Season 1: 2008
This was the first season of the program, comprising 20 episodes. The most any one person appeared in this series was twice. The first episode featured Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as the only guest, and was announced as a one-off special. However, on episode 19 Q&A again featured just one panellist, the new leader of the Liberal Party Malcolm Turnbull, who had won a leadership ballot just 9 days before.
| Episode | Date | Panellists | ||||
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| Labor | Coalition | Others | ||||
| 1 | 22 May 2008 | Kevin Rudd | ||||
| 2 | 29 May 2008 | Tanya Plibersek | Tony Abbott | Bob Brown Warren Mundine Louise Adler |
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| 3 | 5 June 2008 | Tony Burke | Julie Bishop | Randa Abdel-Fattah Stephen Mayne Greg Sheridan |
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| 4 | 12 June 2008 | Joel Fitzgibbon | George Brandis Pru Goward |
Kate Crawford Charles Firth |
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| 5 | 19 June 2008 | Chris Bowen | Christopher Pyne | Cheryl Kernot Nick Adams Julia Zemiro |
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| 6 | 26 June 2008 | Bill Shorten | Greg Hunt | Elizabeth Ann Macgregor Tim Blair Angela Conway |
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| 7 | 3 July 2008 | Nicola Roxon | Joe Hockey | Marcia Langton Peter van Onselen Miriam Lyons |
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| 8 | 10 July 2008 | Craig Emerson | Helen Coonan | Christine Milne Andrew Bolt Linda Jaivin |
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| 9 | 17 July 2008 | Lindsay Tanner | Alexander Downer | David Marr Angela Shanahan Rose Jackson |
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| 10 | 24 July 2008 | Mark Arbib | Barnaby Joyce | Nick Xenophon Heather Ridout Christine Jackman |
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| 11 | 31 July 2008 | Penny Wong | Malcolm Turnbull | Tim Flannery Catherine Harris Tim Wilson |
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| 12 | 7 August 2008 | Peter Garrett | Bronwyn Bishop | Julian Morrow Megan Davis Imre Salusinszky |
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| 13 | 14 August 2008 | Bob Carr | Julie Bishop | Germaine Greer Greg Sheridan Marcus Westbury |
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| 14 | 21 August 2008 | Anthony Albanese | George Brandis | Blanche d'Alpuget Cindy Pan Grahame Morris |
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| 15 | 28 August 2008 | Craig Emerson | Sharman Stone | John Pilger Peter Hartcher Rebecca Weisser |
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| 16 | 4 September 2008 | Bill Shorten | Christopher Pyne Kerry Chikarovski |
Eric Beecher Jane Caro |
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| 17 | 11 September 2008 | Tanya Plibersek | Nick Minchin | Mungo MacCallum Tim Wilson Linda Jaivin |
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| 18 | 18 September 2008 | Maxine McKew | Tony Abbott | Waleed Aly Margaret Fitzherbert Robert Manne |
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| 19 | 25 September 2008 | Malcolm Turnbull | ||||
| 20 | 2 October 2008 | Nicola Roxon | Peter Costello | Cheryl Kernot David Marr Tom Switzer |
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