Australian Politics

Australian Politics episodes:

• 04.12.2024

  Simon Birmingham on the Coalition’s stance on a Palestinian state

  Political editor Karen Middleton speaks with Coalition spokesperson on foreign affairs, Simon Birmingham, about his party’s strong criticisms of foreign minister Penny Wong’s speech for a two-state solution and the recognition of Palestine as a state. The senator also responds...

  
• 04.10.2024

  Essential report: how voters want to tackle Australia’s housing bin fire

  Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent, Paul Karp, talks to Peter Lewis from Essential Media about voters’ views on Australia’s housing system. Together they discuss how people are feeling about the role housing plays for Australians and if there are any...

  
• 04.05.2024

  Penny Wong on the week Australia condemned Netanyahu

  Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent Karen Middleton speaks to foreign minister Penny Wong after Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom was killed – alongside six of her colleagues – in Gaza by an Israeli airstrike on Monday. Wong speaks about Israel...

  
• 03.29.2024

  David Shoebridge on Labor’s ‘Trump like’ immigration proposals

  Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent, Paul Karp, speaks to David Shoebridge, the Greens’s home affairs and immigration spokesperson, about Labor’s controversial deportation bill

  
• 03.28.2024

  Essential Report: underwhelmed by democracy and overwhelmed by the news

  Guardian Australia chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to Peter Lewis from Essential Media about voters’ views on the institutions and guardrails that are the basis for Australian democracy. Together they discuss continued warnings signs for Anthony Albanese, the appetite...

  
• 03.22.2024

  Andrew Leigh on how competition reform can make our lives better

  Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent Paul Karp speaks to the assistant minister for competition, Andrew Leigh about Labor’s plans for reforming grocery prices as the Greens push for greater powers for the ACCC to address the supermarket duopoly. They also...

  
• 03.20.2024

  Karen Middleton on the state of Australian politics

  Guardian Australia’s new political editor, Karen Middleton, tells Nour Haydar how she got hooked on politics You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport

  
• 03.15.2024

  Yanis Varoufakis on technofeudalism and the ‘new cold war’

  Chief political correspondent Paul Karp speaks to economist and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis about his new book Technofeudalism and how the fiefdoms of tech firms are heightening geopolitical and economic tensions. They also discuss Australia’s role in between...

  
• 03.13.2024

  Essential report: will a Trump win upset Aukus?

  Guardian Australia chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to Peter Lewis from Essential Media about voters’ views on global issues, including the relationship with our Asia Pacific neighbours, Australia’s alliance with the US and Israel’s ongoing conflict in Gaza

  
• 03.08.2024

  Amanda Rishworth on closing the gender retirement gap – Australian politics podcast

  This week, the Albanese government unveiled a plan to pay superannuation on publicly funded paid parental leave. Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to social services minister Amanda Rishworth about the effect the plan might have on closing the retirement...

  
• 03.02.2024

  Mike Burgess on the former Australian politician recruited by foreign spies – Australian Politics podcast

  Daniel Hurst, Guardian Australia’s foreign affairs and defence correspondent, speaks to Mike Burgess, the head of Australia’s domestic intelligence agency Asio, about the allegations he made this week that an unnamed former Australian politician was recruited by spies for a...

  
• 02.28.2024

  Essential Report: are voters warming to Peter Dutton?

  Guardian Australia chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to Peter Lewis from Essential Media about voters’ changing perceptions of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton. They discuss what qualities make for successful opposition leaders and whether Dutton’s stance on issues such...

  
• 02.23.2024

  Pat Conroy on Labor’s ‘enhanced lethality’ revamp of Australia’s warships – Australian Politics podcast

  Daniel Hurst, Guardian Australia’s foreign affairs and defence correspondent, speaks to minister for defence industry Pat Conroy about the Albanese government’s decision on Tuesday to increase naval funding, following advice that the country’s warships were too old and not suited...

  
• 02.16.2024

  Max Chandler-Mather on why house prices need to go down

  The Greens housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather joins chief political correspondent Paul Karp to discuss what he calls ‘a tax system that continues to force house prices up’. Chandler-Mather makes the case for why changes to capital gains tax and negative...

  
• 02.14.2024

  Essential report: are voters up for cracking down on negative gearing?

  Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to Peter Lewis from Essential Media on the voter responses to Labor’s changes to the stage-three tax cuts. They also discuss changes to Peter Dutton’s and Anthony Albanese’s approval and disapproval ratings, and the...

