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Wages aren’t rising fast enough to keep up with inflation, and it means that many workers are actually falling behind.

At the same time, the corporate profit share is going up – it's now at a record 31 per cent of Australia’s national income.

These are the stakes for next week’s national job summit, where businesses, unions and economic experts will sit down with the new government to make their case for changes to our jobs, workplaces and our pay.

Today, executive director of the Australia Institute Richard Denniss on how Australian wages stagnated… and what the federal government could be doing to fix that. 

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Guest: Executive director of the Australia Institute, Richard Denniss.

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With the balance of power in the senate, the Greens hold significant sway over what gets done under this government.

But at the same time, the dynamics within the Greens party room have dramatically transformed – out of 16 Greens parliamentarians, five are now from Queensland.

So how will they change the Australian Greens and what agenda do they represent? 

Today, journalist Paddy Manning on the Brisbane Greens and how their “radical agenda” began to appeal to Queenslanders.

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Guest: Author of Inside the Greens, Paddy Manning

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Today, the Prime Minister will reveal legal advice on Scott Morrison’s secret appointment to five ministries.

While the country waits to hear about what legal dilemmas the affair entails, the former prime minister’s colleagues are responding both privately and publicly.

The explanations from Morrison have left some unconvinced and there are still questions over the purpose of such a ministerial power grab.

Today, chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper Karen Middleton on the reaction of Scott Morrison’s former cabinet colleagues.

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Guest: Chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Karen Middleton

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The spread of monkeypox is testing public health officials worldwide. 

It’s a virus that is challenging both our ability to get vaccines and medicines to the people who need them most - and the ability of health authorities to send the right message.

So what is the right health message? And how do we empower communities, after they have been through two years of a Covid-19 pandemic?

Today, science journalist Bianca Nogrady on the origins and challenges of the Monkeypox outbreak.

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It's the rolling scandal that has dominated the week in politics, and permanently marked Scott Morrison’s legacy.

This week it emerged that while in power the former prime minister secretly swore himself into five different ministries: Health, Finance, Resources, Treasury, and Home Affairs.

The public didn’t know, his former government colleagues didn’t know, and in most cases, the very ministers in those portfolios didn’t know.

Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno on the perplexing question of why Scott Morrison kept secretly giving himself more ministerial powers.

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Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper, Paul Bongiorno.

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Australia’s wealthiest postcodes and the millionaires who pay no tax have been revealed in the latest data drop from the Tax Office.

It gives us new insight into who has wealth in Australia, how they keep a hold on that wealth and whether the taxation system is fair.

Today, author and professor Chris Wallace on who the real burdens are on our economy.

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Guest: Author and professor Chris Wallace.

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Right-wing groups in the US are holding armed rallies against the FBI, with one field office of the bureau attacked by a gunman.

A raid last week by agents on Donald Trump’s Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, opened the floodgates of anger after classified government documents were found on the premises. 

Trump has now called for calm, but maintains the FBI’s raid was part of a witch-hunt and that he has done nothing wrong.

Today, world editor at The Saturday Paper Jonathan Pearlman on what the FBI were looking for when they raided Trump’s home.

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Guest: World editor for The Saturday Paper, Jonathan Pearlman.

Background reading: FBI raid of Trump’s Florida home sparks Republican fury

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It started with a job: $500,000 to be a trade envoy in New York.

Now, an entire state government has become embroiled in a scandal over job appointments and how they get made.

As Australia prepares to implement a federal anti-corruption body, in New South Wales – the state that first put in place an independent anti-corruption commission – we're learning a lot about why we need more transparency in politics.

Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton, on the job offer that threatens to engulf the entire NSW government.

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Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton.

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It’s been one year since the Taliban swifty took control of Afghanistan as the US pulled out after 20 years of war. 

In the days following the takeover, foreign countries rushed to evacuate diplomatic staff from Kabul. Thousands of Afghans were also airlifted out, but many, even those who worked directly with Australia and other foreign nations remain trapped. 

Today, chief political correspondent for *The Saturday Paper* Karen Middleton reveals the details of a deal struck in the last few weeks by the Australian government – with Afghans who worked with Australia being told to cross the border into Pakistan – undocumented.

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Guest: Chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Karen Middleton.

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