About this season
Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, 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.
Episodes (32)
1. Q&A returns with Australians of the Year!!!
Aired 12 February 2009 • 60 min
2. An Economic Time...
Aired 19 February 2009 • 60 min
3. A Classic Q&A
Aired 26 February 2009 • 60 min
4. TANNER and COSTELLO on Q and A
Aired 5 March 2009 • 60 min
5. A Mixed Bunch
Aired 12 March 2009 • 60 min
6. Religion, Sex and Politics
Aired 19 March 2009 • 60 min
7. Q and A live from Melbourne
Aired 26 March 2009 • 60 min
8. Chinese Puzzles
Aired 2 April 2009 • 60 min
Tony Jones's guests this week include Senator George Brandis and Young Liberal Party member Rachel Fry.
9. Banks, Bikies and Broadband
Aired 9 April 2009 • 60 min
10. The John Elliot Show
Aired 16 April 2009 • 60 min
11. P.J. O'Rourke on Q and A
Aired 23 April 2009 • 60 min
12. Green and everything in between
Aired 30 April 2009 • 60 min
13. Taxes, Torture and the Taliban
Aired 7 May 2009 • 60 min
14. Budget Special from Canberra
Aired 14 May 2009 • 60 min
15. Beyond Spin
Aired 21 May 2009 • 60 min
16. And That's Half-Time
Aired 28 May 2009 • 60 min
17. Back in Town
Aired 23 July 2009 • 60 min
18. Queensland Rising
Aired 30 July 2009 • 60 min
19. The Youth Show
Aired 6 August 2009 • 60 min
20. The more things change...
Aired 13 August 2009 • 60 min
21. Back to Balibo
Aired 20 August 2009 • 60 min
22. Live from the Melbourne Writers Festival
Aired 27 August 2009 • 60 min
23. Sex and Politics
Aired 3 September 2009 • 60 min
24. Women, War, Sex and Kevin Rudd
Aired 10 September 2009 • 60 min
25. The History Wars
Aired 17 September 2009 • 60 min
26. Q&A Live from Adelaide
Aired 24 September 2009 • 60 min
27. God, Sodomy and the Lash
Aired 1 October 2009 • 60 min
Panelists: Christopher Hitchens, author and radical atheist; Father Frank Brennan, Jesuit intellectual and social activist; Waleed Aly, politics lecturer; Sally Warhaft, author and founding editor of The Monthly; and Anne Henderson, biographer and deputy director of The Sydney Institute.
28. Hey Hey It's Racism
Aired 8 October 2009 • 60 min
29. Alexei Sayle joins Q and A
Aired 15 October 2009 • 60 min
30. John Elliott Returns
Aired 22 October 2009 • 60 min
31. The Indonesian Non-Solution
Aired 29 October 2009 • 60 min
32. That's A Wrap
Aired 5 November 2009 • 60 min