Q&A

Thursday 29 October at 9.30pm EDST

Q&A’s penultimate episode for 2009 is set to be hugely entertaining, with a lively mix of pollies, commentators and comedians…

Joining Tony Jones on the Q&A panel will be:

Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services;

Tony Abbott, Shadow Minister for Families and Community Services;

Satirist Jonathan Biggins;

Social commentator and author Bettina Arndt; and

Comedian and columnist Catherine Deveny.

To join in the discussion go to www.abc.net.au/qanda and register for the Q&A studio audience or submit a question for the panel.

Joining Tony Jones on Q&A next Thursday 22 October live at 9.30pm EDST on ABC1 will be:

Annabel Crabb, journalist;
John Elliott, businessman and blogger;
Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business;
Peter Dutton, Liberal MP; and
Louise Adler, publisher.

To join in the discussion go to www.abc.net.au/qanda and register for the Q&A studio audience or submit a question for the panel.

Visiting British comedian, Alexei Sayle, will join Tony Jones on Q&A next Thursday 15 October at 9.30pm EDST on ABC1.

Also on the panel will be:

Minister for Infrastructure, Anthony Albanese;

Shadow Education Minister, Christopher Pyne;

Nikki Williams, CEO of the NSW Mineral Council; and

And student Climate Change Activist, Deepa Gupta.

As always, the public can join in the discussions by registering for the Q&A studio audience or putting a question to the panel – details at http://abc.net.au/qanda.

Joining Tony Jones on Q&A next Thursday 8 October at 9.30pm EDST on ABC1 is:

MP Belinda Neale;

Germaine Greer, feminist and author;

Todd Sampson, advertising agency CEO;

Senator Cory Bernardi; and

Columnist Janet Albrechtsen.

Join in the discussions by registering for the Q&A studio audience or putting a question to the panel – details at http://abc.net.au/qanda.

Joining Tony Jones on Q&A this Thursday 1 October at 9.30pm AEST on ABC1 is:

• American author and journalist, Christopher Hitchens;
• Jesuit scholar, Father Frank Brennan;
• Muslim academic, Waleed Aly;
• Former editor of The Monthly, Sally Warhaft; and commentator, Anne Henderson.

Join in the discussions by registering for the Q&A studio audience or putting a question to the panel – details at http://abc.net.au/qanda.

Thursday 24 Sept at 9.30pm AEST

Q&A will broadcast live from Adelaide this Thursday, and host Tony Jones will be joined by a range of South Australian identities:

Alexander Downer, former Minister for Foreign Affairs;
Kate Ellis, Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Youth and Sport;
Natasha Stott Despoja, former Democrats leader;
Anthropologist Peter Sutton; and
Megan Lloyd, editor of the Sunday Mail.

The Australian public can also join the discussions by registering for the Q&A studio audience or putting a question to the panel – details at http://abc.net.au/qanda.

Thursday 17 September live at 9.30pm AEST

Joining Tony Jones on Q&A this Thursday 17 September, live at 9.30pm AEST:

Acclaimed author Thomas Keneally;
Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Housing and Status of Women;
Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer;
Larissa Behrendt, indigenous lawyer and NAIDOC’s 2009 Person of the Year; and
John Roskam, Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs/

Join the discussions by registering for the Q&A studio audience or putting a question to the panel – details at http://abc.net.au/qanda.

Joining Tony Jones live on Q&A this Thursday 10 September at 9.30pm AEST on ABC1:

Former WA Premier Geoff Gallop;
Author John Marsden;
Comedian Anthony Ackroyd;
Social commentator Melinda Tankard Reist; and
Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education Sophie Mirabella.

You can contribute to the discussions by registering for the Q&A studio audience or putting a question to the panel – details at http://abc.net.au/qanda.

Q&A will broadcast from Melbourne Writers’ Festival – live on Thursday 27 August at 9.30pm AEST on ABC1.

Host Tony Jones will be joined by:

Richard Flanagan, author, historian and film director;

Tara June Winch, new Australian author of the award-winning Swallow The Air;

Kamila Shamsie, Pakistani novelist of several acclaimed novels including Kartography and Burnt Shadows;

Lindsay Tanner, Federal Member for Melbourne and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation; and

Tony Abbott, Federal Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and author of Battlelines.

For the first time, Q&A will be broadcast live from the Melbourne Writers’ Festival on Thursday 27 August 2009 at 9.30pm AEST on ABC1.

Host Tony Jones will be joined in Melbourne by a panel of acclaimed authors and discerning readers – including some literate politicians.

Tony said: “We’re very pleased to be part of one of Australia’s premier literary events, and to have the opportunity to bring a bit of Q&A action to the Festival.”

Viewers will be encouraged to put their questions to the panel via the Q&A website (www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda).

And the live studio audience of Festival goers will put their questions directly to the panel. To register to take part in this special Q&A, please go to: www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda.

The Melbourne Writers Festival 2009 will be held at Federation Square from Friday 21 – Sunday 30 August. Further details are available at www.mwf.com.au.