Episodes

  • Adam Bandt on Fatima Payman, toeing the party line and the war in Gaza

    Adam Bandt on Fatima Payman, toeing the party line and the war in Gaza
    Jul 5 2024
    Guardian Australia’s political editor Karen Middleton speaks with the Greens leader Adam Bandt about Fatima Payman’s decision to quit the Labor party, calls for the Australian government to do more about the war in Gaza, and the Greens’ long-term objectives
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    37 mins
  • Guardian Essential report: do voters want Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plants?

    Guardian Essential report: do voters want Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plants?
    Jul 3 2024
    Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent Paul Karp and Peter Lewis from Essential Media talk about voter concerns over the cost and safety of Dutton’s nuclear energy policy. They also discuss Albanese’s approval rating dipping to to an all-time low and a satirical conspiracy theory about birds.
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    25 mins
  • Fatima Payman and the cost of voting with her conscience

    Fatima Payman and the cost of voting with her conscience
    Jul 1 2024
    Last week Labor senator Fatima Payman made national headlines when she broke ranks with her party and voted in support of a Greens motion to recognise a state of Palestine. The Western Australian senator now claims she has been ‘exiled’ by the Labor party after the vote. Political editor Karen Middleton speaks to Nour Haydar about the consequences of crossing the floor
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    20 mins
  • Head of Australian Border Force, Michael Outram, responds to reports of sexual harassment across the ABF

    Head of Australian Border Force, Michael Outram, responds to reports of sexual harassment across the ABF
    Jun 28 2024
    Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent, Paul Karp, talks to Australian Border Force commissioner, Michael Outram, about Border Force’s response to two damning Australian Human Rights Commission reports into allegations of sexual discrimination and harassment across the ABF and its marine unit.
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    33 mins
  • Simon Birmingham on China, abandoning 2030 climate targets and nuclear power

    Simon Birmingham on China, abandoning 2030 climate targets and nuclear power
    Jun 21 2024
    Guardian Australia political editor Karen Middleton speaks with the shadow foreign affairs minister and opposition leader in the Senate, Simon Birmingham. This follows both the visit of Chinese premier Li Qiang and Peter Dutton’s announcement of the Coalition’s seven proposed nuclear sites this week. They discuss the uncertainties and outcomes of the historic visit, relations with our Pacific neighbours and the opposition’s mixed messages on the role of renewables in the transition to net zero in 2050
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    39 mins
  • Guardian Essential report: voters split on Dutton’s 2030 target – Australian politics podcast

    Guardian Essential report: voters split on Dutton’s 2030 target – Australian politics podcast
    Jun 19 2024
    Paul Karp, Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent, and columnist Peter Lewis discuss what voters think about opposition leader Peter Dutton’s announcement to abandon Australia’s emissions reduction target for 2030. Climate experts have described it as a ‘destructive’ and ‘utterly irresponsible’ move that would breach Australia’s legally binding commitment to the Paris climate agreement. But voters are split on this controversial proposal.
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    25 mins
  • Anthony Albanese on climate targets, gas strategy and the voice eight months on

    Anthony Albanese on climate targets, gas strategy and the voice eight months on
    Jun 12 2024
    Guardian Australia’s political editor, Karen Middleton, speaks with the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, about the Coalition’s decision to ditch the 2030 target, pro-Palestine protests outside electorate offices and the voice eight months on
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    43 mins
  • Bill Shorten on the misuse of the NDIS and what’s being done to fix it

    Bill Shorten on the misuse of the NDIS and what’s being done to fix it
    Jun 7 2024
    Guardian Australia’s political editor Karen Middleton speaks with Bill Shorten, the minister for government services and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, on the misuse of the NDIS, robodebt and why he won’t be the next ambassador to France
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    34 mins