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The Best Episodes of Q&A Season 5

Every episode of Q&A Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Q&A Season 5!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Q&A Season 5 Episode 1 - Q&A Returns
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    #1 - Q&A Returns

    S5:E1

    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.

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  2. Q&A Season 5 Episode 2 - Celebrities, Leaders and the Speaker
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    #2 - Celebrities, Leaders and the Speaker

    S5:E2

    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.

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  3. Q&A Season 5 Episode 3 - The Labor Leadership
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    #3 - The Labor Leadership

    S5:E3

    Panellists: Julie Bishop, Eva Cox, Annabel Crabb, Daniel Hannan.

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  4. Q&A Season 5 Episode 4 - After the Ballot
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    #4 - After the Ballot

    S5:E4

    Panellists: Government Leader in the Senate, Chris Evans; the Nationals' Senator, Barnaby Joyce; former Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie; Deputy Leader of the Greens, Christine Milne; Kevin Rudd's former advisor, Lachlan Harris; and opinion columnist for The Australian, Janet Albrechtsen.

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  5. Q&A Season 5 Episode 5 - Live from Adelaide
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    #5 - Live from Adelaide

    S5:E5

    Panellists: Amanda Vanstone, former Howard Government Minister; Mark Steyn, conservative commentator and writer; Natasha Stott Despoja, one-time Democrats leader; Jianying Zha, writer and adviser to US President Barack Obama; and Paul Grabowsky, Director, 2012 Adelaide Festival.

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  6. Q&A Season 5 Episode 6 - Katter, Kony and the Climate
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    #6 - Katter, Kony and the Climate

    S5:E6

    Panellists: Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek; Shadow Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull; former Farmer of the Year, Michael O'Brien; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Mick Gooda; and Feminist writer and broadcaster, Clementine Ford.

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  7. Q&A Season 5 Episode 7 - Politics and Porn in a Post-Feminist World
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    #7 - Politics and Porn in a Post-Feminist World

    S5:E7

    Panellists Germaine Greer, celebrated Australian intellectual; Toby Ralph, marketing and political strategist; Benjamin Law, writer and journalist; Christa Hughes, cabaret artist; and Craig Gross, America's contentious porn pastor.

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  8. Q&A Season 5 Episode 8 - The Qld Election
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    #8 - The Qld Election

    S5:E8

    Panellists: Craig Emerson, Trade Minister; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Senator; Grahame Morris, political strategist; Liberty Sanger, labor lawyer.

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  9. Q&A Season 5 Episode 9 - Live from Hobart
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    #9 - Live from Hobart

    S5:E9

    Panellists: former Violent Femme, Brian Ritchie, now director of Hobart's MONA Festival of Music and Art; The Minister for Community Services, Julie Collins; Liberal Senate Leader, Eric Abetz; Outspoken Independent and anti-gambling MP, Andrew Wilkie; author and academic, Natasha Cica; and CEO of the Forest Industry Association, Terry Edwards.

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  10. Q&A Season 5 Episode 10 - Religion and Atheism
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    #10 - Religion and Atheism

    S5:E10

    Panellists: Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell and British atheist, Professor Richard Dawkins.

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  11. Q&A Season 5 Episode 11 - Philosophy and the World
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    #11 - Philosophy and the World

    S5:E11

    Panellists: Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon; shadow education minister, Christopher Pyne; humanist philosopher, A.C. Grayling; human rights lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson and Middle East analyst, Lydia Khalil.

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  12. Q&A Season 5 Episode 12 - Bob Brown joins Q&A
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    #12 - Bob Brown joins Q&A

    S5:E12

    Panellist: Bob Brown, outgoing leader of the Australian Greens.

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  13. Q&A Season 5 Episode 13 - Q&A Climate Debate
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    #13 - Q&A Climate Debate

    S5:E13

    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.

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  14. Q&A Season 5 Episode 14 - Live from Dandenong
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    #14 - Live from Dandenong

    S5:E14

    Panellists: Mark Dreyfus, Cabinet Secretary and local Labor MP; Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science; Victor Victor, Sudanese youth leader; Ged Kearney, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions; Peter Reith, former Howard Government Minister; and Diana Nguyen, actor and comedian.

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  15. Q&A Season 5 Episode 15 - Show Me the Money...
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    #15 - Show Me the Money...

    S5:E15

    Panellists: Graham Richardson, Labor powerbroker turned commentator; Mark Butler, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing; Kelly O'Dwyer, Liberal MP; Mark Bouris, leading Australian businessman; and Kate Miller-Heidke, singer songwriter.

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  16. Q&A Season 5 Episode 16 - Morals and Politics
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    #16 - Morals and Politics

    S5:E16

    Panellists: Penny Wong, Finance Minister; Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer; Tim Costello, CEO of World Vision Australia; Judith Sloan, economist and businesswoman; and Stephen Mayne, Crikey founder and shareholder activist.

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  17. Q&A Season 5 Episode 17 - Sydney Writers' Festival
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    #17 - Sydney Writers' Festival

    S5:E17

    Panellists: Jeffrey Eugenides, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex, Kathy Lette, Australian author, commentator and self-confessed "demented mother"; Glenn Carle, former CIA interrogator and analyst; Masha Gessen, Russian journalist and Putin biographer; and Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian.

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  18. Q&A Season 5 Episode 18 - Barry Humphries joins Q&A
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    #18 - Barry Humphries joins Q&A

    S5:E18

    Panellists: Barry Humphries, celebrated Australian writer, satirist and actor; Miriam Margolyes, star of Harry Potter and champion of English novelist Charles Dickens; Jacki Weaver, Academy Award nominated actress; David Marr, journalist and commentator; and John Hewson, former leader of the Liberal Party.

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  19. Q&A Season 5 Episode 19 - Live from Toowoomba
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    #19 - Live from Toowoomba

    S5:E19

    Panellists: Simon Crean, Federal Minister for Regional Australia and the Arts; Barnaby Joyce, Queensland Senator and Shadow Federal Minister for Regional Development; Christine Milne, Leader of the Greens; Georgie Somerset, Kingaroy farmer and President of the Queensland Rural Women's Network and Jeremy Marou, Torres Strait Islands musician and grand nephew of Eddie Mabo.

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  20. Q&A Season 5 Episode 20 - Prime Minister Julia Gillard joins Q&A
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    #20 - Prime Minister Julia Gillard joins Q&A

    S5:E20

    Panellists: Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard.

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  21. Q&A Season 5 Episode 21 - Life, the Universe and Everything
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    #21 - Life, the Universe and Everything

    S5:E21

    Joining Tony Jones on the panel are: NSW Minister for Community Services, Pru Goward; English comedian, Lenny Henry; News Limited columnist and blogger, Joe Hildebrand; Age Discrimination Commissioner, Susan Ryan; and academic and writer, Professor Brian Schmidt.

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  22. Q&A Season 5 Episode 22 - The Great Boat Debacle
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    #22 - The Great Boat Debacle

    S5:E22

    Panellists: Kate Lundy, Minister for Sport and Multicultural Affairs; Tim Freedman, lead singer of The Whitlams; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Dr John Lee, foreign policy academic and China expert; and Louise Adler, CEO of Melbourne University Publishing.

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  23. Q&A Season 5 Episode 23 - After the Carbon Tax
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    #23 - After the Carbon Tax

    S5:E23

    Panellists: Greg Combet, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency; Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science; Simon Sheikh, National Director of GetUp; Lenore Taylor, National Affairs Correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald; and Grahame Morris, political strategist.

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  24. Q&A Season 5 Episode 24 - Artistic Politics
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    #24 - Artistic Politics

    S5:E24

    Panellists: Chris Bowen, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship; Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Communications Minister; Nahji Chu, one-time refugee now successful restaurateur; Thierry de Duve, internationally acclaimed art theorist and critic; and Liz Ann Macgregor, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art.

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  25. Q&A Season 5 Episode 25 - Random Violence
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    #25 - Random Violence

    S5:E25

    Panellists: Richard Ford, Pulitzer Prize-winning author; Joel Fitzgibbon, Government Whip; Greg Hunt, Shadow Climate Minister; Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator; Jennifer Hewett, political journalist; and Peter Craven, literary critic.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Q&A Returns" is the best rated episode of "Q&A" season 5. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/6/2012. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Celebrities, Leaders and the Speaker".