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Inside Politics
Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age with host Jacqueline Maley and chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal.
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Jane Hume on rebranding net zero, and Hastie's abortion comments
It’s been a rather torrid week for the Coalition, with yet more messy fighting over whether it will dump its commitment to Australia achieving net zero…
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The inflation figures were bad, so why focus on Albanese’s T-shirt?
This week we're going to talk about the government's weaknesses, which might seem a little bit counter-intuitive, because Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has…
Inside PoliticsBill Shorten on Albanese's Trump triumph, and the opposition's next move
The week in federal politics could not have been more fun. We had Prime Minister Anthony Albanese travel to Washington, finally, for his meeting with US…
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Albanese meets with Trump next week. Anything could happen
They said he couldn’t do it, but he’s doing it. In a few days, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, fresh from a week’s holiday, will be flying…
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Tim Wilson on Hastie's exit, and bringing back that 'big Liberal energy'
The member for Goldstein, Tim Wilson, is a guest on the podcast this week during a very interesting time for the Liberal Party. Last week, home affairs…
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Can Albanese claim credit for Trump’s peace plan?
The prime minister has just returned from 10 days of high-wire diplomacy, initially at the United Nations in New York before swinging through London and…
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Albanese’s warning on tyranny, dictators, and his selfie with Trump
Today we are bringing you a special international episode of the pod. The prime minister has spent the week in New York addressing the United Nations…
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Coalition combust over net zero. Will the anti-climate action stance work?
The government announced its 2035 emissions reduction target this week, committing Australia to climate action despite a retreat from the United States…
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Why the sacking of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price could turn the senator ‘into a martyr’
Controversial Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was sacked from the Coalition frontbench this week. Price left Opposition Leader Sussan Ley with little…
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The rallies, the neo-Nazis, the flag-draping: How politics on immigration have led to this point
Political debate was dominated this week by the topic of immigration after anti-immigration rallies in major cities last weekend. Politicians from both major…
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Like a spy novel: How Iran orchestrated attacks on Australian shores
This week Canberra turned into a John le Carre novel, with the stunning revelation from the head of ASIO Mike Burgess, that the state of Iran directed at least…
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‘Intergenerational bastardry’ in our tax system: Do older Australians have it too good?
This week was an exciting one in Canberra, especially if you’re the kind of person who digs the philosophy of tax and transfer. We are talking, of…
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Is there beef between Chalmers and Albanese? And, we talk Palestine, and productivity mixed-messages
This week the Albanese government announced it would recognise Palestine as a state, a huge foreign policy shift that was greeted with approval by many and…
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The ‘Coachella of Canberra’, A.I is coming for us, and is the government serious about tax reform?
This week on the pod we are going to delve into what we are calling Canberra’s Coachella - AKA the Productivity Summit, which is happening the week after…
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Palestinian statehood: The UK has moved, so has Canada. What’s Albanese waiting for?
French President Emmanuel Macron, and Canadian and UK prime ministers Mark Carney and Keir Starmer have all called for Palestine to be recognised one way or…
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A case of 'burger diplomacy' for Trump, while Barnaby Joyce puts his beef aside to oppose net zero
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces tricky terrain with the government lifting a ban on US beef imports to Australia this week, leaving him open to…
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‘Killing season’ is over, so what will Anthony Albanese do with this moment?
Well, here we are, a new term of parliament begins next week. There’ll be fresh faces and, hopefully, fresh ideas. So will the government use its massive…
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Did Anthony Albanese just give his most important speech?
What do the great war time Prime Minister John Curtin, and current Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have in common? Well, a little bit, according to Albanese…
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Salacious texts and detail, but did the corruption watchdog’s first case fall flat?
The creation of a National Anti-Corruption Commission was a key Labor promise before it won Government in 2022. The Commission was duly created and this week…
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Sussan Ley: From punk teenager to rebuilding the Liberal Party
She is a former shearer, a pilot and a mother of three children. She has a dark past as a punk in Canberra. She has been one of the only women in the room in…
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Albanese ghosted by Trump at G7 summit
This week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese travelled to the G7 summit with high hopes of scoring a sidelines-meeting with US President Donald Trump. The PM…
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How Albanese could use his huge majority to introduce major reform
This week the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gave a big speech at the National Press Club in Canberra, and used it to dangle the prospect of economic reform…
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Why Dorinda Cox's Greens defection was personal for the PM
The dramatic shakeout from the general election continued this week, this time from the left wing of Australian politics, with WA Greens senator Dorinda Cox…
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Who lost the game of brinkmanship, and Albanese hardens on Israel
Well, they fight, they break up, they kiss, they make up. Never before have the lyrics of a Katy Perry song been more relevant to federal politics. After last…
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Will the Coalition split or stay together? We explain the dramatic about-face
It was high drama this week with the Nationals telling the Liberals they wanted a political divorce. But by Thursday, the separation – like a marriage on…
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Anthony Albanese's exclusive interview on 'progressive patriotism' and his thumping mandate
Newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joins chief political correspondent David Crowe and federal political reporter Paul Sakkal for an exclusive…
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New Labor faces, the divisive Tim Wilson and David Crowe’s farewell
It will go down as one of the most resounding victories in Australian political history. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese out-performed the expectations of just…
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A Labor ‘landslide’ and disaster for Dutton
Well, that was quick, about two and a half hours after the polls had closed, the election had already been called for the incumbent Labor government. But as…
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Welcome to Wannon: Inside the challenge for a Liberal Party jewel
Today we bring you a special episode recorded in the south-west Victorian electorate of Wannon. The seat encompasses tourist towns from Lorne along the Great…
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The seats we’ll be watching on Saturday
Well, it’s finally here. Saturday is election day, and by Saturday night we will have some idea of who is going to govern Australia for the next three…
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Why the environment is MIA in this election
Salmon farming is not something most voters consider when they go to the polls on election day. But for Tasmanian voters, it is a huge and often divisive…
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How does polling work and will it be right this time?
