Ending the parliamentary year on a high, the government successful repealed the medevac legislation with the help of key Senate crossbencher Jacqui Lambie. 

But was there a deal? Or no deal? It depends on who you ask. 

Canberra Bureau Chief Tom O'Brien and NewsDay host Tom Connell sat down to discuss the week that was.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The Morrison Government was already having a pretty rough week before it then went and forgot the first lesson of crossbench politics 101: trust no one. 

With the parliamentary calendar fast coming to a close, Canberra Bureau Chief Tom O'Brien, NewsDay host Tom Connell and Executive Producer Caitlin Taylor sat down to discuss how the events of this week will shape the final sitting week of the year.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Two weeks. That's all the time the government has left to push its key legislation across the line before Parliament closes up shop until February. 

While it looks likely the government is close to threading the needle on its union-busting legislation, the future of its medevac repeal and where Senate queenmaker Jacqui Lambie's vote will fall on the bill is still an unknown. 

Join Canberra Bureau Chief Tom O'Brien and Political Reporter Trudy McIntosh as they discuss how the past week was just a little taste of what to expect in Parliament's frantic final fortnight.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Fighting fires on two fronts, Scott Morrison this week dealing with ongoing bushfire emergency and the furore over the attempt - or for some, lack thereof - to link the fires to climate change. 

Back in the Senate, the government wound back plans to introduce two of its signature policies - but did have a win with it's "big stick" energy legislation. 

Join Canberra Bureau Chief Tom O'Brien and Political Reporter Trudy McIntosh as they dissect the week that was.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

When a confident Bill Shorten fronted the media on the morning of May 18 all signs pointed to the then-Labor leader becoming the nation's next prime minister. But then he didn't. 

Six months on, the official post-mortem into what went wrong for the party has been released. 

So what did go wrong for Labor? Was it all Shorten's fault? And why did the report have to be redrafted to be less critical of the former opposition leader? 

Join Canberra Bureau Chief Tom O'Brien and Political Reporter Trudy McIntosh as they dissect the Labor review and discuss the week that was.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Despite a call from Michael McCormack for the media (and his backbench) to stop "crapping on" about tensions within the Nationals, anxieties within his party continue to grow over the government's drought strategy and the dairy code of conduct.

 

Join Canberra Bureau Chief Tom O'Brien and Political Reporter Trudy McIntosh as they dissect the week that was.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Not since George Brandis' ill-fated interview with Sky News Political Editor David Speers has metadata caused such intrigue in Canberra. 

At the heart of the matter is a document provided by Energy Minister Angus Taylor's office to the Daily Telegraph which alleged the City of Sydney council's travel bill amounted to $15 million. 

But the Minister has now come under fire himself after it was revealed the Council's actual travel cost was less than $6,000.

Join Political Reporter Trudy McIntosh and Senior 2600 Producer Courtney Gould as they dissect the week that was.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Join Canberra Bureau Chief Tom O'Brien as he, along with Political Reporter Trudy McIntosh, go behind the headlines to discuss what has made the front pages this week. 

Is there really a war brewing between the Liberals and the Nationals? And why does it matter who dragged who to the table on drought funding? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week was all about the big C’s: Climate, China and … cannabis?

As Prime Minister Scott Morrison continued his tour of the United States, a Chinese academic hit out at Australia. Meanwhile, new cannabis laws mean from the end of January, things in Canberra could get a little more interesting.

Join Canberra Bureau Chief Tom O’Brien and Political Reporters Trudy McIntosh and Tom Connell as they discuss the week that was. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Front-and-centre in media conferences and at the Sky News desk, Bill Shorten this week made an emphatic return to the media spotlight to hit out at the government over it's $4.6 billion NDIS underspend.

But does the move to Mr Shorten so prominently featured in the media go beyond just discussing his portfolio responsibilities? Or is this just another turn on the way to normalising the former opposition leader?

Join Canberra Bureau Chief Tom O'Brien and Political Reporter Trudy McIntosh as they discuss the week that was and give a sizzle of Scott Morrison's trip to the US (plus: bonus midwinter ball chat!). For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy