A Four Corners investigation has raised concerns about the conduct of two senior Cabinet ministers and their dealings with female staffers.

It’s also raised questions about the workplace culture in Parliament House, and the lack of industrial protections for political employees.

This week Sam Maiden, Political Editor with news.com.au joins Fran and PK in the Party Room.

What will the outcome of the US election mean for Australia?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he’s confident in American democracy and that the historic turnout is “actually a demonstration of democracy working.”

The Australian Financial Review’s Political Editor, Philip Coorey joins the Party Room to discuss the US poll, that other election in Queensland and the momentum toward a federal anti-corruption agency.

Melburnians are rejoicing over the long awaited easing of COVID-19 restrictions.

And with the Reserve Bank now suggesting Australia may have come out of recession, there are plenty of reasons for optimism.

But there’s anger as well as elation, with federal Liberal MPs highly critical of the way the Victorian Government has been handling the crisis.

Host of Drive on ABC Melbourne, Raf Epstein joins PK and guest co-host David Speers on The Party Room.

The gulf between Victoria and the Federal Government is widening as bickering over the pace and priorities of the state’s reopening gets personal.

And in senate estimates, the spotlight on a dodgy land deal is prompting fresh calls for a federal anti-corruption body.

ABC Political Editor Andrew Probyn joins Fran and PK in the Party Room to dissect the latest developments in #auspol

The Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian are both under incredible pressure.

The COVID-19 pandemic has lifted them to national prominence but they’re now both embroiled in accountability issues.

Both premiers have survived no confidence motions but are they dispensable or too good to lose?

This week Laura Tingle, chief political correspondent with 7.30 joins the Party Room to discuss leadership, integrity and judgement, along with the same old political fights over tax cuts contained in the Federal Budget.

The big sell is on, with the PM and his ministers hitting the airwaves to promote the government’s big-spending budget.

But while business is largely on board, unions, community and welfare groups have taken aim at #Budget2020, slamming a lack of support for women and older workers.

So what are the economic consequences of the Coalition’s policy choices, and how will the politics play out?

Shane Wright, Senior Economics Correspondent with The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, joins Fran and PK on The Party Room.

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has handed down a budget clearly aimed at getting us all spending.

The Government’s economic blueprint includes tax cuts, business investment allowances, an asset write-off and hiring incentives, and will rack up nearly a trillion dollars in net debt.

But the Opposition says it delivers insufficient bang for the money spent, with women and older workers left out.

In this bonus episode of the Party Room, Fran and PK give their initial assessments of #Budget2020

The Federal Government is laying the groundwork for a budget aimed at rebooting an economy, badly bruised by the coronavirus shutdown.

An $18 billion investment in technology to reduce carbon emissions and a $4.5 billion upgrade of the National Broadband Network have already been announced.

Wage subsidies, tax cuts and infrastructure are all going to be in the mix too, but will we see the kind of structural reforms economists are crying out for?

The Federal Government has pre-empted its meeting with the states by unilaterally raising the international arrivals cap, letting an additional 2000 Australians back into the country.

But it’s the states that will have to provide the quarantine facilities and they’re not impressed.

Meantime, with the budget just a few weeks away, the Morrison Government has begun laying out its energy policy.

But is gas really the way to power the post-pandemic economic recovery, or should the Government be more focused on renewables?

If you thought tensions between the Victorian and Federal Government couldn't get any bigger, think again.

It was a week where the Prime Minister ramped up his attack on Victoria, and compared it to the gold standard of NSW.

But how were his comments received in Victoria, even though the prism of extended restrictions?