This week we are doing a special podcast about our complicated relationship with political polls. As journalists, we like them because, maybe, they can tell us…
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The battle of the teals in Kooyong and Bradfield
The threat teal independents pose in this election - to the dominance of the two-party system, to the stability of our parliament and to the Liberal…
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Is the campaign getting away from Peter Dutton?
This week on the campaign saw the release of competing housing policies, and the appearance of Peter Dutton’s son Harry. But in many ways the campaign…
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What we must learn from our 'worst' election campaign
This week our revered economics editor Ross Gittins wrote an essay for the Age and Sydney Morning Herald, in which he lamented the state of this election…
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‘Gaslighting’ or gas-led recovery?
No one fell off a stage this week, but we did see the two party leaders face off for their first debate, plus the Coalition released modelling of its gas…
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Dutton's massive WFH backflip was the 'right decision'
US President Donald Trump has officially unleashed chaos on the world's financial markets. It's a strange time to be campaigning for election, but Anthony…
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What actually happens on the campaign bus
Week one of the election campaign is done. Albanese has been hammering his Medicare message. Dutton has sought to broaden his image but is still playing to…
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The perils of the campaign trail
When Anthony Albanese couldn't name the cash rate, or the unemployment rate on day one of his last campaign, it was a moment that could have lost him the…
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What to expect from the election campaign
Well, an election date has finally been called and we are staring down the barrel of a five week campaign before voting day on May 3. Here - from the newsrooms…
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Peter Dutton’s speech, and let the election begin
In this early episode of Inside Politics, we come to you soon after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton gave his budget reply speech on Thursday night, with Prime…
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The budget drop-a-thon
Just as Treasurer Jim Chalmers puts the final touches on his pre-election budget, the local threat emanating from Donald Trump's global trade war is becoming…
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How our reporter helped to break the Trump tariff story
The verdict is in: Australia will not be granted an exemption from US tariffs on steel and aluminium, despite hopes President Trump would look favourably on…
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Cyclone Trump, Alfred and the forces sweeping an election awry
Well, the world order is rocky and looking to get rockier. US President Donald Trump has had a spectacular falling-out with Ukrainian president Volodymyr…
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How much cash has Peter Dutton got?
Remember Anthony Albanese’s Copacabana house drama? The PM was dragged in the media for buying a 4.3 million dollar home on the NSW central coast in the…
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The thing that flummoxed the Reserve Bank
Well, the Reserve Bank finally answered our fiscal prayers this week, and announced an interest rate cut of 0.25 percent, providing relief to stretched…
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Steel, macho men and the PM’s phone call with Trump
We bring you this episode of Inside Politics on Valentines Day, but right now the trade relationship between Australia and our closest ally is at a delicate…
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Best of 2024: Niki Savva on why the PM should retire, even if he does win the next election
We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2024, before we return in early February for the election year. In this special episode, which aired last month…
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Best of 2024: Will Dutton be tempted by Trump’s ‘war on woke’?
We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2024, before we return in early February for the election year. This episode aired just after Donald J Trump was…
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Best of 2024: What is doxxing, plus Barnaby's spill and a PM's wedding
We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2024, before we return in early February for the election year. In February last year, the identities of hundreds…
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Best of 2024: What’s going on with the Greens?
We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2024, before we return in early February for the election year. Last year was a big one for the Greens, often…
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Best of 2024: What does Australia's shift on Palestinian statehood mean?
We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2024, before we return in early February for the election year. In this episode, which aired last April, we take…
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Best of 2024: Dutton's nuclear plans 'slightly bonkers', but will it win an election?
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…
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The best and worst of 2024
If things are supposed to be slowing down for Christmas, well, nobody told our federal politicians. This week we had a mid-year economic update and a…
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Was Albanese’s response to the synagogue attack really that bad?
This week was dominated by the appalling anti-Semitic attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea in Melbourne’s south-east. There followed more…
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Niki Savva on why the PM should retire, even if he does win the next election
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should retire. Not right now, but a “decent interval” after the next election, if he wins it. So says Sydney Morning Herald and…
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A 2024 fire sale, ‘something big’ needed on cost of living
This week was the last sitting week of the parliamentary year, and there is speculation the Prime Minister will call an election early in 2025, meaning it…