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Why politicians are doomed if they ignore renters
Episode 1027
As rent prices continue to spiral and many tenants finding themselves at breaking point, the rental crisis shows no sign of slowing.
The Greens are ca…
2 years, 9 months ago
Inside the leaking of the Lehrmann trial inquiry
Episode 1026
It was an inquiry meant to get to the bottom of why the trial of Bruce Lehrmann had to be abandoned. Its goal was to improve the justice system and h…
2 years, 9 months ago
Why Peter Dutton is stealing from Martin Luther King Jr
Episode 1025
The iconic words of Martin Luther King Jr are now being used to promote the exact causes that the civil rights activist would have opposed.
In the Un…
2 years, 9 months ago
David Pocock on voting for ‘not great’ policy and how he wants to fix it
Episode 1024
David Pocock admits that sometimes he's had to vote for policy he doesn’t fully agree with.
The first-term senator came into parliament with the best …
2 years, 9 months ago
Albanese vs the ‘Noalition’: It’s about to get spicy
Episode 1023
Parliament is back – and it ain’t pretty!
The government is pushing ahead with its contentious housing bill and finds itself, once again, sparring wit…
2 years, 10 months ago
Scott Morrison reckons he’s blameless for robo-debt
Episode 1022
The royal commission into robo-debt found Scott Morrison to have allowed cabinet to be misled.
Commissioner Cathrine Holmes also found he provided un…
2 years, 10 months ago
Does Peter Dutton have a secret on Nauru?
Episode 1021
Australia’s offshore processing facility on Nauru now sits empty.
The detention centre has been a feature of Nauru’s identity for over a decade, but …
2 years, 10 months ago
Cooking with gas is about to become a hate crime
Episode 1020
Australians love to heat their homes and cook their meals with gas, but its future in our households has a limit.
Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews h…
2 years, 10 months ago
Taxing big business to fix the housing crisis
Episode 1019
Australian housing is in crisis – the country doesn’t have enough affordable homes for the growing number of people who need them.
This week, the Alba…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Weekend Read: Don Watson on cancelling a war hero
Episode 1018
Today, author Don Watson will be reading his piece from the June issue of The Monthly, reflecting on WW2 ace pilot Sir Douglas Bader.
Bader was a rema…
2 years, 10 months ago