Episodes

  • Labor’s ‘ambitious’ budget: will it be enough to fix the housing crisis?

    Labor’s ‘ambitious’ budget: will it be enough to fix the housing crisis?
    May 12 2026
    Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down what he calls the most important budget in decades. As Donald Trump’s war on Iran continues to cause chaos around the world, and support for One Nation surges in Australia, the treasurer insists this is a budget that will ease economic pressures. But does the bold rhetoric stack up? And will this budget be enough to stem the rise of the populist right? Nour Haydar speaks with Tom Mcllroy and Patrick Commins, who break down a budget that comes with big reforms and big questions
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    21 mins
  • Why does everyone hate Keir Starmer?

    Why does everyone hate Keir Starmer?
    May 12 2026
    Aditya Chakrabortty on the Labour leader’s predicament – and if he may be the last prime minister of the two-party system
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    27 mins
  • Bullying or entertainment? Inside the Kyle and Jackie O courtroom

    Bullying or entertainment? Inside the Kyle and Jackie O courtroom
    May 11 2026
    Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson may have left the airwaves but the former radio duo have now taken the show’s drama into the courtroom as they do battle in separate cases over the terminations of their $100m contracts. Media correspondent Amanda Meade speaks to Reged Ahmad about what it’s like inside the courtroom and whether this case could herald the end of the big-name radio star’s career
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    15 mins
  • One Nation’s historic win in Farrer

    One Nation’s historic win in Farrer
    May 10 2026
    On Saturday, the rightwing party won a lower-house seat for the first time as voters registered their fury in the Farrer byelection. And while newly elected MP, David Farley, may have been on the ticket, many are saying this is very much Pauline Hanson’s victory. Senior correspondent Sarah Martin and political reporter Sarah Basford Canales speak to Reged Ahmad from Albury the morning after the seismic result.
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    25 mins
  • The Sunday read: Paul Daley on going the distance in an EV

    The Sunday read: Paul Daley on going the distance in an EV
    May 9 2026
    Amid fuel insecurity due to the US-Israel war on Iran, Guardian Australia columnist Paul Daley takes his first holiday driving an electric vehicle. Staring down the uncertainty of a long drive and battery-charging breaks – he learns something beautiful along the way
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    6 mins
  • Back to back Barries: One Nation’s Trump-sized achilles heel

    Back to back Barries: One Nation’s Trump-sized achilles heel
    May 8 2026
    Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry dive into new Redbridge polling that shows Pauline Hanson’s support of Donald Trump’s war on Iran could turn voters off. They also discuss the upcoming federal budget, the returning IS-linked families and listener feedback on last week’s gas tax debate
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    32 mins
  • Newsroom Edition: Michelle Milthorpe on fighting One Nation in Farrer

    Newsroom Edition: Michelle Milthorpe on fighting One Nation in Farrer
    May 7 2026
    This Saturday’s byelection in Sussan Ley’s former seat of Farrer is expected to be a tight two-horse race between a community independent and a One Nation candidate – with none of the major parties in serious contention. The independent candidate, Michelle Milthorpe, speaks to the political editor, Tom McIlroy, on the Australian Politics podcast about her second time vying for the regional seat, why she resists being labelled as a ‘teal’ and her position on climate and environmental policies in her electorate
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    33 mins
  • An Infowars insider on the warped world of Alex Jones

    An Infowars insider on the warped world of Alex Jones
    May 7 2026
    As the satirical online newspaper the Onion waits for court approval to take over the conspiracy website Infowars, Helen Pidd speaks to a former staff member about its sinister rise and dramatic fall
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    37 mins