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The ‘messy couple’ that was the Coalition
Episode 1795
It’s the on-again, off-again political drama that has turned Australian politics into something resembling a soap opera.
For the second time in a ye…
4 months, 1 week ago
Is Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ a power grab?
Episode 1794
Donald Trump has invited Australia to join his new “Board of Peace” – a Trump-led body he says will help bring peace to Gaza.
But the invitation come…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
How hate speech blew up the Coalition
Episode 1793
This week, Labor’s watered-down hate speech laws passed the Senate.
The following day, the bigger story wasn’t the bill.
Three senior Nationals – Bri…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
How Elon Musk's Grok started undressing children
Episode 1792
When Elon Musk first launched his AI tool Grok, he called it “rebellious” and anti-woke.
But over the summer, what that meant took a disturbing turn.…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Australia has more guns than ever
Episode 1791
In the aftermath of the 1996 massacre at Port Arthur, Prime Minister John Howard donned a bullet proof vest and argued the case for gun control, to c…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The AFP’s secretive new anti-protest command
Episode 1790
Rex Patrick is a former senator from South Australia. Before that, he was a submariner in the Navy.
Last year, he noticed a reference to a new arm of…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Revisiting Creative Australia’s decision to drop Khaled Sabsabi
Episode 1789
The fallout from this year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week debacle has reignited fierce debate about political interference in the arts and about who gets t…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Hannah Ferguson on the politics of hate speech
Episode 1788
On Monday, parliament will return early to debate new laws to deal with hate speech and gun ownership.
The legislation has been drafted in a hurry – …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Trump “needs” Greenland
Episode 1787
Directly after Donald Trump intervened in Venezuela, capturing president Nicolas Maduro and laying claim to the country’s oil industry, the US Presid…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Will Trump go to war with Iran?
Episode 1786
Is the world about to see the United States intervene in another country – this time, Iran?
Since late December, Iran has been rocked by mass protest…
4 months, 3 weeks ago