Lionel Shriver'tired of white privilege'as she returns to Q&A
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Lionel Shriver'tired of white privilege'as she returns to Q&A

The last time she was here,in 2016,Shriver left vowing never to come back amid a storm over her comments.

  • byNeil McMahon

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Q&A creator Peter McEvoy to leave the ABC

Q&A creator Peter McEvoy to leave the ABC

The executive producer has been with the public broadcaster for three decades.

  • byBroede Carmody
The most interesting thing on Q&A was who didn’t turn up
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The most interesting thing on Q&A was who didn’t turn up

Host Tony Jones didn’t linger in letting everyone know,saying:“We should say we're disappointed".

  • byNeil McMahon
My gripe with Q&A:why trot out a China apologist to defend the indefensible?

My gripe with Q&A:why trot out a China apologist to defend the indefensible?

A University of Queensland student who says he received death threats for organising a pro-Hong Kong democracy rally has turned his sights on the ABC's Q&A.

  • byDrew Pavlou
Examining President Trump,Q&A ponders the biggest question

Examining President Trump,Q&A ponders the biggest question

On Monday night,Q&A pondered the biggest question. Democracy. What even is it?

  • byNeil McMahon
Ricci had a powerful story,and a question no one could answer

Ricci had a powerful story,and a question no one could answer

"With respect,you haven't answered my question,"she said to the Q&A panel after sharing her heartbreaking story about losing her job.

  • byNeil McMahon
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Adam Liaw in awkward spot as Q&A delivers its version of MasterChef fireball

Adam Liaw in awkward spot as Q&A delivers its version of MasterChef fireball

Channel Ten’s kitchen conflagration took over much of the final 20 minutes of the ABC’s premier national debate program. Stick that in your reality TV marketing blender and eat it.

  • byNeil McMahon
'I’m disgusted':Q&A guest silences panel with powerful story

'I’m disgusted':Q&A guest silences panel with powerful story

For close to two minutes,Krissi Grant rendered the panel and the studio completely silent. What followed was a powerful and essential discussion.

  • byNeil McMahon
'Muslim lives don’t matter':Q&A panel spars on nukes,minorities

'Muslim lives don’t matter':Q&A panel spars on nukes,minorities

Human rights lawyer Diana Sayed accused the panel of devaluing Muslim lives when asked whether Australia should challenge violence against one ethnic minority.

  • byNeil McMahon
Q&A:Liberal Senator addresses scathing descriptions of Scott Morrison

Q&A:Liberal Senator addresses scathing descriptions of Scott Morrison

James Paterson was in the uncomfortable position of having taken part in one of the recent books that suggest there is more to the Prime Minister than meets the eye.

  • byNeil McMahon
Wordsmith Kate Tempest on love and hope in a lonely capitalist world

Wordsmith Kate Tempest on love and hope in a lonely capitalist world

On her new album,the performance poet and musician who rocked Q&A,tackles loneliness,along with her familiar,forcefully expressed,concerns about capitalism and materialism.

  • byLatika Bourke