Q+A

Q+A returns to ask who can you trust? Can you trust your supermarket? What about your bank? With cost-of-living pressures and major conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, do you trust our politicians to make a difference?

Panellists:
Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians & Indigenous Health: Malarndirri McCarthy,
Liberal Member for Berowra: Julian Leeser,
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist: Geraldine Brooks,
Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist for the Financial Times: Gideon Rachman, and
Tennis Champion-Turned-Broadcaster: Jelena Dokic

Q+A puts a focus on global issues with a panel of big thinkers. In a year of crucial elections around the world, the existential threat of climate change and increasing global volatility - what does it all mean for Australia?

Panellists:
Former Prime Minister of Australia: Malcolm Turnbull,
Writer & Social Analyst: Rebecca Huntley,
British Historian, Academic & Writer: Peter Frankopan,
Ukraine Democracy Initiative co-founder & University of Technology Sydney academic: Olga Oleinikova,
Chair of Social Work and Policy Studies, The University of Sydney: Jioji Ravulo

With how we vote, live and work in a state of flux, can we come together in volatile times? The panel discuss accusations from ASIO of traitorous activity by a retired politician, Gaza ceasefire negotiations plus the economy.

Panellists:

Senator Katy Gallagher: Minister for Finance, Women and the Public Service,
Keith Wolahan: Liberal MP for Menzies,
Nathan Thrall: Author & journalist,
Jamal Rifi: Doctor & community leader,
Sabine Wolff: Communications advisor & analyst

Who is the new economy really working for? What does the future hold? A panel of financial heavy-hitters and commentators join political leaders to discuss market power, rampant inflation, cost of living and a 'soft landing'.

Panellists:

Ed Husic: Minister for Industry & Science,
Jacqui Lambie: Senator for Tasmania,
Yanis Varoufakis: Economist, academic & author,
Stephanie Kelton: Author & professor of economics and public policy,
Joe Aston: Journalist & author

Artificial intelligence has moved from sci-fi fantasy to everyday use in facial recognition, deepfakes and ChatGPT to fake royals, social media spying, nuclear energy and a growing AI army - how will science remake our world?

Panellists

Brian Greene: Physicist & best-selling author,
Cathy Foley: Australia's Chief Scientist,
Jessie Stephens: Author & Mamamia Executive Editor,
Gus McLachlan: Retired Army major general,
Nadia Lee: ThatsMyFace CEO & ethical AI advocate

Has the great housing dream become a nightmare? Supply is falling behind demand, inflating a red-hot market. How do we boost affordability and accelerate construction? Are we ready for the big shifts coming to our suburbs?

Panellists:

Andrew Leigh: Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities & Treasury,
Andrew Bragg: Shadow Assistant Minister for Home Ownership,
Max Chandler-Mather: Greens Spokesperson on Housing & Homelessness,
Rose Jackson: NSW Minister for Housing & Homelessness,
Catherine Liddle: Chief Executive, SNAICC - National Voice for our Children,
Cameron Murray: Economist & author

The crimes that shocked a nation - and the big conversations they've stoked on extremism, justice, community cohesion and social media. From Elon v takedown orders, to gendered violence, nuclear energy and a doping scandal.

Panellists:

Murray Watt: Minister for Emergency Management & Agriculture
Bridget McKenzie: Nationals Senate Leader
Mark Speakman: NSW Leader of the Opposition
Tracey Holmes: Sports Broadcaster and Journalist
Jon Owen: Pastor & CEO, Wayside Chapel 

What's the future of work? From WFH to hybrid working, how will technological advances & the rise of AI further disrupt jobs? What are Australia's labour advantages as an unstable world threatens international supply chains?

Panellists:

Tony Burke: Minister for Employment & Workplace Relations and Minister for the Arts
Paul Fletcher: Shadow Minister for Science, Arts, Government Services and the Digital Economy
Sally McManus: Secretary, ACTU
Dominic Price: Work Futurist, Atlassian
Carolyn Creswell: Founder & CEO, Carman's Kitchen

Ahead of the Budget we discuss spending priorities, a fairer, more sustainable tax system, and how we can seize new opportunities to rebuild the economy to deliver better services, higher productivity and future wealth.

Panellists:

Allegra Spender: Independent member for Wentworth, NSW
David Pocock: Independent Senator for ACT
Matt Kean: NSW Shadow Minister for Health
Janine Perrett: Broadcaster & journalist
Kos Samaras: Political strategist

Jim Chalmers faces his own constituents in a special Q+A from Logan. Amid a cost-of-living crisis and global economic turmoil - with an election due within a year - what does Logan make of the Treasurer's economic management?

Pannellist:

Jim Chalmers: Federal Treasure and member Member for Rankin in the House of Representatives.

The Middle East and Ukraine are locked in protracted wars; The US, UK and India face elections; millions of displaced people have created a global refugee crisis. Cohesion is fraying. A panel of big thinkers make sense of it.

Panellists:

Julian Borger: World Affairs Editor, The Guardian
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon: Soprano, composer & human rights advocate
Abdulrazak Gurnah: Author & Academic
Alisa Sopova: Journalist and an Anthropologist
Maher Mughrabi: Features Editor, The Age

Amid war, displacement, disinformation and rising hate, fragile democracies are being tested - with big ramifications for Australia. How billions of voters in India, the US and UK could reshape the world.

Panellists:

Kim Hoggard: Former senior Republican White House staffer
Nick Bryant: Author & former BBC correspondent
Jennifer Robinson: Human rights lawyer & barrister
Jonathan Biggins: Actor, writer & satirist
Parnell Palme McGuinness: Policy strategist & commentator

Q+A is back and we're on the road in Queanbeyan with a power panel of politicians, a Nobel Prize-winning economist and leading business journalist to take questions on cost of living, competition and the future of capitalism.