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 (41)
1. The PM on Q and A
Aired 8 February 2010 • 60 min
Q&A made a triumphant return for 2010 with a special program from Old Parliament House in Canberra featuring Kevin Rudd and an audience of 200 young Australians aged 16-25. Program producers were inundated with hundreds of excellent questions from this group.
2. Tanner and Joyce Go Head to Head
Aired 15 February 2010 • 60 min
3. Turnbull Returns
Aired 22 February 2010 • 60 min
4. Art, Power and Passion
Aired 1 March 2010 • 60 min
5. God, Science and Sanity
Aired 8 March 2010 • 60 min
6. Conservatives, Comedians and Political Correctness
Aired 15 March 2010 • 60 min
7. The Health of the Nation
Aired 22 March 2010 • 60 min
8. Greens, budgies and staffers...
Aired 29 March 2010 • 60 min
9. Tony Abbott on Q and A
Aired 5 April 2010 • 60 min
10. The American Ambassador on Q&A
Aired 12 April 2010 • 60 min
11. Premiers, Population and the Politics of Fear
Aired 19 April 2010 • 60 min
12. Anzac Day Special
Aired 26 April 2010 • 60 min
13. Emissions Trading, Taxation and Trust
Aired 3 May 2010 • 60 min
14. Censorship in Cyberspace
Aired 10 May 2010 • 60 min
15. Budget special
Aired 17 May 2010 • 60 min
16. Democracy, Death and Taxes
Aired 24 May 2010 • 60 min
17. Backlash in Bennelong?
Aired 31 May 2010 • 60 min
18. Q and A Goes West
Aired 7 June 2010 • 60 min
19. For Lovers of Animals
Aired 14 June 2010 • 60 min
20. Greens in the Spotlight
Aired 21 June 2010 • 60 min
21. The Gillard Coup
Aired 28 June 2010 • 60 min
22. New PM & Population
Aired 5 July 2010 • 60 min
Panellists: Tony Burke, Minister for Sustainable Population; George Brandis, shadow attorney-general; Annabel Crabb, journalist and commentator; Cheryl Kernot, former Labor MP and Leader of the Australian Democrats; and Grahame Morris, political commentator and former Liberal staffer.
23. Fear, Loathing and the East Timor Solution
Aired 12 July 2010 • 60 min
24. And They're Off!
Aired 19 July 2010 • 60 min
25. Where's the Passion?
Aired 26 July 2010 • 60 min
26. Q and A Goes to Brisbane
Aired 2 August 2010 • 60 min
27. Julia Gillard joins Q and A
Aired 9 August 2010 • 60 min
28. Q and A Population Debate Special Dick Smith's Population Puzzle
Aired 12 August 2010 • 60 min
29. Tony Abbott joins Q and A
Aired 16 August 2010 • 60 min
30. Where's Mark Arbib?
Aired 23 August 2010 • 60 min
31. Q and A at the Melbourne Writers Festival
Aired 30 August 2010 • 60 min
32. Bob Katter joins Q&A
Aired 6 September 2010 • 60 min
33. A new political paradigm
Aired 13 September 2010 • 60 min
34. Euthanasia in a hung parliament
Aired 20 September 2010 • 60 min
35. Politics, Betrayal and Sex
Aired 27 September 2010 • 60 min
36. Q and A Gets Dangerous
Aired 4 October 2010 • 60 min
37. Q and A Sports Special
Aired 11 October 2010 • 60 min
38. Miracles, Media and the Murray
Aired 18 October 2010 • 60 min
39. The Odd Angry Shoe: John Howard on Q and A
Aired 25 October 2010 • 60 min
40. Q and A goes West
Aired 1 November 2010 • 60 min
41. That's Goodbye From Us...
Aired 8 November 2010 • 60 min
Panellists: Bill Shorten, Assistant Treasurer; George Brandis, shadow attorney-general; Randa Abdel Fattah, author and lawyer; Janet Albrechtsen, conservative commentator; and Jonathan Biggins, satirist and performer.