Nearly three decades after the Port Arthur massacre, there are more guns than ever before in Australia and there is still no national firearms register.

Tasmanians have returned another power-sharing parliament – it’s now up to the major parties to make it work.

Amy Remeikis and Matt Grudnoff preview the first parliamentary sitting week.

By limiting generous tax concessions for the wealthy and collecting revenue from Australia’s natural resources, the Government could fund health and education systems that work properly.

Labor won big and the Coalition got “smashed”, but the major parties have never been more reliant on preferences.

Despite demands from the hawks that the Australia Government fall in line with the United States over Iran, it’s not inevitable that Australia supports illegal American military intervention.

By reviewing the deal, Trump has given the Australian Government an opportunity to get out of the disastrous AUKUS agreement.

A housing crisis, accelerating climate change and widening inequality all confront the re-elected Albanese Government, but the solutions exist (and often aren’t that complicated).

The Murujuga site in north-western Australia is potentially the most important rock art site in the world, but it’s being destroyed by rampant industrial development.

Superannuation is meant to help all Australians have a comfortable retirement, not help the very wealthiest pay less tax.

Great countries have great institutions, but Australian universities are a mess.

With the influence of the right-wing media waning, the Labor Government can use its massive majority to pursue big reforms.

With the influence of its historical opponents waning, is anything standing in the way of the Labor Government passing ambitious reforms?

The polls are pointing to a likely Labor victory on Saturday, but could Dutton’s suburban strategy still bear fruit?

Amy Remeikis and Bill Browne discuss the federal election campaign so far, the performance of the media, and how preferential voting actually works.

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.

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?

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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

David Marr discusses the frontier wars and the shocking family discovery that led to his award-winning book, Killing for Country.