QandA

6 July 2015: Panellists: 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.

29 June 2015: Panellists: 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.

22 June 2015: Panellists: 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.

18 June 2015: Panellists: Professor Dennis Altman, Gay rights activist and author; Paul Capsis, Entertainer; Julie McCrossin, Broadcaster and journalist; Fred Nile, Conservative Morals Campaigner; Julia Doulman, Transgender Woman; and Katherine Hudson, Founder, Wear it Purple.

15 June 2015: Panellists: Bronwyn Bishop, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, Founder, The newDemocracy Foundation; Noel Pearson, Chairman, Cape York Partnership; Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission; and Bret Walker, Magna Carta Committee.

8 June 2015: Panellists: 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 Centre.

1 June 2015: Panellists: 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.

25 May 2015: Panellist: Joe Hockey, Treasurer.

18 May 2015: Panellists: 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.

11 May 2015: Panellists: 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.

4 May 2015: Panellists: 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.

27 April 2015: Panellists: 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.

20 April 2015: Panellists: 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.

13 April 2015: Panellists: 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.

6 April 2015: Panellists: 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.