As Trump takes a sledgehammer to American democracy, Australia’s leader snagged a selfie – and a one-on-one meeting in October. How that will go is anyone’s guess. 

Australia has always had influence and power, it has just been too cowed to use it.

After a rocky week for Australian diplomacy, Prime Minister Albanese is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly…and maybe, just maybe, a meeting with President Trump.

We need to talk about the Pacific.

Former Senator Doug Cameron calls on the federal government to reject “warmongering” and abandon the AUKUS deal.

There was a lot of hysteria over the symbolism of former premier Daniel Andrews’ photo op with assorted dictators at a Chinese WWII military ceremony, but precious little discussion or analysis of the so-called threats to Australia’s security.

Senior leaders from the Ukrainian Red Cross join us to discuss how international standards in armed conflict are being “compromised”.

Trump is behaving like “an emperor”, enabled by insufficient checks and balances on the power of the Oval Office.

For the sake of taxpayers, let’s hope that the Audit Office is inspecting the AUKUS books closely. Australian money is flushing into the US submarine construction system – a billion US dollars so far, with another billion by year’s end. What will Australia have to show for it? Nothing. Except, of course, for a lot of international

Postal services around the world have suspended services to the United States in response to the Trump administration’s chaotic tariff policies.

An imperial revival is occurring under the second Trump presidency.

“Prime Minister, how do you get the relationship with Israel back on track from here?”

US President Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin this week. But did he get played again? 

“Probably not…”

On this special crossover episode of Follow the Money and After America, Dr Emma Shortis joins Glenn Connley to discuss the Australian protests calling for more action to protect Palestinians, the momentum against the troubled AUKUS submarine pact, and Trump’s decision to fire his chief of labour statistics after job growth slowed. This discussion was

From Gaza to AUKUS, pressure for change is building on Australian foreign policy.

There is a sickness at the centre of Australia’s childcare system. The profit motive.

There used to be a myth that News Corp could make or break governments.

Conspiracy theories are funny things. The most enduring ones usually take hold for two reasons: first, because there’s some grain of truth to them, and second, because they speak to foundational historical divisions. The theories morph and change, distorting the grain of truth at their centre beyond reality. In the process, they reinforce and deepen

Also: the country is not too reliant on income tax.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has confirmed that states have binding legal obligations under international law to prevent climate harm and protect present and future generations.

It’s only been SIX MONTHS.

The Australian Government doesn’t allocate spending to health or education as a proportion of GDP. Why should defence be any different?

A 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals would help Big Pharma make bigger profits, but it’d be a disaster for Americans’ health.

Nuclear weapons are still a threat to humanity. In our age of uncertainty, Australia isn’t doing enough to rid the world of these weapons.

66 per cent of Australians support a Parliamentary Inquiry into the AUKUS security agreement, according to new polling commissioned by The Australia Institute. 

Former Labor Prime Minister Ben Chifley famously didn’t own a dinner suit.