Politics Now
By ABC Australia
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Belwarmec
Dec 4, 2024
Makes Aus politics easy to digest from very knowledgeable presenters. Great weekly listen.
SK93
May 21, 2024
Mar 21, 2023
Rancid Ellis
Apr 7, 2022
Refreshing to eavesdrop on your well informed chat, and inner circle instincts.
Aug 20, 2021
Daniel
Feb 17, 2021
A shallow look at AusPol. If you want clear analysis go elsewhere.
Aug 28, 2019
Ann-Marie Denham
Jun 19, 2019
Thoroughly enjoyable and I always look forward to a new episode! It's also great to hear two women political commentators.
PB
Nov 29, 2018
Great stuff
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Threats, a ceasefire and strained alliances
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Can you deliver reform during a crisis?
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Labor's gambling reforms - tinker or triumph?
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Did Albo's address meet the moment?
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Is Albanese the 'man with a plan'?
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Carrots, sticks and a gas profits tax
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Albanese reads the room with cheaper fuel
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Reform or handout? That is the question for the Government ahead of the budget
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Capping off a 'binfire' political week
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Progressive patriotism v sovereignty
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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All fetta! Australia-EU trade deal inked
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Which political party is listening to Australians?
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Demand for fuel has gone up, but when will petrol prices come back down?
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Why Pauline is the 'main character' in the SA election
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Hastie takes on a 'petulant' Trump
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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How one swing voter decided the rate hike
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Was Labor slow to act on fuel fears?
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Dennis Richardson: Intelligence findings into Bondi terror attack 'cannot wait'
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Is One Nation capturing young voters?
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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A big week of resignations
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Welcome to Matt Canavan’s ‘hyper-Australia’
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Is Australia 'participating' in the Middle East war?
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Will Farrer be One Nation's 'holy grail'?
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Should Aus join Canada's middle power fightback? | Insiders On Background
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Why petrol prices are 'kryptonite' for governments
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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The review Liberals tried to bury
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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The new world disorder
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Why Albanese backed Trump's Iran attack
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Can tax reform fix Australia's housing crisis? | Insiders On Background
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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PM 'mops up' as Ley officially exits
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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A ‘difficult’ week for the PM
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Albanese's 'troubling' bomb scare
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Why is Albanese ruling out a republic referendum?
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Is Albanese playing 'mind games' in Farrer?
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Women and children in Syrian camp "will end up in Australia" | Insiders On Background
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Why is Albanese taking a hard line on 'ISIS brides'?
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Is Taylor's frontbench battle ready?
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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By-election booby traps | LIVE SHOW
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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The radical realignment of the right
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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How will Taylor bring the Liberals back from the brink? | Insiders On Background
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Taylor triumphs, Ley resigns. What next?
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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It's on! Taylor v Ley spill
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Taylor set to strike... but how?
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Big personalities, protests and polling
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Coalition frenemies promise to unite
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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What is Thriving Kids? | Insiders On Background
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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A week of parliamentary drama
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Should we expect bold budget ideas?
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Is a rate rise the government's fault?
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Has Albanese got his mojo back?
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Is Labor tackling gendered violence?
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Why timing is everything in politics
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Spills, inflation and One Nation - oh my!
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Is a rate hike now imminent?
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Could 'freelancers' decide the Liberals' future?
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Is Sussan Ley's leadership 'toast'?
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Libs, Nats, One Nation and the fight for the right
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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The Coalition is 'done'. Are Ley and Littleproud too?
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Are the Nationals testing Sussan Ley?
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Will hate speech laws split the Coalition?
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Parliament returns - but it's not 'politics as usual'
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Labor accountability and negative gearing caution
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Will Ley rejecting hate speech laws backfire?
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Kerrynne Liddle doesn't believe in one-size-fits-all
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Why Kevin Rudd resigned as US Ambassador
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Is Albanese's year off to a bumpy start?
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Why the PM announced a royal commission
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Gambling ban, the glass cliff and Dutton’s ‘disappearance'
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Larissa Waters is a shameless optimist
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Why 2026 will be a 'pollster's picnic'
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Josh Burns on how you create change
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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A political year in review
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Tim Wilson on what makes a good society
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Why immigration is back on the agenda
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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A 'not perfect' PM acts on Bondi
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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The hard questions about Bondi begin
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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John Howard's warning to Anthony Albanese
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Will the Bondi shooting lead to gun reform?
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Are politician perks a 'pisstake'?
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Why the housing crisis is such a 'wicked problem'
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Will Anika Wells keep her job?
