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Politics with Michelle Grattan
The Conversation's Chief Political Correspondent Michelle Grattan talks politics with politicians and experts, from Capital Hill.
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- Politics with Michelle Grattan
Jacinta Price's parliamentary agenda
Following her pre-selection victory, Alice Springs deputy mayor Jacinta Nampijinpa Price will now be the Country Liberal party's Senate candidate at the…
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Word from The Hill: the return to lockdown
As well as her usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where…
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Sussan Ley and Terri Butler on the Great Barrier Reef being 'in danger'
The government's response to the UNESCO recommendation that the Great Barrier Reef be listed as "in danger" was one of surprise and shock. The recommendation…
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Word from The Hill: Australia's new Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, climate policy and UNESCO
As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from…
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Acting PM Michael McCormack on net zero 2050 and prospects for a new coal-fired power station
With Scott Morrison overseas, Nationals leader Michael McCormack has been Acting Prime Minister this week. In this podcast, he speaks about the free trade…
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Word from The Hill: the Biloela Tamil family, G7 and the upcoming parliamentary fortnight
As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from…
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Rex Patrick on Freedom of Information and Australia's submarines
Senator Rex Patrick is currently challenging the secrecy around Scott Morrison's national cabinet. He's brought legal action – the outcome is pending – to…
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Word from The Hill
As well as Michelle Grattan's usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes "Word from…
- Politics with Michelle Grattan
Mark Butler on the vaccine rollout and democracy in the Labor Party
Despite this week's strong economic figures, the pandemic is not as distant in the rearview mirror as many had hoped it would be by now. In Victoria, cluster…
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Katy Gallagher on the battle to hold the government to account
When Katy Gallagher joined the podcast this week, she was running between sessions of Senate estimates. Among other issues, she and other Labor senators…
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Richard Colbeck on aged care and the Olympics
In last week's budget, $17.7 billion was allocated to the aged care sector, in response to the damning findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality…
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Simon Birmingham and Jim Chalmers on a big spending budget
This year's budget, handed down on Tuesday, boasts plenty of winners and minimal direct losers. Spending is lavish, with the government doing its utmost to…
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what should the budget do for women? Jennifer Westacott (BCA) and Michele O'Neil (ACTU)
What do business and union leaders believe should be in a budget that is designed in part to pitch to women? Jennifer Westacott, CEO of the Business Council of…
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former ASIO head David Irvine on the cyber threats Australia faces
"The warfare of the 21st century" is going to be "fought in cyberspace before kinetic shots are fired" says leading national security expert David Irvine. And…
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military ‘watch-dog’ Neil James on Afghanistan, China, and Peter Dutton
Sunday is ANZAC day - and this year it comes at a particularly important time for Australia’s military image. Last week, Scott Morrison announced Australia’s…
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Matt Canavan on Holgate, Di Bartolomeo, and John Andersen
Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate has given evidence to a Senate inquiry into her dramatic exit from Australia Post. Holgate left her position last…
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Stephen Duckett on what's gone wrong with the rollout
As of Tuesday, only 920,334 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered - a fraction of the four million doses the Morrison government had promised…
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Linda Burney on the treatment of Indigenous Women
In the passionate debate over the treatment of women in workplaces, and particularly the extent of violence and harassment, the voice of Indigenous women…
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Sussan Ley on being a woman in politics
Over the last month, as more and more stories of sexually explicit behaviour and misconduct within the walls of Parliament House have been revealed, the…
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Zali Steggall on Monday's march and Scott Morrison's response
On Monday, women across the nation marched, demanding justice, safety and equality. But the government's response was lacklustre, with Scott Morrisona and the…
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Fleur Johns on the rule of law
Christian Porter has unequivocally denied the historic rape allegations levelled against him, and says he is determined to stay in his job as attorney-general…
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Patricia Sparrow on the Royal Commission into Aged Care
The Royal Commission into Aged Care has now delivered its final report, and its findings are an indictment of the inadequacies of the present system. The…
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Former MP Kate Ellis on the culture in parliament house
The revelation of the alleged rape of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins and subsequent allegations of sexual misconduct have sparked multiple inquiries…
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David Littleproud on The Nationals and net zero
Scott Morrison has indicated he wants to embrace a 2050 target of net-zero emissions. That, however, requires bringing the Nationals on board, and a vocal…
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Anthony Albanese on his new frontbench, Joel Fitzgibbon, and Labor’s imminent workplace policy
Last year, Anthony Albanese was criticised for his lack of cut-through during the COVID crisis, as Labor was sidelined by a hyperactive government. This year…
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on promising budget figures
This week's update shows an improvement on the numbers in the budget that was delivered only 10 weeks ago. The prospects for growth and employment have been…
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Chief Scientist Alan Finkel on climate, energy and emissions
This month Alan Finkel ends his term as Australia's Chief Scientist. An entrepreneur, engineer, neuroscientist, and educator in his former life, Finkel…
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Asia-Pacific expert Bates Gill on China’s endgame
Chinese official Lijian Zhao’s tweeting an image depicting an Australian soldier holding a knife against a child’s throat and the subsequent angry exchanges is…
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Defence expert Allan Behm on the background to the Brereton report
The findings of the inquiry by Justice Paul Brereton into the misconduct – including allegations of murder of non-combatants and mistreatment of prisoners – by…
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Joel Fitzgibbon on Labor climate policy and leadership
Labor's Joel Fitzgibbon this week quit the frontbench, ensuring he'll become even more vocal in his campaign to have Labor's climate policy move to the centre…
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economist Danielle Wood on Australia’s ‘blokey’ budge
In his budget reply, Anthony Albanese said women have suffered most during the pandemic, but were reduced to a footnote in the budget. He promised a Labor…
