011

The fifth season of Q&A began on 7 February 2011, continuing in its Monday night timeslot. The exceptions to this were the twelfth and twenty-third episodes, which aired on Thursday 28 April and 7 July respectively. The first special was a special discussion preceding the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, which the second special was entitled "Stopping The Boats" and was centred on the topic of asylum seekers. During this season, Christopher Pyne was the first panellist to appear ten times since Season One, and Lachlan Harris was the 250th unique panellist since Season One.

Episode	Date	Panellists			Topics
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	7 February 2011	Graham Richardson	Amanda Vanstone	Catherine Deveny Gerard Henderson David Williamson
2	14 February 2011	Craig Emerson	Helen Coonan	Lydia Khalil John Pilger Greg Sheridan
3	21 February 2011	Anna Bligh	Barnaby Joyce	Tim Flannery Gina Castelain Ian Nelson	Brisbane broadcast
4	28 February 2011	Bill Shorten	Malcolm Turnbull	Piers Akerman Gretel Killeen Samah Hadid
5	7 March 2011	Kate Ellis	Joe Hockey	Gail Kelly Janet Albrechtsen Mike Carlton
6	14 March 2011	Julia Gillard			Prime Minister
7	21 March 2011	Jason Clare	Christopher Pyne	Christine Milne Miranda Devine Lachlan Harris
8	28 March 2011	Tanya Plibersek John Della Bosca	Concetta Fierravanti-Wells	Julian Morrow Grahame Morris
9	4 April 2011	Kevin Rudd	Julie Bishop	Jeffrey L. Bleich Louise Adler Robert Manne
10	11 April 2011	Penny Wong	Greg Hunt	Bess Price Graeme Innes Chris Kenny
11	25 April 2011			Matina Jewell Jim Molan Eva Cox Neil James Najeeba Wazefadost	ANZAC Day special
12	28 April 2011	Bob Carr	Amanda Vanstone Nick Minchin	Craig Reucassel Marcia Langton Angela Bishop	Royal Wedding special
13	2 May 2011	Simon Crean	Sophie Mirabella	Tony Windsor Eliza Brown Nick Klomp Alana Johnson	Albury broadcast
14	9 May 2011	Lindsay Tanner	Malcolm Turnbull	Lydia Khallil Christine Wallace Nazeem Hussain
15	16 May 2011	Bill Shorten	Eric Abetz	Anna Rose Felicity Hampel John Roskam
16	23 May 2011			Howard Jacobson Brendan Cowell Michael Cunningham Gail Dines Leslie Cannold	Sydney Writers' Festival special
17	30 May 2011	Kate Lundy	George Brandis Jackie Kelly	Guy Rundle Joe Hildebrand
18	6 June 2011	Nicola Roxon	Christopher Pyne	Lee Rhiannon Sandy Gutman Paul McGeough
19	13 June 2011	Peter Garrett	Concetta Fierravanti-Wells	Bob Katter Mike Carlton Natalie Pa'apa'a
20	20 June 2011			Josh Thomas Samah Hadid James Paterson Ruslan Kogan Faustina Agolley	'Gen Y' special
21	27 June 2011	Anthony Albanese	Joe Hockey	Adam Bandt Judith Sloan Fiona Katauskas
22	4 July 2011	Penny Wong	Mathias Cormann Stephen O'Doherty	Charles Waterstreet Elizabeth Ann Macgregor John Hewson	Colonialism Carbon Tax Sexism Gay Marriage Foreign Ownership Cattle Ban Mental Illness
23	7 July 2011	Chris Bowen	Scott Morrison	Sarah Hanson-Young David Marr Piers Akerman Najeeba Wazefadost	Asylum Seekers
24	11 July 2011	Julia Gillard			Mandate? Climate Change Taxation Political Vision
25	18 July 2011			John Lennox Susan Carland John Safran Eva Cox Jacqueline Grey Arwa El Masri	Spirituality Special Phone Hacking Carbon Tax Atheism The Burqa
26	25 July 2011	Lara Giddings	Eric Abetz	Christine Milne Peter Cundall Garry Bailey Melanie Kerrison	Hobart broadcast
27	1 August 2011	Tanya Plibersek	Peter Dutton	Stephen Mayne Brendan O'Neill Heather Ridout Christine Nixon	Labor Attacks in Norway Murdoch Tony Abbott Carbon Tax Ethics
28	8 August 2011	Mark Dreyfus	Kelly O'Dwyer	Graham Richardson Noni Hazlehurst Tom Switzer	Global Financial Crisis Tony Abbott Labor Sexism Malcolm Turnbull Asylum Seekers Ethics
29	15 August 2011	Tony Burke	Malcolm Turnbull Jackie Kelly	Lachlan Harris Deborah Cheetham Stella Young	NDIS Homophobia Mining exploration Fracking The economy London riots
30	22 August 2011	Doug Cameron	Nick Minchin	Daniel Pipes Hanifa Deen Suelette Dreyfus	Craig Thompson Arab Spring USA Manufacturing Wikileaks
31	29 August 2011			Don Watson Kate Grenville Anna Funder Malalai Joy Omar Musa	Melbourne Writers Festival Special
32	5 September 2011	Greg Combet	Sophie Mirabella	Clive Palmer Paul Howes Jessica Irvine	Asylum Seekers Kevin Rudd's demotion Carbon Tax Manufacturing Industrial Relations
33	12 September 2011		Barnaby Joyce	Germaine Greer Paul Barry Melinda Tankard Reist Joe Hildebrand	Julia Gillard Sexism Kevin Rudd September 11 response Media ownership Feminism
34	19 September 2011	Kristina Keneally		Raimond Gaita Cristina Rad Jim Wallace Gerard Henderson	Spirituality Asylum seekers Euthanasia Homophobia
35	26 September 2011	Mark Butler	Helen Coonan	William McInnes Rob Oakeshott Janet Albrechtsen	Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd Mental health Pokies Global Financial Crisis Democracy
36	3 October 2011			Kate Adie Greg Sheridan Mona Eltahawy Jon Ronson Slavoj Zizek	Festival of Dangerous Ideas special
37	10 October 2011	Bill Shorten	Julie Bishop	Richard Flanagan Ron Merkel Caroline Overington	Kevin Rudd Asylum seekers Andrew Bolt Taxation Steve Jobs
38	17 October 2011	Paul Henderson	Dave Tollner	Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Fiona O'Loughlin Stuart Blanch Luke Bowen	Darwin broadcast
39	24 October 2011	Tanya Plibersek	Christopher Pyne	Judith Sloan Kate Miller-Heidke Graham Richardson	Gender equality Gaddafi's death Occupy movement Kevin Rudd Gay Marriage Society
40	31 October 2011			Richard Gill Anne Summers Tanveer Ahmed Alan Asher Rebecca Weisser	Industrial Relations Afghanistan Asylum seekers Music education
41	7 November 2011	Kate Ellis	Malcolm Turnbull	Jessica Rudd Ray Martin Peter Reith	Phone hacking Celebrity Industrial Relations Kevin Rudd Climate Change Steve Jobs

Season 6: 2012

The sixth season of Q&A began on 6 February 2012.

