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The Best Episodes of Q&A Season 7

Every episode of Q&A Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Q&A Season 7!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Q&A Season 7 Episode 1 - The ABC of Treachery
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    #1 - The ABC of Treachery

    S7:E1

    Tony Jones is joined by Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; comedian Akmal Saleh; journalist and author Ray Martin; Head of ACOSS Cassandra Goldie; author and columnist Nick Cater.

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  2. Q&A Season 7 Episode 2 - Sochi, Inquiries & Subsidies
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    #2 - Sochi, Inquiries & Subsidies

    S7:E2

    Tony Jones is joined by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, comedian Dave Hughes, Australian Women Chamber of Commerce's Yolanda Vega, The Australian columnist Janet Albrechtsen.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Q&A Season 7 Episode 3 - A Vision for the Future
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    #3 - A Vision for the Future

    S7:E3

    Tony Jones is joined by Employment Minister Eric Abetz; Finance Shadow Minister Tony Burke; Reserve Bank of Australia board member Heather Ridout; Youth without Borders' Yassmin Abdel-Magied; UQ Law Professor James Allan.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Q&A Season 7 Episode 4 - Riots, Reforms & Resilience
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    #4 - Riots, Reforms & Resilience

    S7:E4

    Tony Jones is joined by Assistant Minister for Infrastructure Jamie Briggs; Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Anthony Albanese; ACTU President Ged Kearney; MP Clive Palmer; Gulf War veteran Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Q&A Season 7 Episode 5 - From Qantas to Manus
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    #5 - From Qantas to Manus

    S7:E5

    Tony Jones is joined by Parliamentary Secretary to the PM Josh Frydenberg; Shadow Communications Minister Jason Clare; Chair of Manufacturing Australia Sue Morphet; musician David Bridie & editor-in-chief Katharine Viner.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Q&A Season 7 Episode 6 - Vilification, Discrimination & Defamation
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    #6 - Vilification, Discrimination & Defamation

    S7:E6

    Tony Jones is joined by Attorney-General George Brandis; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen; Professor of Indigenous Studies Marcia Langton; journalist Lisa Wilkinson; The Australian's media editor Sharri Markson.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Q&A Season 7 Episode 7 - Biennale, Babies and Blokes
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    #7 - Biennale, Babies and Blokes

    S7:E7

    Tony Jones is joined by British musician Billy Bragg; The Hoopla's Wendy Harmer; Christian intellectual Miroslav Volf; Assistant Education Minister Sussan Ley; and Shadow Environment Minister Mark Butler.

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  8. Q&A Season 7 Episode 8 - Mad Monday
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    #8 - Mad Monday

    S7:E8

    Live from the Melbourne Recital Centre. Tony Jones is joined by actress Rachel Griffiths; media identity Eddie McGuire; trucking magnate Lindsay Fox; Liberal MP Kelly O'Dwyer; Shadow Immigration Minister Richard Marles.

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  9. Q&A Season 7 Episode 9 - Human Rights and Wrongs
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    #9 - Human Rights and Wrongs

    S7:E9

    Tony Jones is joined by Egyptian author Mona Eltahawy; Human Rights Watch's Kenneth Roth; Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson; Somalian human rights activist Ilwad Elman; The Observer's ethics columnist Lucy Siegle.

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  10. Q&A Season 7 Episode 10 - China: Evolution not Revolution
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    #10 - China: Evolution not Revolution

    S7:E10

    Tony Jones hosts this special edition live from Shanghai. Joined by Former Ambassador to China Dr. Geoff Raby; Businesswoman and media executive Mei Yan; Greenpeace East Asia Program Director Ma Tianjie; Television Presenter Cheng Lei; and Chinese Australian artist Guo Jian.

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  11. Q&A Season 7 Episode 11 - Pensions, Promises & Power
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    #11 - Pensions, Promises & Power

    S7:E11

    Tony Jones is joined by Minister for Human Services Marise Payne; Opposition Senate leader Penny Wong; Restaurateur and chef Michelle Garnaut; conservative economist Judith Sloan; Tasmanian Senator-Elect Jacqui Lambie.

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  12. Q&A Season 7 Episode 12 - Lobbyists, Lies & Libertarians
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    #12 - Lobbyists, Lies & Libertarians

    S7:E12

    Tony Jones is joined by former Foreign Minister Bob Carr; former NSW Opposition leader Kerry Chikarovski; author and social analyst Eva Cox; Spiked Online editor Brendan O'Neill; British violinist Nigel Kennedy.

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  13. Q&A Season 7 Episode 13 - Death and Taxes
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    #13 - Death and Taxes

    S7:E13

    Joining Tony Jones on the panel will be: Minister For Communications, Malcolm Turnbull; Shadow Minister Doug Cameron; editor Sarrah Le Marquand; TV presenter Andrew Neil and playwright Van Badham.

