Season 3

E1. The PM on Q and A

Feb 8, 2010 · 60m

Q&A made a triumphant return for 2010 with a special program from Old Parliament House in Canberra featuring Kevin Rudd and an audience of 200 young Australians aged 16-25. Program producers were inundated with hundreds of excellent questions from this group.

E2. Tanner and Joyce Go Head to Head

Feb 15, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance; Barnaby Joyce, shadow minister for finance; Melinda Tankard Reist, author and advocate; Satyajit Das, financial consultant and former banker; Rebecca Huntley, social researcher.

E3. Turnbull Returns

Feb 22, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek; former Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull; veteran political commentator and humorist Mungo MacCallum; publicist and advertising consultant Jane Caro; and conservative advocate John Roskam from the Institute of Public Affairs.

E4. Art, Power and Passion

Mar 1, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Peter Garrett, Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts; Chris Pyne, Opposition education spokesman; Jin Xing, choreographer and dancer; Eddie Perfect, comedian and performer; Brenda Croft, artist and curator; and Paul Grabowsky, Director of the Adelaide Festival.

E5. God, Science and Sanity

Mar 8, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Richard Dawkins, author, evolutionary biologist and atheist; Patrick McGorry, mental health expert and Australian of the Year; Rabbi Jackie Nino; Family First Senator Steve Fielding; Julie Bishop, Deputy Opposition Leader; and Tony Burke, Minister for Agriculture.

E6. Conservatives, Comedians and Political Correctness

Mar 15, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Miranda Devine, conservative columnist with The Sydney Morning Herald; Catherine Deveny, comedian and anything but conservative columnist with The Age; Waleed Aly, politics lecturer; Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities; and Peter Dutton, shadow health minister.

E7. The Health of the Nation

Mar 22, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Nicola Roxon, Minister for Health; Baroness Valerie Amos, United Kingdom High Commissioner to Australia; Greg Hunt, Opposition environment spokesman; John 'Rampaging Roy Slaven' Doyle, broadcaster and playwright; and Tim Wilson, from the free-market think tank the Institute for Public Affairs.

E8. Greens, budgies and staffers...

Mar 29, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; Kelly O'Dwyer, Liberal MP; Sue Cato, spin doctor; Nick McKim, Leader of the Tasmanian Greens; and Graham Richardson, lobbyist and former Labor minister.

E9. Tony Abbott on Q and A

Apr 5, 2010 · 60m

A veteran of many Q&A panels since the program's earliest days, Tony Abbott this time faced the audience alone as Leader of the Opposition. A sharp and well-informed audience put him through the hoops on issues across the policy spectrum, and Tony kept his answers brief enough to allow room for well over 20 questions from those in the studio and from others around Australia via video and the web.

E10. The American Ambassador on Q&A

Apr 12, 2010 · 60m

The panel includes: Greg Sheridan, Joe Hockey, Tanya Plibersek, Jeff Bleich and Lucy Turnbull.

E11. Premiers, Population and the Politics of Fear

Apr 19, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Bob Carr, former NSW Premier; Scott Morrison, Opposition immigration spokesman; Heather Ridout, chief executive of the Australian Industry Group; national director of GetUp, Simon Sheikh; and communication consultant Shimrit Nothman.

E12. Anzac Day Special

Apr 26, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Former Defense Force Chief General Peter Cosgrove; author and feminist icon Germaine Greer; Brigadier Alison Creagh; historian Professor Henry Reynolds; and Peter FitzSimons, author and journalist.

E13. Emissions Trading, Taxation and Trust

May 3, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Climate Change Minister Penny Wong; Liberal Senator Nick Minchin; Deputy Greens Leader Christine Milne; John Symond of Aussie Home Loans; and Paul Howes, national secretary of the Australian Workers' Union.

E14. Censorship in Cyberspace

May 10, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Kaiser Kuo, internet consultant; Brendan O'Connor, Minister for Home Affairs; Sophie Mirabella, shadow minister for innovation; columnist and commentator Helen Razer; and Brett Solomon, Executive Director of Accessnow.org.

E15. Budget special

May 17, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance; Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer.

E16. Democracy, Death and Taxes

May 24, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Acclaimed authors Peter Carey, Lionel Shriver and John Ralston Saul; Indigenous academic Marcia Langton; and former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.

E17. Backlash in Bennelong?

May 31, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Maxine McKew, member for Bennelong; Liberal senator Cory Bernardi; law student and political aspirant Mitch Grady; Miriam Lyons, Director of the Center for Policy Development; and singer and song-writer Clare Bowditch.

