This “wimpy” budget tells us one thing: the election campaign is here.

Trump has signed an Executive Order that seeks to dismantle the Federal Department of Education – but can he actually do it?

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

The Australian Government can’t afford to do everything, but it can afford to do anything it wants.

The will-he-or-won’t-he game over Trump’s steel and alumnium tariffs is over. Turns out he will – despite the apparent offerings of the Australian Government.

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?

Looking to buy a house? Having a good job that pays good money probably won’t be enough.

The public sector is under fire, but is it really as inefficient as DOGE and Dutton claim?

Ukraine’s Ambassador to Australia joins us to discuss why defending Ukraine’s sovereignty is critical for Australia, America and other democracies around the world.

Australia’s per capita recession is over, but the United States economy could be in for much worse.

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

After a week when America’s reliability as an ally was called into question, new research shows that more Australians think Donald Trump is the greatest threat to world peace than either Xi Jinping or Vladimir Putin.

For communities in Tuvalu and Kiribati, climate change isn’t an abstract threat – it’s having a real-time impact on their lives and culture.

The Government is being grilled by the media about how it will pay for its changed to Medicare – but why are journalists not asking the same questions of Australia’s expensive and unfair tax concessions?

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.

Trump appears to want a quick and dirty end to Russia’s invasion, but at what cost to Ukraine and to America’s reputation?

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

The Trump administration is chatting with Putin and telling European leaders that they’re the problem. So what does this mean for Australia?

And some of you get annexed (maybe).

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

Trump’s proposal for the US to “own” Gaza and force out the Palestinian population would make it American policy to support “a crime against humanity”, says US foreign policy expert, Matt Duss.

Without addressing the wealth inequality crisis, Australia’s economy and society will suffer.

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

We discuss US tariffs against its three largest trading partners, the political battle over who gets to be American, and Trump’s imperial ambitions.

Slashing public service jobs won’t make government more efficient.

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

Superannuation tax concessions benefit the richest Australians most – so why is the government finding it so hard to make modest changes to the system?

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