Episodes

  • Back to Back Barries: Will the Iran war trigger another recession we have to have?

    Back to Back Barries: Will the Iran war trigger another recession we have to have?
    Mar 20 2026
    Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine the fuel crisis and whether the Australian public will blame the Albanese government for the growing economic fallout from Trump’s war on Iran. They also discuss Liberal MP Andrew Hastie’s criticism of – and distancing from – the US president, the RBA’s raising of the cash rate and why the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, is ‘opening the door’ for a recession
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    26 mins
  • Newsroom edition: how Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is changing politics

    Newsroom edition: how Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is changing politics
    Mar 19 2026
    Josephine Tovey speaks with Mike Ticher and Sarah Martin about why the electorate is flocking to the rightwing political movement, and what major parties can do to win voters back
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    28 mins
  • What Nigel Farage will say for money

    What Nigel Farage will say for money
    Mar 18 2026
    The Reform UK leader has a lucrative extra gig sending paid-for Cameo messages. But an analysis of more than 4,000 show they include videos for a neo-Nazi group and a rioter. Henry Dyer reports
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    32 mins
  • Will One Nation go mainstream in South Australia’s election?

    Will One Nation go mainstream in South Australia’s election?
    Mar 17 2026
    South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas is predicted to win this Saturday’s state election by a landslide – but that’s not why this poll is attracting so much interest. Analysts and politicians alike are watching because this will be One Nation’s first real test since its surge in opinion polls. Can this rightwing populist party translate those eye-opening numbers into seats? Chief political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy went to Adelaide to find out. He speaks to Reged Ahmad about what One Nation voters told him, and why the major parties are seeking to learn lessons on how to counter the party’s rise
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    22 mins
  • Will the strait of Hormuz torpedo Trump's war?

    Will the strait of Hormuz torpedo Trump's war?
    Mar 17 2026
    Events in the narrow waterway are causing chaos around the globe. The Guardian’s energy correspondent, Jillian Ambrose, explains why
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    27 mins
  • How police are using ‘less lethal’ weapons at protests

    How police are using ‘less lethal’ weapons at protests
    Mar 16 2026
    Stinger grenades, OC spray and bean bag rounds: these are just some of the “less lethal” weapons police have at their disposal and that are increasingly being used against protestors. Nour Haydar speaks with Ariel Bogle and Nino Bucci about how police are using these controversial new tools, and how some have also been linked to multiple deaths
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    22 mins
  • Was Iran really building a nuclear weapon?

    Was Iran really building a nuclear weapon?
    Mar 15 2026
    Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuclear weapons program. But how close was the country really to developing an atomic weapon? Ian Sample hears from Kelsey Davenport, the director of non-proliferation policy at the Arms Control Association. She sets out why many experts don’t believe the country even had a structured nuclear weapons program and explains what she thinks the impact of the war could be on nuclear proliferation around the world
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    17 mins
  • The Sunday read: Paul Daley on Australia’s blind acceptance of Trump’s war on Iran

    The Sunday read: Paul Daley on Australia’s blind acceptance of Trump’s war on Iran
    Mar 14 2026
    As Australia risks becoming entangled in Trump and Netanyahu’s war on Iran, Guardian Australia columnist Paul Daley questions whether appeasing the White House at all costs indulges a US-Australia relationship that no longer exists
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    7 mins