Q&A: Season 7
Season 7 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 6.
- 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 7 Progress Shield
The ABC of Treachery
Feb 3, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; comedian Akmal Saleh; journalist and author Ray Martin; Head of ACOSS Cass
Sochi, Inquiries & Subsidies
Feb 10, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, comedian Dave Hughes, Australian Women Chamber of Commerce's Yolanda Vega, T
A Vision for the Future
Feb 17, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Employment Minister Eric Abetz; Finance Shadow Minister Tony Burke; Reserve Bank of Australia board member Heather Ridout; Youth without Borders' Yassmin Ab
Riots, Reforms & Resilience
Feb 24, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Assistant Minister for Infrastructure Jamie Briggs; Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Anthony Albanese; ACTU President Ged Kearney; MP Clive Palmer; Gulf W
From Qantas to Manus
Mar 3, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Parliamentary Secretary to the PM Josh Frydenberg; Shadow Communications Minister Jason Clare; Chair of Manufacturing Australia Sue Morphet; musician David
Vilification, Discrimination & Defamation
Mar 10, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Attorney-General George Brandis; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen; Professor of Indigenous Studies Marcia Langton; journalist Lisa Wilkinson; The Australian's m
Biennale, Babies and Blokes
Mar 17, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by British musician Billy Bragg; The Hoopla's Wendy Harmer; Christian intellectual Miroslav Volf; Assistant Education Minister Sussan Ley; and Shadow Environme
Mad Monday
Mar 24, 2014 · 60 min
Live from the Melbourne Recital Centre. Tony Jones is joined by actress Rachel Griffiths; media identity Eddie McGuire; trucking magnate Lindsay Fox; Liberal MP Kelly O'Dwyer; Shad
Human Rights and Wrongs
Mar 31, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Egyptian author Mona Eltahawy; Human Rights Watch's Kenneth Roth; Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson; Somalian human rights activist Ilwad Elman; The Obse
China: Evolution not Revolution
Apr 7, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones hosts this special edition live from Shanghai. Joined by Former Ambassador to China Dr. Geoff Raby; Businesswoman and media executive Mei Yan; Greenpeace East Asia Progr
Pensions, Promises & Power
Apr 14, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Minister for Human Services Marise Payne; Opposition Senate leader Penny Wong; Restaurateur and chef Michelle Garnaut; conservative economist Judith Sloan;
Lobbyists, Lies & Libertarians
Apr 21, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by former Foreign Minister Bob Carr; former NSW Opposition leader Kerry Chikarovski; author and social analyst Eva Cox; Spiked Online editor Brendan O'Neill; B
Death and Taxes
Apr 28, 2014 · 60 min
Joining Tony Jones on the panel will be: Minister For Communications, Malcolm Turnbull; Shadow Minister Doug Cameron; editor Sarrah Le Marquand; TV presenter Andrew Neil and playwr
Q & Anarchy
May 5, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Education Minister Christopher Pyne; Former Speaker of the House Anna Burke; actor and comedian aka 'Bob Downe' Mark Trevorrow; human rights lawyer Pallavi
Loopholes & Heavy Lifting
May 12, 2014 · 60 min
On Budget Eve, Tony Jones is joined by Victorian Liberal MP Sharman Stone; Labor Member for Perth Alannah MacTiernan; journalist David Marr; finance expert Satyajit Das; Australian
Tough Questions for Joe Hockey
May 19, 2014 · 60 min
Treasurer Joe Hockey will be the sole panellist in this post-Budget special hosted by Tony Jones. Live from Penrith, in Sydney's western suburbs.
Demos, Heroes and Menopause
May 26, 2014 · 60 min
Live from Sydney Writers' Festival. Tony Jones is joined by singer Kate Ceberano, author Tara Moss, novelist Richard Flanagan, comedian and author Jean Kittson, artist Tim Storrier
School Chaplains and Science Cuts
Jun 2, 2014 · 60 min
Host Tony Jones is joined by Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi, Shadow Health Minister Catherine King; Former Lord Mayor of Sydney Lucy Turnbull; Spectator Australia's Rowan Dean; Theo
Primates, Populism and Utopia
Jun 9, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by primatologist Jane Goodall; art educator Betty Churcher; conservative intellectual Peter Coleman; Indigenous leader Rosalie Kunoth-Monks; and Sydney Peace F
Dating, Diplomacy & Disputes
Jun 16, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Parliamentary Secretary to the PM Josh Frydenberg; rising Labor star Ed Husic; author and advertising director Dee Madigan; Fijian women's advocate Virisila
Big Ideas for a Big Country
Jun 23, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined venture capitalist Mark Carnegie; former Federal Opposition Leader Mark Latham; author and social analyst Eva Cox; National Commission of Audit Chair Tony Shep
Giddy Up Geelong
Jun 30, 2014 · 60 min
Live from Geelong. Tony Jones is joined by Liberal MP Sarah Henderson; Shadow Immigration Minister Richard Marles; Greens Senator Richard Di Natale; Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons; and
It's the economy, stupid!