Episode	Date	Panellists			Topics
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	6 February 2012	Penny Wong	Joe Hockey	Judith Sloan Miriam Lyons Joe Hildebrand	Who has been the best PM ALP leadership Economy Bank jobs Global wages Mothers
2	13 February 2012	Jenny McAllister	Helen Kroger	Mikey Robins Robert Manne Tim Wilson	Celebrities Private health rebates Kevin Rudd Peter Slipper Banks
3	20 February 2012	Bill Shorten	Julie Bishop	Daniel Hannan Eva Cox Annabel Crabb	Kevin Rudd ALP leadership Europe Manufacturing jobs National Disability Insurance Scheme
4	27 February 2012	Chris Evans Peter Beattie	Barnaby Joyce	Christine Milne Lachlan Harris Janet Albrechtsen	Gillard vs Rudd Labor instability Primary elections Media role Abbott vs Turnbull
5	5 March 2012 (in Adelaide)		Amanda Vanstone	Mark Steyn Natasha Stott Despoja Jianying Zha Paul Grabowsky	Clive Palmer Ruthless individualism Wayne Swan's union influences Bob Carr Misogyny in Australian politics Gay marriage Discrimination
6	12 March 2012	Tanya Plibersek	Malcolm Turnbull	Michael O'Brien Mick Gooda Clementine Ford	Gays Climate change Kony Aboriginals Mining jobs Asylum seekers
7	19 March 2012			Germaine Greer Toby Ralph Benjamin Law Christa Hughes Craig Gross	Shallowness of political debate Advice for Julia Gillard Racism Porn Afghanistan
8	26 March 2012	Craig Emerson	George Brandis	Larissa Waters Grahame Morris Liberty Sanger	Queensland election Automotive industry Clive Palmer & the CIA
9	2 April 2012 (in Hobart)	Julie Collins	Eric Abetz	Andrew Wilkie Brian Ritchie Natasha Cica Terry Edwards	MONA Andrew Wilkie's support of the government Forestry Qualifications for politicians
10	9 April 2012			George Pell Richard Dawkins	Religion & atheism
11	16 April 2012	Nicola Roxon	Christopher Pyne	A. C. Grayling Geoffrey Robertson Lydia Khalil	Julian Assange Craig Thomson Plain cigarette packaging Religion ASIO monitoring protestors Iran/Israel
12	23 April 2012			Bob Brown	Bob Brown's retirement The Greens
13	26 April 2012 (special Thursday show)			Clive Palmer Rebecca Huntley Nick Minchin Anna Rose Megan Clark	Climate change
14	30 April 2012 (in Dandenong)	Mark Dreyfus	Sophie Mirabella	Victor Victor Ged Kearney Peter Reith Diana Nguyen	Dandenong Racism Manufacturing
15	7 May 2012	Mark Butler	Kelly O'Dwyer	Mark Bouris Kate Miller-Heidke Graham Richardson	The Labor party Union corruption Carbon tax Aged card & mental health Banks
16	14 May 2012	Penny Wong	Joe Hockey	Tim Costello Judith Sloan Stephen Mayne	Craig Thomson Bill Shorten Egalitarianism Working mothers Budget Hockey & Abbott economic credentials Foreign aid Gay parents
17	21 May 2012			Jeffrey Eugenides Kathy Lette Glenn Carle Masha Gessen Greg Sheridan	Marriage Julian Assange Torture Craig Thomson Russia Arts & humanities
18	28 May 2012			Barry Humphries Miriam Margolyes Jacki Weaver John Hewson David Marr	Foreign workers Expat view of Australian politics Craig Thomson Speaking out Women in wealth and power Meaning of 'Un-Australian' Dame Edna
19	4 June 2012 (in Toowoomba)	Simon Crean	Barnaby Joyce	Christine Milne Georgie Somerset Jeremy Marou	Royalties to regions Aid distribution Foreign investment Foreign workers Mining Same sex marriage Queensland "gay panic" laws Native title Toowoomba range bypass
20	11 June 2012	Julia Gillard
21	18 June 2012		Pru Goward	Lenny Henry Brian Schmidt Susan Ryan Joe Hildebrand	Racism Age discrimination Science and space Creation Growth vs sustainability
22	25 June 2012	Kate Lundy	George Brandis	Tim Freedman John Lee Louise Adler	Media Asylum seekers China London Olympics
23	2 July 2012	Greg Combet	Sophie Mirabella	Simon Sheikh Lenore Taylor Grahame Morris	Carbon tax Parental leave Peter Slipper and media Asylum seekers and racism
24	9 July 2012	Chris Bowen	Malcolm Turnbull	Nahji Chu Thierry de Duve Elizabeth Ann Macgregor
25	16 July 2012	Joel Fitzgibbon	Greg Hunt	Richard Ford Sarah Hanson-Young Jennifer Hewett Peter Craven (literary critic)
26	23 July 2012	Nicola Roxon	Christopher Pyne	Simon Sheikh Michael Spence Jane Caro
26	30 July 2012			Shane Gould Louise Sauvage David Pocock John Alexander Michael O'Loughlin
27	6 August 2012	Craig Emerson	George Brandis	Debbie Kilroy Bob Katter Katie Noonan
28	13 August 2012	Mark Butler	Pru Goward	Peter Singer Phillip Blond Cassandra Goldie
29	20 August 2012	Doug Cameron	Simon Birmingham	Graham Richardson Janet Albrechtsen Mandy Nolan
30	27 August 2012			Simon Callow Germaine Greer Kwame Anthony Appiah Sefi Atta	Melbourne Writers Festival special
31	3 September 2012	Tony Burke	Fiona Nash	Angry Anderson Nitin Sawhney Tara Moss
33	10 September 2012	Chris Evans	Concetta Fierravanti-Wells	Peter Jensen Anna Krien Catherine Deveny
34	17 September 2012			Clover Moore Robyn Davidson Ilan Pappé Irving Wallach Greg Sheridan
35	24 September 2012	Tanya Plibersek	Kelly O'Dwyer	Mark Carnegie Elliot Perlman Jason Silva
36	1 October 2012			Jane Bussmann Shiv Malik Jianying Zha Simon Laham Jesse Bering	Festival of Dangerous Ideas special
37	8 October 2012	Kate Ellis	Christopher Pyne	Lindsay Tanner Nilaja Sun Piers Akerman
38	15 October 2012	Bill Shorten	Sophie Mirabella	Pamela Stephenson Charlie Pickering Catherine Fox
39	22 October 2012	Peter Garrett	Scott Morrison	Billy Bragg Amanda Vanstone Julia Baird
40	29 October 2012	Kate Lundy	Eric Abetz	Archie Roach Sekai Holland Grahame Morris
41	5 November 2012	Alannah MacTiernan	Colin Barnett	Hannah McGlade Bob Cronin Bob Brown	Perth broadcast
42	19 November 2012	Kevin Rudd	Malcolm Turnbull	Judith Sloan Heather Ridout
43	26 November 2012	Penny Wong	Barnaby Joyce	Janet Albrechtsen Stella Young Jonathan Biggins

Season 7: 2013

This season was the first to feature international broadcasts, with the show travelling to Jakarta and India. The 11 November show featured the 500th unique panellist to appear on the show. If you count it in order of introduction, Graham Bradley was the 500th.

