The latest news and comment on the Australian television program
July 2023
The weekly beast
Q+A on life support as executive producer joins Stan Grant and heads for the door
Amanda Meade
Q+A’s executive producer, Erin Vincent, quits the ABC. Plus: News Corp staff told to pay for print copies of SMH and AFR
June 2023
Insiders the only ABC current affairs show to grow broadcast audience as Q+A numbers collapse
Exclusive: Program hosted by David Speers bucks trend of declining audiences for broadcast TV, according to internal documents
May 2023
Full Story
Stan Grant’s departure and Australian media’s racism problem – Full Story podcast
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Stan Grant's impassioned Q+A leaving speech: 'I feel like I’m part of the problem’ – video
Stan Grant: Q+A presenter cites ‘poison’ of the media as he steps away from ABC show
Q+A host Stan Grant standing down from ABC show after racist abuse
December 2022
Ziggy Ramo on Black Snow, Anzac Day and his Q+A controversy: ‘I was like, I’ve broken the Matrix!’
After his panel show appearance made unexpected allies of Sky News and the ABC, the rapper is returning to the small screen – this time as an actor
October 2022
The weekly beast
Q+A moves back to Monday nights, ending speculation it might be axed
Amanda Meade
Schedule change restores ABC’s traditional Monday news and current affairs lineup. Plus, Rupert Murdoch to work from home
July 2022
‘A huge responsibility’: Stan Grant appointed permanent Q+A host by ABC
Full-time presenter announced a year after Hamish Macdonald quit and was replaced by rotating hosts
May 2022
Anthony Albanese bemoans campaign focus on ‘soundbites rather than values’ after forgetting NDIS detail
Labor leader says elections should not be ‘some bureaucratic gotcha game’ in solo appearance on ABC’s Q+A program
March 2022
Q+A audience member booted from studio after asking pro-Russia ‘rogue’ question
Stan Grant tells Sasha Gillies-Lekakis to leave ABC show in response to question about media coverage depicting ‘Ukraine as the good guy and Russia as the bad guy’
July 2021
Hamish Macdonald’s return to The Project forces Ten to dump Peter van Onselen from show
Van Onselen was told by Ten news executives last week he was to be moved aside for Macdonald, who quit the ABC’s Q&A
April 2021
Malcolm Turnbull accuses resources minister Keith Pitt of living in ‘coal-hugging bubble’
The weekly beast
Australian Financial Review betrayed by numbers after Samantha Maiden misfire
Amanda Meade
February 2021
The weekly beast
Back to school for Tele editors after 'activist teachers' exposé
Amanda Meade
News Corp’s examples of cultural Marxism come up short. Plus: Alan Jones apology relegated to Sky News corrections page
December 2020
News gaffes, MasterChef and TikTok pranks: Australia's most memorable on-screen moments in 2020
When premier press conferences are among the most talked-about TV shows, you know it’s been a strange year
November 2020
Q+A: Barnaby Joyce says office rules should not prevent a boss sleeping with an employee
Nationals MP says individuals should have the freedom to do ‘as their heart desires’, regardless of potential power imbalances
Q+A: Malcolm Turnbull clashes with News Corp's Paul Kelly over climate coverage
Former PM says Murdoch media has become ‘pure propaganda’ and is doing enormous damage to the world’s ability to respond to climate change
Q+A: Malcolm Turnbull attacks ‘shocking legacy’ of Murdoch and News Corp on climate crisis – video
In a heated debate about media bias on the ABC’s Q+A program, former Australian prime minister says global media company has 'done enormous damage' to western democracies
October 2020
The weekly beast
Erin Molan rejects Daily Mail's charge of racism, alleging 'royal commission' into her radio show
Amanda Meade
Mail produces 61-page document citing Molan’s radio comments in defamation case defence. Plus: James Murdoch on why he quit the family business
