S8 E1 • Elections, Economics & Knightmares

Panelists: Barnaby Joyce, Minister for Agriculture; Wayne Swan, Former Treasurer; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Senator; John Madigan, Independent Senator for Victoria; and Jacqui Lambie, Independent Senator for Tasmania.

Première diffusion : 2 février 2015

S8 E2 • Spills, Bills, Coal & Kills

Panelists: Alan Jones, Influential Radio Broadcaster; Jamie Briggs, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Development; Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer; Heather Ridout, Businesswoman & RBA board member; and Corinne Grant, Comedian & Writer.

Première diffusion : 9 février 2015

S8 E3 • Death, Detention and Defending Policies

Panelists: Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Communications; Catherine King, Shadow Health Minister; Lisa Wilkinson, Journalist and television presenter; Bryan Stevenson, Director, Equal Justice Initiative; and Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian.

Première diffusion : 16 février 2015

S8 E4 • Family Violence Special

Panelists: Rosie Batty, 2015 Australian of the Year; Natasha Stott Despoja, Ambassador for Women and Girls; Tim Cartwright, Acting Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police; Charlie King, NT radio sports broadcaster and Simon Santosha, Counselor for Men and Families.

Première diffusion : 23 février 2015

S8 E5 • Economics, Regulations & One Word

Panelists: Josh Frydenberg, Assistant Treasurer; Andrew Leigh, Shadow Assistant Treasurer; Miriam Margolyes, Star of Harry Potter; Trisha Jha, Center for Independent Studies; and Jamila Rizvi, Editor-in-chief of Mamamia.

Première diffusion : 2 mars 2015

S8 E6 • Bad Feminism: Contradictions and Careers

To celebrate 40 years of IWD a special Q&A with guest host Annabel Crabb. Panelists: Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Germaine Greer, Feminist icon and provocateur; Roxane Gay, Writer, editor and bad feminist; Holly Kramer, CEO, Best & Less; and Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Founder of Youth Without Borders.

Première diffusion : 9 mars 2015

S8 E7 • Intergenerational Wealth and Health

Panelists: Joe Hockey, Treasurer; Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer; Cassandra Goldie, Head of Australian Council of Social Service; Kate Carnell, CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and John Daley, CEO Grattan Institute.

Première diffusion : 16 mars 2015

S8 E8 • When the Bush Came to Town

Panelists: Fiona Nash, Nationals Senator for NSW; Joel Fitzgibbon, Shadow Minister for Agriculture; Troy Cassar-Daley, Award-winning Country Musician; Robyn Clubb, Treasurer, Royal Agricultural Society of NSW and Orchardist; and Rob Cook, Fourth generation cattleman.

Première diffusion : 23 mars 2015

S8 E9 • Depression, Drugs and Another Planet

Panelists: Christopher Pyne, Education Minister; Penny Wong, Opposition Leader in the Senate; Brian Schmidt, Nobel Prize Winning Astrophysicist; Ruby Wax, Comedian and author; and Michael Franti, Musician, filmmaker and humanitarian.

Première diffusion : 30 mars 2015

S8 E10 • Political Tensions and Children in Detention

Panelists: Nana Mouskouri, Internationally acclaimed singer; Kelly O'Dwyer, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer; and Ed Husic, Labor Member for Chifley; Michael Stutchbury, Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Financial Review; and Van Badham, Playwright and Columnist for The Guardian Australia.

Première diffusion : 6 avril 2015

S8 E11 • Vaccinations, Press Freedoms & Forced Closures

Panelists: Peter Greste, Foreign correspondent for Al Jazeera; Mitch Fifield, Assistant Minister for Social Services; Alannah MacTiernan, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development & Infrastructure; Malarndirri McCarthy, Executive Producer, NITV News; and Su McCluskey, CEO of the Regional Australia Institute.

Première diffusion : 13 avril 2015

S8 E12 • Drinking, Depression and Deportation

Panelists: Derryn Hinch, Journalist and media personality; Andrew Robb, Minister for Trade and Investment; Anna Burke, Former Speaker of the House; Dave Hughes, Comedian and Broadcaster; and Jane Burns, CEO of the Young and Well Cooperative Research Center.

