Peter McEvoy (journalist)

Peter McEvoy is an Australian journalist and television producer.

McEvoy is perhaps best known as being the creator and executive producer of ABC Television's weekly panel discussion program Q&A.

[1] He is also a former executive producer of Media Watch, Big Ideas and Difference of Opinion.

[3] In 2015, McEvoy received a formal warning from the ABC Board for misconduct for failing to refer a decision for approval prior to allowing former suspected terrorist Zaky Mallah to question a government minister on Q&A.

[3] While working at ABC Radio National, McEvoy was awarded the Gold Walkley for his Background Briefing report "Affordable Safety" following the Young plane crash in 1993 which killed seven people.