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a budget for a pandemic
With the budget’s expected eye-watering debt and deficit numbers, the question remains whether the huge spending will be enough to fight the coronavirus slump…
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Chris Richardson on what Tuesday’s budget will and should do
On Tuesday, the 2020 budget will be brought down. It will show a huge deficit for this financial year and massive government spending, aimed at promoting…
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New Zealand’s Helen Clark on the pandemic inquiry and avoiding election ‘cat fights
On October 17, New Zealanders will head to the polls to vote in a general election and also on referendum questions for the legalisation of cannabis and…
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Angus Taylor on the 'gas-fired' recovery
The Coalition is having yet another go at crafting an energy policy. Faced with the huge economic challenges presented by COVID, the government this week…
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Jodie McVernon on Melbourne’s modelling, a Covid vaccine, and the role of experts in a crisis
In light of Victoria’s cautious roadmap out of lockdown, with some experts claiming the exit is too fast, and others believing it is unnecessarily slow, the…
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Chris Bowen on the recession, aged care and priorities for health policy
Had the 2019 election panned out differently, Chris Bowen would have been the treasurer coping with Australia's current economic crisis. Instead, as shadow…
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Former Greens leader Richard Di Natale on COVID, climate and his successor
In February, then Greens’ leader Richard Di Natale stepped down from the leadership after five years and announced he’d leave parliament to spend for more time…
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Professor Barney Glover on the bleak years ahead for higher education
With the withdrawal of the international market, and the stresses of delivering education virtually, the university sector has been hit especially hard by…
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Jim Chalmers on tax cuts, inequality, and the Queensland election
The second wave of the pandemic in Victoria has pushed the post-COVID economic recovery further beyond the horizon. Among the challenges for the federal…
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Concetta Fierravanti-Wells on aged care – what needs to be done differently
The Royal Commission into Aged-Care Quality and Safety delivered it’s interim report in October 2019. Titled ‘Neglect’, it provided a scathing insight into the…
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Patricia Sparrow on the need for aged care reform
Those in aged care have been some of the hardest hit by the coronavirus second wave in Victoria. Even before the crisis, there were calls for reform of the…
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Geoff Kitney on a life in journalism and the contemporary media landscape
Geoff Kitney fell into a career in journalism, and rose from reporting the local footy in Western Australia to covering many of federal politics's biggest…
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After the crisis: what lessons can be drawn from the management of COVID-19 for the recovery process?
In this fourth episode of the Conversation-Democracy 2025 Podcast on “Political Trust in Times of Covid-19”, Michelle Grattan and Mark Evans explore the…
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Jane Halton on the risk of 'vaccine nationalism'
Jane Halton, who formerly headed the federal health and finance departments, is chair of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness. CEPI, founded by the Bill &…
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Christopher Pyne on being 'the ultimate insider'
Former Liberal Minister Christopher Pyne attracted critics for his political front. But he always had plenty of friends and networks, enabling him often to be…
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two leading economists on Australia’s post-COVID economy
With three months before JobSeeker is due to end and calls for billions of dollars in extra spending, there is a growing debate about how Australia’s…
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: The Battle for Eden-Monaro – interviews with Kristy McBain and Fiona Kotvojs
On July 4, the voters of Eden-Monaro will give their judgment on the performances of Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese. The seat is held by Labor on a margin…
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Clive Hamilton and Richard McGregor on Australia-China relations
After its calls for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus, Australia has found itself targeted by China with sharp rhetoric and trade retaliation. In…
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Trust, democracy and COVID-19: A British perspective
Conversation-Democracy 2025 Podcast on “Political Trust in Times of COVID-19” produced by ContentGroup A week ago, the British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab…
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Pat Turner on Closing the Justice Gap
Pat Turner, for decades a strong Aboriginal voice, is the lead convenor of the Coalition of Peaks, which brings together about 50 indigenous community peak…
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Statistician David Gruen and the race for real-time pandemic data
Perhaps at no point in Australia’s history has the demand for real-time figures been stronger than during the coronavirus crisis. The Australian Bureau of…
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on saving Australia’s tourism and construction industries
As Australia slowly emerges from isolation, the nation’s economy is reopening, and even looking rather better than expected. But Australia still faces grim…
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Jim Chalmers on JobKeeper’s flaws and the Eden-Monaro byelection
Labor will campaign on the flaws in the JobKeeper program in the Eden-Monaro byelection, shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers says. “There will be so many people from…
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Democracy 2025 - The role of the APS in a post COVID-19 world with Michelle Grattan, Mark Evans, Peter Shergold, and Renée Leon
In the latest Democratic Fundamentals, Renée Leon, former Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Human Services, and Peter Shergold, former Secretary of…
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Paul Kelly on the risk of a COVID-19 second-wave
Speaking as an expert in epidemiology, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly is candid about the prospects of a second-wave of coronavirus in a society that…
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Nev Power on the role of business in a post-coronavirus world
Nev Power, former head of "Twiggy" Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group, is now the Chairman of the government's National COVID-19 Coordination Commission. The…
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Katy Gallagher on the senate's coronavirus watchdog
Labor's Katy Gallagher is chair of the Senate committee that will assess the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis, both its economic and health…
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Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on his autobiography, ‘A Bigger Picture
In this episode of Politics with Michelle Grattan, former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull gives his frank assessment of Scott Morrison as a former colleague…
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MPs Tim Watts, Fiona Martin, Clare O'Neil and Helen Haines discuss serving their electorates during the coronavirus crisis
Michelle Grattan talks with MPs Tim Watts (Gellibrand, Victoria), Fiona Martin (Reid, NSW), Clare O'Neil (Hotham, Victoria) and Helen Haines (Indi, Victoria)…