Première diffusion : 20 avril 2015

S8 E44 • Épisode 0

Discuss the Questions Here are the questions our panel faced this week. Tell us what your answer would be or what you think our panellists need to say. CHANGING ATTITUDES Margaret Myles asked: I have a gay son and although I am sure it is not easy for him at times, but thank goodness he was not born 50 years ago. How far has the gay community advanced since the 1970s? TRADITIONAL VIEWS Martin Duffy asked: Why is it that Mr Fred Nile portrayed in media as narrow and bigoted when in fact his position (that homosexuality is morally wrong) has been the prevailing view of humanity for thousands of years - and is still the prevailing position in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (the majority of humanity). Is not the push to recognise homosexuality a minority group seeking to oppress the majority? INCLUSIVE CHRISTIANITY Timothy Ang asked: I left my faith about 10 years ago when my church was preaching ‘pray the gay away’ and I couldn’t reconcile faith and my identity. It was only when I met quite a few gay Christians along the way that I rediscovered my Christian faith and how to live life as a gay Christian. Fred Nile, can you please affirm our Christian brothers and sisters watching this program, that being gay and Christian is okay in the eyes of our loving and inclusive God, so that they don’t have to deny being who they are in order to accept their Christian faith? YOUNG AND QUEER Lawson Tanner asked: The 'Growing Up Queer' report, released early last year, revealed that the over 1000 rainbow young people surveyed saw school as the most threatening place to be themselves, and I've personally heard some horror stories about coming out and identifying as queer at school. Why do you think schools are still not safe places for queer identifying students like myself, and what can be done about it? TRANS AND RURAL Dominic Sharkey asked: I discovered just days ago my dad's cousin who grew up in a rural community like myself was transgendered and underwent SRS in the 70's, an entirely different world as far as certain social attitudes go. The major difference in our stories however is that unlike the overwhelmingly warm acceptance and support I've been lucky to be met with, she was basically disowned by her immediate family. My question to the panel is: Do you feel there was any one particular event, a catalyst so to speak, that was the turning point in social attitudes towards the Queer community or has this change been more ongoing? TRANS SURGERY Graeme Mitchell asked: If medicine is defined as treatment that aims to restore bodily faculties to their proper function, how does gender re-assignment surgery fit? Gender re-assignment surgery involves the deliberate damaging and mutilating of otherwise perfectly functioning bodily faculties and the twisting of them to an end toward which they are not ordered. How can this be considered good medicine? MUSLIM AND GAY Boran Izzet asked: Growing up as the son of very traditional Turkish Cypriot migrant parents, I always knew that I wasn’t like the rest of my brothers and sisters. As I matured into an adult and through my early 20’s I started to understand why I was different but struggled to reconcile my strong cultural upbringing, my faith and my life experiences. For almost 15 years I deceived the ones I loved, moved in the shadows and spent far too much energy constructing a persona they would be happy with, fearing their rejection otherwise. All of this took a serious toll on my mental and physical health. Through much pain and some rich and varied learning experiences I have come to be proud of who I am, however convincing my family to accept that the person I love isn’t Turkish, Muslim or a woman continues to cause challenges in our relationship. Do you think that the children of migrants to Australia have it easier or are our strong family/cultural and religious bonds actually a barrier to living a fulfilled proud life? WHY GAY MARRIAGE? Zahra Stardust asked: The campaign for marriage equality is now backed by multinational corporations and receives a significant amount of public attention. Marriage as an institution rewards people with social and financial benefits whose relationships resemble heterosexual ones (for example, if you are monogamous, co-habit, or share assets). To what extent is marriage equality an assimilationist campaign, seeking a seat at somebody else's table, instead of recognising our own diverse family and relationship structures, and what are the risks when debates around marriage equality obscures other ongoing social issues affecting our communities? GAY PARENTING Maeve Marsden asked: I am incredibly proud to have been raised by lesbian mothers. When I face hardship, it's my parents' bravery, pride, intellect, humour, love and care that I draw on for strength. Much of the discussion around families like mine is about whether same-sex parents can offer children 'the same' quality of life as heterosexual parents. But I believe that queer and alternative family structures have unique and positive qualities that mainstream society can learn from. What does the panel think that the Queer community can teach our straight friends? QUESTION FROM THE FLOOR Mother Inferior asked: Should State Schools seek the appointment of Drag Queens in place of School Chaplains?

Première diffusion : 18 juin 2015

S8 E13 • ANZAC Spirit, Modern Warfare and Marriage

Panelists: Arthur Sinodinos, Liberal Senator; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Tim Fischer, Former Deputy Prime Minister and author; Carolyn Holbrook, Author and academic; and Tom Porteous, Deputy Program Director, Human Rights Watch.

