Football, meat pies, kangaroos and gambling – there’s nothing more Australian.

The United States is disappearing down an authoritarian rabbit hole and Australian leaders are struggling to respond.

It’s not often I agree with Peter Dutton, but I can admit when he’s right and he’s right about two things.

Peter Dutton has it half right on gas. There is no supply shortage, but Australians need to be using less gas – not more.

With housing affordability at an all-time low and the spectre of Trump looming large over our region, Australians’ standard of living will be at the heart of the debate from now until election day.

While all eyes were on the budget, the Albanese government gutted Australia’s environmental laws. The changes are great for the salmon industry, but terrible for endangered species and Australia’s democracy.

The Government’s proposed environmental law changes are an attack on our democracy and could benefit destructive industries far beyond Tasmania’s coastal ecosystems.

Chunks of dead salmon have washed up on Tasmanian beaches and the Maugean skate is at risk of extinction, so why won’t governments to more to rein in the salmon industry in Tasmania?

Polls point to a power-sharing government being the most likely outcome at the upcoming federal election, but how do they actually work?

By laying off tens of thousands of federal employees, challenging the authority of judges and throwing erstwhile allies under the bus, the Trump administration is radically reshaping America and its role in the world.

The Reserve Bank has cut interest rates for the first time since November 2020 – so is the Australian economy out of the woods?

Australians, by and large, have seen America as an ally critical to our national security. But in just a few short weeks, Donald Trump has shown his administration is a threat to Australia and the world’s security. Australia may not be able to stop Trump from creating chaos, but we will undermine our own security if we don’t stand up for ourselves and for our values.

We discuss Trump’s new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports and what they’ll mean for Australia.

Australia needs an electoral system that’s genuinely fair, not a two-tiered system that favours the major parties.

President Donald Trump has been issuing Executive Orders and dominating the media cycle, trying to radically reshape America and the world in the process.

Richard Denniss joins the show to discuss Trump’s inauguration and the upcoming federal election.

Bri Lee, one of Australia’s most exciting young writers, joins us to discuss her debut novel, The Work, and the politics of power and privilege.

Award-winning writer Lech Blaine traces the making of Peter Dutton – from Queensland detective to leader of the Opposition. 

Houses should be a place to live, not a ladder to wealth.

Amy Remeikis joins us to reflect on Anthony Albanese’s turbulent year as Prime Minister and preview the federal election campaign.

Independent MP Helen Haines joins us to talk about how a deal between the Government and the Opposition could swing Australia’s electoral laws in their favour.

The United Nations climate change negotiations are skirting around the critical issue of phasing out fossil fuels and are in desperate need of reform, says Sandrine Dixson-Declève.

Strap yourselves in. Convicted felon Donald Trump has been re-elected president of the United States.

With its democracy under assault, America needs a friend, not a flunkey.

He lost the Queensland election, but former Premier Steven Miles may have saved the furniture by putting forward popular, progressive policies that voters responded to.

How has it come to this? The United States presidential election is a fight between a prosecutor and a convicted felon and the felon might win.

Excessive secrecy in government decision-making makes Australia less safe, not more.

Press gallery veteran Paul Bongiorno joins us to discuss how conflict in the Middle East is reverberating through Australia and reconciliation one year after the Voice referendum.