Q&A (2008)
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George Brandis as Self - Panellist
Episodes 19
Boom shake shake shake the room!
The headliners for 12 June, 2008 were the Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon, Senator George Brandis, associate professor Kate Crawford, Liberal MP Pru Goward and the Chaser's Charles Firth.
Read MoreAll’s fair in love and politics
On Q&A, star graduate of the NSW Labor Left Faction, master strategist and now Minister for Infrastructure, Anthony Albanese and former barrister and current Shadow Attorney General, George Brandis were joined by Blanche D’Alpuget, biographer and wife of former PM, Bob Hawke. They were mixing it up with doctor and author, Cindy Pan and former chief of staff to John Howard, Grahame Morris.
Read MoreChinese Puzzles
Tony Jones's guests this week include Senator George Brandis and Young Liberal Party member Rachel Fry.
Read MoreQueensland Rising
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New PM & Population
Panellists: Tony Burke, Minister for Sustainable Population; George Brandis, shadow attorney-general; Annabel Crabb, journalist and commentator; Cheryl Kernot, former Labor MP and Leader of the Australian Democrats; and Grahame Morris, political commentator and former Liberal staffer.
Read MoreThat's Goodbye From Us...
Panellists: Bill Shorten, Assistant Treasurer; George Brandis, shadow attorney-general; Randa Abdel Fattah, author and lawyer; Janet Albrechtsen, conservative commentator; and Jonathan Biggins, satirist and performer.
Read MoreCate's Carbon Controversy
Panellists: George Brandis, shadow attorney-general; Kate Lundy, Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration; Jackie Kelly, former Howard government minister; Guy Rundle, roving reporter for Crikey; and Joe Hildebrand, columnist and blogger for The Daily Telegraph.
Read MoreThe Qld Election
Panellists: Craig Emerson, Trade Minister; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Larissa Waters, Queensland Greens Senator; Grahame Morris, political strategist; Liberty Sanger, labor lawyer.
Read MoreThe Great Boat Debacle
Panellists: Kate Lundy, Minister for Sport and Multicultural Affairs; Tim Freedman, lead singer of The Whitlams; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Dr John Lee, foreign policy academic and China expert; and Louise Adler, CEO of Melbourne University Publishing.
Read MoreManners, Mining and the Can-do Attitude
Panellists: Katie Noonan, singer-songwriter; Craig Emerson, Minister for Trade; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Bob Katter, political maverick and leader of the Australian Party; and Debbie Kilroy, prisoner rights advocate.
Read MoreCry Freedom
Joining Tony Jones on the panel are: trust expert, Rachel Botsman; Shadow Attorney-General George Brandis; Senator for the state of Western Australia, Chris Evans; TV presenter-turned-lawyer, Corinne Grant; and Editor at the Institute of Public Affairs, James Paterson.
Read MoreSpeculation & Discrimination
Panellists: Anne Summers, Author The Misogyny Factor; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Graham Richardson, Labor powerbroker turned commentator; Matt Thistlethwaite, Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs; and Judith Sloan, Economist and businesswoman.
Read MorePM, Palmer & the Poisoned Chalice
Panellists: Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Health & Medical Research; George Brandis, Shadow Attorney General; Michael Kroger, Former President of the Victorian Liberal Party; Lenore Taylor, Chief Political Correspondent The Guardian; and Graham Richardson, Labor powerbroker turned commentator.
Read MoreVilification, Discrimination & Defamation
Tony Jones is joined by Attorney-General George Brandis; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen; Professor of Indigenous Studies Marcia Langton; journalist Lisa Wilkinson; The Australian's media editor Sharri Markson.
Read MoreNational Security: Finding A Balance
Toughening terror laws - Attorney General George Brandis joins host Tony Jones on the panel, live from Bankstown.
Read MoreLiberal Split, Senate Vote and Chilcot
On the panel Live from Melbourne: Attorney-General George Brandis; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Senator-elect Derryn Hinch; weekly columnist, Guardian Australia Van Badham; and broadcaster Steve Price.
Read MorePensions, Debt and NDIS
Q&A's Tony Jones is joined by Attorney-General George Brandis; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Barrister & human rights advocate Julian Burnside; political commentator Piers Akerman & Pollster Michele Levine.
Read MoreAustralia Day and Families Divided
Tony Jones is joined by Attorney-General George Brandis, Manager of Opposition Business Tony Burke, Independent Senator for TAS Jacqui Lambie, City of Sydney Councillor Christine Forster, and singer/songwriter Dan Sultan.
Read MoreProtections, Preferences & Parliamentarians
Joining Tony Jones this week: Attorney-General George Brandis; Shadow Minister for Employment & Workplace Relations Brendan O'Connor; Greens Senator Janet Rice; Christian radio broadcaster Stephen O'Doherty, and Jacqui Lambie.
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