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The Best Episodes of Q&A Season 8

Every episode of Q&A Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Q&A Season 8!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Q&A Season 8 Episode 1 - Elections, Economics & Knightmares
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    #1 - Elections, Economics & Knightmares

    S8:E1

    Tony Jones is joined by Former ALP Treasurer, Wayne Swan; Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce; Greens Senator for Queensland, Larissa Waters; and Independent Senators, John Madigan and Jacqui Lambie.

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  2. Q&A Season 8 Episode 2 - Spills, Bills, Coal & Kills
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    #2 - Spills, Bills, Coal & Kills

    S8:E2

    Tony Jones is joined by broadcaster Alan Jones; Assistant Infrastructure Minister Jamie Briggs; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, Chair of AustralianSuper Heather Ridout; and comedian and writer Corrine Grant.

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  3. Q&A Season 8 Episode 3 - Death, Detention and Defending Policies
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    #3 - Death, Detention and Defending Policies

    S8:E3

    Panellists Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Communications; Catherine King, Shadow Health Minister; Lisa Wilkinson, Journalist; Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative; & Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian.

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  4. Q&A Season 8 Episode 4 - Family Violence Special
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    #4 - Family Violence Special

    S8:E4

    Panellists: Aus of the Year, Rosie Batty; Aus Ambassador for Women, Natasha Stott Despoja; Acting VIC Police Commissioner, Tim Cartwright; Indigenous anti-violence campaigner, Charlie King; & Men's Counsellor, Simon Santosha.

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  5. Q&A Season 8 Episode 5 - Economics, Regulations & One Word
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    #5 - Economics, Regulations & One Word

    S8:E5

    Panellists: Star of stage and screen, Miriam Margolyes; Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg; Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Andrew Leigh; Centre for Independent Studies, Trisha Jha; & Editor In Chief of Mamamia, Jamila Rizvi.

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  6. Q&A Season 8 Episode 6 - Bad Feminism: Contradictions and Careers
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    #6 - Bad Feminism: Contradictions and Careers

    S8:E6

    To celebrate 40 years of IWD a special Q&A with guest host Annabel Crabb. Annabel Crabb guest hosts Q&A with a panel including Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop; Feminist icon, Germaine Greer; Author, Roxane Gay; CEO of Best & Less, Holly Kramer & Engineer and youth advocate, Yassmin Abdel-Magied.

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  7. Q&A Season 8 Episode 7 - Intergenerational Wealth and Health
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    #7 - Intergenerational Wealth and Health

    S8:E7

    An Intergenerational Report special. Joining Tony Jones is Treasurer Joe Hockey; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen; ACOSS CEO Cassandra Goldie; CEO of Australian Chamber of Commerce Kate Carnell & public policy expert John Daley.

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  8. Q&A Season 8 Episode 8 - When the Bush came to Town
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    #8 - When the Bush came to Town

    S8:E8

    Live from the Royal Easter Show, Tony Jones is joined by National Party Senator Fiona Nash; Shadow Minister for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon; Country musician Troy-Cassar-Daley; Orchardist Robyn Clubb; and cattleman Rob Cook.

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  9. Q&A Season 8 Episode 9 - Depression, Drugs and Another Planet
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    #9 - Depression, Drugs and Another Planet

    S8:E9

    Host Tony Jones is joined by panellists Education Minister Christopher Pyne; Opposition Senate Leader Penny Wong; Comedian Ruby Wax; Musician and humanitarian Michael Franti & Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Brian Schmidt.

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  10. Q&A Season 8 Episode 10 - Political Tensions and Children in Detention
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    #10 - Political Tensions and Children in Detention

    S8:E10

    Greek musical legend Nana Mouskouri joins Tony Jones on the Q&A panel with: Parl Sec to the Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer; Labor Member Ed Husic; Australian Financial Review Editor, Michael Stutchbury; & playwright Van Badham.

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  11. Q&A Season 8 Episode 11 - Vaccinations, Press Freedoms & Forced Closures
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    #11 - Vaccinations, Press Freedoms & Forced Closures

    S8:E11

    Panellists: Journalist Peter Greste; Asst Minister for Social Services Mitch Fifield; Shadow Parl Sec for Regional Development Alannah MacTiernan; CEO Regional Aus Institute Su McCluskey; & NITV News' Malarndirri McCarthy.

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  12. Q&A Season 8 Episode 12 - Drinking, Depression and Deportation
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    #12 - Drinking, Depression and Deportation

    S8:E12

    Joining Tony Jones: Journalist Derryn Hinch; Minister for Trade & Investment, Andrew Robb; Former Speaker of the House, Anna Burke; Comedian Dave Hughes; CEO of the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, Jane Burns.

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  13. Q&A Season 8 Episode 13 - ANZAC Spirit, Modern Warfare and Marriage
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    #13 - ANZAC Spirit, Modern Warfare and Marriage

    S8:E13

    On the panel this week: Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Former deputy PM Tim Fischer; Historian Carolyn Holbrook; & Deputy Program Director, Human Rights Watch Tom Porteous.