Première diffusion : 27 avril 2015

S8 E14 • Assault, Altruism and Emissions

Panelists: Peter Singer, Renowned philosopher and ethicist; Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment; Mark Butler, Shadow Minister for Environment; Amanda Vanstone, Former Liberal Senator; and Adrienne Truscott, Comedian, writer, dancer and circus performer.

Première diffusion : 4 mai 2015

S8 E15 • Struggle Street on Budget Eve

Panelists: 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.

Première diffusion : 11 mai 2015

S8 E16 • Death Cults, Brains & Migration

Panelists: Norman Doidge, Psychiatrist and Author of The Brain’s Way of Healing; Caitlin Doughty, Mortician and Author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematorium; Douglas Coupland, Visual Artist and Author of Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture; Mohsin Hamid, Author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia; and Christina Lamb, Journalist & Author of Farewell Kabul.

Première diffusion : 18 mai 2015

S8 E17 • Joe Hockey on the Tradies vs Ladies Budget

Panelist: Joe Hockey, Treasurer.

Première diffusion : 25 mai 2015

S8 E18 • War Cries, Citizenship & Crime Prevention

Panelists: Josh Frydenberg, Assistant Treasurer; Anthony Albanese, Shadow Infrastructure Minister; Jack Charles, Indigenous elder, actor and activist; Miriam Lyons, Co-author of Governomics; and Judith Sloan, Businesswoman, Academic and Columnist.

Première diffusion : 1 juin 2015

S8 E19 • Revolutionary Christianity, Citizenship & Incarceration

Panelists: 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 Center.

Première diffusion : 8 juin 2015

S8 E20 • Magna Carta Magna QandA

Panelists: Bronwyn Bishop, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, Founder, The New Democracy Foundation; Noel Pearson, Chairman, Cape York Partnership; Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission; and Bret Walker, Magna Carta Committee.

Première diffusion : 15 juin 2015

S8 E21 • Terror, Poverty & Native Titles

Panelists: Linda Tirado, American anti-poverty campaigner; Steve Ciobo, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade; Joel Fitzgibbon, Shadow Minister for Agriculture; Dee Madigan, Author and advertising director; Grahame Morris, Political strategist; and Antony Hegarty, Singer of Antony and The Johnsons.

Première diffusion : 22 juin 2015

S8 E22 • Radicalisation, Religion & Recognition

Panelists: Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical Physicist & Cosmologist; Anne Aly, Counter Terrorism Expert; Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader; Tim Wilson, Human Rights Commissioner; and Paul Kelly, Editor-at-large The Australian.

Première diffusion : 29 juin 2015

S8 E23 • Greece, Gags & Grazing Land

Panelists: Vrasidas Karalis, Professor of Modern Greek; Richard Marles, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Senator; Trisha Jha, Centre for Independent Studies; and Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian.

Première diffusion : 6 juillet 2015

S8 E24 • Peace, Ideology & Free Speech

Panelists: John Hewson, Former leader of the Liberal Party; Amanda Rishworth, South Australian Labor MP; John Stackhouse, Visiting Christian Scholar; Michael Ware, War correspondent and filmmaker; and Alex Oliver, Director, Polling Program, Lowy Institute.

Première diffusion : 13 juillet 2015

S8 E25 • Choppers, Coal & Community

Panelists: Tim Fischer, Former Deputy Prime Minister and author; Alan Jones, Radio Broadcaster; Jacqui Lambie, Independent Senator for Tasmania; Mark Butler, Shadow Minister for Environment; and Katherine Teh–White, Managing director, Futureye.

Première diffusion : 20 juillet 2015

S8 E26 • Culture of Change

Panelists: Annastacia Palaszczuk, Premier of Queensland; Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane; Ron Boswell, Former Nationals Senator; and Anne Tiernan, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University; and Monica Bradley, Innovation strategist.

Première diffusion : 27 juillet 2015

S8 E27 • New Frontiers & Next Bold Missions

Panelists: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist & Science Communicator; Ranjana Srivastava, Oncologist and Author; Adam Spencer, Broadcaster and Maths Geek; and Beth Fulton, Mathematician and Marine Scientist, CSIRO.

