Even the Q&A crowd have had it with Q&A

The ABC political talkfest Q&A recorded its lowest-ever ratings on the same night Malcolm Turnbull and Sarah Hanson-Young featured as panellists was a classic case of cause meet effect.

Thursday’s program attracted just 224,000 viewers — which means the only people watching were those employed in the national broadcaster’s legal department.

The remaining 25 million Australians did anything else but tune in. And who could blame them?

The Turnbull/Hanson-Young double act was a ratings disaster waiting to happen, even without the rehash of climate change orthodoxy thrown in. 

Senator Hanson-Young and ratings greatness do not go hand-in-hand.

And you’ve almost got to feel sorry for former prime minister Turnbull.

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