Q&A will air twice next week, with Monday’s show to be followed by a special episode on Tuesday after host Tony Jones and Bill Gates front an audience at The University of New South Wales.

On Monday 27th May at 9.35pm, Tony Jones will be joined live (AEST) in the Q&A studio by:

American astrophysicist and atheist Lawrence Krauss;

America’s first openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson;

Conservative morals campaigner Fred Nile;

Howard Government Minister turned Radio National broadcaster Amanda Vanstone; and

Hawke Government Minister turned Age Discrimination Commissioner Susan Ryan.

And Q&A With Bill Gates will air on Tuesday 28th May, featuring Microsoft founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates as the sole panellist.

The discussion will be filmed on Tuesday afternoon, and screen at 8.30pm on ABC1 across the country. Q&A will broadcast a live (AEST) Twitter feed of audience comments through the program as normal.

ABC News 24 will also broadcast Bill Gate’s address to the National Press Club, live from the Great Hall of Parliament in Canberra, on Tuesday 28th May from 12.30-1.30pm AEST. He is expected to urge the Australian government to increase its aid budget, in particular to help fight malaria and polio in developing countries.

Q&A is simulcast live around the country on ABC1, ABC News 24 and ABC News Radio at 9.35pm AEST. The Australia Network also broadcasts Q&A live into Southeast Asia and the Pacific at 9.35pm AEST every Monday night.

Members of the public can get involved in Q&A in a variety of ways:

Register to be part of the Q&A live studio audience at abc.net.au/qanda ;

live studio audience at ; Submit questions for the panel, also at abc.net.au/qanda ;

; Contribute to the discussion via Q&A’s Twitter highlights feed, using #qanda;

Twitter highlights feed, using #qanda; Follow @qanda on Twitter to receive first-hand updates about the program and panel members.

For ABC TV queries, please contact:

Rachel Fergus, Publicist

fergus.rachel@abc.net.au

For UNSW queries, please contact:

Denise Knight, A/Director, UNSW Media Office

d.knight@unsw.edu.au

Media interview requests for Bill Gates, please contact:

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

media@gatesfoundation.org