E18. Q and A Goes West

Jun 7, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Financial Services Minister Chris Bowen; Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison; AFL legend Kevin Sheedy; NSW Liberal MP Pru Goward; youth representative and human rights activist Samah Hadid; and lawyer and community worker Heath Ducker.

E19. For Lovers of Animals

Jun 14, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Peter Garrett, Minister for Environment Protection; Peter Singer, philosopher and ethicist; Helen Coonan, Liberal Senator; David Marr, author and journalist; and Jayashri Kulkarni, professor of psychiatry.

E20. Greens in the Spotlight

Jun 21, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; former Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull; Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young; Labor legend and former Senator Graham Richardson; and Jessica Brown, policy analyst from the Center for Independent Studies.

E21. The Gillard Coup

Jun 28, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disability Services; Barnaby Joyce, National Party Senate Leader; Christine Wallace, political biographer and journalist; Magda Szubanski, actor and comedian; Harold Mitchell, advertising guru and philanthropist; and Janet Albrechtsen, columnist for The Australian.

E22. New PM & Population

Jul 5, 2010 · 60m

Panellists: Tony Burke, Minister for Sustainable Population; George Brandis, shadow attorney-general; Annabel Crabb, journalist and commentator; Cheryl Kernot, former Labor MP and Leader of the Australian Democrats; and Grahame Morris, political commentator and former Liberal staffer.

E23. Fear, Loathing and the East Timor Solution

Jul 12, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Chris Evans, Minister for Immigration; Christopher Pyne, shadow education minister; journalist and author Lenore Taylor; Scott Ludlam, WA Greens Senator; Victorian County Court Judge Felicity Hampel; and John Elliott, business man and former Liberal Party president.

E24. And They're Off!

Jul 19, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek; Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop; political analyst Waleed Aly; newspaper columnist Piers Akerman; and ALP strategist Bruce Hawker.

E25. Where's the Passion?

Jul 26, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change; Greens Senator Christine Milne; Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull; former Labor minister Graham Richardson; and Tom Switzer, editor of The Spectator Australia.

E26. Q and A Goes to Brisbane

Aug 2, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; Barnaby Joyce, National Party Senate Leader; Peter Dutton, shadow minister for health; Larissa Waters, lead Queensland Senate candidate for the Greens; and Madonna King, ABC Brisbane radio presenter.

E27. Julia Gillard joins Q and A

Aug 9, 2010 · 60m

In the face of widespread criticism that the election campaign by both sides had been conducted in a play-safe manner that avoided contact with the public, Prime Minister Julia Gillard decided to enter the lion's den. She faced an audience of 300 genuine voters, carefully chosen to balance supporters and opponents, in the ABC's Adelaide studio for an hour of live, unscripted and unforgettable television.

E28. Q and A Population Debate Special Dick Smith's Population Puzzle

Aug 12, 2010 · 60m

Dick Smith's Population Puzzle looks at the future of Australia's population. Tony Burke, Minister for Sustainable Population Scott Morrison, Shadow Immigration Minister Bob Brown, leader of the Greens John Elliott, former leader of the Liberal Party Tony Shepherd, Chairman, Transfield Services Dr Tim Flannery, scientist and author Dr Nikki Williams, Minerals Council of NSW Dr Suvendrini Perera, Curtin University Steve Perryman, Mt Gambier Mayor Dr Tanveer Ahmed, columnist

E29. Tony Abbott joins Q and A

Aug 16, 2010 · 60m

This week Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's got the chance to face the questions of genuine voters, live and unscripted. With polling day less than a week away Q&A returned to the Casula Powerhouse in western Sydney, a key regional battleground containing several marginal seats that may decide which side comes out on top in the election. The first question, from Rebekah Ruth Morrison, deplored the negativity of the campaign and invited Tony to outline the biggest reason why voters should elect him. Xenogene Gray challenged the Opposition Leader on his broadband policy before video questioner Fraser Tustian, from Thornleigh in NSW, asked Tony to imagine he was in an earlier century and having to choose between a national rail network and a national tram network. In response to a question on the school building program from Teresa Ragusa, Tony suggested a judicial inquiry might be needed to investigate waste and mismanagement.

E30. Where's Mark Arbib?

Aug 23, 2010 · 60m

Panelists: Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull; Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young; political commentator Graham Richardson; Independent MP Tony Windsor; and conservative columnist Janet Albrechtsen.