  
• 02.09.2024

  Jane Hume on why the Coalition supported Labor’s changes to tax cuts

  Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to shadow finance minister Jane Hume about why the Coalition won’t stand in the way of Anthony Albanese’s revamped stage-three tax cuts. They also discuss if the Coalition will introduce further tax changes after...

  
• 02.02.2024

  Jim Chalmers on why a politically contentious change to stage-three tax cuts is worth it

  Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, about the thinking behind the changes to the stage-three tax cuts. They also discuss how the budget will aim to help reduce inflation while also providing further cost of...

  
• 02.01.2024

  Essential Report: Will Labor’s tax changes set them up for success?

  Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to Peter Lewis from Essential Media on the groups most supportive of tax cuts for low- and middle-income earners. They also discuss changes to Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese’s approval and disapproval ratings over...

  
• 12.15.2023

  Has the referendum “information war” changed political reporting? - Your questions answered

  As we approach the end of the year, Guardian Australia’s politics team sits down to answer your questions. They cover dream parliament procedural reforms, the waning moderate pool in the Coalition, how misinformation has impacted political reporting and fairness in...

  
• 12.13.2023

  Essential report: political mistrust and frustration at the end of the year

  Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss how cost of living and inaction on climate and housing affordability are making voters pessimistic about the future.

  
• 12.08.2023

  Adam Bandt on pushing policy with ‘gaslighting governments’ – Australian politics podcast

  On parliament’s final sitting day for 2023, political editor Katharine Murphy sits down with federal MP and the leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt. They discuss the recent Murray-Darling deals pushed by Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, the ‘water trigger’ policy...

  
• 12.01.2023

  Chris Bowen on delivering climate outcomes ‘against the clock’ – Australian politics podcast

  Political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to the climate change minister, Chris Bowen, about the annual climate change statement, one of the biggest policy shifts in Australian energy and the tensions of consensus at COP28 climate talks

  
• 11.29.2023

  Essential report: why has support for Anthony Albanese fallen?

  Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss Albanese’s fall in approval ratings, government performance on cost of living and opinions on the stage-three tax cuts Most voters now disapprove of Anthony Albanese’s...

  
• 11.24.2023

  Alan Kohler on how housing policy entrenches inequality

  Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to finance journalist Alan Kohler about why decades of government, starting from Robert Menzies, gave up on affordable housing

  
• 11.17.2023

  The return of David Cameron

  The former British prime minister David Cameron has been installed as foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle, in which Suella Braverman was also sacked from the cabinet. Guardian UK political editor Pippa Crerar reports

  
• 11.15.2023

  Guardian Essential report: does Australia belong in international affairs?

  Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent, Paul Karp, is joined by Peter Lewis of Essential Media to discuss Anthony Albanese’s falling approval ratings, the changing public perspective on conflict in Israel and Palestine and explore why Australians increasingly want to ‘stay...

  
• 11.10.2023

  Katharine Murphy on Anthony Albanese’s China trip – Australian Politics podcast

  Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, discusses her recent trip to China, Chinese-Australian diplomatic relations and Anthony Albanese’s viral Chinese social media nickname with Full Story host Laura Murphy-Oates

  
• 11.03.2023

  Does the Reserve Bank have a steady hand on the tiller? – Australian Politics podcast

  Political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to economics writers Shane Wright and Greg Jericho on the pain of rising interest rates, predictions for Tuesday’s RBA meeting and the economic tensions of climate change action Get our morning and afternoon news emails,...

  
• 11.02.2023

  Guardian Essential report: is renewable energy misinformation working?

  Guardian Australia’s political editor Katharine Murphy is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss the renewable transition, impacts on communities and support for nuclear energy

  
• 10.27.2023

  Simon Birmingham on international insecurity and the Liberal party’s broad church

  Guardian Australia political editor, Katharine Murphy, talks to the federal opposition’s foreign affairs spokesperson, Simon Birmingham, about Australia’s international alliances, the insecurity that comes with global conflict, and the changing face of the Liberal party

  
• 10.20.2023

  Andrew Giles on need for a new national racism strategy

  Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy talks to Andrew Giles, Australian minister for immigration, citizenship and multicultural affairs. They discuss Labors’ anti-racism strategies, and how social cohesion in Australia is at a tipping point following a bruising referendum, and an...

  
• 10.18.2023

  Guardian Essential Report: how the polls were right about the voice

  Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss the latest Guardian Essential poll

  
• 10.14.2023

  What ‘no’ means for Australia

  In the wake of Australia voting no to an Indigenous voice to parliament, the key voice architect Prof Marcia Langton said ‘reconciliation is dead’. Anthony Albanese disagreed, saying ‘tonight is not the end of the road’ as he called for...

