‘A huge responsibility’: Stan Grant appointed permanent Q+A host by ABC

‘It is an honour to take the helm of Q+A,’ says Stan Grant, who has been appointed host of the ABC’s weekly program. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The ABC has permanently appointed Stan Grant as the full-time host of the weekly flagship discussion program Q+A, a year after Hamish Macdonald quit and was replaced by rotating hosts.

Grant will begin his role as a solo host with a special Monday edition of Q+A on 1 August from the Garma festival in north-east Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.