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  14. Q&A Season 7 Episode 14 - Q & Anarchy
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    #14 - Q & Anarchy

    S7:E14

    Tony Jones is joined by Education Minister Christopher Pyne; Former Speaker of the House Anna Burke; actor and comedian aka 'Bob Downe' Mark Trevorrow; human rights lawyer Pallavi Sinha; IPA Executive Director John Roskam.

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  15. Q&A Season 7 Episode 15 - Loopholes & Heavy Lifting
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    #15 - Loopholes & Heavy Lifting

    S7:E15

    On Budget Eve, Tony Jones is joined by Victorian Liberal MP Sharman Stone; Labor Member for Perth Alannah MacTiernan; journalist David Marr; finance expert Satyajit Das; Australian Industry Group's Innes Willox.

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  16. Q&A Season 7 Episode 16 - Tough Questions for Joe Hockey
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    #16 - Tough Questions for Joe Hockey

    S7:E16

    Treasurer Joe Hockey will be the sole panellist in this post-Budget special hosted by Tony Jones. Live from Penrith, in Sydney's western suburbs.

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  17. Q&A Season 7 Episode 17 - Demos, Heroes and Menopause
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    #17 - Demos, Heroes and Menopause

    S7:E17

    Live from Sydney Writers' Festival. Tony Jones is joined by singer Kate Ceberano, author Tara Moss, novelist Richard Flanagan, comedian and author Jean Kittson, artist Tim Storrier.

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  18. Q&A Season 7 Episode 18 - School Chaplains and Science Cuts
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    #18 - School Chaplains and Science Cuts

    S7:E18

    Host Tony Jones is joined by Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi, Shadow Health Minister Catherine King; Former Lord Mayor of Sydney Lucy Turnbull; Spectator Australia's Rowan Dean; Theoretical Physicist Lawrence Krauss.

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  19. Q&A Season 7 Episode 19 - Primates, Populism and Utopia
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    #19 - Primates, Populism and Utopia

    S7:E19

    Tony Jones is joined by primatologist Jane Goodall; art educator Betty Churcher; conservative intellectual Peter Coleman; Indigenous leader Rosalie Kunoth-Monks; and Sydney Peace Foundation's Stuart Rees.

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  20. Q&A Season 7 Episode 20 - Dating, Diplomacy & Disputes
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    #20 - Dating, Diplomacy & Disputes

    S7:E20

    Tony Jones is joined by Parliamentary Secretary to the PM Josh Frydenberg; rising Labor star Ed Husic; author and advertising director Dee Madigan; Fijian women's advocate Virisila Buadromo; Law professor James Allan.

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  21. Q&A Season 7 Episode 21 - Big Ideas for a Big Country
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    #21 - Big Ideas for a Big Country

    S7:E21

    Tony Jones is joined venture capitalist Mark Carnegie; former Federal Opposition Leader Mark Latham; author and social analyst Eva Cox; National Commission of Audit Chair Tony Shepherd; youth advocate Holly Ransom.

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  22. Q&A Season 7 Episode 22 - Giddy Up Geelong
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    #22 - Giddy Up Geelong

    S7:E22

    Live from Geelong. Tony Jones is joined by Liberal MP Sarah Henderson; Shadow Immigration Minister Richard Marles; Greens Senator Richard Di Natale; Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons; and Geelong Region Alliance CEO Elaine Carbines.

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  23. Q&A Season 7 Episode 23 - It's the economy, stupid!
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    #23 - It's the economy, stupid!

    S7:E23

    Tony Jones is joined by Nobel Prize-winning American economist Joseph Stiglitz; distinguished government adviser Ross Garnaut; Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies' Christine Wong; and academic and columnist Judith Sloan.

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  24. Q&A Season 7 Episode 24 - Conversations in Violence, Secrecy & Education
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    #24 - Conversations in Violence, Secrecy & Education

    S7:E24

    Tony Jones is joined by Chief Government Whip Philip Ruddock; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; comedian Charlie Pickering; Cape York Indigenous leader Tania Major; Headmaster of The King's School Tim Hawkes.

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  25. Q&A Season 7 Episode 25 - Living with HIV, Looking to the Future
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    #25 - Living with HIV, Looking to the Future

    S7:E25

    Host Tony Jones is joined by former High Court Judge Michael Kirby; Indonesian Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi; co-discoverer of HIV Françoise Barré-Sinoussi,; former Liberal Senator Amanda Vanstone; HIV activist Nic Holas.

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"The ABC of Treachery" is the best rated episode of "Q&A" season 7. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/3/2014. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Sochi, Inquiries & Subsidies".