Jul 7, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Nobel Prize-winning American economist Joseph Stiglitz; distinguished government adviser Ross Garnaut; Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies' Christine Wo
Conversations in Violence, Secrecy & Education
Jul 14, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Chief Government Whip Philip Ruddock; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; comedian Charlie Pickering; Cape York Indigenous leader Tania Major; Headmas
Living with HIV, Looking to the Future
Jul 21, 2014 · 60 min
Host Tony Jones is joined by former High Court Judge Michael Kirby; Indonesian Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi; co-discoverer of HIV Françoise Barré-Sinoussi,; former Liberal Senator
Who Dunnit and How Do We Fix It?
Jul 28, 2014 · 60 min
On the panel: Hercule Poirot aka actor David Suchet; The Nationals Deputy Leader Barnaby Joyce; Environment Shadow Minister Mark Butler; PM's Literary Awards Fiction Chair Louise A
Live from Garma Festival, Arnhem Land
Aug 4, 2014 · 60 min
Live from North East Arnhem Land, Tony Jones is joined by Noel Pearson; Nova Peris; Ken Wyatt; Djawa Yunipingu; Joe Morrison; and Dhanggal Gurruwiwi.
Theology, Terror and Metadata
Aug 11, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by former Labor Minister Greg Combet; Assistant Minister for Education Sussan Ley; Editor of FreedomWatch Simon Breheny; visiting Christian scholar John Stackh
Class, Cooling and Corruption
Aug 18, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss; Labor Senate Leader Penny Wong; Leader of the Palmer United Party Clive Palmer; Chair of AustralianSuper Heather Ridout;
Team Australia, Terror and Tinderboxes
Aug 25, 2014 · 60 min
Live from Melbourne Writers Festival. Tony Jones joined by former Foreign Minister Gareth Evans; political journalist Paul Kelly; Indonesian observer Elizabeth Pisani; Iranian-Aust
100% Women 100% Dangerous
Sep 1, 2014 · 60 min
From the Festival of Dangerous Ideas: American novelist Alissa Nutting; Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho; American commentator Kay Hymowitz; Australian feminist Jane Caro; Swedish an
Rupert, ISIS, ICAC & Super Freeze
Sep 8, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by arts and media executive Kim Williams; Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells; Labor Senator Sam Dastyari; investigative journalist Kate McClymont; poli
Science: Precious Petals to Passionate Teachers
Sep 15, 2014 · 60 min
To discuss the future of science, Tony Jones is joined by molecular biologist Suzanne Cory, immunologist Peter Doherty; astrophysicist Brian Schmidt; Young Australian of the Year M
Be Alert but not Alarmed
Sep 22, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Minister for Justice Michael Keenan, Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, counter terrorism expert Anne Azza Aly, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, author and f
Earning, Learning and Yearning
Sep 29, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Education Minister Christopher Pyne; former Treasurer Wayne Swan; Head of the Australian Chamber of Commerce Kate Carnell; political editor Australian Finan
Mental As in Rockhampton
Oct 6, 2014 · 60 min
To discuss mental health issues in regional Australia, Tony Jones is joined by psychiatrist Patrick McGorry; comedian Josh Thomas; mental health practitioner Louise Byrne; ACRRMH's
Watching Watchers and Saving Lives
Oct 13, 2014 · 60 min
With Catherine McGregor, advisor to Chief of the Air Force; human rights advocate Julian Burnside; The Australian's Greg Sheridan; Inquiry into Residential Housing Chair Kelly O'Dw
Time Travel, Teaching and The Meaning of Life
Oct 20, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by a panel of passionate people: physicist and former rock star Brian Cox; rapper Matt Colwell aka 360; conductor Richard Gill; mathematician Nalini Joshi; act
Ideology, Legacy and History
Oct 27, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson; Assistant Defence Minister Stuart Robert; Shadow Health Minister Catherine King; Gough Whitlam's biographer Jenny Ho
National Security: Finding A Balance
Nov 3, 2014 · 60 min
Toughening terror laws - Attorney General George Brandis joins host Tony Jones on the panel, live from Bankstown.
This is your Brain on Climate Change
Nov 10, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield; Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt; Shadow Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese; Youth Representative to t
From Political Summit to Political Satire
Nov 17, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; comedy writer and author Ben Elton; journalist Jonathan Holmes; opin
Public Life and Public Progress
Nov 24, 2014 · 60 min
Tony Jones is joined by Indigenous leader Noel Pearson; celebrated actor James Cromwell; former Howard Government Minister Amanda Vanstone; G20 Youth Summit chair Holly Ransom; RN