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The Howard Effect: In the Shadows of the Australian Dream
Episode 1838
It’s just over two years into his first term and John Howard is taking the country to another election. In that short time he has seized the mantle o…
3 months ago
The Howard Effect: Australia’s Sliding Doors Moment
Episode 1837
It was the second of March 1996. After 13 years of Labor in power, Paul Keating’s government had been defeated in a landslide, closing the door on th…
3 months ago
Trump’s Iran war: regime change or regime chaos?
Episode 1836
The United States has entered a new war in the Middle East – alongside Israel – launching strikes inside Iran.
Iranian authorities say civilians have…
3 months ago
How big should Australia be?
Episode 1835
Immigration is back at the centre of federal politics – again.
The Coalition’s new leadership is arguing Australia needs lower numbers, tougher rules…
3 months, 1 week ago
Beer, gas and capital gains tax
Episode 1833
In Canberra, a fight both major parties have tried to avoid is back.
The Senate is examining the capital gains tax discount – the Howard-era change t…
3 months, 1 week ago
Speak the truth, pay the price: Australia's broken whistleblower laws
Episode 1832
Whistleblowers have exposed some of Australia’s biggest scandals – from Robodebt and misconduct in the banking sector, to alleged war crimes in Afgha…
3 months, 1 week ago
“We’re winning so much”: Trump’s message to Americans
Episode 1831
Full of hubris and bravado, the State of the Union Address was classic Trump – the showman who knows how to work a crowd.
In the chamber there was p…
3 months, 1 week ago
Is it time for Ukraine to cut a deal?
Episode 1830
When Russia struck Ukraine four years ago it kicked off the first full scale war in Europe since World War II.
Now, as Russia knocks out Ukraine’s po…
3 months, 1 week ago
Could the Andrew scandal bring down the King?
Episode 1829
By the time a wide-eyed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was slumped in the back of a Range Rover on his way to the police station last week, the reality h…
3 months, 1 week ago
Why Elon’s million satellites could spell disaster
Episode 1828
Elon Musk and his SpaceX team want to launch up to one million satellites as part of a proposal to power massive data centres in space.
They pitch it…
3 months, 1 week ago