  
• 10.13.2023

  Amy Remeikis factchecks misinformation about the voice

  Misinformation and fear about the Indigenous voice to parliament has been spreading like wildfire. In the first referendum to be held in the age of social media, it’s never been more important – and more difficult – to sort fact...

  
• 10.06.2023

  Julian Leeser on the conservative’s case for yes – Australian politics podcast

  Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy talks to opposition MP Julian Leeser about the centre-right perspective on the voice to parliament and how the referendum could still succeed How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know

  
• 10.04.2023

  Guardian Essential Report: is the yes campaign gaining ground?

  Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss the latest Guardian Essential poll Voice referendum explainer; latest voice poll results; help us monitor ads and misinformation How to listen to podcasts: everything you...

  
• 09.29.2023

  ‘A yes result will be unifying’: Anthony Albanese on the final push forward for the voice

  Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy talks to prime minister Anthony Albanese about why a yes vote is still possible and how the push for constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has raised the national conversation around...

  
• 09.22.2023

  Chris Bowen on the transition to renewable energy

  Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, talks to energy minister, Chris Bowen, about preparing communities for the renewable transition, whether or not Australia will follow the UK in stepping off net zero targets and the fake (or real) fight over...

  
• 09.20.2023

  Guardian Essential Report: No vote in the overtaking lane

  Guardian Australia’s political editor Katharine Murphy is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss no voters narrowly overtaking yes voters in polling on the voice to parliament campaign, as well as opinions on the government’s industrial relations reform bill

  
• 09.15.2023

  Sussan Ley on the divisiveness of the voice – Australian Politics podcast

  Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy talks to deputy opposition leader Sussan Ley about the divisiveness of the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum debate. They also discuss how the Coalition is going about re-engaging women ahead of the next election,...

  
• 09.08.2023

  Jim Chalmers on the Qantas controversy – Australian Politics podcast

  Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, talks to the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, about the per capita recession and whether the economy is headed for a hard or soft landing. They also discuss Qantas, trade in the Asean region and the...

  
• 09.06.2023

  Guardian Essential report: the ‘intense game’ between the yes and no campaigns

  Guardian Australia’s political editor Katharine Murphy is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss why the no vote is maintaining pole position in the lead-up to the referendum on the Indigenous voice to parliament, how voters might change their...

  
• 09.01.2023

  Katharine Murphy and Senator Patrick Dodson on restorative justice through the voice – Australian Politics podcast

  Guardian Australia’s political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to Senator Patrick Dodson about the voice referendum. They discuss the outcomes for parliament in the case of either a yes or no result and the significance of the referendum for Dodson’s life’s...

  
• 08.25.2023

  Perin Davey on the Murray-Darling Basin plan, the voice and emergency preparedness

  Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by the senator and deputy Nationals leader Perin Davey to discuss the Murray-Darling Basin plan’s proposed water buyback provisions, as well as the Indigenous voice to parliament and whether the country is ready...

  
• 08.23.2023

  Guardian Essential report: does Labor risk losing voters to the Greens?

  Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss the latest polling data on preferred party and leader. Voters were also asked about their views on rent freezes and rental caps. This has been a...

  
• 08.18.2023

  Ed Husic and Martjn Wilder on how to take Australia ‘out of the quarry’ - Australian politics podcast

  The national reconstruction fund is a $15bn fund focused on diversifying and transforming Australia’s industry and economy. Unions are pushing for a five-fold increase of the fund and greater investment in manufacturing renewable energy. Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent, Paul...

  
• 08.11.2023

  Mark Butler on pushing for cheaper medicine through the Coalition ‘circus’

  Around six million Australians will have the cost of their medicines halved from 1 September as the Labor’s 60-day dispensing changes pass the Senate, despite a last-ditch Coalition-led effort to block the scheme. Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks with...

  
• 08.09.2023

  Guardian Essential report: the muddied waters of the voice referendum – Australian Politics podcast

  The Guardian Essential poll has shown the no vote in the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum is overtaking the yes vote. Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss why this is happening. They...

  
• 08.04.2023

  Amanda Rishworth on strengthening the safety net

  This week, the Senate passed safety net legislation which enacted key budget pledges focusing on the cost of living, including a $54 per fortnight increase to the jobseeker rate. Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks with Amanda Rishworth, the federal...

  
• 07.28.2023

  Pat Conroy on backing Aukus and clashing with Keating

  Guardian Australia’s foreign affairs and defence correspondent Daniel Hurst talks to the minister for defence industry, international development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy. They discuss Australia’s new infantry fighting vehicles contract and whether or not the Aukus nuclear submarine plan...