Podcast Episodes

Best of 2025: The rallies, the neo-Nazis, the flag-draping: How politics on immigration have led to this point

Happy New Year.

We’re on a break over summer - lucky us - before we return at the end of January for another year of Inside Politics.

Today, we’re re…

5 months, 1 week ago

Best of 2025: A Labor 'landslide' and disaster for Dutton

Hi and Merry Christmas!

Your Inside Politics team is on a little hiatus over summer before we return at the end of January.

In the meantime, we hope …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Anger in the aftermath: Albanese and the Bondi attack

This week it feels wrong to talk about politics in the wake of the horrific antisemitic massacre at Bondi Beach on Sunday. Australians and Sydneyside…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tony Abbott on running for Senate, AUKUS and cultural ‘self-loathing’

In this bonus episode of Inside Politics, former primer minister Tony Abbott joins host Jacqueline Maley and chief political correspondent Paul Sakka…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

The ‘dirty business’ of MP expenses

Today, we're delving into the expenses scandal, if indeed we are calling it a scandal, that has engulfed the Communications Minister Anika Wells. A $…

6 months ago

$100k flights, uncomfortable truth about PM's wedding, and the social media ban fight

This week the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was on his honeymoon after his low-key Lodge wedding last weekend, while Senate estimates rolled on in …

6 months, 1 week ago

Barnaby defects, Hanson offends and Sussan Ley comes on the podcast

Well, Barnaby Joyce finally announced his resignation from the Nationals this week, paving his way to join One Nation, in a week where Pauline Hanson…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Albanese wants to protect Australia ‘as it is’. But is it good enough?

Recently on this podcast we have been highly fixated on the problems within the Liberal opposition and we have neglected the government somewhat. So …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Coalition’s net zero word salad, and Ley’s leadership ‘not safe’

This week in federal politics there was really only one show in town, and that was the compelling and 'can't look away' car crash that is the Liberal…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Jane Hume on rebranding net zero, and Hastie's abortion comments

It’s been a rather torrid week for the Coalition, with yet more messy fighting over whether it will dump its commitment to Australia achieving net ze…

7 months ago