Anna Henderson's Canberra, France ditches Palantir, plus Italy's expanding forests

Late Night Live — Full program podcast · Jun 29, 2026 · 54m

Anna Henderson (chief political correspondent, SBS) surveys the latest polling figures, as the Coalition records a historically low primary vote of 17 per cent. Why is the French government ditching the services of American tech firms Palantir and Microsoft? Plus, Italy now has more woodland than farmland. As Italians abandon rural village life, trees are sprawling into forgotten fields.

Guests:

Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent, SBS

Océane Herrero, reporter, POLITICO, in Paris

Antonio Brunori, Secretary General of PEFC Italy (Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification…