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  • Introducing: Alan Jones on Trial

    Introducing: Alan Jones on Trial
    2026/08/08
    The criminal trial of veteran broadcaster Alan Jones has begun, almost two years after he was arrested over multiple counts of indecent assault and sexual touching — charges he strongly denies. What did week one reveal about the prosecution’s case, and the way Jones treated his alleged teenage victim? Nour Haydar speaks to Guardian Australia’s media correspondent Amanda Meade to unpack opening statements and key evidence from the trial’s first week
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    21 分
  • Ask me anything: ‘melon-gate’, One Nation’s media ban and the PM’s ambition

    Ask me anything: ‘melon-gate’, One Nation’s media ban and the PM’s ambition
    2026/08/14
    Federal parliament has returned from winter break with a frenetic start to the second half of the political year. There were days of commentary and squirming over ‘melon-gate’ and, with Labor planning to make a deal with the Coalition to pass gambling reforms, there are still doubts about the government’s ambition in its second term. Tom McIlroy, Krishani Dhanji, Josh Butler and Sarah Basford Canales, from Guardian Australia’s Canberra bureau, answer questions from listeners and readers
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    28 分
  • Guardian Essential report: have Pauline’s policies plateaued her support?

    Guardian Essential report: have Pauline’s policies plateaued her support?
    2026/07/02
    It’s the first Guardian Essential poll following Pauline Hanson’s provocative speech at the National Press Club – where she attacked multiculturalism, climate action, the United Nations, and the ABC and SBS. Her polling numbers have since stalled, and even One Nation supporters are expressing concerns about her policy offerings. Guardian Australia political reporter Josh Butler and the executive director of Essential Media, Peter Lewis, discuss the results of Hanson’s pitch to voters, and ideas on how to respond to the anger that’s driving interest in her party
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    24 分
  • Michelle Grattan and Melissa Clarke on the political year so far

    Michelle Grattan and Melissa Clarke on the political year so far
    2026/07/03
    The 2026 political year has already been surprising. Labor passed changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount, which they had previously ruled out. The Liberals changed leaders again, and One Nation has seen a surge of support in multiple polls. Political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to press gallery colleagues Michelle Grattan, the chief political correspondent at The Conversation, and Melissa Clarke, political correspondent with ABC Radio National. They discuss their report card on the year so far, and the political contests to watch in the second half of the year
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    30 分
  • Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison: Paul Kelly on the Liberals’ identity crisis

    Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison: Paul Kelly on the Liberals’ identity crisis
    2026/07/16
    Paul Kelly speaks to political editor Tom McIlroy about his new book on the turbulent era of the Liberal party under prime ministers Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison. In The Twilight of Exceptionalism, Kelly writes about how the Liberal leadership changed hands from a conservative, to a progressive and then a transactional centrist. The Australian’s editor at large argues that this period demonstrated the party was fractured over its values and confused about its identity in a changing world
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    30 分
  • SA premier Peter Malinauskas at the ALP national conference

    SA premier Peter Malinauskas at the ALP national conference
    2026/07/25
    Speaking with political editor Tom McIlroy and chief political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy at the 50th Labor conference in Adelaide, Peter Malinauskas talks about his own state contest with One Nation and why progressives should avoid speaking down to Pauline Hanson’s supporters. And despite the US admitting this week that the production rate of Virginia-class submarines has not increased, the SA premier argues that abandoning Aukus would pose an even greater risk than the controversial agreement’s potential problems
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    24 分
  • Guardian Essential report: the Labor health check

    Guardian Essential report: the Labor health check
    2026/07/30
    This month’s Guardian Essential poll shows signs that One Nation’s primary vote continues to plateau. But Labor can’t breathe a big sigh of relief just yet. Guardian Australia political reporter Josh Butler speaks with Guardian columnist and executive director of Essential, Peter Lewis, about the health of the government at the halfway point of Anthony Albanese’s second term as prime minister
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    28 分
  • Governor general Sam Mostyn on the ‘growing catastrophe’ in our democracy

    Governor general Sam Mostyn on the ‘growing catastrophe’ in our democracy
    2026/07/31
    Two years into her role representing King Charles, Australia’s head of state, governor general Sam Mostyn says she has observed a ‘woeful lack of understanding’ among the adult population about the civic underpinnings of Australia’s democracy – beginning with the constitution. Mostyn speaks to political editor Tom McIlroy at Admiralty House in Sydney about her decision to focus on a wide-ranging civics education for modern Australia, to address the ‘growing catastrophe’ that undermines democratic participation
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    37 分