On Tuesday the government will present its latest implementation plan for Closing the Gap. Which provides a major test for the government as it prepares the next steps after the referendum.
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The new fuel efficiency standards regime will move Australia in the direction of comparable countries, but it has its critics. Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen joins the podcast to discuss this policy and more
With polling showing strong support for Labor’s new tax changes and the opposition in a difficult position, the prime minister is back in the political ascendency.
Newspoll has found 62% of people surveyed believe the Albanese government did the right thing in reworking the stage 3 tax cuts.
Dr O'Donoghue has been remembered as a “giant for our country”, who dedicated her life to the rights, health, and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Anthony Albanese might not be Labor’s strongest policy innovator but as a tactician, he’s as shrewd as they come.
In our first podcast of 2024, Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor discusses the tax broken promise, where the economy is heading, falling inflation, and more.
Former Labor minister Greg Combet is to be the new chair of the Future Fund, replacing Peter Costello. Combet, a member of parliament in 2007-2013, served in the industry and climate change and energy…
Labor’s new tax package has turned the March 2 Dunkley byelection into a referendum on tax which may leave Peter Dutton with some difficult problems.
Pioneers in melanoma treatment, professors Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer, are the joint 2024 Australians of the Year.
In the government’s dramatic recalibration of stage 3 all taxpayers will get a cut, rather than just those earning more than $45,000.
All prime ministers break promises. But there are some whose breaches go into the history books – and Anthony Albanese has just joined that group.
The experienced media executive will replace outgoing chair Ita Buttrose in March.
The prime minister is under pressure to provide cost of living relief ahead of next month’s byelection, while the former prime minister takes his leave.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers, overseer of the government's economic policy, joins us on the podcast to talk us about the latest budget numbers, interest rates, changes to the Reserve Bank board, Australia's debt, cost of living measures and more.
The recent vote in the United Nations on the Israel-Hamas conflict puts serious strain on the Albanese government, internally and externally writes Michelle Grattan, who dissects the governments response.
The Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) shows the federal budget is headed for a small $1.1 billion deficit this financial year, according to the update.
The leaders called on Israel to ‘respect international humanitarian law’, and said Hamas has no place in the future governance of Gaza.
The government will take steps to reduce the number of student visas being used as work visas, while also shortening graduate visas and reducing the eligible age.
Bill Shorten joins us on the podcast today to discuss the recent NDIS report and how he sees its path forward in modern Australia.
Michelle Grattan reports on some Albanese ministers halfway through its term in government. Highlighting where some shine and others don’t.
Ahead of Thursday’s release of the review into NDIS, the states have agreed to provide more and expanded services for people with disability in exchange for an extension of the GST top-up.
The government seeks to end the year with a series of new announcements, but the ongoing crisis with the high court decision overshadows the government’s work.
Parliamentarians have paid tribute to the Labor MP who has died from cancer aged 50.
New preventative detention legislation will be brought into the Senate as an amendment. The changes will allow the preventative detention of those who are considered a terrorist risk.
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