Episodes

  • The Sunday read: Who gets to be Australian?

    The Sunday read: Who gets to be Australian?
    Apr 18 2026
    This week, in the wake of opposition leader Angus Taylor announcing the Coalition’s new hardline immigration policy, author Yumna Kassab questions how Australia views itself and its migrants
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    6 mins
  • Back to Back Barries: the Coalition’s “risky” immigration plan

    Back to Back Barries: the Coalition’s “risky” immigration plan
    Apr 17 2026
    Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy discuss the opposition leader, Angus Taylor’s, new immigration policy and why Tony sees it as a strategy to come second. They also look at Donald Trump’s stoush with the pope, Anthony Albanese’s cautiousness when it comes to taking on gambling advertising and why this years budget will be one of the toughest ever delivered.
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    39 mins
  • How Gina Rinehart lost hundreds of millions of dollars in court

    How Gina Rinehart lost hundreds of millions of dollars in court
    Apr 16 2026
    In this bonus episode of the Walkley-nominated series about Australia’s richest person, senior correspondent Sarah Martin and producer Joe Koning examine Wednesday’s landmark court ruling that ends a 15-year-court battle between Gina Rinehart and rival heirs
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    26 mins
  • Angus Taylor’s Trumpian immigration plan

    Angus Taylor’s Trumpian immigration plan
    Apr 15 2026
    Liberal leader Angus Taylor has announced his new immigration policy including a crackdown on immigration and an emphasis on ‘Australian values’ in determining who is allowed to come to the country. Political reporter Dan Jervis-Bardy speaks to Reged Ahmad about why the Liberal leader is borrowing from One Nation’s playbook and how the policy could backfire on the Coalition
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    22 mins
  • What will it take for the PM to speak up against Trump?

    What will it take for the PM to speak up against Trump?
    Apr 14 2026
    Earlier this month, as the United States and Israel’s war on Iran raged, the prime minister frustrated many when he reiterated his support for the US- Australian alliance. And he did so again days later when he responded to Donald Trump’s threat to wipe out the entire Iranian civilisation by calling it inappropriate. Political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to Nour Haydar about how the Australian government’s response and language stacks up and why Anthony Albanese is being so cautious
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    21 mins
  • Decoding America: Trump v the Pope

    Decoding America: Trump v the Pope
    Apr 14 2026
    In this episode of Decoding America, Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy look at Donald Trump’s war of words with the Pope, that AI image and the blowback it has received - especially when seen through the administration’s painting of the war through a religious lens. They also also examine how the new blockade of the strait of Hormuz will work in practice, the US making such a contradictory move after failed negotiations with Iran, and why the US president and Marco Rubio were at the UFC while it was all going down. Decoding America is a new podcast from Guardian Australia hosted by Reged Ahmad with Jonathan Yerushalmy, Guardian Australia’s US site editor.
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    31 mins
  • Who should pay for the health impacts of the climate change?

    Who should pay for the health impacts of the climate change?
    Apr 13 2026
    Over recent years, the warnings about the threat posed by rising sea levels have been getting louder and more urgent. Now, a new international commission has been set up, with experts saying rising seas are already damaging bodies, minds, livelihoods and cultures. The commission will bring together two dozen health and environment leaders to examine the impact of the climate crisis on human health and justice. Guardian Australia’s medical editor, Melissa Davey, has exclusive details on their findings about who will be most affected if sea levels continue to rise and who should pick up the bill when climate change affects our health and wellbeing. She talks to host Nour Haydar.
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    20 mins
  • Two US court losses show the shifting tide against Meta – Full Story podcast

    Two US court losses show the shifting tide against Meta – Full Story podcast
    Apr 12 2026
    Last month in the United States in two separate court rooms, in two separate states and in the span of just two days, the world’s most powerful social media company, Meta, was sent a message. The cases in New Mexico and California found Meta liable for products that inflict harm on young people, and were the first of thousands to go to court. Technology reporter for Guardian US, Dara Kerr, speaks to Nour Haydar about the landmark verdicts and why some believe this could be big tech’s big tobacco moment
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    23 mins