Q&A — Season 1, Episode 13: Writing Politics

Episode synopsis

On Q&A this week the writers dominated. The show featured author and academic, Germaine Greer, former NSW premier and author of My Reading Life, Bob Carr, deputy opposition leader Julie Bishop, The Australian newspaper's foreign editor, Greg Sheridan and curator and critic, Marcus Westbury.

About Q&A

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.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Rudd Files
• E2Tony, Tanya and Bob.
• E3Round Three
• E4Boom shake shake shake the room!
• E5Cheryl returns
• E6The Young Guns
• E7Politics and the Academy
• E8It's not easy being Green
• E9It takes all types of people to make the world go round...
• E10Welcome the Senate
• E11Money and Trees - the green stuff
• E12Something for Everyone