Episode	Date	Panellists			Topics
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	4 February 2013	David Bradbury	Christopher Pyne	Amanda Vanstone Anne Summers Tim Levinson
2	11 February 2013	Chris Evans	George Brandis	Rachel Botsman James Paterson Corinne Grant
3	18 February 2013	Tanya Plibersek	Greg Hunt	Cindy Pan John Dickson Lawrence M. Krauss
4	25 February 2013	Bob Carr	Malcolm Turnbull	Eva Cox Ahdaf Soueif Jeffrey L. Bleich
5	4 March 2013	Bill Shorten	Julie Bishop	Tim Ferguson Ruslan Kogan Christine Milne
6	11 March 2013	Peter Garrett	Christopher Pyne		Education ministers
7	18 March 2013	David Feeney Alannah MacTiernan	Barnaby Joyce	Viv Benjamin Jeremy Cordeaux
8	25 March 2013	Brendan O'Connor	Kelly O'Dwyer	A. C. Grayling Christine Nixon Brendon Gale George Megalogenis	Werribee broadcast
9	1 April 2013			Archbishop Mark Coleridge Mohamad Abdalla Venerable Robina Courtin Josh Thomas Deborah Conway	Religion special
10	8 April 2013			Brooke Magnanti Germaine Greer Mia Freedman Deborah Cheetham Janet Albrechtsen
11	15 April 2013	Dick Adams	Sophie Mirabella	Jan Davis David Marr Peter Whish-Wilson	Launceston broadcast
12	22 April 2013	Tanya Plibersek	Peter Dutton		Health ministers
13	29 April 2013	Mark Butler	Jamie Briggs	Andrea Mason Nick Cater Sarah Hanson-Young	Adelaide broadcast
14	6 May 2013	Julia Gillard			Schools special
15	13 May 2013			Clive Palmer Ged Kearney Tim Nicholls Larissa Waters Bob Katter	Brisbane broadcast
16	20 May 2013			Ruby Wax Sylvia Nasar Mike Carlton Faramerz Dabhoiwala William Dalrymple	Sydney Writers' Festival special
17	27 May 2013			Amanda Vanstone Fred Nile Gene Robinson Lawrence Krauss Susan Ryan
18	28 May 2013			Bill Gates
19	3 June 2013	Linda Burney	Cory Bernardi	Linda Burney Bill McKibben Michael Stutchbury
20	10 June 2013	Craig Emerson	Malcolm Turnbull	Haifaa al-Mansour Jennifer Hewett Mark Latham
21	17 June 2013	Kate Lundy	Barnaby Joyce	Fiona Stanley Paul Kelly Robert Manne
22	24 June 2013	Matt Thistlethwaite	George Brandis	Graham Richardson Anne Summers Judith Sloan
23	1 July 2013	Tanya Plibersek	Sophie Mirabella	Sue Cato Neil Lawrence Todd Sampson
24	4 July 2013			Dewi Fortuna Anwar Tim Lindsey Yuli Ismartono Rafendi Djamin Yenny Wahid Meidyatama "Dimas" Suryodiningrat	Jakarta special
25	8 July 2013	Anthony Albanese	Malcolm Turnbull	Bill Leak Corinne Grant Miriam Lyons
26	15 July 2013	Stephen Smith	Julie Bishop	Scott Ludlam Mitch Hooke Narelda Jacobs	Perth broadcast
27	22 July 2013	Bill Shorten	Arthur Sinodinos	Louise Adler Tim Fischer Michelle Foster
28	29 July 2013	Kate Ellis	Josh Frydenberg	Shahzad Akbar Magda Szubanski Peter Shergold
29	5 August 2013	Doug Cameron	Greg Hunt	Yassmin Abdel-Magied Pamela Williams Grahame Morris
30	12 August 2013	Penny Wong	Christopher Pyne	Janet Albrechtsen Adam Bandt Rhys Muldoon
31	19 August 2013	Chris Bowen	Joe Hockey		Treasurers special
32	26 August 2013	Bill Shorten	Kelly O'Dwyer	Tom Watson Sally Warhaft Tim Wilson	Melbourne broadcast
33	2 September 2013	Kevin Rudd
34	9 September 2013	Tanya Plibersek	George Brandis	Michael Kroger Lenore Taylor Graham Richardson
35	16 September 2013			Rebecca Huntley Mark Latham Clive Palmer Larissa Waters David Williamson Nick Xenophon
36	23 September 2013	David Suzuki
37	30 September 2013	Bill Shorten Anthony Albanese			ALP Leadership special (Perth)
38	7 October 2013	Kate Ellis	Greg Hunt	Viv Benjamin Luo Xiaopeng Greg Sheridan
39	14 October 2013	Penny Wong	Arthur Sinodinos	Lally Katz Jeff McMullen Warren Mundine<
40	21 October 2013	Tony Burke	Barnaby Joyce	Rabia Siddique Vince Sorrenti Amanda Vanstone
41	28 October 2013	Joel Fitzgibbon	Christopher Pyne	Ray Martin Judith Sloan Wendy Harmer
42	4 November 2013			Hanna Rosin Peter Hitchens Dan Savage Germaine Greer	Festival of Dangerous Ideas special (Sydney Opera House)
43	11 November 2013			David Knox John Symond Carol Schwartz Elizabeth Proust Graham Bradley	Business special
44	18 November 2013			Shashi Tharoo Swapan Dasgupta Karan Thapar Pallavi Sharda Shoma Chaudhury Stuart MacGill	India special
45	25 November 2013	Chris Bowen	Josh Frydenberg	Yulia Supadmo Kurt Campbell Julian Burnside Tara Moss

Season 8: 2014

On 29 September, Christopher Pyne became the first panellist to appear 20 times since Season One. On 7 April, the show travelled to Shanghai and on 4 August the first outdoor show was conducted in Arnhem Land at the Garma Festival.

