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Full StoryBeau Lamarre-Condon takes the stand
After seven weeks of intense public interest, former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has entered the witness box to give his testimony of how Jesse Baird…
Full StoryA ‘spy’, a billionaire and an affair of global consequence– podcast
Jensen Huang is many things. A billionaire, CEO of the world’s second-most valuable company, and now, a man who had an affair with a woman accused by US…
Full StoryWho is Stephen Miller, the new gateway man to Trump
Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad examine the Democrats’ failed impeachment attempt against the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and ask: could we see…
Full StoryThe allegations against David Walliams
Multiple women allege David Walliams abused his power and position as a celebrity to prey on them for sexual purposes when they were young women, an…
Full StoryIs progressive Victoria about to vote for One Nation?
As the Victorian election approaches it seems almost inevitable that the most progressive state in the country will soon fall out of Labor’s grasp. And now…
Full Story‘Very slowly, then all at once’: how David Jones collapsed
Once the gleaming crown jewel of Australian retail, David Jones has collapsed into administration, leaving thousands of workers and unpaid suppliers in limbo…
Full StoryThe ‘Taylor Swift of romantasy’ has a new book. Why are people mad? – Full Story podcast
With midnight book launches, record-breaking sales and billions of TikTok views, romantasy has turned into one of the biggest commercial juggernauts propping…
Full StoryBack to Back Barries: Dissecting the One Nation voting blocks
Tony Barry and Shaun Ratcliff (filling in for Barrie Cassidy) break down the One Nation vote into four categories: ‘Red Meat’, ‘Precariats’, ‘Triple Haters’…
Full StoryThe crimes of Russell Brand
In the decades he’s spent on screens, Russell Brand’s been a comedian, an actor, a presenter and a political anarchist. Now he has been convicted of rape and…
Full StoryAlan Jones on trial: The journalist who broke the story speaks | Week 13
When the investigative reporter who broke the allegations against Alan Jones took the witness stand, the courtroom gallery was packed. Under cross-examination…
Full StoryChris Bowen on how he’ll reach consensus at the UN climate summit Cop31
The UN’s climate summit begins in Turkey on Monday, with Australia leading the negotiations for the first time. The challenge of bringing nearly 190 countries…
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US midterm elections 2026: is this the end of Trump? - podcast
The Democrats have had a resounding win, taking control of the Senate and the House of Representatives in a historic midterms result. Hosts Reged Ahmad and…
Full StoryHas the tide finally turned on One Nation's 'crude and cruel' political cartoons?
When One Nation’s political cartoon Please Explain first launched in 2021, the general consensus – even from the left side of the political spectrum – was that…
Full StoryHigh inflation and interest rates: can Labor escape the blame?
With the Reserve Bank poised to increase interest rates today, voters are increasingly pointing the finger at government spending rather than global headwinds…
Full StoryThe coming legal battle against Albanese’s social media ban
The first major legal challenge against Australia’s under-16s social media ban is set to heard in the high court on Tuesday – 11 months on from the policy…
Full StoryBack to Back Barries: Is inflation driving Chalmers and Albanese apart?
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry discuss how the diving economy will impact Anthony Albanese’s – and Jim Chalmers’ – approval ratings. If the relationship between…
Full StoryCovert recordings and alleged confessions: an update on the murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon
As the New South Wales supreme court trial of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon reaches its sixth week, the jury has heard covert recordings, witness…
Full StoryAlastair Campbell on Trump, political violence and why populist politics doesn’t work
It’s election season: the US midterms are just days away and Israel, Brazil and Serbia have all had consequential elections this week. Alastair Campbell from…
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Obama v Trump
In this episode of Guardian Australia’s US politics podcast, co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy talk about Barack Obama’s war of words with Donald…
Full StoryNeck and neck in the 2026 New Zealand election
As consequential elections around the world make global headlines, another election closer to home is flying under the radar. New Zealand’s election on 7…
Full StoryWill Australia ever get Snowy Hydro 2.0?
Back in 2017 the then prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, announced an ambitious expansion of Australia’s towering public infrastructure project, Snowy Hydro…
Full StoryIsrael votes: Netanyahu’s future on the line
Israeli citizens are about to vote in what’s being seen as elections that are almost existential when it comes to the future identity of the country. That’s…
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Do politicians lack the courage to turn the temperature down?
Tony Barry and George Megalogenis (filling in for Barrie) examine the response to the horrific alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines this week. While…
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Alan Jones on Trial: Alleged victim’s mother “trusted” Jones | Week 11
The mother of the youngest complainant wept on the stand after being presented with a note written by her son alleging ‘something happened’ at Alan Jones’s…
Full StoryCan Japan’s firebrand PM survive a second year in power?