Première diffusion : 3 août 2015

S8 E28 • Perks, Penalty Rates & Life in Space

Panelists: Chris Hadfield, Former Commander of the International Space Station; Anne Summers, Author The Misogyny Factor; Josh Frydenberg, Assistant Treasurer; Sharon Bird, Shadow Minister for Vocational Education; and Joe Hildebrand, News Ltd columnist and Co-host of Studio 10.

Première diffusion : 10 août 2015

S8 E29 • Ethics, Equality & Evasion

Panelists: Richard Di Natale, Leader of The Australian Greens; Kelly O'Dwyer, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer; Sam Dastyari, Labor Senator; Brendan O'Neill, British Editor, spiked; and Katy Faust, Traditional marriage advocate.

Première diffusion : 17 août 2015

S8 E30 • Public Life & Political Memoirs

Panelists: Anna Bligh, Former Queensland Premier; Peter Reith, Former Howard Government Minister; Tony Windsor, Former Independent MP; Louise Adler, CEO of Melbourne University Publishing; and Annabel Crabb, Political reporter and author.

Première diffusion : 24 août 2015

S8 E31 • Cheating, Climate, War & Democracy

Panelists: Naomi Klein, Author, This Changes Everything; Miroslav Volf, Christian theologian and author; Tariq Ali, British Pakistani author and political campaigner; Laurie Penny, Writer and journalist; and Tom Switzer, Host of Between the Lines.

Première diffusion : 31 août 2015

S8 E32 • Drowning in Desperation to Dying with Dignity

Discuss the Questions Here are the questions our panel faced this week. Tell us what your answer would be or what you think our panellists need to say. REFUGEE INTAKE Marcus Rigg asked: Mike Baird, you said last week: "We cannot see the images we have seen, and feel the things we have felt, and then go back to business as usual." And yet, it seems it is still business as usual with Tony Abbott refusing to increase the overall yearly intake of refugees. While I applaud any effort to help the Syrian people, when will Tony Abbott face the fact that whether we like it or not Australia is going to have to play a more active role in this global humanitarian crisis? REFUGEE QUEUE Nilesh Nandan asked: Are some refugees more equal than others? I don’t see the point of a reallocation within an existing quota, if the total quota itself is not increased. What do we say to refugees from the other regions, currently in the queue, who have had their place put back? BOMBING SYRIA Narelle Clark asked: My question is for Chris Bowen. Politics reached a new low when the ALP and Greens accused the PM of considering sending the Australian Airforce into Syria to improve his polling numbers. What solution does the ALP have for the refugee crisis if it does not include making Syria safe for the Syrians? POLITICS IS A CIRCUS Sheila Dhillon asked: Catherine Livingstone, when my grandfather first visited Australia from Singapore in 1996, I took him for a live sitting at Parliament House. After 20 minutes, he looked at me and whispered, "Are you sure you want to call this your home? This country looks like it is being run by a bunch of monkeys in a circus?" 20 years on, I have not sought an Australian citizenship. Not because I don't love this beautiful country, but simply because it would be a waste of a vote either way. As the leading industry body propagating economic and social progress in the national interest of this country, what is your biggest challenge with our political lands

Première diffusion : 7 septembre 2015

S8 E33 • A New Prime Minister, New Leadership

Discuss the Questions Here are the questions our panel faced this week. Tell us what your answer would be or what you think our panellists need to say. LEADERSHIP SPILL 1 Jack Abadee asked: Should Tony Abbott stand down as Prime Minister because he has lost the trust of the people with 30 straight newspoll losses and will now struggle to be effective? What do you think? LEADERSHIP SPILL 2 David Hynd asked: If the Liberal Party replace Tony Abbott with Malcolm Turnbull and the polls don’t improve, will we see a repeat of the Rudd Gillard Rudd saga or will another contender emerge? QUESTION FROM THE FLOOR An audience member asked: This is probably a question which will bring Joan into the discussion as well and it’s the word hope and having a positive attitude to, yes, we have a great country. There’s wonderful things we can do in Australia and I am wondering what the people feel the role of hopelessness and the message coming out with sniggering about misfortunes at our indigenous pacific islanders and our neighbours who are facing crisis with global warming that hopelessness was there and the laughter, where as the message of hope that Joan you with your music speak truths, showing where there is injustices and speaking out of injustices and speaking the message of hope. LEADERSHIP SPILL-3 Andy Kelk asked: Now that we’ve got our third first-term PM in just five years, is this the new political reality? If so, how can any government expect to be in office long enough to make real change? QUESTION FROM THE FLOOR An audience member asked: Has the two party political system become irrevocably corrupted due to back of house financiers? LEADERSHIP SPILL-4 Jordan Smith asked: Now that Malcolm Turnbull is Prime Minister, how will that affect the Labor party's strategy for the upcoming election? SYRIA BOMBING – AUSTRALIA TERROR TARGET Bouran Almiziab asked: According to the Guardian "The air campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has killed more t