Episode	Date	Panellists			Topics
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	3 February 2014	Tanya Plibersek	Barnaby Joyce	Akmal Saleh Cassandra Goldie Nick Cater Ray Martin
2	10 February 2014	Mark Dreyfus	Malcolm Turnbull	Dave Hughes Yolanda Vega Janet Albrechtsen
3	17 February 2014	Tony Burke	Eric Abetz	Heather Ridout Yassmin Abdel-Magied James Allan
4	20 February 2014			Christine Lagarde
5	24 February 2014	Anthony Albanese	Jamie Briggs	Clive Palmer Rhonda Cornum Ged Kearney
6	3 March 2014	Jason Clare	Josh Frydenberg	Sue Morphet Katharine Viner David Bridie
7	10 March 2014	Chris Bowen	George Brandis	Sharri Markson Lisa Wilkinson Marcia Langton
8	17 March 2014	Mark Butler	Sussan Ley	Miroslav Volf Billy Bragg Wendy Harmer
9	24 March 2014	Richard Marles	Kelly O'Dwyer	Rachel Griffiths Eddie McGuire Lindsay Fox	Melbourne broadcast
10	31 March 2014			Lucy Siegle Ilwad Elman Tim Wilson Kenneth Roth Mona Eltahawy	Human Rights special
11	7 April 2014			Guo Jian Mei Yan Ma Tianjie Cheng Lei Geoff Raby	Shanghai special
12	14 April 2014	Marise Payne	Penny Wong	Jacqui Lambie Michelle Garnaut Judith Sloan
13	21 April 2014	Bob Carr	Kerry Chikarovski	Brendan O'Neill Nigel Kennedy Eva Cox
14	28 April 2014	Doug Cameron	Malcolm Turnbull	Sarrah Le Marquand Andrew Neil Van Badham
15	5 May 2014	Anna Burke	Christopher Pyne	Mark Trevorrow Pallavi Sinha John Roskam
16	12 May 2014	Alannah MacTiernan	Sharman Stone	Innes Willox Satyajit Das David Marr
17	19 May 2014		Joe Hockey		Post-budget special in Penrith
18	26 May 2014			Tim Storrier Richard Flanagan Jean Kittson Tara Moss Kate Ceberano Thomas Keneally	Sydney Writers Festival special
19	2 June 2014	Catherine King	Cory Bernardi	Lawrence M. Krauss Lucy Turnbull Rowan Dean
20	9 June 2014			Jane Goodall Betty Churcher Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Peter Coleman Stuart Rees	Elders special
21	16 June 2014	Ed Husic	Josh Frydenberg	Virisila Buadromo Dee Madigan James Allan
22	23 June 2014			Mark Carnegie Tony Shepherd Holly Ransom Mark Latham Eva Cox	Big policy ideas special
23	30 June 2014	Richard Marles	Sarah Henderson Darryn Lyons	Elaine Carbines Richard Di Natale	Geelong broadcast
24	7 July 2014			Joseph Stiglitz Christine Wong Ross Garnaut Judith Sloan	Economics special
25	14 July 2014	Tanya Plibersek	Philip Ruddock	Charlie Pickering Tania Major Timothy Hawkes
26	21 July 2014			Michael Kirby Nafsiah Mboi Françoise Barré-Sinoussi Amanda Vanstone Nic Holas	AIDS Conference special Melbourne broadcast
27	28 July 2014	Mark Butler	Barnaby Joyce	David Suchet Louise Adler Madonna King
28	4 August 2014	Nova Peris	Ken Wyatt	Djawa Yunupingu Dhäŋggal Gurruwiwi Joe Morrison Noel Pearson	Arnhem Land broadcast
29	11 August 2014		Sussan Ley	Greg Combet Jennifer Robinson John Stackhouse Simon Breheny
30	18 August 2014	Penny Wong	Warren Truss	Clive Palmer Heather Ridout John Falzon
31	25 August 2014			Gareth Evans Paul Kelly Elizabeth Pisani Tasneem Chopra Ali Alizadeh	Melbourne Writers Festival special
32	1 September 2014			Kay Hymowitz Lydia Cacho Jane Caro Kajsa Ekis Ekman Alissa Nutting	Festival of Dangerous Ideas special (Sydney Opera House)
33	8 September 2014	Sam Dastyari	Concetta Fierravanti-Wells	Jimmy Barnes Jonathan Biggins Kate McClymont Kim Williams
34	15 September 2014			Marita Cheng Brian Schmidt Peter C. Doherty Suzanne Cory Ian Chubb	Science special
35	22 September 2014	Mark Dreyfus	Michael Keenan	Scott Ludlam Randa Abdel-Fattah Anne (Azza) Aly	Islamic Extremists special
36	29 September 2014	Wayne Swan	Christopher Pyne	Tony Barry Kate Carnell Laura Tingle
37	6 October 2014			Bob Katter Josh Thomas Patrick McGorry Jennifer Bowers Louise Byrnes	Mental Health special Rockhampton broadcast
38	13 October 2014	Kate Ellis	Kelly O'Dwyer	Julian Burnside Greg Sheridan Cate McGregor
39	20 October 2014			Brian Cox 360 (Matt Colwell) Richard Gill Nalini Joshi Miranda Tapsell
40	27 October 2014	Catherine King	Stuart Robert	Geoffrey Robertson Jenny Hocking Rowan Dean
41	3 November 2014		George Brandis		Bankstown broadcast
42	10 November 2014	Anthony Albanese	Greg Hunt	Baroness Greenfield Laura John James Paterson
43	17 November 2014	Tanya Plibersek	Malcolm Turnbull	Ben Elton Sarrah Le Marquand Jonathan Holmes
44	24 November 2014			Noel Pearson James Cromwell Holly Ransom Amanda Vanstone Waleed Aly

Season 9: 2015

On 16 February, Malcolm Turnbull became the first guest to appear 21 times on the show. To celebrate International Woman's Day a special episode of Q&A was held, hosted by Annabel Crabb and featuring an all-female panel. Virginia Trioli guest hosted the program twice, on 27 July and 24 August.

Episode	Date	Panellists			Topics
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	2 February 2015	Wayne Swan	Barnaby Joyce	Jacqui Lambie Larissa Waters John Madigan
2	9 February 2015	Chris Bowen	Jamie Briggs	Alan Jones Corinne Grant Heather Ridout
3	16 February 2015	Catherine King	Malcolm Turnbull	Lisa Wilkinson Bryan Stevenson Greg Sheridan
4	23 February 2015			Rosie Batty Natasha Stott Despoja Tim Cartwright Charlie King Simon Santosha	Domestic violence
5	2 March 2015	Andrew Leigh	Josh Frydenberg	Miriam Margolyes Trisha Jha Jamila Rizvi
6	9 March 2015		Julie Bishop	Germaine Greer Roxane Gay Holly Kramer Yassmin Abdel-Magied	Feminism special
7	16 March 2015	Chris Bowen	Joe Hockey	Cassandra Goldie Kate Carnell John Daley (economist CEO Grattan Institute)
8	23 March 2015	Joel Fitzgibbon	Fiona Nash	Troy Cassar-Daley Robyn Clubb Rob Cook
9	30 March 2015	Penny Wong	Christopher Pyne	Brian Schmidt Ruby Wax Michael Franti
10	6 April 2015	Ed Husic	Kelly O'Dwyer	Nana Mouskouri Michael Stutchbury Van Badham
11	13 April 2015	Alannah MacTiernan	Mitch Fifield	Peter Greste Malarndirri McCarthy Su McCluskey
12	20 April 2015	Anna Burke	Andrew Robb	Derryn Hinch Dave Hughes Jane Burns
13	27 April 2015	Tanya Plibersek	Arthur Sinodinos	Tim Fischer Carolyn Holbrook Tom Porteous
14	4 May 2015	Mark Butler	Greg Hunt	Peter Singer Amanda Vanstone Adrienne Truscott
15	11 May 2015	Jason Clare	Christian Porter	Clive Palmer Nakkiah Lui Jennifer Hewett
16	18 May 2015			Norman Doidge Caitlin Doughty Douglas Coupland Mohsin Hamid Christina Lamb
17	25 May 2015		Joe Hockey		Budget special
18	1 June 2015	Anthony Albanese	Josh Frydenberg	Jack Charles Miriam Lyons Judith Sloan
19	8 June 2015	Katy Gallagher	Christine Forster Philip Ruddock	Cornel West Bates Gill
20	15 June 2015		Bronwyn Bishop	Luca Belgiorno-Nettis Noel Pearson Gillian Triggs Bret Walker	Magna Carta 800th anniversary special
21	18 June 2015			Dennis Altman Paul Capsis Julie McCrossin Fred Nile Julia Doulman Katherine Hudson	LGBT special (Between a Frock and a Hard Place) Hosted by Tom Ballard
22	22 June 2015	Joel Fitzgibbon	Steven Ciobo	Linda Tirado Dee Madigan Grahame Morris Antony Hegarty
23	29 June 2015	Tanya Plibersek	Alan Tudge	Nick Cater Tim Wilson Anne Aly Lawrence M. Krauss Paul Kelly
24	6 July 2015	Richard Marles	Barnaby Joyce	Larissa Waters Vrasidas Karalis Trisha Jha Greg Sheridan
25	13 July 2015	Amanda Rishworth	Malcolm Turnbull John Hewson	John G. Stackhouse, Jr. Michael Ware Alex Oliver
26	20 July 2015	Mark Butler	Tim Fischer	Jacqui Lambie Katherine Teh-White Alan Jones
27	27 July 2015	Annastacia Palaszczuk	Ron Boswell	Mark Coleridge Anne Tiernan Monica Bradley
28	3 August 2015			Ranjana Srivastava Neil deGrasse Tyson Beth Fulton Adam Spencer
29	10 August 2015	Sharon Bird	Josh Frydenberg	Chris Hadfield Anne Summers Jonathan Fine Joe Hildebrand
30	17 August 2015	Sam Dastyari	Kelly O'Dwyer	Richard Di Natale Brendan O'Neill Katy Faust
31	24 August 2015	Anna Bligh	Peter Reith	Tony Windsor Annabel Crabb Louise Adler
32	31 August 2015			Naomi Klein Miroslav Volf Tariq Ali Laurie Penny Tom Switzer
33	7 September 2015	Chris Bowen	Mike Baird	Helen Joyce Geoffrey Robertson Catherine Livingstone
34	14 September 2015	Terri Butler	Michael Keenan John Hewson	Joan Baez Tim Costello Rowan Dean
35	21 September 2015	Bill Shorten
36	28 September 2015	Catherine King	Barnaby Joyce	David Marr John Roskam Elizabeth Ann MacGregor
37	5 October 2015			Ian Hickie Wayne Schwass Pat Dudgeon Fay Jackson Roderick McKay
38	12 October 2015	Lisa Singh	Ken Wyatt	Adam Bandt Tania de Jong Wesam Charkawi
39	19 October 2015	Bob Carr		Michael Fullilove Alison Broinowski Emily Howie Sow Keat Tok
40	26 October 2015	Joel Fitzgibbon	Fiona Nash	Jan Thomas Paul Antonio Katie Noonan
41	2 November 2015	Tony Burke	Simon Birmingham	Paul R. Ehrlich Wendy Harmer Dai Le
42	9 November 2015			Andrew Denton Karen Hitchcock Ralph McConaghy Ana Lamaro Rodney Syme
43	16 November 2015	Kate Ellis	Christopher Pyne	Nick Xenophon Ian Smith Holly Ransom

