Season 5: 2011
The fifth season of Q&A began on 7 February 2011, continuing in its Monday night timeslot. The exceptions to this were the twelfth and twenty-third episodes, which aired on Thursday 28 April and 7 July respectively. The first special was a special discussion preceding the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, which the second special was entitled "Stopping The Boats" and was centred on the topic of asylum seekers.
| Episode | Date | Panellists | ||
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| Labor | Coalition | Others | ||
| 1 | 7 February 2011 | Graham Richardson | Amanda Vanstone | Catherine Deveny Gerard Henderson David Williamson |
| 2 | 14 February 2011 | Craig Emerson | Helen Coonan | Lydia Khalil John Pilger Greg Sheridan |
| 3 | 21 February 2011 | Anna Bligh | Barnaby Joyce | Tim Flannery Gina Castelain Ian Nelson |
| 4 | 28 February 2011 | Bill Shorten | Malcolm Turnbull | Piers Akerman Gretel Killeen Samah Hadid |
| 5 | 7 March 2011 | Kate Ellis | Joe Hockey | Gail Kelly Janet Albrechtsen Mike Carlton |
| 6 | 14 March 2011 | Julia Gillard | ||
| 7 | 21 March 2011 | Jason Clare | Christopher Pyne | Christine Milne Miranda Devine Lachlan Harris |
| 8 | 28 March 2011 | Tanya Plibersek John Della Bosca |
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | Julian Morrow Grahame Morris |
| 9 | 4 April 2011 | Kevin Rudd | Julie Bishop | Jeff Bleich Louise Adler Robert Manne |
| 10 | 11 April 2011 | Penny Wong | Greg Hunt | Bess Price Graeme Innes Chris Kenny |
| 11 | 25 April 2011 | Matina Jewell Jim Molan Eva Cox Neil James Najeeba Wazefadost |
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| 12 | 28 April 2011 | Bob Carr | Amanda Vanstone Nick Minchin |
Craig Reucassel Marcia Langton Angela Bishop |
| 13 | 2 May 2011 | Simon Crean | Sophie Mirabella | Tony Windsor Eliza Brown Nick Klomp Alana Johnson |
| 14 | 9 May 2011 | Lindsay Tanner | Malcolm Turnbull | Lydia Khallil Christine Wallace Nazeem Hussain |
| 15 | 16 May 2011 | Bill Shorten | Eric Abetz | Anna Rose Felicity Hampel John Roskam |
| 16 | 23 May 2011 | Howard Jacobson Brendan Cowell Michael Cunningham Gail Dines Leslie Cannold |
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| 17 | 30 May 2011 | Kate Lundy | George Brandis Jackie Kelly |
Guy Rundle Joe Hildebrand |
| 18 | 6 June 2011 | Nicola Roxon | Christopher Pyne | Lee Rhiannon Sandy Gutman Paul McGeough |
| 19 | 13 June 2011 | Peter Garrett | Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | Bob Katter Mike Carlton Natalie Pa‘apa’a |
| 20 | 20 June 2011 | Josh Thomas Samah Hadid James Paterson Ruslan Kogan Faustina Agolley |
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| 21 | 27 June 2011 | Anthony Albanese | Joe Hockey | Adam Bandt Judith Sloan Fiona Katauskas |
| 22 | 4 July 2011 | Penny Wong | Mathias Cormann Stephen O'Doherty |
Charles Waterstreet Elizabeth Ann Macgregor |
| 23 | 7 July 2011 | Chris Bowen | Scott Morrison | Sarah Hanson-Young David Marr Piers Akerman Najeeba Wazefadost |
| 24 | 11 July 2011 | Julia Gillard | ||
| 25 | 18 July 2011 | John Lennox Susan Carland John Safran Eva Cox Jacqueline Grey |
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| 26 | 25 July 2011 | Lara Giddings | Eric Abetz | Christine Milne Peter Cundall Garry Bailey Melanie Kerrison |
| 27 | 1 August 2011 | Tanya Plibersek | Peter Dutton | Stephen Mayne Brendan O'Neill Heather Ridout |
| 28 | 8 August 2011 | Graham Richardson Mark Dreyfus |
Kelly O'Dwyer | Noni Hazlehurst Tom Switzer |
| 29 | 15 August 2011 | Tony Burke | Malcolm Turnbull Jackie Kelly |
Lachlan Harris Deborah Cheetham Stella Young |
| 30 | 22 August 2011 | Doug Cameron | Nick Minchin | Daniel Pipes Hanifa Deen Suelette Dreyfus |
| 31 | 29 August 2011 | Don Watson Kate Grenville Anna Funder Malalai Joy Omar Musa |
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| 30 | 5 September 2011 | Greg Combet | Sophie Mirabella | Clive Palmer Paul Howes Jessica Irvine |
| 31 | 12 September 2011 | Barnaby Joyce | Germaine Greer Paul Barry Melinda Tankard Reist Joe Hildebrand |
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| 32 | 19 September 2011 | Kristina Keneally | Raimond Gaita Cristina Rad Jim Wallace Gerard Henderson |
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| 33 | 26 September 2011 | Mark Butler | Helen Coonan | William McInnes Rob Oakeshott Janet Albrechtsen |
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