Première diffusion : 14 septembre 2015

S8 E34 • Bill Shorten in Ballarat

Bill Shorten, Leader of the Australian Labor Party.

Première diffusion : 21 septembre 2015

S8 E35 • Conservatives, China & Chris Brown

Panellists: Barnaby Joyce, Minister for Agriculture and Water; Catherine King, Shadow Health Minister; David Marr, Journalist and commentator; Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art; and John Roskam, Executive Director, Institute of Public Affairs.

Première diffusion : 28 septembre 2015

S8 E36 • Shine a Light on Depression

Panellists: Professor Ian Hickie, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney; Wayne Schwass, Former AFL star and mental health advocate; Professor Pat Dudgeon, Australian Indigenous Psychologist's Association; Fay Jackson, Deputy Commissioner, NSW Mental Health Commission; and Dr Roderick McKay, Director, NSW Institute of Psychiatry.

Première diffusion : 5 octobre 2015

S8 E37 • Social Cohesion, Offshore Detention & Factions

Panellists: Sheikh Wesam Charkawi, Muslim chaplain and community leader; Ken Wyatt, Assistant Minister for Health; Lisa Singh, Tasmanian Labor Senator; Adam Bandt, Greens Member for Melbourne; and Tania de Jong, Soprano and Entrepreneur.

Première diffusion : 12 octobre 2015

S8 E38 • Friends and Allies in Foreign Policy

Panellists: Bob Carr, Former Foreign Minister; Michael Fullilove, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy; Alison Broinowski, Former Australian Diplomat; Emily Howie, Director of Advocacy, Human Rights Law Centre; and Sow Keat Tok, Deputy Director, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Melbourne.

Première diffusion : 19 octobre 2015

S8 E39 • Country Life, CSG and Cannabis

Panellists: Fiona Nash, Rural Health Minister; Joel Fitzgibbon, Shadow Minister for Agriculture; Jan Thomas, Vice-Chancellor and President University of Southern Queensland; Paul Antonio, Mayor of Toowoomba; and Katie Noonan, Singer-songwriter.

Première diffusion : 26 octobre 2015

S8 E40 • GST, Gonski, Population and Diversity

Panellists: Paul Ehrlich, Internationally renowned ecologist and biologist; Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education; Tony Burke, Shadow Finance Minister; Wendy Harmer, Journalist, Author, Broadcaster and Publisher; and Dai Le, Founder, Diverse Australasian Women's Network.

Première diffusion : 2 novembre 2015

S8 E41 • Facing Death

Panellists: Andrew Denton, Journalist and Broadcaster; Karen Hitchcock, Author and doctor, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne; Ralph McConaghy, Palliative care doctor, Wesley Hospital Brisbane; Ana Lamaro, Retired homoeopath & psychotherapist, responding to living with cancer; and Rodney Syme, Melbourne doctor and vice-president of Dying with Dignity Victoria.Network.

Première diffusion : 9 novembre 2015

S8 E42 • Paris, Syria & South Australia

Panellists: Christophe Lecourtier, French Ambassador to Australia; Christopher Pyne, Industry, Innovation and Science Minister; Kate Ellis, Shadow Minister for Education and Early Childhood; Nick Xenophon, South Australia Independent Senator; Andrew MacLeod, Former UN Official; and Holly Ransom, Entrepreneur and Youth Advocate.

Première diffusion : 16 novembre 2015

S8 E43 • Racists, Extremists and Economists

Panellists: Yanis Varoufakis, Former finance minister of Greece; Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment; Geraldine Brooks, Author and journalist; Anthony Albanese, Shadow Infrastructure Minister; Judith Sloan, Businesswoman, Academic and Columnist; and Tasneem Chopra, Chair, Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights.

Première diffusion : 23 novembre 2015