Season 10: 2016

Episode	Date	Panellists			Topics
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	1 February 2016			David Morrison Gordian Fulde Catherine Keenan Stan Grant Manal Younus
2	8 February 2016	Catherine King	Fiona Nash	Neil Mitchell Grace Collier Dave Oliver
3	15 February 2016	Terri Butler	Steven Ciobo	Sarah Hanson-Young Mark Steyn Lenore Taylor
4	22 February 2016	Tanya Plibersek	Michael Keenan	David Kilcullen Eldad Beck Raihan Ismail
5	29 February 2016	Anna Burke	Bruce Billson	Lyle Shelton Michele Levine Kerryn Phelps
6	7 March 2016	Penny Wong	Michaelia Cash	Mia Freedman Alan Jones Josh Zepps
7	14 March 2016			Brian Greene Tamara Davis Alan Finkel Emma Johnston Upulie Divisekera
8	21 March 2016		Daniel Andrews Josh Frydenberg	Jacqui Lambie Clementine Ford Elizabeth Proust
9	28 March 2016		Ed Husic Wyatt Roy	Holly Ransom Sandy Plunkett Michael Biercuk
10	4 April 2016	Amanda Rishworth	Christopher Pyne	Kelly Vincent Greg Sheridan Sameena Zehra
11	11 April 2016	Lisa Singh	Sharman Stone	Theodore Dalrymple Joseph Tawadros Germaine Greer
12	18 April 2016	Alannah MacTiernan	Ewen Jones John Hewson	Caroline Overington Jane Caro
13	25 April 2016			John Haldane Julie McCrossin Ray Minniecon Tiffany Sparks Lyle Shelton
14	2 May 2016		Pru Goward	James Fallows Laura Tingle George Megalogenis Iain Walker
15	9 May 2016	Andrew Leigh	Kelly O'Dwyer Innes Willox	Adam Bandt Cassandra Goldie
16	16 May 2016	Alannah MacTiernan	Ewen Jones John Hewson	Kate Tempest Jean-Christophe Rufin Ayaan Hirsi Ali Julian Baggini Emma Sky
17	23 May 2016	Anthony Albanese	Christopher Pyne
18	30 May 2016		Terri Butler Steven Ciobo	Richard Di Natale Nick Xenophon Jacqui Lambie
19	6 June 2016		Joel Fitzgibbon Barnaby Joyce	Tony Windsor Fiona Simson Robbie Sefton
20	13 June 2016	Bill Shorten
21	20 June 2016		Malcolm Turnbull
22	27 June 2016	Tanya Plibersek	Mathias Cormann Alan Jones	Marcia Langton Chris Richardson
23	4 July 2016	Chris Bowen	Josh Frydenberg Paul Kelly Holly Ransom	Sarah Hanson-Young
24	11 July 2016	Tanya Plibersek	George Brandis Steve Price Derryn Hinch	Van Badham
25	18 July 2016	Sam Dastayari	Simon Birmingham	Larissa Waters Pauline Hanson Nick Xenophon
26	25 July 2016	Ed Husic	Craig Laundy	Gillian Triggs Peter Kurti Shireen Morris	Incarceration, Islam and Innovation
27	1 August 2016	Lisa Singh	Matt Canavan	Peter Singer Celeste Liddle Kate Roffey	Rudd, Rehabilitation and Animal Ethics
28	8 August 2016	Bob Carr	-	Linda Tirado P.J. O'Rourke Lydia Khalil Crispin Rovere	US Election
29	15 August 2016	Linda Burney	Greg Hunt	Brian Cox Lily Serna Malcolm Roberts	Experts and Empirical Evidence
30	22 August 2016	Catherine King	Mitch Fifield	Corinne Grant Brendan O'Neill Erin Watson-Lynn	Racism, Revenge Porn & Nauru
31	29 August 2016	Warren Mundine	-	Cassandra Goldie Michael Marmot Christine Bennett Deborah Cobb-Clark	Social Determinants of Health
32	5 September 2016	-	-	John Bell Kylie Farmer Germaine Greer Kate Mulvany A.C. Grayling	Over 400 Years of Shakespeare
33	12 September 2016	Doug Cameron	Bridget McKenzie	Larissa Waters Rowan Dean Dai Le	Guns, Diversity and Donations
34	19 September 2016	Tony Burke	Fiona Nash	Jimmy Barnes Magda Szubanski Jacqui Lambie	Gay Marriage, Illegal Migrants and Masculinity
35	30 September 2016	Jay Weatherill Penny Wong	Simon Birmingham Amanda Vanstone	-	Education, Environment and Equality
36	3 October 2016	Mark Butler	Christian Porter	Marina Go Eva Cox Trisha Jha	Renewables, Welfare and Body Image
37	10 October 2016	-	Jim Molan	Shen Narayanasamy Jane McAdam Huy Truong Frank Brennan	Australia's Sovereign Borders
38	17 October 2016	Tim Watts Ged Kearney	John Roskam	Richard Di Natale Judith Sloan Grace Collier	Industrial Relations and Respectful Relationships
39	24 October 2016	Tanya Plibersek	Arthur Sinodinos	Chris Mitchell Robert Manne Christine Dolan	Media Influence, Privacy and Secrecy
40	31 October 2016	Joel Fitzgibbon	Sussan Ley	Stefano de Pieri Emma Germano Katrina Myers	Refugee Ban, Backpackers and Cultural Capital
41	7 November 2016	Anthony Albanese	James Paterson	Naomi Klein Don Watson Georgina Dower	18C, Trump and Islands Sinking
42	14 November 2016	Kate Ellis	Barnaby Joyce	Helen Andrews Joseph Siracusa Jennifer Hunt	New World Order
43	21 November 2016	Terri Butler	Eric Abetz	Benjamin Law Nakkiah Lui Greg Sheridan	End of the Year, Dawn of an Era

