Episodes

  • Back to Back Barries: How the fuel crisis could hurt Albanese

    Back to Back Barries: How the fuel crisis could hurt Albanese
    Mar 27 2026
    Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry go for a deep dive into the South Australian election outcome and what it means for federal politics. They examine what the results tell us about preferences and why the Liberals should be cautious when placing One Nation second on the ballot. They also discuss whether Anthony Albanese has any appetite for tax reform in the upcoming budget, whether the fuel crisis could take a turn for the worst against Labor, and why Andrew Hastie is such a dangerous political opponent
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    33 mins
  • Andrew Roth on what’s really going on with Trump’s peace talks

    Andrew Roth on what’s really going on with Trump’s peace talks
    Mar 26 2026
    More than four weeks into the war, Donald Trump says peace talks with Iran are going well, but Iran denies any negotiations are taking place. Reged Ahmad speaks with global affairs correspondent Andrew Roth about what we know about what’s on the table between the two warring nations, and why it is hard to believe Trump wants the war to end
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    18 mins
  • Andrew Hastie on Trump’s ‘overconfident’ Iran war

    Andrew Hastie on Trump’s ‘overconfident’ Iran war
    Mar 26 2026
    This week, as fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran continues, the fuel crisis hit Australian hip pockets harder than ever before. Meanwhile the Liberal party faces its own existential reckoning: voters moving further right towards One Nation. In this replay of the Guardian’s Australian Politics podcast, political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to the shadow minister for industry and sovereign capability, Andrew Hastie, about Australia’s response to the global fuel shock, why he thinks we need to reindustrialise and his vision for the Liberal party’s response to One Nation
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    29 mins
  • Is Israel deploying the ‘Gaza model’ in Lebanon?

    Is Israel deploying the ‘Gaza model’ in Lebanon?
    Mar 25 2026
    As Israeli strikes have intensified in Lebanon reporter William Christou has been travelling around the country witnessing the destruction in some of the hardest hit places. In just three weeks more than 1,000 people have been killed, including 121 children. And as the military bombs vital bridges Israeli leaders have made no secret of their plan to occupy large parts of southern Lebanon. He speaks to Nour Haydar.
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    21 mins
  • Can Australia avoid the worst of the oil shock?

    Can Australia avoid the worst of the oil shock?
    Mar 24 2026
    Australia is facing skyrocketing oil prices and demand, as supply is blocked at the strait of Hormuz amid the US and Israel’s war on Iran. With only 30 days of supply onshore, the International Energy Agency says this crunch is worse than the fuel crisis Australia faced in 1979. Business editor Jonathan Barrett and political editor Tom McIlroy join Reged Ahmad to discuss the scale of the economic pain to come, and whether the government will use this moment as an opportunity for bold reform
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    21 mins
  • Inside One Nation's orange wave in SA and what it means for the nation

    Inside One Nation's orange wave in SA and what it means for the nation
    Mar 23 2026
    Pauline Hanson’s One Nation surged ahead of the Liberal party and secured seats in both sides of the South Australian parliament in the recent state election. It’s the first time the rightwing anti-immigration party has won a lower house seat outside Queensland, leaving many asking whether the fringe party has gone mainstream and whether the weekend’s election result will be replicated in other states. Tory Shepherd and Dan Jervis-Bardy talk to Nour Haydar about whether the SA result will lead to more culture wars and anti-migrant rhetoric nationally
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    27 mins
  • What the Epstein case teaches us about grooming

    What the Epstein case teaches us about grooming
    Mar 23 2026
    Lucia Osborne-Crowley on what we should learn from Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes
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    34 mins
  • Why the Christchurch attack still awaits a full reckoning

    Why the Christchurch attack still awaits a full reckoning
    Mar 22 2026
    In 2019, a white supremacist murdered 51 worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch in what was New Zealand’s worst mass shooting. On the seventh anniversary of the terror attack, New Zealanders gathered once again to commemorate the tragedy. But in Australia, some say we have yet to reckon with the massacre, which was perpetrated by a man raised and radicalised in Australia. Imam Alaa Elzokm and investigations reporter Ariel Bogle speak to Reged Ahmad about why Australia struggles to confront its connection to the massacre and what could be done to confront Islamophobia
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    23 mins