Podcasts
Defence: too much is never enough
For all the talk of defence spending in the election campaign, much of what Australians hold dear is being left behind.
Trump and the Australian election
The United States is disappearing down an authoritarian rabbit hole and Australian leaders are struggling to respond.
Crushing the Australian (and Elinor’s) dream
A number of the housing policy proposals on offer in this election will make affordability worse.
The cruel housing hoax
Amy Remeikis and Bill Browne discuss the federal election campaign so far, the performance of the media, and how preferential voting actually works.
Golfing while Rome burns
However well the 47th president hit ‘em in Florida, he cannot find a green with his tariffs.
Actually though, what the hell is going on in the economy?
It’s chaos out there.
Big gas is taking the piss
Peter Dutton has it half right on gas. There is no supply shortage, but Australians need to be using less gas – not more.
Bully’s gonna bully
The Australian defence and foreign policy establishment is trying to continue with alliance-as-usual with America, but Trump will always put Australia’s interests second.
Trump’s tariffs won’t wreck Australia’s economy. But America’s could be cooked.
Americans are going to bear the brunt of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs.
Home economics: housing, living standards and the federal election
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.
No joke
The Trump administration’s approach to the world can be summed up in three emojis: fist, American flag, fire. The president, meanwhile, is busy “not joking” about staying in office for an unconstitutional third term.
March 2025
A Budget that does no harm (sort of)
This “wimpy” budget tells us one thing: the election campaign is here.
We don’t need no Education
Trump has signed an Executive Order that seeks to dismantle the Federal Department of Education – but can he actually do it?
Don’t gut our environment laws
The Government’s proposed environmental law changes are an attack on our democracy and could benefit destructive industries far beyond Tasmania’s coastal ecosystems.
Greg’s budget wishlist
The Australian Government can’t afford to do everything, but it can afford to do anything it wants.
Dog acts
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.
Fish out of water
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?
Australia’s sick housing joke
Looking to buy a house? Having a good job that pays good money probably won’t be enough.
Enemies of the state
The public sector is under fire, but is it really as inefficient as DOGE and Dutton claim?
Why Russia’s aggression cannot be rewarded with Vasyl Myroshnychenko
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 economy has turned a corner. America’s is heading off a cliff.
Australia’s per capita recession is over, but the United States economy could be in for much worse.
The pros and cons of minority government with David Pocock and Tony Windsor
Polls point to a power-sharing government being the most likely outcome at the upcoming federal election, but how do they actually work?
Insecurity guarantee
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.
“A drowning memory”: the Pacific Island communities fighting for their survival
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.
February 2025
Australia’s surplus obsession (and why it needs to end)
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?
DOGE days: Trump’s war on the civil service
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.
Thrown under the bus: Ukraine abandoned by the Trump administration
Trump appears to want a quick and dirty end to Russia’s invasion, but at what cost to Ukraine and to America’s reputation?
A soft landing? What the rate cut means for the Australian economy
The Reserve Bank has cut interest rates for the first time since November 2020 – so is the Australian economy out of the woods?
With friends like these
The Trump administration is chatting with Putin and telling European leaders that they’re the problem. So what does this mean for Australia?
You get a tariff. YOU get a tariff!
And some of you get annexed (maybe).
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