Series synopsis
炫斗小Q is a Chinese news talk television series that premiered on EBS 1 on January 1, 2019.
Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues of the week. It's about democracy in action - the audience gets to ask the questions.
Premise
Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues of the week. It's about democracy in action - the audience gets to ask the questions.
Episodes
This series spans 20 seasons with 562 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 8 | April 26, 2012 | November 8, 2018 |
| Season 1 | 26 | January 1, 2019 | June 25, 2019 |
| Season 2 | 32 | February 12, 2009 | November 5, 2009 |
| Season 3 | 41 | February 8, 2010 | November 8, 2010 |
| Season 4 | 41 | February 7, 2011 | November 7, 2011 |
| Season 5 | 43 | February 6, 2012 | November 26, 2012 |
| Season 6 | 45 | February 4, 2013 | November 25, 2013 |
| Season 7 | 43 | February 3, 2014 | November 24, 2014 |
| Season 8 | 43 | February 2, 2015 | November 23, 2015 |
| Season 9 | 43 | February 1, 2016 | November 21, 2016 |
| Season 10 | 43 | February 6, 2017 | December 18, 2017 |
| Season 11 | 42 | February 5, 2018 | December 10, 2018 |
| Season 12 | 44 | February 4, 2019 | December 9, 2019 |
| Season 13 | 44 | February 3, 2020 | November 30, 2020 |
| Season 14 | 24 | February 4, 2021 | July 22, 2021 |
| Season 2008 | 0 | May 22, 2008 | October 2, 2008 |
| Season 2009 | 0 | February 12, 2009 | November 5, 2009 |
| Season 2010 | 0 | February 8, 2010 | November 8, 2010 |
| Season 2011 | 0 | February 7, 2011 | November 7, 2011 |
| Season 2012 | 0 | February 6, 2012 | November 26, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Q&A Climate Debate Panellists: Social researcher and writer, Rebecca Huntley; former Liberal Minister, Nick Minchin; founder of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, Anna Rose; mining magnate, Clive Palmer; Chief Executive of the CSIRO, Dr Megan Clark. |
April 26, 2012 |
| 2 |
An Audience with Bill Gates Host Tony Jones and Microsoft founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates front an audience at The University Of New South Wales. |
May 28, 2013 |
| 3 |
More Than Beef, Boats & Bali Panellists: Dewi Fortuna Anwar, Senior advisor to Indonesian Vice President Boediono; Tim Lindsey, Director, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society; Yuli Ismartono, Deputy Editor in Chief of Tempo magazine; Rafendi Djamin, Human Rights Advocate; Yenny Wahid, Islamic activist & daughter of late former President ‘Gus Dur’ Wahid; and Meidyatama “Dimas” Suryodiningrat, Editor in Chief of The Jakarta Post. |
July 4, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 1, 2019 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 8, 2019 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 15, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q&A returns with Australians of the Year!!! | February 12, 2009 |
| 2 | An Economic Time... | February 19, 2009 |
| 3 | A Classic Q&A | February 26, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The PM on Q and A 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. |
February 8, 2010 |
| 2 | Tanner and Joyce Go Head to Head | February 15, 2010 |
| 3 | Turnbull Returns | February 22, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don's Party Revisited | February 7, 2011 |
| 2 | Revolution, Revelations and Romance | February 14, 2011 |
| 3 | Q and A Goes to Brisbane | February 21, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Q&A Returns Joining Tony Jones on the panel are: News Limited columnist and blogger, Joe Hildebrand; Shadow Treasurer, Joe Hockey; economist and businesswoman, Judith Sloan; and founder of the left-wing think tank CPD, Miriam Lyons. |
February 6, 2012 |
| 2 |
Celebrities, Leaders and the Speaker Panellists: Jenny McAllister, ALP National President; Helen Kroger, Liberal Senator; Mikey Robins, comedian; Robert Manne, writer and academic; and Tim Wilson, Institute of Public Affairs. |
February 13, 2012 |
| 3 |
The Labor Leadership Panellists: Julie Bishop, Eva Cox, Annabel Crabb, Daniel Hannan. |
February 20, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pies For The People Panellists: Christopher Pyne, Shadow Education Minister; David Bradbury, Assistant Treasurer; Amanda Vanstone, Former Howard Government Minister; Anne Summers, Author and feminist and Tim Levinson, Hip Hop Artist aka Urthboy. |
February 4, 2013 |
| 2 |
Cry Freedom 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-turned-lawyer, Corinne Grant; and Editor at the Institute of Public Affairs, James Paterson. |
February 11, 2013 |
| 3 |
A Show About Nothing Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Health; Greg Hunt, Shadow Minister for Climate Action; Professor Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical Physicist & Cosmologist; Dr John Dickson, Director of the Centre for Public Christianity; and Dr Cindy Pan, Medical Commentator & Author. |
February 18, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The ABC of Treachery 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 Cassandra Goldie; author and columnist Nick Cater. |
February 3, 2014 |
| 2 |
Sochi, Inquiries & Subsidies 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, The Australian columnist Janet Albrechtsen. |
February 10, 2014 |
| 3 |
A Vision for the Future 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 Abdel-Magied; UQ Law Professor James Allan. |
