Q&A: Season 14
Season 14 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Q&A Season 13.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 14 Progress Shield
Calling It Out
Feb 4, 2021 · 60 min
Kicking off the new series in its new timeslot, Hamish Macdonald chairs a debate that asks how the new Biden presidency will affect Australia, if the debate surrounding Australia D
Q+A on Vaccines: What do you want to know?
Feb 11, 2021 · 60 min
It could be the most powerful weapon in the fight against COVID-19: A vaccine. So when will it be available? Who will get priority and how will it change the way Australians live,
Bargaining with Big Tech
Feb 18, 2021 · 60 min
The tech giants have threatened to pull their services from Australia if the Government goes ahead with new laws forcing them to pay media outlets for their news content. Should go
Spotlight on Aged Care
Feb 25, 2021 · 60 min
On the eve of the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care, Q+A asks is Australia failing its older citizens? The pandemic has exposed nightmare stories of neglect for t
All About Women
Mar 4, 2021 · 60 min
With the Brittany Higgins scandal and growing number of sexual assault claims engulfing the Federal parliament, Q+A brings together a diverse panel of women to discuss gender, just
On The Rebound
Mar 11, 2021 · 60 min
Australia's economic rebound: who is leaping ahead and who is falling behind? Plus Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's interview, Australia's trade relationship with China, and is it
Consent
Mar 18, 2021 · 60 min
This week, students, parents, experts and educators take a frank look at the vexed issue of consent, how men can help change the power imbalance and what needs to be done to combat
Fixing The Future
Mar 25, 2021 · 60 min
COVID is giving us a chance to reset, but already we’re seeing a toxic form of vaccine nationalism take hold, in which unequal access to vaccines is leaving some countries out in t
Vaccines, The Church, and the State of Politics
Apr 8, 2021 · 60 min
The Federal Government’s so-called “women’s ministry” meets for the first time this week in an attempt to drive action when it comes to the treatment of women. Will it be enough to
It's Complicated: Vaccines, China, and Saying Sorry
Apr 15, 2021 · 60 min
After new medical advice derailed the COVID vaccine rollout, how quickly can the Australian government get the program back on track? As Australia's relationship with China continu
Climate, Politics, and 'Fossil Fools'
Apr 22, 2021 · 60 min
As more countries set ambitious targets to reduce emissions, Australia stands at a crossroads. After more than a decade of bickering on both sides of politics, is the country ready
Diversity, Double Standards and Aussies Trapped Abroad
Apr 29, 2021 · 60 min
As mass vaccination centres operate at a fraction of capacity, what does the government need to do to restore faith in its vaccination rollout? Also, the war of words over Australi
Power and Control
May 6, 2021 · 60 min
This week's discussion takes a look at housing affordability, childcare and the government’s big spend. Joining Hamish Macdonald on the panel are: Alan Kohler, Finance journalist a
Budget 2021 Special
May 13, 2021 · 60 min
With the economy showing strong signs of recovery, the government is focusing on jobs and talking up its spending on aged care, infrastructure and childcare. It’s being touted as a
Barnaby Meets Lukenomics
May 20, 2021 · 60 min
With Australia’s borders likely to remain closed until mid-2022, senior Government ministers are standing by the decision to keep the doors shut, despite internal party backlash. W
Trauma and Truth-Telling
May 27, 2021 · 60 min
With the conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas arriving at a ceasefire, how long will the peace last? Also, as Australia marks Reconciliation Week, what action needs
Vaccine, Quarantine and Life Outside the Big Cities
Jun 3, 2021 · 60 min
Q+A heads to Wollongong with guest host Stan Grant, looking at Victoria's COVID crisis, the challenges facing universities, plus what growing urban sprawl means for infrastructure,
Health and Humanity
Jun 10, 2021 · 60 min
As frustrated Victorians endure a fourth lockdown, businesses across the country are hurting; is it time we learnt to live with COVID long term? What risk are we prepared to live w
Boats, Boys Clubs and Businesses on the Brink
Jun 17, 2021 · 60 min
As Melbourne slowly emerges from its fourth heartbreaking lockdown, what is the nation's view on job security and business confidence in the COVID recovery, plus the impact of Vict
Sydney Surge and Life on the Spectrum
Jun 24, 2021 · 60 min
This week, Hamish Macdonald returns to the Q+A host chair and along with the panel takes a look at Sydney’s growing COVID cluster, disability, autism and the other big stories of t
Vaccines: Supply and Demand
Jul 1, 2021 · 60 min
When it comes to vaccinations, it seems Australia has fallen to the very last of all OECD countries, with only 4.75% of Australians vaccinated, as compared 45.76% in the United Sta
The Ethics of Accountability
Jul 8, 2021 · 60 min
Guest host David Speers leads discussions on the four-stage plan to lead Australia out of the COVID pandemic, fresh accusations of sexism and unwanted sexual advances in federal po
Dealing with Delta
Jul 15, 2021 · 60 min
Joining guest host Virginia Trioli on the panel are: Marylouise McLaws, epidemiologist; Steve Price, radio broadcaster; Mukesh Haikerwal, GP and former President of the AMA; Meshel
The Olympics and Opening Up
Jul 22, 2021 · 60 min
Joining guest host Virginia Trioli on the panel are: Libby Trickett, Olympic Gold Medallist; Russel Howcroft, broadcaster; David Gillespie, Regional Health Minister; Bill Shorten,