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Barnaby makes One Nation flirtation official
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Tackling racism 'not a priority' for Govt, says Race Discrimination Commissioner
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Will Labor muscle-up on gambling reforms?
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Social media ban looms. Are we ready?
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Is the 'jobs for mates' era over?
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Albanese and the low-key 'royal wedding'
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Economic Report Card | Insiders On Background
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Barnaby to defect and enviro laws to pass
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Is Labor the better economic manager?
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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High steaks for Pauline and Barnaby
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Net zero gains for Sussan Ley
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Why miners want a deal done on new environment laws | Insiders On Background
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Did the PM get his ideal COP outcome?
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Labor’s COP out on science
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Another leader bites the dust
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Sussan Ley is 'fighting for her political life'
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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The long road to treaty | Insiders On Background
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Sussan Ley killed net zero. Will it save her?
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Why the Libs ditched net zero
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Liberals face net zero D-Day
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Annabel Crabb on our 'unusual' democracy
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Do leaders need political conviction?
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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The Whitlam dismissal | Insiders On Background
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Does the Coalition respect Sussan Ley?
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Can Sussan Ley survive the summer?
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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A rate 'bump in the road' for Labor
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Are the Coalition about to split (again)?
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Can Labor reform Australia's environment laws? | Insiders On Background
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Did Sussan Ley overreach on 'shirtgate'?
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Antony Green on the rise of One Nation
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Is Labor ‘taking the piss’ on integrity?
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Is this Labor's biggest test yet?
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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What does Trump really think about China? | Insiders On Background
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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How Albanese won Trump over
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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What Trump's China message means for Australia
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Albanese heads home with a Trump card
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Is Barnaby the new Pauline Hanson?
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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What will happen when Albanese meets Trump? | Insiders On Background
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Is 'fear' behind Labor's super-sized backdown?
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Channelling Farage or chasing Teals?
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Why support for One Nation is rising
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Did Albo hand Chalmers an 'excrement sandwich'?
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Optus' communication breakdown | Insiders On Background
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Leaky Liberals and Optus email blunders
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Is this an episode of Utopia?
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Did Labor ignore triple zero 'red flags'?
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Peter Dutton enters the chat
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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🚨What Hastie quitting means for Sussan Ley
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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Will Palestinians support Trump's peace plan? | Insiders on Background
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Is Australia more than a middle power?
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Is Labor putting out the housing fire or fanning the flames?
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Trump has a plan for peace. Will it work?
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Albanese and Starmer stare down populism
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Alastair Campbell on Trump: "What the f is he talking about?" | Insiders On Background
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Albanese and the brave new world order
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Albanese and Trump lock in a date
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Has Sussan Ley gone 'rogue' on Palestine?
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Australia splits with US to recognise Palestine
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Matt Kean urging opposition to back govt's 2035 emissions target || Insiders: On Background
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Labor unveils 2035 climate targets. What next?
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Did Trump just confirm a meeting with Albo?
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Will Ley survive the climate wars?
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Will Labor's climate target be ambitious?
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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What should Australia's 2035 climate target be?
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Is Sussan Ley's leadership in trouble?
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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PM condemns Israel's Qatar strike
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Battle of the bribes in the Pacific
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Are the Liberals in a civil war?
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Bob Carr on China’s military might || Insiders: On Background
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Quiet Nauru deals, loud immigration protests
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Is the government taxing information?
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Can Labor fix home support for older Australians?
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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The government condemns anti-immigration rallies
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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How should governments respond to the 'sovereign citizen' movement? || Insiders: On Background
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Canberra, Iran and a curious photo op
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Is the government doing enough on sovereign citizens?
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Iran 'orchestrated' attacks on Australian soil
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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A housing pitch and a net zero brawl
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Are working-age Australians being ripped off by the tax system? || Insiders: On Background
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Sizzle or fizzle? The verdict on the Roundtable
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Netanyahu lashes out and Tony Burke fires back
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Tension in a tit-for-tat visa cancellation
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Putting productivity on the Reform Roundtable
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Let AI boost productivity and growth, business leaders urge against 'over-regulation' || Insiders: On Background
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Whose economic summit is it anyway?
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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What the PM thinks about a four day work week
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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A win for Labor as the RBA cuts rates
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Australia will recognise Palestine
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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How do we keep big tech in line? || Insiders: On Background
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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A reform roundtable looms as a bridge march reverberates
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Jim Chalmers' newest economic friend is AI
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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We might be watching Albanese's 'big moment'
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Younger voters put negative gearing back on the agenda
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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'Solutions are known, but rarely acted upon': Why are governments failing to Close the Gap? || Insiders: On Background
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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'Not if, but when' we recognise Palestine
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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The UK draws a line on Palestine
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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How do we react to another Trump tariff bombshell?