Season 11: 2017

Episode	Date	Panellists			Topics
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	6 February 2017	Daniel Andrews	Josh Frydenberg	Daisy Cousens Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Helen Andrews	Trump, Climate Action and Youths
2	13 February 2017	Kate Ellis	James Paterson	Yassmin Abdel-Magied Jacqui Lambie Luca Belgiorno-Nettis	Blackouts, Childcare, and Migration Sharia law
3	20 February 2017	Tanya Plibersek	George Brandis	Julian Burnside Piers Akerman Michele Levine	Pensions, Debt and NDIS
4	27 February 2017	Clare O'Neil	Scott Ryan	Peter Singer Leyla Acaroglu Ted Lapkin	Death and Disruption
5	6 March 2017	—		Lindy West Mei Fong Thordis Elva Faustina Agolley Josephine Cashman	Strikes, Sexual Assault and Revenge Porn
6	13 March 2017	—		Mem Fox Martha Wainwright Neil Armfield Ursula Yovich Kim Williams
7	20 March 2017	Terri Butler	Zed Seselja	Wadah Khanfar Claire Wardle Mark Day
8	27 March 2017	Amanda Rishworth	Bridget McKenzie	Mark Seymour Peter Holmes à Court Lydia Khalil Kerry Chikarovski
9	3 April 2017	Linda Burney	Josh Frydenberg	Muhammad Yunus Helle Thorning-Schmidt Paul Kelly
10	10 April 2017	Penny Wong	Mitch Fifield	Nikki Gemmell Margaret Somerville Billy Bragg
11	24 April 2017	Tony Burke	Alex Hawke	Germaine Greer Chido Govera Derryn Hinch
12	1 May 2017	Tanya Plibersek	Barnaby Joyce	Armando Iannucci Brian Schmidt Laura Demasi
13	8 May 2017	Lisa Singh	Dan Tehan	Dave Hughes Mark Leibler Danni Addison
14	15 May 2017	Chris Bowen	Simon Birmingham	Larissa Waters Innes Willox Miranda Stewart
15	22 May 2017	—		Niki Savva Lawrence M. Krauss Mikhail Zygar Mona Chalabi Paul Beatty
16	29 May 2017	—		Noel Pearson Pat Anderson Megan Davis Nakkiah Lui Stan Grant
17	5 June 2017	Anthony Albanese	Christian Porter	David Leyonhjelm Judith Brett Kiruna Stamell
18	12 June 2017	Mark Butler	Josh Frydenberg	Alan Finkel Rosemary Sinclair Amanda McKenzie
19	19 June 2017	Linda Burney	James Paterson	Jane Goodall Peter Kurti Rachel Botsman
20	26 June 2017	Clare O'Neil	Christopher Pyne	Alastair Campbell Grahame Morris Anna Greenberg
21	3 July 2017	Warren Snowdon		Bob Katter Jacinta Price Dale McIver Josie Douglas William Tilmouth
22	17 July 2017	Terri Butler	Matt Canavan	Rachel Corbett John Stackhouse Mehdi Hasan
23	24 July 2017	Catherine King	Josh Frydenberg	Pinidu Chandrasekera Jock Maddern Jacinta Speer
24	31 July 2017	Jim Chalmers	Steven Ciobo	Mei Fong Jessica Irvine Greg Sheridan
25	7 August 2017		Nigel Scullion	Marcia Langton Noel Pearson Denise Bowden Djapirri Mununggirritj Nyamba Buru Yawuru
26	14 August 2017	Sam Dastyari	Eric Abetz	Michael Jensen Jamila Rizvi Kim Rubenstein
27	21 August 2017	Bill Shorten
28	28 August 2017	Tony Burke	George Brandis	Jacqui Lambie Dan Sultan Christine Forster
29	4 September 2017			Michael Fullilove Rutger Bregman Laurie Penny Shashi Tharoor Amani Al-Khatahtbeh
30	11 September 2017	Mark Dreyfus	Zed Seselja	Lucy Gichuhi A.C. Grayling Merav Michaeli
31	18 September 2017	Penny Wong	Michael Sukkar	Sarah Hanson-Young Emma Herd Bret Stephens
32	2 October 2017	Ed Husic	Craig Laundy	Catherine Ball Sandra Peter Adam Spencer
33	9 October 2017	Amanda Rishworth	Matt Canavan	Richard Di Natale Peggy O'Neal Michele Levine
34	16 October 2017	Anne Aly	Bridget McKenzie	Jimmy Barnes Lydia Khalil Tim Fischer
35	23 October 2017			Glenn Davies Karina Okotel Frank Brennan Magda Szubanski	Same-sex marriage
36	30 October 2017			Laura Tingle Judith Brett Kevin Rudd Alan Jones
37	6 November 2017	Tanya Plibersek	Simon Birmingham	Arthur Lim Nadia Homem Geordie Brown Lauren McGrath-Wild
38	13 November 2017	Terri Butler	Angus Taylor	Brian Cox Judith Sloan Shara Evans
39	20 November 2017	Brendan O'Connor	George Brandis	Jacqui Lambie Stephen O'Doherty Janet Rice
40	27 November 2017	Murray Watt	James McGrath	Lenore Taylor Jan Fran Warren Mundine
41	4 December 2017	Lisa Singh	Eric Abetz	Simon Breheny Gillian Triggs Kate McClymont
42	11 December 2017		Malcolm Turnbull
43	18 December 2017	Anthony Albanese	Greg Hunt	Maxine McKew Greg Sheridan Alice Workman

