In what has to be one of the more stunning political reversals of fortune, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has resigned.

So, what happened to the former golden boy of progressive politics? He was, after all, the man seen as the ‘good cop’ in North American politics, for so long - the counterpoint to Donald Trump.

Today, digital foreign editor Chris Zappone on the downfall of Justin Trudeau, after nearly a decade in power. And how a new Canadian prime minister might impact the rest of us.

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If you’ve been reading recent headlines about coffee prices you might be thinking: what fresh hell is this? We’re being told that, by year’s end, a cup of coffee could cost as much as - wait for it - twelve dollars.

Today, business reporter Jessica Yun, on why the beverage so many of us rely on to cope with each day could soon become a luxury item.

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We’ve been living through a housing crisis for so long, that sometimes it feels as though it’s been with us forever. But when did it actually start? And what would it take to make the dream to own your own home once again within reach? For the first time, thanks to newly unlocked cabinet papers from 2004, we now know more about what role former Prime Minister John Howard and his treasurer, Peter Costello, played, in arguably contributing to house prices that have, well, gone insane.

Today, senior economics correspondent Shane Wright, on the warning that Howard and Costello were given, but decided not to present to their own cabinet. And what voters should know, ahead of the next federal election.

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Hi there, I’m Jacqueline Maley, the host of Inside Politics, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald’s weekly politics podcast. 

We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2024, before we return in early February for the election year.

In this episode, which aired in April, we take you to the moment Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong signalled the start of a shift in Australia’s position on the question of Palestinian statehood in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. 

Since then, Australia changed its stance, voting for the first time in more than 20 years for a United Nations resolution that demanded Israel end its presence in the occupied Palestinian territories. 

We’re releasing this episode, which features foreign affairs correspondent Matthew Knott and chief political correspondent David Crowe, on January 3. 

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Hi there, I’m Samantha Selinger-Morris the host of The Morning Edition, the daily news podcast from The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. 

We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2024, before your Morning Edition team returns in early January.

Today, we revisit the start of an investigation into medical misogyny experienced by Australian women.

Health editor Kate Aubusson and senior writer Wendy Touhy delve into an invisible epidemic that has its roots in Ancient Greece.

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Hi there, I’m Samantha Selinger-Morris the host of The Morning Edition, the daily news podcast from The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. 

We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2024, before your Morning Edition team returns in early January.

There’s been a lot of commentary on how Donald Trump won the US presidential election, but what about the big picture? 

International and political editor Peter Hartcher, who has covered politics for more than 40 years, explains what a Trump presidency may mean for the safety of democracy in America.

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Hi there, I’m Samantha Selinger-Morris the host of The Morning Edition, the daily news podcast from The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. 

We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2024, before your Morning Edition team returns in early January.

It’s not every day that an Australian artwork gets thrust into the global spotlight, let alone become a punchline on a hugely popular American late night talk show.

But that all changed, after news broke that Australia’s richest woman demanded that her portrait by Vincent Namatjira be taken down from the walls of the National Gallery of Australia. 

In this episode, Investigative reporter Eryk Bagshaw on the lengths Gina Rinehart went to remove the portrait. 

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Hi there, I’m Samantha Selinger-Morris the host of The Morning Edition, the daily news podcast from The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. 

We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2024, before your Morning Edition team returns in early January.

Today we’re taking you to the start of such a big story that the fall-out from it is still reverberating - the CFMEU scandal.

Investigative reporter Nick McKenzie, who broke the story, explains how the powerful construction union was infiltrated by criminals. 

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Hi there, I’m Jacqueline Maley, the host of Inside Politics, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald’s weekly politics podcast. 

We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2024, before we return in early February for the election year.

One of the big issues of the federal election will be energy policy, with the opposition backing nuclear power over wind and solar as its path to a greener, cleaner world. 

This episode aired just after Coalition leader Peter Dutton first unveiled his nuclear plans, all dissected by chief political correspondent David Crowe and national climate and environment editor Nick O’Malley.

National affairs correspondent Matthew Knot also makes an appearance to talk about a visit from Chinese premier Li Qiang.

Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis. Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter.

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Hi there, I’m Samantha Selinger-Morris the host of The Morning Edition, the daily news podcast from The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. 

We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2024, before your Morning Edition team returns in early January.

Donald J Trump was probably the story of 2024. The assassination attempts, and then, his election as the next president of the United States.

Today, we go back to the first attempt on Trump’s life, at a rally in Pennsylvania, in the hours after it happened in this episode with North American Correspondent Farrah Tomazin. 

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