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The Best Episodes of Q&A Season 6

Every episode of Q&A Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Q&A Season 6!

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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Network:ABC TV

Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Pies For The People" is the best rated episode of "Q&A" season 6. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/4/2013. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Cry Freedom".

  • Pies For The People
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    #1 - Pies For The People

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 2/4/2013

    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.

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  • Cry Freedom
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    #2 - Cry Freedom

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 2/11/2013

    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.

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  • A Show About Nothing
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    #3 - A Show About Nothing

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 2/18/2013

    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.

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  • Espionage, Revolution & Ruin
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    #4 - Espionage, Revolution & Ruin

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 2/25/2013

    Panellists: Jeff Bleich, Bob Carr, Eva Cox, Ahdaf Soueif, Malcolm Turnbull.

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  • Crime, Climate & Cask Wine
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    #5 - Crime, Climate & Cask Wine

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2013

    Panellists: Bill Shorten, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations; Julie Bishop, Deputy Opposition Leader; Christine Milne, Leader of the Greens; Tim Ferguson, Comedian and Senate candidate and Ruslan Kogan, CEO Kogan.

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  • The Education Debate
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    #6 - The Education Debate

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/2013

    Panellists: Peter Garrett, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth; and Christopher Pyne, Shadow Education Minister.

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  • Pope, Polls & Poverty
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    #7 - Pope, Polls & Poverty

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 3/18/2013

    Panellists: David Feeney, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence; Barnaby Joyce, Queensland Nationals Senator; Viv Benjamin, Anti-poverty Campaigner & Youth Activist; Alannah MacTiernan, Former WA Labor Minister; and Jeremy Cordeaux, Adelaide Broadcaster & Commentator.

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  • Sports, Spills, Skills & Sex
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    #8 - Sports, Spills, Skills & Sex

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/2013

    Panellists: A.C. Grayling, British Philosopher; Brendan O'Connor, Minister for Immigration; Kelly O'Dwyer, Liberal Member for Higgins; Christine Nixon, Former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police; Brendon Gale, Former AFL player and CEO Richmond Football Club; and George Megalogenis, Author and Commentator.

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  • Faith & Love
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    #9 - Faith & Love

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 4/1/2013

    Panellists: Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane; Dr Mohamad Abdalla, Imam; Venerable Robina Courtin, Buddhist Nun; Josh Thomas, Atheist, Comedian & Actor; and Deborah Conway, Jewish Atheist Singer-Songwriter.

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  • The F Word
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    #10 - The F Word

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 4/8/2013

    Panellists: Brooke Magnanti, Research Scientist and Author Belle de Jour; Germaine Greer, Feminist icon and provocateur; Mia Freedman, Mamamia founder and director; Deborah Cheetham, Indigenous opera singer; and Janet Albrechtsen, Opinion columnist for The Australian.

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  • Taking Tasmania into Tomorrow
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    #11 - Taking Tasmania into Tomorrow

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 4/15/2013

    Panellists: Dick Adams, Labor MP for Lyons; Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science; David Marr, Journalist and commentator; Jan Davis, CEO of the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association; and Peter Whish-Wilson, Greens Senator for Tasmania.

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  • The Health Debate
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    #12 - The Health Debate

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 4/22/2013

    Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Health Minister; and Peter Dutton, Shadow Health Minister.

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  • Class Warfare, Latte Sippers & Mental Illness
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    #13 - Class Warfare, Latte Sippers & Mental Illness

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 4/29/2013

    Panellists: Mark Butler, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing; Jamie Briggs, Coalition Spokesperson on Scrutiny of Government Waste; Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator; Andrea Mason, Co-ordinator of NPY Women's Council; and Nick Cater, Senior editor with The Australian and author.

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  • High School Showdown
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    #14 - High School Showdown

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 5/6/2013

    Panellists: Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia.

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  • Where's the Beef?
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    #15 - Where's the Beef?

    Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 5/13/2013

    Panellists: Clive Palmer, Mining Magnate; Ged Kearney, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions; Tim Nicholls, Queensland Treasurer; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Senator; and Bob Katter, Political maverick and Leader of Katter's Australian Party.

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  • War, Depression & Hypersexuality
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    #16 - War, Depression & Hypersexuality

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 5/20/2013

    Panellists: Ruby Wax, Comedian and Author; Faramerz Dabhoiwala, Author The Origins of Sex; Sylvia Nasar, Author A Beautiful Mind; William Dalrymple, Historian of India and the Islamic world; and Mike Carlton, Journalist, Commentator and Author.

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  • Religion, Marriage & Euthanasia
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    #17 - Religion, Marriage & Euthanasia

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 5/27/2013

    Panellists: Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical Physicist & Cosmologist; Gene Robinson, America's First Openly Gay Bishop; Fred Nile, Conservative Morals Campaigner; Amanda Vanstone, Former Howard Government Minister; and Susan Ryan, Age Discrimination Commissioner.

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  • An Audience with Bill Gates
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    #18 - An Audience with Bill Gates

    Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 5/28/2013

    Panellist: Bill Gates, Chairman & Founder of Microsoft and Philanthropist.

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  • Racism, Hypocrisy & Hot Air
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    #19 - Racism, Hypocrisy & Hot Air

    Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 6/3/2013

    Panellists: Martha Wainwright, Canadian Singer - Songwriter; Bill McKibben, American Environmentalist; Michael Stutchbury, Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Financial Review; Linda Burney, Indigenous MP; and Cory Bernardi, Liberal Senator.

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  • Bring Back The Biff, Turn Back The Boats
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    #20 - Bring Back The Biff, Turn Back The Boats

    Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 6/10/2013

    Panellists: Mark Latham, Former Federal Opposition Leader; Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Minister for Communications; Craig Emerson, Minister for Trade; Jennifer Hewett, Political journalist; and Haifaa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia's first female filmmaker.

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  • Toxic Politics & Vaccinations
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    #21 - Toxic Politics & Vaccinations

    Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 6/17/2013

    Panellists: Kate Lundy, Minister for Sport and Multicultural Affairs; Barnaby Joyce, Queensland Nationals Senator; Paul Kelly, Editor-at-large The Australian; Robert Manne, Writer and academic; and Dr Fiona Stanley, Former Australian Of The Year.

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  • Speculation & Discrimination
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    #22 - Speculation & Discrimination

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 6/24/2013

    Panellists: Anne Summers, Author The Misogyny Factor; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Graham Richardson, Labor powerbroker turned commentator; Matt Thistlethwaite, Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs; and Judith Sloan, Economist and businesswoman.

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  • Spin, Selling & Slogans
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    #23 - Spin, Selling & Slogans

    Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 7/1/2013

    Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Health & Medical Research; Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science; Todd Sampson, Advertising CEO and Gruen Transfer regular; Sue Cato, Commentator and Spin Doctor; and Neil Lawrence, Kevin 07 Campaign Creator.

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  • More Than Beef, Boats & Bali
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    #24 - More Than Beef, Boats & Bali

    Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 7/4/2013

    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.

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  • Reforms, Solutions & Compromise
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    #25 - Reforms, Solutions & Compromise

    Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 7/8/2013

    Joining Tony Jones on the panel are: TV presenter-turned-lawyer, Corinne Grant; cartoonist, Bill Leak; founder of left-wing think tank CPD, Miriam Lyons; and Shadow Minister for Telecommunications, Malcolm Turnbull.

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