Australian Politics

What do the first 100 days of the Trump administration tell us about what it will do in the future? Has the real Donald Trump revealed himself? Michael Wesley, Dean of the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University, tells Katharine Murphy that it seems the president doesn’t know where he stands on foreign policy issues until he ends up in the middle of a crisis. Will he show a stronger hand or commit to a foreign policy that amounts to ‘masterful inaction’?

What do the first 100 days of the Trump administration tell us about what it will do in the future? Has the real Donald Trump revealed himself? Michael Wesley, Dean of the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University, tells Katharine Murphy that it seems the president doesn’t know where he stands on foreign policy issues until he ends up in the middle of a crisis. Will he show a stronger hand or commit to a foreign policy that amounts to ‘masterful inaction’?

‘We’re probably about as close to nuclear weapons being used in anger as we’ve been since 1945,’ Prof John Blaxland, head of the ANU’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, tells Katharine Murphy about the complicated relationship between Australia, the US, China and North Korea. Is protecting North Korea still in China’s best interests? Is a preemptive strike by either North Korea or the US probable? And can Australia make any difference?

‘We’re probably about as close to nuclear weapons being used in anger as we’ve been since 1945,’ Prof John Blaxland, head of the ANU’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, tells Katharine Murphy about the complicated relationship between Australia, the US, China and North Korea. Is protecting North Korea still in China’s best interests? Is a preemptive strike by either North Korea or the US probable? And can Australia make any difference?

Concerns about housing affordability have given way to warnings about a housing bubble, but Coalition ministers appear unable to tackle the problem. Katharine Murphy is joined by Greg Jericho from the Guardian and Shane Wright, economics editor at the West Australian, to discuss how Australian housing market got to this state, what could be done to fix it and why the Coalition is unwilling to take the right steps

Concerns about housing affordability have given way to warnings about a housing bubble, but Coalition ministers appear unable to tackle the problem. Katharine Murphy is joined by Greg Jericho from the Guardian and Shane Wright, economics editor at the West Australian, to discuss how Australian housing market got to this state, what could be done to fix it and why the Coalition is unwilling to take the right steps

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen joins Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy to talk about Paul Keating’s turn against neoliberalism, the values debate people are ‘craving’ and intergenerational inequality Labor won’t adopt ‘Buffett rule’, Chris Bowen says

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen joins Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy to talk about Paul Keating’s turn against neoliberalism, the values debate people are ‘craving’ and intergenerational inequality Labor won’t adopt ‘Buffett rule’, Chris Bowen says

Dan Tehan, the minister for veteran affairs, tells Katharine Murphy that incidents of self-harm and suicide double when servicemen and women re-enter civilian life. What can the government do to tackle these problems? If any of the material in this podcast raises issues for you, you can contact Lifeline Australia on 131114, 24 hours, seven days a week.

Dan Tehan, the minister for veteran affairs, tells Katharine Murphy that incidents of self-harm and suicide double when servicemen and women re-enter civilian life. What can the government do to tackle these problems? If any of the material in this podcast raises issues for you, you can contact Lifeline Australia on 131114, 24 hours, seven days a week.