Youth Minister Anne Aly has worked as an academic, professor and practitioner in counter-terrorism and violent extremism – and is the first Muslim woman to be elected to Australia's parliament.

Keith Wolahan is the Liberal MP for Menzies. He studied International Relations at Cambridge, served in the Australian Army and now represents one of the most multicultural electorates in the country.

Former Coalition government attorney-general George Brandis is now a professor in national security at Australian National University after serving four years as high commissioner to the United Kingdom.

American writer Roxane Gay is the New York Times bestselling author of ‘The Bad Feminist’ and other books and publications, a college professor, editor and renowned social commentator.

David Runciman is a British author, podcaster and academic, teaching politics at Cambridge. His book ‘How Democracy Ends’ warns of rising popularism and the undermining of institutions.

The Q+A audience and panel discussed how algorithms can make us go down rabbit-holes and how we can holistically create safer online spaces for young people.

Comedian Michelle Brasier was once told by a doctor that given her family history she had a 97 per cent chance of getting cancer. Her response – to laugh in the face of death. Watch Australian Story 8pm Monday on ABC TV and ABC iview.