ABC announces probe into feminist Q&A episode after audience complaints

Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher said the decision to investigate Monday night's Q&A program was "appropriate".

Monday night's Q&A panel with guest host Fran Kelly. Source: ABC Australia

The ABC will investigate whether Monday night's episode of Q&A breached editorial standards after receiving several audience complaints about the language and ideas expressed by the panel.

The entirely non-male panel featured high-profile feminists - Egyptian-American writer Mona Eltahawy, Indigenous screenwriter Nayuka Gorrie, journalist Jess Hill, business leader Hana Assafiri and anti-ageism campaigner Ashton Applewhite - ahead of this weekend's Broadside Festival, hosted by the Wheeler Centre.

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