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The people pushing Australia’s gas expansion
Episode 1191
Despite the government’s commitment to cutting emissions and reaching net zero, Australia’s gas industry is expanding – and we’re making it easier fo…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Australian teachers quitting over Andrew Tate
Episode 1190
An alarming number of Australian boys are engaging with, and looking up to, the misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate.
Tate’s influence is warping class…
1 year, 11 months ago
‘Enough is enough’: a mother’s fight for justice over her son’s death in custody
Episode 1189
Aunty Donnas Kerr has spent her life fighting for Indigenous rights.
A member of the stolen generations, she grew up seeing members of her family die…
1 year, 11 months ago
The most powerful minister you’ve never heard of
Episode 1188
A new bill that redefines Australia’s gas industry has a surprising section smuggled into the fine print.
It’s designed to change not just the way we …
1 year, 11 months ago
Rosie Batty and a decade of public grieving
Episode 1187
Ten years ago, Schwartz Media launched its weekly independent newspaper, The Saturday Paper.
On page three of its first edition was a story about a wo…
1 year, 11 months ago
Scott Morrison leaves parliament: A winner or a loser?
Episode 1186
Scott Morrison has left the building.
The former prime minister was known for his finely crafted personal image, a dad from the shire who loved rugby …
1 year, 11 months ago
Why Labor is being accused of pork-barrelling
Episode 1185
Pork-barrelling isn’t illegal, but it's one of the dark arts of politics: governments spending money in seats they want to win.
So, when does the prac…
2 years ago
Everything Peter Dutton is getting wrong on asylum seekers
Episode 1184
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton may have found the message he’s taking to the federal election: stop the “armada of boats”.
It hasn’t been high on the …
2 years ago
‘They don't know much’: Politicians spending on the military
Episode 1183
Australia has spent almost 15 years trying to buy new surface ships for the navy, but they are still yet to arrive.
That’s because governments have re…
2 years ago
The Weekend Read: Jane Gleeson on why we need decay to save the planet
Episode 1182
Today on the show, writer Jane Gleeson-White, with her piece from a recent edition of The Monthly.
In inner-city Sydney, the heart of the urban jungle…
2 years ago