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Why Labor wants to fight the election on nuclear power
Episode 1342
Peter Dutton’s first major promise when he became opposition leader was to build nuclear power plants.
It was a curious idea with no cost attached and…
1 year, 5 months ago
Inside Labor’s courting of the teal independents
Episode 1341
Politics was changed at the last election in a way the major parties are still grappling with.
Now, the record crossbench it delivered looks set to gr…
1 year, 5 months ago
Has Albanese’s NACC been a failure?
Episode 1340
The Albanese government’s long-promised National Anti-Corruption Commission was met with high hopes that it would weed out corruption within our inst…
1 year, 5 months ago
Read This: We Visited Gerald Murnane at the Goroke Golf Course
Episode 1339
Gerald Murnane doesn’t have readers, he has acolytes. The New Yorker described him as “the reclusive giant of Australian letters”. He’s written 10 no…
1 year, 5 months ago
Why Bill Shorten is quitting politics
Episode 1338
Bill Shorten has wanted to be the prime minister since he was a teenager.
Yesterday he finally gave up that ambition, announcing his resignation from…
1 year, 5 months ago
The scientific controversy over head injuries in sport
Episode 1337
At a Senate committee last year, the NRL and Football Australia acknowledged the link between head injuries in contact sports and the neurodegenerati…
1 year, 5 months ago
Thomas Mayo on continuing the fight for recognition
Episode 1335
Although Australians voted resoundingly against an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, Thomas Mayo – one of the Voice’s key campaigners – has not given u…
1 year, 5 months ago
Why trans people need to be counted in the census
Episode 1335
The census is meant to reflect the country back to us – to give vital data on who makes up Australia.
But this week it’s become a political landmine …
1 year, 5 months ago
Is this the end of the Jacqui Lambie Network?
Episode 1334
It’s been almost a decade since Jacqui Lambie dramatically quit the Palmer United Party.
Since then, she’s become a political force in Canberra and …
1 year, 6 months ago
Read This: Miranda July Wrote the Book She Couldn’t Find
Episode 1333
Writer, artist, and filmmaker Miranda July has a devoted – even rabid – following, through her writing, her work on the screen, and her collaborative…
1 year, 6 months ago