Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott will be Tony Jones' special guest on Q&A on Monday 16th August.

Before a live studio audience, at a venue to be confirmed, the Leader of the Opposition will take questions direct from the studio audience as well as questions from Q&A viewers.

Last night's Q&A - with Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, - was seen by more than 841,000 Australians - a record number of viewers for the program since Q&A's debut in 2008.