Episodes

  • Amanda Rishworth on how Labor is tackling gender-based violence

    Amanda Rishworth on how Labor is tackling gender-based violence
    Nov 22 2024
    This Monday marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Guardian Australia’s political editor, Karen Middleton, speaks with the federal minister for social services, Amanda Rishworth, about the situation in Australia, whether things are improving and what’s being done to safeguard funding for services against future changes in government. They talk about how perpetrators use the social welfare system to punish former and current partners, and how First Nations-designed services are helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who are disproportionately affected by gender-based violence
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    37 mins
  • Guardian Essential report: Australians worry about the climate crisis and the economy as Trump returns

    Guardian Essential report: Australians worry about the climate crisis and the economy as Trump returns
    Nov 20 2024
    Guardian Australia chief political correspondent, Paul Karp, and Essential Media executive director, Peter Lewis, talk about what Australians think about Donald Trump’s election win
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    28 mins
  • Clare O’Neil on Labor’s plan to fix the housing crisis

    Clare O’Neil on Labor’s plan to fix the housing crisis
    Nov 15 2024
    Guardian Australia’s political editor, Karen Middleton, speaks with the federal housing and homelessness minister, Clare O’Neil. They discuss whether a double dissolution is on the horizon, the role housing will play in the upcoming federal election campaign and how the housing crisis is more than just a problem of economics
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    31 mins
  • Arthur Sinodinos on what Trump keeping his promises means for Australia

    Arthur Sinodinos on what Trump keeping his promises means for Australia
    Nov 8 2024
    Guardian Australia’s political editor Karen Middleton speaks with Arthur Sinodinos AO, former ambassador to the US, chair of the Australia Practice at the Asia Group, as well as a former Liberal senator and adviser to John Howard. They talk about why Americans voted as they did, what the outcome means for Australia’s upcoming election, and how big a threat Donald Trump’s plans are to the Australian economy and security in the region
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    44 mins
  • Bridget McKenzie on the Qantas saga and conflicts of interest

    Bridget McKenzie on the Qantas saga and conflicts of interest
    Nov 1 2024
    Guardian Australia’s political editor, Karen Middleton, speaks with the federal shadow transport and infrastructure minister, Bridget McKenzie. They discuss the prime minister’s upgrades with Qantas, opposition leader Peter Dutton’s free flight care of Gina Rinehart, and whether the parliamentary register of interests needs an overhaul
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    40 mins
  • Bob Brown on Lidia Thorpe and the right to protest

    Bob Brown on Lidia Thorpe and the right to protest
    Oct 25 2024
    Guardian Australia’s political editor, Karen Middleton, speaks with Bob Brown – environmentalist, social justice campaigner, former senator and leader of the Australian Greens. They talk about the right to protest in a democracy in light of Lidia Thorpe’s recent protest against King Charles during his visit to Parliament House in Canberra, and Bob Brown’s decision to speak out against George W Bush in 2003
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    39 mins
  • Guardian Essential report: why has support for the Australian republic gone tepid?

    Guardian Essential report: why has support for the Australian republic gone tepid?
    Oct 23 2024
    Guardian Australia political editor Karen Middleton and Essential Media executive director Peter Lewis take a look at the latest Essential poll to see how popular King Charles III is in Australia and what support there is to become a republic
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    22 mins
  • David Pocock on why negotiation is key to good government

    David Pocock on why negotiation is key to good government
    Oct 18 2024
    After almost a full term as a politician, independent senator David Pocock joins political editor Karen Middleton. They discuss why he thinks Labor’s refusal to bargain with the crossbench is holding back changes that Australians need, if Albanese buying a multi-million dollar house this week is a bad look and what his past as a professional rugby player has taught him about his current job
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    37 mins