Season 12: 2018

Episode	Date	Panellists			Topics
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	5 February 2018			Chris Richardson Heather Ridout Sally McManus Stephen Mayne James Pearson	A Spotlight on the Economy
2	12 February 2018	Terri Butler	Linda Reynolds	John Hewson Chris Kenny Van Badham	Nepotism, Referendums & Radical Reform
3	15 February 2018			Catharine Lumby Isabella Manfredi Josh Bornstein Janet Albrechtsen	MeToo Special hosted by Virginia Trioli
4	19 February 2018	Chris Bowen	Josh Frydenberg	Louise Adler Shareena Clanton Simon Breheny	Civil War, Colonisation and Power
5	26 February 2018	Clare O'Neil	Zed Seselja	Harriet Harman A.C. Grayling Catherine McGregor	DPM, Politics and Pay Gaps
6	5 March 2018	Tanya Plibersek	Angus Taylor	Richard Di Natale Kamila Shamsie Sharri Markson	Family Matters and Home Fires
7	12 March 2018	Bob Carr		Tim Flannery John Daley Jane Fitzgerald Jiyoung Song	A Big Australia
8	19 March 2018	Mark Butler	Paul Fletcher	Tom Switzer Alice Workman Lydia Khalil	Tax, Trump and The Polls
9	26 March 2018			Michael Sandel	A Night with Michael Sandel
10	9 April 2018	Clare O'Neil	Alan Tudge	Stuart Bateson Andrew Rule Nyadol Nyuon	Polling, Policing and Reporting
11	16 April 2018	Amanda Rishworth	Mitch Fifield	Missy Higgins Grahame Morris Kenneth Roth	Privacy, Missile Strikes and Celebrity Activism
12	23 April 2018	Andrew Leigh	Fiona Nash	John Roskam Rebecca Huntley Jill Sheppard	Class Divides and Inequality
13	30 April 2018			Katy Tur Wesley Morris Masha Gessen Richard McGregor	Trump, Twitter & North Korea
14	7 May 2018	Linda Burney	Tim Wilson	Stanley Johnson Leyla Acaroglu Jeremy Heimans	Newstart, New Power and New Jobs
15	14 May 2018	Chris Bowen	Angus Taylor	Elizabeth Proust Judith Sloan Ben Oquist	A Broader Budget
16	21 May 2018	Julie Collins	Jane Hume	Peter Singer Randa Abdel-Fattah Greg Sheridan	Weddings, Gaza and Losing Faith
17	28 May 2018	Ged Kearney	Jim Molan	Rod Bower Monica Doumit Tim Fung	First Responders, Refugees and Flexible Working
18	4 June 2018	Mark Dreyfus	Dan Tehan	Jacqui Lambie Rosie Waterland Grace Collier	Chaos, Ego and Cash
19	11 June 2018	Bill Shorten			Q&A with Bill Shorten
20	18 June 2018	Tim Watts	Linda Reynolds	Michael Spence Simon Jackman Aubrey Blanche	Being Careful, North Korea and Culture Wars
21	25 June 2018			Kiruna Stamell Dylan Alcott Graeme Innes Catia Malaquias Bruce Bonyhady	Q&A Enabled
22	2 July 2018	Catherine King	Sarah Henderson	Cory Bernardi Erik Jensen Corey White	Abuse, Foster Care and Taxes
23	9 July 2018	Tanya Plibersek	Matt Canavan	Teela Reid Mitchell Walton Kumbi Gutsa Victoria Fielding	Q&A People's Panel
24	23 July 2018			Craig Reucassel Ronni Kahn Jo Taranto David O'Loughlin Gayle Sloan	War on Waste
25	30 July 2018	Jim Chalmers	Mitch Fifield	Lenore Taylor Parnell Palme McGuinness Tony Winwood	Super Saturday and Media Diversity
26	6 August 2018	Joel Fitzgibbon	David Littleproud	Fiona Simson Jenny Dowell Matt Sorenson	Drought Relief and Future Farming
27	13 August 2018	Anne Aly	Eric Abetz	Cornel West Lindsay Shepherd Jeremy Bell	Power, Spirituality and Free Speech
28	20 August 2018			John Marsden Maxine Beneba Clarke Sofie Laguna Michael Ahmad Trent Dalton	Stranger than Fiction
29	27 August 2018	Cathy O'Toole	George Christensen	Pauline Hanson Larissa Waters Bob Katter	Chaos, Crocs and Coal Mining
30	3 September 2018	Anthony Albanese	Steven Ciobo	Alan Jones Annika Smethurst Elmari Whyte	Media Power, Popularity and Special Envoys
31	10 September 2018	Penny Wong	Bridget McKenzie	Dylan Storer Joanne Tran Rueben Davis Holly Cooke	High School Special 3
32	17 September 2018			Germaine Greer Andrew Neil David Marr Sisonke Msimang Elena Jeffcoat	Rape, Racism and No-Platforming
33	1 October 2018	Amanda Rishworth	Simon Birmingham	Sarah Hanson-Young John Butler Sali Miftari	Bullying, quotas, and the ABC
34	8 October 2018			Eddie Woo Pasi Sahlberg Cindy Berwick Gabbie Stroud Jennifer Buckingham	Teaching Special
35	15 October 2018	Terri Butler	James Paterson	Jeffrey Sachs James Bartholomew Linda McIver	Climate, Welfare and Religious Schools
36	22 October 2018	Anthony Albanese	Philip Ruddock	Kerryn Phelps Peter van Onselen Anne Summers	Wentworth by-election Special
37	29 October 2018			Neil Armfield Nakkiah Lui Toby Schmitz Zindzi Okenyo Miles Gregory	Live from the Pop-up Globe
38	5 November 2018			Toby Walsh Nikki Goldstein Chuck Klosterman Betty Grumble Van Badham	Sex Robots, Killer Robots: A Dangerous Q&A
39	8 November 2018			Malcolm Turnbull	Malcolm Turnbull on Q&A
40	12 November 2018	Chris Bowen	Zed Seselja	Gillian Triggs John Anderson Parnell Palme McGuinness	Trust, Leadership, and Stability
41	19 November 2018	Mark Dreyfus	Alex Hawke	Susan Glasser Greg Sheridan Karen Middleton	Tourism, Trump, and the Embassy
42	26 November 2018	Doug Cameron	Eric Abetz	Mehreen Faruqi Tom Switzer Yasmin Poole	VicVotes, Terrorism, and Gender
43	3 December 2018	Lisa Singh	Linda Reynolds	Billy Bragg Amanda Vanstone Martin Matthews	Protest and Pre-selection
44	3 December 2018	Tanya Plibersek	Scott Ryan	Richard Di Natale Nyadol Nyuon Brendan O'Neill	2018 Finale