February 17, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Elections, Economics & Knightmares Tony Jones is joined by Former ALP Treasurer, Wayne Swan; Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce; Greens Senator for Queensland, Larissa Waters; and Independent Senators, John Madigan and Jacqui Lambie. |
February 2, 2015 |
| 2 |
Spills, Bills, Coal & Kills Tony Jones is joined by broadcaster Alan Jones; Assistant Infrastructure Minister Jamie Briggs; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, Chair of AustralianSuper Heather Ridout; and comedian and writer Corrine Grant. |
February 9, 2015 |
| 3 |
Death, Detention and Defending Policies Panellists Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Communications; Catherine King, Shadow Health Minister; Lisa Wilkinson, Journalist; Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative; & Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian. |
February 16, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Great Australians Tony Jones hosts a special featuring 2016 Australian of the Year David Morrison; Catherine Keenan; Senior Australian of the Year Gordian Fulde; Indigenous Affairs Editor Stan Grant & SA Finalist Young Australian of the Year Manal Younus. |
February 1, 2016 |
| 2 |
Corruption, Penalty Rates & Public Health Joining Tony Jones in Melbourne: Minister for Rural Health Fiona Nash; Shadow Minister for Health Catherine King; Radio Host Neil Mitchell; IR Commentator & Columnist, Grace Collier & ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver. |
February 8, 2016 |
| 3 |
Polls, Property and Processing Joining host Tony Jones on the panel in our Sydney studio is Deputy Leader of the National Party, Barnaby Joyce; Labor MP, Terri Butler; Greens Senator, Sarah Hanson-Young and Canadian conservative commentator, Mark Steyn; and political correspondent Lenore Taylor. |
February 15, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Trump, Climate Action and Youths Tony Jones is joined in Melbourne by Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews, Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg, policy analyst Helen Andrews, teen climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez & journalist Daisy Cousens. |
February 6, 2017 |
| 2 |
Blackouts, Childcare, and Migration Tony Jones is joined by Vic Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education Kate Ellis, Senator Jacqui Lambie, mechanical engineer Yassmin Abdel-Magied & new Democracy Foundation's Luca Belgiorno-Nettis. |
February 13, 2017 |
| 3 |
Pensions, Debt and NDIS Q&A's Tony Jones is joined by Attorney-General George Brandis; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Barrister & human rights advocate Julian Burnside; political commentator Piers Akerman & Pollster Michele Levine. |
February 20, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Spotlight on the Economy Q&A returns to tackle the big issues that set Australians thinking, talking and debating. Tony Jones puts the economy under the spotlight with Sally McManus, Chris Richardson, Heather Ridout, James Pearson and Stephen Mayne. |
February 5, 2018 |
| 2 |
Nepotism, Referendums & Radical Reform Joining Tony Jones to face the public's questions are journalist/commentator David Marr, WA Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds, Qld Labor MP Terri Butler, The Australian's Chris Kenny and more. |
February 12, 2018 |
| 3 |
Civil War, Colonisation and Power Joining Tony Jones on Q&A this week: Environment & Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, publisher Louise Adler, IPA Director of Policy Simon Breheny & actress Shareena Clanton. |
February 19, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Boats, the Banks, and the River Tony Jones returns with a powerful line-up of independent voices: Julia Banks, Andrew Wilkie, Adam Bandt, Kerryn Phelps, Rebekha Sharkie. |
February 4, 2019 |
| 2 |
Manus, Hakeem, and Franking Credits Tony Jones is joined in Melbourne by Liberal Member for Corangamite Sarah Henderson; Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus; Crikey founder Stephen Mayne, businesswoman Megan Purcell and People's Panellist Zoya Patel. |
February 11, 2019 |
| 3 |
Q&A on Drugs On the panel to discuss drug policy: Chief Superintendent Stuart Smith; author Kerryn Redpath; Pioneer of pill testing in Australia Dr David Caldicott; Medical Director Marianne Jauncey; Former AFP Commissioner Mick Palmer. |
February 18, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Q+A Bushfires Special The summer bushfires have shocked Australia and the world. Q+A returns with new host Hamish Macdonald for an important conversation in Queanbeyan about how these communities are recovering and what they want from our leaders. Joining him live from Bega are: Kristy McBain, Mayor of Bega Valley Shire; Andrew Constance, Member for Bega; Victor Steffensen, Indigenous fire practitioner; Cheryl McCarthy, Far South Coast Director, Surf Life Saving NSW; Michael Mann, renowned US climate scientist; and Jim Molan, Liberal Senator for NSW. |
February 3, 2020 |
| 2 |
Climate Solutions Hamish Macdonald hosts a conversation on climate solutions. Joining him live in Melbourne to discuss how businesses and individuals are tackling the climate challenge are: Osher Günsberg, TV and radio host; Jennifer Westacott, Business Council of Australia CEO; Sophia Hamblin Wang, Sustainability entrepreneur; Matt Evans, chef and farmer; and Audrey Zibelman, Australian Energy Market Operator CEO. There is also a musical performance from Paul Kelly. |
