Podcast Episodes

The Sketch: Tony Wright on 'Nation's worst government? Jane Hume's hyperbolic historical claim'

Tony Wright, the associate editor of The Age, has been writing for 50 years. He is the master of what we call the political sketch. Sketches are akin…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Anthony Albanese interview: Police prayer disruption at Herzog protest needs ‘full explanation’

We're bringing you an extra episode of Inside Politics today because Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had an opening in his diary, and he's granted us…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Is government spending really driving inflation?

There’s a bit going on with the Liberal Party this week, but while that unfolds we are going to look at some bigger issues. 

Interest rates went up r…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Bill Shorten on his random, oblique reference in the Epstein files

Today on Inside Politics, we welcome back former opposition leader Bill Shorten, who is now the Vice Chancellor of the University of Canberra.
It's a …

4 months ago

A funeral, secret plots, and 'wayward children' — another messy week for the Coalition

The drama between the Liberals and the Nationals continued this week with what seems to be a total breakdown in the relationship between Liberal lead…

4 months, 1 week ago

The Sketch: Tony Wright on the Coalition’s 'ship of fools'

Tony Wright, the associate editor of The Age, has been writing for 50 years. He is the master of what we call the political sketch.
Sketches are akin …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Barnaby Joyce opens up on his defection to Pauline Hanson's One Nation

One Nation is having a bit of a moment.

Pauline Hanson’s outfit, accused by both major parties of exploiting racial anxiety over her career, has fade…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Littleproud fired the gun, but Ley set up the circumstances: The spectacular Coalition break-up

We are back with a special episode of Inside Politics as a few things have happened this week – namely the break-up of the Coalition, a century-old p…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Best of 2025: Bill Shorten on Albanese's Trump triumph, and the opposition's next move

Inside Politics is still on a break, but we’re set to return in two weeks.  

Today, we return to an episode released just after Anthony Albanese’s su…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Best of 2025: Albanese meets with Trump next week. Anything could happen

We’re on a break over summer, our dear chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal is probably off to a yoga retreat somewhere in Bali, and we return a…

5 months ago