NaN/100 votes#1 - The Boats, the Banks, and the River
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 2/4/2019
Tony Jones returns with a powerful line-up of independent voices: Julia Banks, Andrew Wilkie, Adam Bandt, Kerryn Phelps, Rebekha Sharkie.
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NaN/100 votes#2 - Manus, Hakeem, and Franking Credits
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 2/11/2019
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.
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NaN/100 votes#3 - Q&A on Drugs
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 2/18/2019
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.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - Jordan Peterson Destroys Q&A
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 2/25/2019
Tony Jones is joined in Melbourne by Canadian psychologist/author Dr Jordan Peterson; QLD Labor MP Terri Butler; freelance broadcaster/writer/author Catherine McGregor and writer/commentator Van Badham.
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NaN/100 votes#5 - A Church in Crisis
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2019
Tony Jones is joined by NSW Liberal Senator Jim Molan, NSW Labor Senator Kristina Keneally, Catholic Lay Leader Francis Sullivan, institutional abuse lawyer Dr Viv Waller and rabbi and relationship counsellor Shmuley Boteach.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - Q&A: Women in Leadership
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/2019
Annabel Crabb presents a Women in Leadership special with Industry Minister Karen Andrews, Australias first indigenous female MP Linda Burney, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Sabina Shugg and AFLW boss Nicole Livingstone.
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NaN/100 votes#7 - Q&A In Townsville
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 3/18/2019
A special Q&A in Townsville. Tony Jones joins Minister for Emergency Management Linda Reynolds, Labor MP for Herbert Cathy O'Toole, Professor Stephen Williams, grazier Jane McMillan and rural property valuer Roger Hill.
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NaN/100 votes#8 - Roxane Gay on Q&A
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/2019
Tony Jones joins feminist writer Roxane Gay, retiring Government MP Craig Laundy, Shadow Minister for Environment, Water and Citizenship Tony Burke, Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Liberal Vice President Teena McQueen.
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NaN/100 votes#9 - Cash, Guns, Gangs, and Life
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 4/1/2019
On the eve of the budget Tony Jones joins Liberal senator Arthur Sinodinos, Labor front-bencher Amanda Rishworth, social analyst Rebecca Huntley, IPA Executive Director John Roskam and People's Panellist Lakshmi Logathassan.
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NaN/100 votes#10 - Q&A Budget Special
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 4/8/2019
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg joins Tony Jones for an election budget special in Melbourne, as the audience ask about the Coalition government's economic plan and the big issues likely to dominate the Federal election campaign.
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NaN/100 votes#11 - Election 2019: The Battle For Queensland
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 4/15/2019
Guest host Virginia Trioli is in Queensland with LNP Senator James McGrath, Labor MP Terri Butler, Greens Senator Larissa Waters and One Nation candidate Malcolm Roberts to discuss the issues ahead of the May 18 election.
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NaN/100 votes#12 - The Election Countdown
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 4/29/2019
Tony Jones is joined by Communications Minister Mitch Fifield, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, The Guardian Editor Lenore Taylor, Crikey Managing Editor Bhakthi Puvanenthiran and The Australian's Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan.
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NaN/100 votes#13 - Bill Shorten on Q&A
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 5/6/2019
Just 12 days before election day, the Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten joins Tony Jones and an audience of undecided voters in Melbourne to face the public's questions.
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NaN/100 votes#14 - The Q&A Last Chance Saloon
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 5/13/2019
With less than a week before Australia decides who will govern for the next three years the public question Liberal campaign spokesman Simon Birmingham, Deputy Labor Leader Tanya Plibersek and Greens Leader Richard Di Natale.
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NaN/100 votes#15 - The Wash Up
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 5/20/2019
After Australians deliver their election verdict, Labor frontbencher Jim Chalmers, former Liberal MP Christopher Pyne, broadcaster Alan Jones, political reporter Alice Workman and business leader Ming Long join Tony Jones.
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NaN/100 votes#16 - First Australians and Quiet Australians
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 5/27/2019
The debate turns philosophical with politicians and big thinkers Liberal MP Tim Wilson, ALP MP Mark Dreyfus, Professor of Indigenous Studies Marcia Langton, philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy and people's panelist Rachael Jacobs.
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NaN/100 votes#17 - Jimmy Barnes Rocks Q&A
Season 12 Episode 17 - Aired 6/3/2019
Joining Tony Jones on the panel from Melbourne are: rock icon and author Jimmy Barnes, author Sisonke Msimang, SA Liberal MP Nicolle Flint, regional Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon, and energy policy specialist Matthew Warren.
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NaN/100 votes#18 - Q&A at Vivid
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 6/10/2019
In a special Q&A from the Vivid Festival: rapper/actor/writer Adam Briggs, broadcaster/writer Faustina Agolley, Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEO of CSIRO Dr Larry Marshall and cyberpsychologist Jocelyn Brewer.
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NaN/100 votes#19 - Science Special
Season 12 Episode 19 - Aired 6/17/2019
Joining Tony Jones to talk everything science: physicist Prof. Brian Cox, marine ecologist Emma Johnston, atmospheric and climate scientist David Karoly, astrophysicist Kirsten Banks and astrobiologist Martin Van Kranendonk.
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NaN/100 votes#20 - The Freedom to Fund Yourself
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 6/24/2019
Joining Tony Jones in Melbourne: Education Minister Dan Tehan, Shadow Infrastructure Minister Catherine King, Centre Alliance Senator Rex Patrick, Director of Change.org Sally Rugg and people's panellist Ash Belsar.
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NaN/100 votes#21 - Union Bosses and Suburban Dads
Season 12 Episode 21 - Aired 7/1/2019
On the eve of parliament's return, Tony Jones joins Liberal Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Innovation Clare O'Neil, writer/broadcaster Jamila Rizvi, IR Commentator Grace Kelly and people's panellist Greg Day.
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NaN/100 votes#22 - Nukes in an Uncertain World
Season 12 Episode 22 - Aired 7/8/2019
Joining Tony Jones: Senate President Scott Ryan, Opposition Senate Leader Penny Wong, Human Rights Lawyer Diana Sayed, Tom Switzer from the Centre for Independent Studies and Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies at ANU.
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NaN/100 votes#23 - Deemed Not To Matter
Season 12 Episode 23 - Aired 7/15/2019
Joining Tony Jones in Melbourne: Shadow Minister for Families Linda Burney, Centre Alliance MP Rebekha Sharkie, Former Liberal Senator Jim Molan, comedian Sami Shah and marketing and political strategist Toby Ralph.
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NaN/100 votes#24 - Boris, Brexit and The Black Dog
Season 12 Episode 24 - Aired 7/22/2019
On the panel: UK political strategist Alastair Campbell, former WA Premier Geoff Gallop, Property Industry Foundation CEO Kate Mills, Menzies Research Centre Executive Director Nick Cater and political scientist Anne Tiernan.
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NaN/100 votes#25 - Wage Theft and Celebrity Chefs
Season 12 Episode 25 - Aired 7/29/2019
Fran Kelly joins Tasmanian Liberal Senator Eric Abetz, Victorian Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching, social justice advocate Tim Costello, communications consultant Parnell Palme McGuinness and cook/writer/presenter Adam Liaw.
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The Best Episodes of Q&A Season 12
Every episode of Q&A Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Q&A Season 12!
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...
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Season 12 Ratings Summary
"The Boats, the Banks, and the River" is the best rated episode of "Q&A" season 12. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/4/2019. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Manus, Hakeem, and Franking Credits".