February 10, 2020 |
| 3 |
Trust Joining Hamish Macdonald in Melbourne to discuss the topic of trust are: Katie Allen, Liberal MP for Higgins; Clare O'Neil, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Technology and the Future of Work; Jacqui Lambie, Independent Senator; Jack Manning Bancroft, Founder and CEO of Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience; and Simon McKeon, Investment banker and former Australian of the Year. Hamish also interviews Simon Longstaff of The Ethics Centre. |
February 17, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Calling It Out 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 Day has affected race relations, and whether the vaccine brawls erupting in Europe will disrupt the Australian rollout. Joining him to discuss these questions and more are: Grace Tame, Australian of the Year; Alexander Downer, Former Liberal Foreign Affairs Minister; Warren Mundine, Chairman of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation; Shane Fitzsimmons, Former NSW RFS Commissioner; and Tanya Hosch, Social inclusion advocate. |
February 4, 2021 |
| 2 |
Q+A on Vaccines: What do you want to know? 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, work and travel? Is the national strategy the right one? Joining Hamish to discuss these points and more are: Nick Coatsworth, Federal Government infectious diseases advisor; Sharon Lewin, Leading infectious diseases expert and Director of the Doherty Institute; Michelle Ananda-Rajah, Associate director, Monash Institute of Medical Engineering; and Tony Blakely, Epidemiologist, University of Melbourne. |
February 11, 2021 |
| 3 |
Bargaining with Big Tech 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 governments reign in the might of the tech sector? Will the proposed Media Code support traditional news media outlets? Has the spread of conspiracies and online extremism corrupted our democracies and how much is big tech to blame? And what would life without Google look like? Joining Hamish Macdonald to discuss these questions and more are: Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts; Michelle Rowland, Shadow Communications Minister; Julie Inman Grant, eSafety Commissioner; Lydia Khalil, International security expert; and Hal Crawford, Media consultant and former news director. |
February 18, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Rudd Files The Q&A season kicked off on May 22nd with the man in the top job. Kevin Rudd was in the hot seat with our sharp and always on-the-pulse audience including our SMS and online community. |
May 22, 2008 |
| 2 |
Tony, Tanya and Bob Tony Abbott and Tanya Plibersek are back in the boxing ring for Q&A's second episode. Joining them are Bob Brown, Warren Mundine and Louise Adler for their first grilling by the Q&A punters. |
May 29, 2008 |
| 3 |
Round Three The headliners for June 5 were Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke, author and lawyer Randa Abdel-Fattah, founder of Crikey Stephen Mayne and The Australian newspaper's foreign editor Greg Sheridan. |
June 5, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Q&A returns with Australians of the Year!!! The Victorian bushfires took centre stage when Q&A returned for its first program of 2009 with a panel of five Australians of the Year. Former defence chief, General Peter Cosgrove, burns specialist Professor Fiona Wood, Cape York indigenous leader Tania Major, scientist and author Tim Flannery, and 2009 Young Australian of the Year Jonty Bush faced questions from the audience about dealing with such a national crisis. |
February 12, 2009 |
| 2 |
An economic time... Panellists: Kate Carnell, the former Liberal Chief Minister of the ACT, now CEO of the Food and Grocery Council, Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan, newly appointed Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey, Deputy Leader of the Greens, Senator Christine Milne and, the National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union, Paul Howes. |
February 19, 2009 |
| 3 |
A classic Q&A Panellists: Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services, Bill Shorten; shadow education minister Christopher Pyne; ethicist and writer Leslie Cannold; satirist Jonathan Biggins; and Miss World Australia Sabrina Houssami. |
February 26, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The PM on Q and A 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. |
February 8, 2010 |
| 2 |
Tanner and Joyce Go Head to Head Panellists: 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. |
February 15, 2010 |
| 3 |
Turnbull Returns Panellists: 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. |
February 22, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don's Party Revisited | February 7, 2011 |
| 2 | Revolution, Revelations and Romance | February 14, 2011 |
| 3 | Q and A Goes to Brisbane | February 21, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q&A Returns | February 6, 2012 |
| 2 | Celebrities, Leaders and The Speaker | February 13, 2012 |
| 3 | The Labor Leadership | February 20, 2012 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | EBS 1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 1, 2019 |
| Last aired | June 25, 2019 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Monday at 21:35:00 |