12 November 2018: Panellists: Gillian Triggs, Former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission; Zed Seselja, Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance; Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer; John Anderson, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia; and Parnell Palme McGuinness, Communications Consultant.

QandA Episode 38: 12 November 2018

Q&A is a television discussion program that focuses mostly on politics but ranges across all of the big issues that set Australians thinking, talking and debating.

It is driven by interaction: Q&A provides a rare opportunity for Australian citizens to directly question and hold to account politicians and key opinion leaders in a national public forum.

News & Politics

Panellists: Bill Bowtell, Adjunct Professor, UNSW and Strategic Health Policy Adviser; Gigi Foster, Economist, UNSW; George Megalogenis, Author and journalist; Cassandra Goldie, CEO of Australian Council of Social Service; and Karen Soo, Executive Officer at the Haymarket Chamber of Commerce. With a live cross to Simon Birmingham, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, and Katy Gallagher, Shadow Minister for Finance.

Fight Of Our Lives

Panellists: Sarah Henderson, Liberal Senator for Victoria; Adam Bandt, Leader of the Australian Greens; Margy Osmond, CEO of the Tourism and Transport Forum; Jodie McVernon, Epidemiologist, Doherty Institute; L-FRESH the LION, Hip Hop artist from south-west Sydney; with a live cross to Michael Gunner, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory.

Disrupted Recovery

Panellists: Julia Gillard, Former Prime Minister of Australia

Julia Gillard

Panellists: Shaun Micallef, Television host; Brooke Boney, Today Show entertainment reporter; Christopher Pyne, Former Liberal MP; and Terri Butler, Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water.

Borders, Booze and the Big Spend on Defence

Panellists: Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts; Bill Shorten, Shadow Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme; Katie Noonan, Musician, producer, composer and artistic director; Yasmin Poole, Writer and youth advocate; and Sue Morphet, President, Chief Executive Women. Guest Host: Virginia Trioli

QandA Episode 38: 12 November 2018

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