One year ago, Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female prime minister, taking over a party in crisis. Since then, she’s defied the doubters, not just…
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Katie Zacharia and Trump’s women problem
In this episode of Guardian Australia’s US politics podcast, co-hosts Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad look at how Katie Zacharia broke the record for…
Full StoryWhy terrorism laws stopped Sally Rooney selling books in the UK
The bestselling author says her novels will no longer be supplied to British bookshops due to fears of prosecution. Zoe Williams and Haroon Siddique report
Full StoryWhat the Helen Haines tragedy means for Australian democracy
Helen Haines, the independent federal MP for the Victorian seat of Indi, is in a critical condition and has lost a leg after an alleged attack outside her…
Full StoryThe allegations against the Greens’ Jordon Steele-John
The Greens senator for Western Australia, Jordon Steele-John, has blamed ‘nasty political games’ for the timing of allegations of misconduct towards women…
Full StoryNAZA: the film the Israeli government does not want you to see
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor on their new film interviewing Israeli military insiders on the vast, AI-assisted systems their sources say are being used to…
Full StoryBlack Box: The Chatbots | What I Saw at the Double Six Ranch | Ep 6
From his remote property in rural Texas, the millionaire businessman Michael Samadi is plotting a new kind of civil rights movement – for the welfare and…
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Back to Back Barries: Why Josh Frydenberg isn’t the Liberals’ saviour
Tony Barry and Niki Savva (filling in for Barrie Cassidy) examine the ‘festival of Josh’ that played out in the media this week as the former treasurer…
Full Story‘I couldn’t breathe’: Russell Brand trial hears from first alleged victim
Former comedian Russell Brand is on trial facing multiple charges of rape and sexual assault against six women, spanning a decade from 1999 to 2009. On…
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Alan Jones on trial: Will Alan Jones take the stand? | Week 10
After the youngest complainant began giving evidence, Judge Glenn Walsh placed a non-publication order on much of this week’s testimony. In this episode…
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Everything you need to know about the midterms
In this episode of Guardian Australia’s US politics podcast, co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy take a special look at the midterms which are coming…
Full StoryHow Firmus went from Australia’s AI 'fairytale' to flop
It was supposed to be an Australian business success story. Just over a week ago local AI company Firmus was preparing to hit the market with a value that…
Full Story‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’ – Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
Are we really living through ‘end times fascism’? The authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so. In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to…
Full StoryWhy does Hegseth want the world to see a death by firing squad?
It has been nearly 100 years since the last public execution in the US but, on 3 December this year, that could change. The US secretary of war, Pete Hegseth…
Full StoryThe Australians buried together in unmarked graves
Using evidence from family and friends, analysis of cemetery registries, and aerial and satellite imagery, a special investigation by Guardian Australia has…
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Black Box: The Chatbots | The Line | Ep 5
Five stories that feel like five answers to one important question: in a world where AI chatbots can help us through a breakup, listen like a friend, be a life…
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Back to Back Barries: How Labor should fight One Nation
Tony Barry and Jessie McCrone examine the latest Redbridge poll (‘the poll that stops the nation’) that shows a slump in support for the prime minister and…
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Alan Jones on trial: The youngest complainant’s testimony | Week 9
The fifth and final complainant has taken the stand to detail his allegations against Alan Jones. He is also the youngest of the alleged victims, telling the…
Full StoryFrance’s teens versus the riot police
Angelique Chrisafis on the pupils and students who are taking to the streets and closing down schools in France
Full StoryThe Coalition’s race to the bottom on migration
With a pledge to slash net overseas migration to just 100,000 people, with incremental increases in the years following, the Coalition has promised…
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What next after Christa Pike’s botched execution?
A warning for this episode - it covers details of a murder and an execution that some might find distressing. In this episode of Guardian Australia’s US…
Full StoryIs Australia ready for a datacentre boom?
As technology companies push to expand AI infrastructure across Australia, residents from suburban Melbourne to regional Queensland are raising concerns over…
Full StoryCornell University gang-rape allegations and the culture behind them
When a civil lawsuit brought horrific details of an alleged gang rape at a Cornell fraternity to light, international outrage followed. Questions remain over…
Full StoryThe Populist: The social contract | Episode 4 – Full Story podcast
One Nation was the first Australian political party with a website, and its online game today is recognised as some of the most effective in the business. The…
Full StoryBlack Box: The Chatbots | Life Raft | Ep 4
More than a billion people are suddenly talking to AI chatbots designed to connect with us. We are sharing with them our deepest secrets, trusting them with…
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Back to Back Barries: Can the Greens beat Labor?
Barrie Cassidy and Sean Kelly (filling in for Tony Barry) discuss the Greens leadership change this week. Senator David Shoebridge defeated two women to take…
Full StoryGreens’ David Shoebridge on his plan to beat One Nation and replace Labor
With a sharp, aggressive strategy, the Australian Greens’ newly elected leader vows to take on corporate power and bring a ‘red-hot fight’ to coal and gas…
Full StoryMid-air panic as pilot attacked on Israel-bound flight
A commercial flight travelling from Dubai to Israel was forced to make an emergency landing after an apparent brawl between its pilots. The flight was in…
Full StoryWhy working parents are set up to fail
Georgie Dent’s National Press Club address recently went viral after laying bare the compounding pressures on modern families. Between soaring costs of living…
Full StoryInside the trial of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon
More than two years after Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were killed in a Sydney home, former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has gone on trial in the supreme…
Full StoryFrom fuel wars to AI: the forces driving the RBA rate decision
With inflation proving stubborn and global economic pressures mounting, Australians are bracing for another potential interest rate rise. Could pushing the…
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The Populist: Money nation | Episode 3
One Nation receives millions in public funding, but former members have accused the party of leaving candidates out of pocket, ‘funny money deals’ and letting…
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Back to Back Barries: Should the media boycott One Nation?
Barrie Cassidy and Sean Kelly (filling in for Tony Barry) look at the prime minister’s week in the US against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s ban of three news…
Full StoryRogue AI hacks government system in world first
A government database has been hacked for the first time by a rogue OpenAI agent, which infiltrated part of the Australian healthcare scheme in June. OpenAI…
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Alan Jones on trial: An unexpected change in the prosecution's case | Week 8
As the criminal trial of Alan Jones continues, prosecutors unexpectedly drop a charge against the former broadcaster while witnesses take the stand to address…
Full StoryXi Jinping meets Trump: who holds the cards?
AI, Iran and Taiwan – there will be no shortage of topics when the two most powerful men in the world meet in Washington. But what do they both want? Jonathan…