Q&A: Season 6
Season 6 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 5.
- 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 6 Progress Shield
Pies For The People
Feb 4, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Christopher Pyne, Shadow Education Minister; David Bradbury, Assistant Treasurer; Amanda Vanstone, Former Howard Government Minister; Anne Summers, Author and feminist
Cry Freedom
Feb 11, 2013 · 60 min
Joining Tony Jones on the panel are: trust expert, Rachel Botsman; Shadow Attorney-General George Brandis; Senator for the state of Western Australia, Chris Evans; TV presenter-tur
A Show About Nothing
Feb 18, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Health; Greg Hunt, Shadow Minister for Climate Action; Professor Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical Physicist & Cosmologist; Dr John Dickson, Di
Espionage, Revolution & Ruin
Feb 25, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Jeff Bleich, Bob Carr, Eva Cox, Ahdaf Soueif, Malcolm Turnbull.
Crime, Climate & Cask Wine
Mar 4, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Bill Shorten, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations; Julie Bishop, Deputy Opposition Leader; Christine Milne, Leader of the Greens; Tim Ferguson, Comedian and
The Education Debate
Mar 11, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Peter Garrett, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth; and Christopher Pyne, Shadow Education Minister.
Pope, Polls & Poverty
Mar 18, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: David Feeney, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence; Barnaby Joyce, Queensland Nationals Senator; Viv Benjamin, Anti-poverty Campaigner & Youth Activist; Alannah MacTiern
Sports, Spills, Skills & Sex
Mar 25, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: A.C. Grayling, British Philosopher; Brendan O'Connor, Minister for Immigration; Kelly O'Dwyer, Liberal Member for Higgins; Christine Nixon, Former Chief Commissioner of
Faith & Love
Apr 1, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane; Dr Mohamad Abdalla, Imam; Venerable Robina Courtin, Buddhist Nun; Josh Thomas, Atheist, Comedian & Actor; an
The F Word
Apr 8, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Brooke Magnanti, Research Scientist and Author Belle de Jour; Germaine Greer, Feminist icon and provocateur; Mia Freedman, Mamamia founder and director; Deborah Cheetha
Taking Tasmania into Tomorrow
Apr 15, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Dick Adams, Labor MP for Lyons; Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science; David Marr, Journalist and commentator; Jan Davis, CEO of the Ta
The Health Debate
Apr 22, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Health Minister; and Peter Dutton, Shadow Health Minister.
Class Warfare, Latte Sippers & Mental Illness
Apr 29, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Mark Butler, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing; Jamie Briggs, Coalition Spokesperson on Scrutiny of Government Waste; Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator; Andrea Mas
High School Showdown
May 6, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia.
Where's the Beef?
May 13, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Clive Palmer, Mining Magnate; Ged Kearney, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions; Tim Nicholls, Queensland Treasurer; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Se
War, Depression & Hypersexuality
May 20, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Ruby Wax, Comedian and Author; Faramerz Dabhoiwala, Author The Origins of Sex; Sylvia Nasar, Author A Beautiful Mind; William Dalrymple, Historian of India and the Isla
Religion, Marriage & Euthanasia
May 27, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical Physicist & Cosmologist; Gene Robinson, America's First Openly Gay Bishop; Fred Nile, Conservative Morals Campaigner; Amanda Vanstone, Form
An Audience with Bill Gates
May 28, 2013 · 60 min
Panellist: Bill Gates, Chairman & Founder of Microsoft and Philanthropist.
Racism, Hypocrisy & Hot Air
Jun 3, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Martha Wainwright, Canadian Singer - Songwriter; Bill McKibben, American Environmentalist; Michael Stutchbury, Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Financial Review; Linda
Bring Back The Biff, Turn Back The Boats
Jun 10, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Mark Latham, Former Federal Opposition Leader; Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Minister for Communications; Craig Emerson, Minister for Trade; Jennifer Hewett, Political journ
Toxic Politics & Vaccinations
Jun 17, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Kate Lundy, Minister for Sport and Multicultural Affairs; Barnaby Joyce, Queensland Nationals Senator; Paul Kelly, Editor-at-large The Australian; Robert Manne, Writer
Speculation & Discrimination
Jun 24, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Anne Summers, Author The Misogyny Factor; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Graham Richardson, Labor powerbroker turned commentator; Matt Thistlethwaite, Parliam
Spin, Selling & Slogans
Jul 1, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Health & Medical Research; Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science; Todd Sampson, Advertising CEO and Gruen
More Than Beef, Boats & Bali
Jul 4, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Dewi Fortuna Anwar, Senior advisor to Indonesian Vice President Boediono; Tim Lindsey, Director, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society; Yuli Ismartono, Deputy Ed
Reforms, Solutions & Compromise
Jul 8, 2013 · 60 min
Joining Tony Jones on the panel are: TV presenter-turned-lawyer, Corinne Grant; cartoonist, Bill Leak; founder of left-wing think tank CPD, Miriam Lyons; and Shadow Minister for Te
When The Boom Is Over
Jul 15, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Stephen Smith, Minister for Defence; Julie Bishop, Deputy Opposition Leader; Scott Ludlam, WA Greens Senator; Narelda Jacobs, WA's first indigenous television news pres
The PNG Solution & The Autism Spectrum
Jul 22, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Bill Shorten, Minister for Education and Workplace Relations; Tim Fischer, Former Deputy Prime Minister; Arthur Sinodinos, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader
Drones, Boot Camps & Degrees
Jul 29, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Magda Szubanski, Actress and Comedian; Kate Ellis, Minister for Employment Participation; Josh Frydenberg, Liberal Member for Kooyong; Peter Shergold, Chancellor of the
Social Media, Surplus & Shelter
Aug 5, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Doug Cameron, Parliamentary Secretary for Housing and Homelessness; Greg Hunt, Shadow Minister for Climate Action; Grahame Morris, Political strategist; Yassmin Abdel-M
Costings, Conski & Cab Rides
Aug 12, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Penny Wong, Finance Minister; Christopher Pyne, Shadow Education Minister; Adam Bandt, Greens Member for Melbourne; Rhys Muldoon, Actor and Commentator; and Janet Albre
The National Economic Debate
Aug 19, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Chris Bowen, Federal Treasurer; and Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer.
Papers, Parental Leave & Penalty Rates
Aug 26, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Bill Shorten, Minister for Education and Workplace Relations; Kelly O'Dwyer, Liberal Member for Higgins; Tom Watson, Anti-Murdoch Campaigner; Sally Warhaft, Editor, Aut
PM, Palmer & the Poisoned Chalice
Sep 9, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Health & Medical Research; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Michael Kroger, Former President of the Victorian Liberal Party; Lenor
Pencils, Mandates and a Single Bed
Sep 16, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Clive Palmer, Leader of the Palmer United Party; Mark Latham, Former Federal Opposition Leader; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Senator; David Williamson, Playwright;
An Audience With David Suzuki
Sep 23, 2013 · 60 min
Panellist: David Suzuki, Renowned Environmental Scientist and Campaigner.
ALP Leadership Debate
Sep 30, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Anthony Albanese, Labor MP for Grayndler; and Bill Shorten, Labor MP for Maribyrnong.
Corruption, China & Carbon
Oct 7, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment; Kate Ellis, Labor MP; Viv Benjamin, CEO of the Oaktree Foundation; Luo Xiaopeng, Chinese economist and political analyst; and G
Fireworks, Free Trade & Indigenous Issues
Oct 14, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Arthur Sinodinos, Assistant Treasurer; Penny Wong, South Australian Labor Senator; Warren Mundine, Chair of the Indigenous Advisory Council; Jeff McMullen, Journalist a
Fires, Illegals & Rorts
Oct 21, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Barnaby Joyce, Minister for Agriculture; Tony Burke, Labor frontbencher; Amanda Vanstone, Former Howard Government Minister; Vince Sorrenti, Comedian; and Rabia Siddiqu
Independent Thinkers & Independent Schools
Oct 28, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Christopher Pyne, Education Minister; Joel Fitzgibbon, Shadow Minister for Agriculture; Ray Martin, Journalist and author; Wendy Harmer, Editor in Chief, The Hoopla; an
From the Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Nov 4, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Peter Hitchens, Journalist and author; Germaine Greer, Feminist icon and provocateur; Hanna Rosin, Senior editor of The Atlantic; and Dan Savage, Sex Advice Author and
Open For Business
Nov 11, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: David Knox, Managing Director and CEO, Santos Ltd; Carol Schwartz, Chair of the Women's Leadership Institute; John Symond, Founder, Aussie Home Loans; Elizabeth Proust,
India: More than Bollywood and Batsmen
Nov 18, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Shashi Tharoor, Diplomat and Minister of State for HR Development; Pallavi Sharda, Australian-born Bollywood star; Swapan Dasgupta, Senior Indian journalist and politic
Spying, Sorry & Free Speech
Nov 25, 2013 · 60 min
Panellists: Yulia Supadmo, Indonesian Senior Journalist; Josh Frydenberg, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer; Kurt Campbell, Lowy Institut