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  14. Q&A Season 8 Episode 14 - Assault, Altruism and Emissions
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    #14 - Assault, Altruism and Emissions

    S8:E14

    Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Philosopher & ethicist, Peter Singer; Environment Minister, Greg Hunt; Shadow Environment Minister, Mark Butler; Broadcaster & commentator, Amanda Vanstone; & US performer, Adrienne Truscott.

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  15. Q&A Season 8 Episode 15 - Struggle Street on Budget Eve
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    #15 - Struggle Street on Budget Eve

    S8:E15

    Panellists: Clive Palmer, Leader of the Palmer United Party; Christian Porter, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; Nakkiah Lui, Playwright; Jason Clare, Shadow Communications Minister; and Jennifer Hewett, Political journalist.

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  16. Q&A Season 8 Episode 16 - Death Cults, Brains & Migration
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    #16 - Death Cults, Brains & Migration

    S8:E16

    On the Q&A panel this week, we feature some of the brightest stars from this year's Sydney Writers' Festival: Norman Doidge; Caitlin Doughty; Douglas Coupland; Mohsin Hamid and Christina Lamb.

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  17. Q&A Season 8 Episode 17 - Joe Hockey on the Tradies vs Ladies Budget
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    #17 - Joe Hockey on the Tradies vs Ladies Budget

    S8:E17

    This week Tony Jones is joined by the Treasurer of Australia, Joe Hockey to face a LIVE studio audience & respond directly to their post-budget questions.

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  18. Q&A Season 8 Episode 18 - War Cries, Citizenship & Crime Prevention
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    #18 - War Cries, Citizenship & Crime Prevention

    S8:E18

    Joining Tony Jones LIVE on the panel: Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg; Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Anthony Albanese; Actor and elder Jack Charles; Policy analyst Miriam Lyons; and Businesswoman Judith Sloan.

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  19. Q&A Season 8 Episode 19 - Revolutionary Christianity, Citizenship & Incarceration
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    #19 - Revolutionary Christianity, Citizenship & Incarceration

    S8:E19

    Panellists: Christine Forster, City of Sydney Councillor; Dr Cornel West, Scholar and Poet; Philip Ruddock, Special Envoy for Citizenship; Katy Gallagher, Senator for the Australian Capital Territory; and Bates Gill, CEO of US Studies Centre.

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  20. Q&A Season 8 Episode 20 - Magna Carta Magna QandA
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    #20 - Magna Carta Magna QandA

    S8:E20

    Q&A marks the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta with an episode from Parliament House in Canberra. Joining Tony Jones on the panel are Bronwyn Bishop, Noel Pearson, Gillian Triggs, Luca Belgiorno-Nettis & Bret Walker.

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  21. Q&A Season 8 Episode 21 - Terror, Poverty & Native Titles
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    #21 - Terror, Poverty & Native Titles

    S8:E21

    Panellists: singer ANOHNI Hegarty; Parl. Sec for Foreign Affairs Steve Ciobo; Shad Min. for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon; lobbyist Grahame Morris; Advertising director Dee Madigan; & anti-poverty campaigner Linda Tirado.

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  22. Q&A Season 8 Episode 22 - Radicalisation, Religion & Recognition
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    #22 - Radicalisation, Religion & Recognition

    S8:E22

    Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Dep Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Editor-at-large The Australian Paul Kelly; Cosmologist Lawrence Krauss; Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson; counter-terrorism expert Dr. Anne Aly.

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  23. Q&A Season 8 Episode 23 - Greece, Gags & Grazing Land
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    #23 - Greece, Gags & Grazing Land

    S8:E23

    On the panel: Vrasidas Karalis, Professor of Modern Greek; Shadow Minister for Immigration Richard Marles; Greens Senator Larissa Waters; policy analyst Trisha Jha & foreign affairs editor Greg Sheridan.

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  24. Q&A Season 8 Episode 24 - Peace, Ideology & Free Speech
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    #24 - Peace, Ideology & Free Speech

    S8:E24

    On the panel: Former Liberal leader John Hewson, Shadow Assistant Minister for Education Amanda Rishworth, war correspondent Michael Ware, scholar John Stackhouse, and Director of Polling at the Lowy Institute Alex Oliver.

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  25. Q&A Season 8 Episode 25 - Choppers, Coal & Community
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    #25 - Choppers, Coal & Community

    S8:E25

    Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Former Deputy PM, Tim Fischer; Broadcaster, Alan Jones; Senator, Jacqui Lambie; Shadow Environment Minister, Mark Butler & Mining and development strategist Katherine Teh-White.

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Elections, Economics & Knightmares" is the best rated episode of "Q&A" season 8. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/2/2015. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Spills, Bills, Coal & Kills".