Episodes

  • Why diphtheria is spreading in remote Indigenous communities

    Why diphtheria is spreading in remote Indigenous communities
    Jun 7 2026
    Australia is facing the largest outbreak of diphtheria, dubbed a ‘disease of poverty’, in living memory. For decades, the highly contagious and life-threatening bacterial disease was almost eradicated, but now it is spreading in remote Indigenous communities around the country. Nour Haydar speaks with Indigenous affairs correspondent Sarah Collard and Indigenous affairs reporter Douglas Smith on what is being done to stop the spread of the disease
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    21 mins
  • The Sunday Read: Will Australia stand for how the US treats its allies?

    The Sunday Read: Will Australia stand for how the US treats its allies?
    Jun 6 2026
    When news broke that Australia will buy only secondhand nuclear submarines from the US, it signalled a major shift in the Aukus deal. It’s made Emma Shortis, the director of international and security affairs at the Australia Institute, ask: what’s a few secondhand subs between friends?
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    6 mins
  • Back to Back Barries: Does One Nation have a ceiling or a wall?

    Back to Back Barries: Does One Nation have a ceiling or a wall?
    Jun 5 2026
    Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry break down the new Redbridge polling that shows One Nation with the highest primary vote in the country, a result unprecedented in Australian politics. They also discuss Peter Garrett’s appointment to head a new public inquiry into Aukus and whether Anthony Albanese has enough political capital to afford it
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    33 mins
  • Newsroom Edition: Are falling house prices a trap for Labor?

    Newsroom Edition: Are falling house prices a trap for Labor?
    Jun 4 2026
    Josephine Tovey speaks with Gabrielle Jackson, Patrick Keneally and Jonathan Barrett about why Labor is damned if they do and damned if they don’t when it comes to the diabolical political conundrum of trying to solve the housing affordability crisis without bringing down house prices
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    27 mins
  • A daughter’s plea to halt her father’s deportation to Nauru

    A daughter’s plea to halt her father’s deportation to Nauru
    Jun 3 2026
    When Australia’s high court ruled indefinite immigration detention unlawful in 2023, Sara’s* father returned home to Australia’s east coast after years in onshore immigration detention. He is just one of the more than 350 people who make up what’s known as the NZYQ cohort, which includes individuals who have had their visas cancelled on character grounds but cannot be deported to their country of origin. Last year the Australian government signed a secretive deal to deport members of the group to Nauru on 30-year visas, and Sara fears her father could be next. She speaks to Nour Haydar *Not her real name • Sara fears her father will be deported from Australia to Nauru – a place of ‘final and lifelong punishment’
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    25 mins
  • Decoding America: Trump is throwing a party for himself. Will Americans RSVP?

    Decoding America: Trump is throwing a party for himself. Will Americans RSVP?
    Jun 3 2026
    Co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy ask where it all went wrong for the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations as artists pull out of a scheduled concert series and celebrations. Also: the California governor primary race, why it matters and which candidate has a character based on him in Armando Iannucci’s The Thick of It
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    28 mins
  • One Nation and the brewing anti-abortion culture war

    One Nation and the brewing anti-abortion culture war
    Jun 2 2026
    Support for Pauline Hanson’s populist party has given fresh impetus to a loose network of activists trying to chip away at reproductive rights.Reged Ahmad speaks with Tory Shepherd about whether this brewing movement will mirror the culture war in the US
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    20 mins
  • Peter Garrett on why Australians deserve the truth about Aukus

    Peter Garrett on why Australians deserve the truth about Aukus
    Jun 1 2026
    Former environment minister Peter Garrett will lead an independent inquiry into the Aukus defence pact, launched by a group of Labor veterans and public figures concerned proper scrutiny has never been applied to the $368bn defence plan. The group argues there has never been a more critical time to examine the cost and potential risk associated with our increasingly close ties with the United States military. Peter Garrett joins Nour Haydar to discuss whether Aukus will make us safer – or turn us into a nuclear target
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    25 mins