Season 13: 2019

Episode	Date	Panellists			Topics
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	4 February 2019			Julia Banks Andrew Wilkie Adam Bandt Kerryn Phelps Rebekha Sharkie	The Boats, the Banks, and the River
2	11 February 2019	Mark Dreyfus	Sarah Henderson	Stephen Mayne Megan Purcell Zoya Patel	Manus, Hakeem, and Franking Credits
3	18 February 2019			Stuart Smith Kerryn Redpath Dr David Caldicott Dr Marianne Jauncey Mick Palmer	Drugs
4	25 February 2019	Terri Butler	Alex Hawke	Catherine McGregor Jordan Peterson Van Badham	Jordan Peterson Destroys Q&A
5	4 March 2019	Kristina Keneally	Jim Molan	Francis Sullivan Dr. Viv Waller Rabbi Shmuley	A Church in Crisis
6	11 March 2019	Linda Burney	Karen Andrews	Sarah Hanson-Young Sabina Shugg Nicole Livingstone	Women in Leadership
7	18 March 2019	Cathy O'Toole	Linda Reynolds	Stephen Williams Jane McMillan Roger Hill	Q&A In Townsville
8	25 March 2019	Tony Burke	Teena McQueen	Roxane Gay Meereen Faruqi Simon Cowan	Roxane Gay on Q&A
9	1 April 2019	Amanda Rishworth	Arthur Sinodinos	Rebecca Huntley John Roskam Lakshmi Logathassan	Cash, Guns, Gangs and Life
10	8 April 2019		Josh Frydenberg		Budget Special
11	15 April 2019	Terri Butler	James McGrath	Larissa Waters Malcolm Roberts	Election 2019: The Battle For Queensland
12	29 April 2019	Chris Bowen	Mitch Fifield	Lenore Taylor Bhakthi Puvanenthiran Greg Sheridan	The Election Countdown
13	6 May 2019	Bill Shorten			Bill Shorten on Q&A
14	13 May 2019	Tanya Plibersek	Simon Birmingham	Richard Di Natale Helen Haines	The Q&A Last Chance Saloon
15	20 May 2019	Jim Chalmers	Christopher Pyne	Alice Workman Ming Long Alan Jones	The Wash Up
16	27 May 2019	Mary Dreyfus	Tim Wilson	Marcia Langton Paul Kelly Rachael Jacobs	First Australians and Quiet Australians
17	3 June 2019	Joel Fitzgibbon	Nicolle Flint	Jimmy Barnes Sisonke Msimang Matthew Warren	Jimmy Barnes Rocks Q&A
18	10 June 2019			Adam Briggs Faustina Agolley Mike Cannon-Brookes Dr Larry Marshall Jocelyn Brewer	Q&A Vivid
19	17 June 2019			Brian Cox Emma Johnston David Karoly Kirsten Banks Martin Van Kranendonk	Q&A Science Special
20	24 June 2019	Catherine King	Dan Tehan	Rex Patrick Sally Rugg Ash Belsar	The Freedom to Fund Yourself
21	1 July 2019	Clare O'Neil	James Paterson	Jamila Rizvi Grace Kelly Greg Day	Union Bosses and Suburban Dads
22	8 July 2019	Penny Wong	Scott Ryan	Diana Sayed Tom Switzer Hugh White	Nukes In An Uncertain World
23	15 July 2019	Linda Burney	Jim Molan	Rebekha Sharkie Sami Shah Toby Ralph	Deemed Not To Matter
24	22 July 2019			Alastair Campbell Geoff Gallop Kate Mills Nick Cater Anne Tiernan	Boris, Brexit, and the Black Dog
25	29 July 2019	Kimberley Kitching	Eric Abetz	Tim Costello Parnell Palme McGuinness Adam Liaw	Wage Theft and Celebrity Chefs
26	5 August 2019	Katy Gallagher	Jason Falinski	Zali Steggall Cassandra Goldie Adam Creighton	Zali's Political Slalom
27	12 August 2019	Terri Butler	Alan Tudge	A. C. Grayling Clare Wright Li Shee Su	How Good is Democracy?
28	19 August 2019	Linda Burney		Julian Leeser Jacinta Price Patricia Turner Sally Scales	The Indigenous Voice
29	26 August 2019	Kristina Keneally	Gladys Berejiklian	William Gillett Aurora Matchett Willoughby Duff Varsha Yajman	Q&A High School Special
30	2 September 2019			Lionel Shriver DeRay Mckesson Ruby Hamad Benjamin Law Steve Coll	Lionel Shriver and DeRay Mckesson: Writers on Q&A
31	9 September 2019	Anne Aly	Zed Seselja	Jordon Steele-John Danielle Wood Greg Sheridan	Donations, Disability, and Disillusionment
32	16 September 2019	Madeleine King	James Paterson	Eva Cox Sam Dastyari John Lee	The Political Donations Arms Race
33	23 September 2019	Chris Bowen	Paul Fletcher	Kerry O'Brien Jan Fran Dai Le	Kerry O'Brien and Your Right To Know
34	30 September 2019			Katie Noonan Jonathon Welch Mojo Juju Tex Perkins L-FRESH The Lion	The Power of Music
35	7 October 2019	Julie Collins	Richard Colbeck	Maggie Beer Sarah Holland-Batt Sean Rooney	A Spotlight on Aged Care
36	14 October 2019	Tim Watts	Tim Wilson	Vicky Xu Jennifer Hewett Simon Longstaff	Democracy or Disruption?
37	21 October 2019			John Hewson Veela Sahajwalla Julian Cribb Jordan Nguyen Chloë Spackman	Q&A: Future Alert
38	28 October 2019	Joel Fitzgibbon	David Littleproud	Fiona Simson Maryanne Slattery Kate McBride	The Drought
39	4 November 2019			Mona Eltahawy Jess Hill Nayuka Gorrie Ashton Applewhite Hana Assafiri	Q&A Broadside
40	11 November 2019	Mark Butler	Jason Falinski	Ross Garnaut Sarah McNamara Sarah Friar	Climate and Catastrophe
41	18 November 2019	Anne Aly	Zak Kirkup	Hannah McGlade Lanai Scarr Dylan Storer	Q&A in WA
42	25 November 2019	Tanya Plibersek		Samantha Power Tamar Zandberg Greg Sheridan James Brown	International Power
43	2 December 2019		Alex Hawke	Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum Enele Sopoaga Manu Tupou-Roosen Virisila Buadromo	Q&A Pacific
44	9 December 2019	Anthony Albanese	Malcolm Turnbull	Sisonke Msimang Patricia Turner Brian Schmidt	The End of an Era - Q&A 2019 Finale

Season 14: 2020

Episode	Date	Panellists			Topics
		Labor	Coalition	Others
1	3 February 2020		Jim Molan Andrew Constance	Kristy McBain Victor Steffensen Cheryl McCarthy Michael Mann	Q+A Bushfires Special
2	10 February 2020			Osher Günsberg Jennifer Westacott Sophia Hamblin Wang Matt Evans Martijn Wilder Paul Kelly (Musical Guest)	Climate Solutions
3	17 February 2020	Clare O’Neil	Katie Allen	Jacqui Lambie Jack Manning Bancroft Simon McKeon	Trust
4	24 February 2020			Wang Xining Stan Grant Rania MacIntyre Jason Yat-sen Li Vicky Xu	Australia and China: A Healthy Relationship?
5	2 March 2020			Nova Peris Tarang Chawla Marlee Silva Lehmo	The Australian Identity: Who Are We?
6	9 March 2020	Tanya Plibersek		Adrian Piccoli Eddie Woo John Collier Vy Tran	Education: Are We Failing?
7	16 March 2020	Katy Gallagher	Richard Colbeck	Bill Bowtell Dr Mukesh Haikerwal Sam Mostyn	The Corona Challenge: Are We Prepared?
8	23 March 2020			Norman Swan Sharon Lewin Paul Kelly	Coronavirus: Ask The Doctors
9	30 March 2020	Linda Burney	Michael Sukkar	Nicki Hutley Matt Comyn Jennifer Westacott Josh Pyke	Coronavirus: The Cost
10	6 April 2020	Chris Bowen	Katie Allen	Dr Stephen Parnis Dr Danielle Austin Dr Vyom Sharma Dr Lucy Morgan	Coronavirus: Stories From The Frontline
11	13 April 2020			Matt Preston Craig Foster Julie McCrossin John Anderson Christine Morgan	Surviving Lockdown
12	20 April 2020			Neville Power Sally McManus Simon Longstaff Gigi Foster Jodie McVernon	COVID-19: Where to Next?
13	27 April 2020		Dan Tehan	Nick Coatsworth Lisa Jackson Pulver Mark Scott Lian Davies	Education in the Age of COVID-19
14	4 May 2020	Penny Wong	Dave Sharma	Michael Fullilove Elaine Pearson	The Post-COVID World Order
15	11 May 2020	Dan Andrews Annastacia Palaszczuk	Gladys Berejiklian		Q+A: The Premiers
16	18 May 2020			Yael Stone Sophie Johnson Tim Fung Danielle Wood Innes Willox	Young and Free?

External links

• Episodes by date on ABC website