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Albanese sharpens criticism of the Israeli government
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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How do we fix the childcare sector? || Insiders: On Background
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Why this speech made the PM tear up
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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How did Sussan Ley perform in her first Question Time?
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Pomp, ceremony and political division
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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The 'stark' gender split in parliament
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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What does the PM's trip to China mean for Taiwan? | Insiders On Background
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Laura Tingle on the PM, Trump and Xi
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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What the PM did and didn't say to President Xi Jinping
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Does Labor have a chance to be ambitious about housing?
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Will the PM find a friend in China?
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Charm Offensive: China and US relations | Insiders On Background
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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'Racism' in the NT police. Will the government push for change?
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Will Trump's tariffs make medicine more expensive?
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Why the RBA held rates
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Is Australia's multicultural project in trouble?
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Linda Burney: Yoorrook Commission lays "very fine blueprint for the way forward"
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Our childcare system is facing a 'reckoning'
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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What Labor needs to do about child safety
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Can Albo fix our 'messy' gas market?
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Why Albo is under pressure to meet Trump
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert on the situation in the Middle East | Insiders On Background
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Inside the psyche of 'daddy' Trump
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Sussan Ley's 'I'm not Dutton' speech
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Has Trump stopped Iran developing a nuclear weapon?
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Australia backs Trump in Israel-Iran war
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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What's tax reform got to do with productivity? | Insiders on Background
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Why Australia is shifting its language on Israel-Iran
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Why the PM chasing Trump could look 'desperate'
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Did Trump 'snub' Albanese?
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Will Albo get a Trump deal at any cost?
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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What Israel's strike on Iran means for Australia
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Tariff triumph or trouble? | Insiders On Background
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Is Trump using AUKUS as a 'Trojan horse'?
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Why Australia sanctioned Israeli Ministers
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Why AI means reform in Albo's second term
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Will beef be on the menu when Albanese meets Trump?
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Is Australia drone-ready? | Insiders on Background
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Albo's Trump-sized headache
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Can Albo get a tariff deal with Trump?
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Why Dorinda Cox left the Greens for Labor
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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PM stares down US defence spending demand
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Quantum Leap | Insiders On Background
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May 30, 2025 |
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Laura Tingle on when politics is at its best
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May 29, 2025 |
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Coalition's shadow cabinet shakeup
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May 28, 2025 |
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What Albo learnt from Scomo's Hawaii moment
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May 27, 2025 |
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How do the Liberals rebuild?
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May 26, 2025 |
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The Nationals are 'holding a gun to the Liberal Party’s head', says Malcolm Turnbull | Insiders: On Background
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May 22, 2025 |
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Are the Coalition getting back together?
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May 22, 2025 |
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Why the Coalition breakup is 'weird'
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May 21, 2025 |
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Why the Nats broke up with the Libs
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May 20, 2025 |
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The PM heads to Rome
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May 19, 2025 |
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Another round of climate wars? "Oh God no!" | Insiders On Background
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May 16, 2025 |
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Three leadership contests in one week
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May 15, 2025 |
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Is Sussan Ley facing a glass cliff?
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May 14, 2025 |
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What Sussan Ley's leadership means for the Liberals
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May 13, 2025 |
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Surprises and snubs in Labor reshuffle
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May 12, 2025 |
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On Background || Liberal Party: What's next?
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May 09, 2025 |
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Why the Liberals could shift to MAGA
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May 09, 2025 |
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Why Bandt and Dutton's losses share 'parallels'
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May 08, 2025 |
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Factional fights left, right and centre
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May 07, 2025 |
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How the Coalition 'failed' young voters
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May 06, 2025 |
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Trump praises Albo and has ‘no idea’ who Dutton is
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May 05, 2025 |
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Peter Dutton's post-mortem
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May 04, 2025 |
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Labor wins the election and Dutton loses his seat
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May 03, 2025 |
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Australia votes || Insiders On Background
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May 02, 2025 |
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Send this to your mate before they vote
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May 02, 2025 |
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Who won the election campaign?
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May 01, 2025 |
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How Albanese has 'transformed' this campaign
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Casey Briggs on why Australia is a nation of swingers
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Can culture wars win elections?
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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On Background || Defending Australia
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Apr 25, 2025 |