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AUKUS: This could only end in a very bad place
Episode 1918
This week’s budget shows AUKUS is getting bigger.
The government is putting more money into the agencies, workforce and infrastructure needed for nuc…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Why Labor's 'breadcrumb' budget feels like a meal
Episode 1917
After Labor handed down its fifth budget, Anthony Albanese spent the week answering one question: had he broken his promise?
The government wanted th…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
David Pocock on the “cowardly” announcement hidden on budget day
Episode 1916
Senator David Pocock has been one of the fiercest advocates for the You win some, you lose more report, known as the Murphy Review, and its recommend…
3 weeks ago
Why is Rebel Wilson being sued by her co-star?
Episode 1915
It's a case where the art has been overshadowed by the drama.
The star of Australian film The Deb, singer Charlotte McInnes, is suing Australian act…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Will the PM’s tax reform fix the housing crisis?
Episode 1914
The housing market – and young people without rich parents being locked out of it – has dominated dinner table conversations for years.
This budget …
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Labor’s budget promises fairness – does it deliver?
Episode 1913
It was a budget framed around fairness for workers and for young people locked out of the housing market.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fifth budget restr…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Did Coles and Woolies con customers?
Episode 1912
Tim Tams and Tiny Teddies aren’t usually the stuff federal court cases are made of, but product by product, dollar by dollar, the ACCC has been build…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Bonus ep: Why One Nation’s win changes the game
Episode 1911
It’s something Pauline Hanson has been eyeing for years – and on the weekend, she finally got it: a seat in the lower house.
Her candidate for Farrer…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
“Children saying heil Hitler”: What we’ve learned from the antisemitism hearings
Episode 1910
The first week of hearings at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion opened with Jewish Australians describing what life now feel…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
The tabloid panic rewriting bail laws
Episode 1909
Last year – after months of pressure over youth crime, and claims the system had become too soft – Victoria passed what it proudly called the toughes…
3 weeks, 5 days ago