Today on The Daily Breakdown, all governments spent too much to save us from a recession they created and now we have to pay the ferryman. The cost will be horrific. If only they'd treated us like adults - or had the wisdom of a footballer.

Today on The Daily Breakdown, Nicolle Flint fights back against the sanctimonious look-at-me windbaggery of Labor - and goes after some pretty heavy hitters, and Putin takes on Twitter.

It is inevitable that China will conquer Taiwan as they have Hong Kong - and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it. Today on The Daily Breakdown, we detail how they'll do it - and how they've prepared. On a positive note, it seems at least one Australian politician is prepared to stand up for Australia.

ScoMo's losing his mojo. If he were a president that would be fine, but in the Westminster system, that's usually when his colleagues start sharpening the axe.

Political parties were always dancing with danger when they ran hard on the Christian Porter allegations - now Labor staffers are sharing their experiences of harassment. And how five workers were almost sacrificed to green gods.

Today on The Breakdown we examine how Labor is sabotaging ScoMo's airline relief bill, the tragedy of Yallourn, and a hot, hot take on Fanta Pants and Princess Sparkle.

Today we revisit an episode from 6 September 2020, All Black lives Matter. It created an incredible response from listeners by merely presenting facts about Indigenous incarceration and deaths in custody. It is not easy to listen to, but it is well worth your time.

Continuing the China theme, today we revisit my April 2019 interview with Clive Hamilton - it is still relevant today. Professor Hamilton has a new book out, Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World. I hope you enjoy the podcast, and please buy the book, and his original volume, Silent Invasion: China's Influence in Australia.

There's more to green power and transport than a windmill in your backyard and a plug on your car. Someone needs to mine the rocks and process the rocks and make the batteries - that someone is China. But there are bigger problems than that. Today on The Breakdown, we explore the challenge of going green.

On today's episode, we discuss China's Made in China 2025 policy and the Belt and Road Initiative. These are essential to understanding China's economic policy, its strategic ambitions, its foreign investment strategies and approach to international norms.