Australian politics live podcast
Katharine Murphy and Guardian Australia's political team examine what’s happening in Australian politics and why it matters to you.
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'They're insatiable': Jay Weatherill on his clash with the Coalition on energy – Australian politics live podcastThe South Australian premier, Jay Weatherill, joins Katharine Murphy to discuss his plans to tackle the energy market and his argumentws with the federal government
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Is neoliberalism dead? Ed Balls and Wayne Swan respond – Australian politics live podcastFormer UK chancellor joins former Australian treasurer to talk about the future of the global economy: if neoliberal ideals are not the solution, what is?
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The marriage equality 'postal plebiscite': what will happen and should you vote? – Australian politics live podcast‘If it comes up we’re going to have to try and win it,’ Ivan Hinton-Teoh from the lobby group just.equal tells Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan
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Katharine Murphy, Gabrielle Chan: the chaos of the winter break – Australian politics live podcastKatharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan get into the studio to discuss the difficulties that the Coalition has found itself
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Politicians on social media: just preaching to the converted? – Australian politics live podcastKatharine Murphy is joined by Caroline Fisher, assistant professor of journalism at the University of Canberra, to talk about the implications of a recent study on social media habits. Are politicians successfully bypassing the mainstream media? Which demographics are engaging, and what are they looking for? And how deep are we all stuck in our ideological bubble?
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Infighting and egos: why do we assume politicians are rational? – Australian politics live podcastKatharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan discuss what we’ve learned a year on from the federal election that left the government with a majority of one. What are Turnbull’s chances of lasting another year? Will Abbott be back? Why is right wing niche media more dangerous to the Liberal party than Labour? And does anybody care about any of this?
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We need to talk about Finkel (and Adani) – Australian politics live podcast“I don’t think anyone seriously thinks there is going to be investment in new coal-fired generation in Australia,” Mark Butler, the federal shadow minister for climate change tells Katharine Murphy. In a detailed discussion on the recommendations from the Finkel review, they talk about the reasons no private investor wants to build a coal-fired power station and why the Adani mine is a bad idea for Australia
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The economy: is it prospering or slowly dying? – Australian politics live podcastGreg Jericho, Gareth Hutchens and Shane Wright join Katharine Murphy to discuss the figures Scott Morrison doesn’t want to talk about
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Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan: can Turnbull redefine the Coalition? – Australian politics live podcastSince the budget the rules of engagement have shifted and Labor and the Coalition are still looking for successful strategies to one up each other. Can the Coalition use their education policy and the upcoming Finkel review to win policy arguments? Or will their own party bring them down with a protracted debate on climate change policies?
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Ending the legacy of the stolen generations – Australian politics live podcastRichard Weston from the Healing Foundation joins Katharine Murphy to talk about a report into the legacy of the stolen generation
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How do we get fair education funding? – Simon Birmingham on Australian Politics Live podcast
Podcast How do we get fair education funding? – Simon Birmingham on Australian Politics Live podcast
The minister for education and training, Simon Birmingham, joins political editor Katharine Murphy to discuss Gonski 2.0
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Wayne Swan: 'We simply have to get rid of neoliberal economics' – Australian politics live podcastThe former Labor treasurer talks to Katharine Murphy about the challenge for his party in an era when global politics has shifted to the right
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Coalition buries the legacy of Tony Abbott in 2017 budget – Australian politics live podcast
Podcast Coalition buries the legacy of Tony Abbott in 2017 budget – Australian politics live podcast
Lenore Taylor, Greg Jericho and Katharine Murphy examine the contradictions in the budget. Are the other spending promises enough to bring voters back to the Coalition?
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What is the Coalition's narrative for this year's budget? – Australian politics liveKatharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan ask, can the Coalition finally move away from the perceptions set in the 2014 budget by Joe Hockey and Tony Abbott?
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How to be a bipartisan parliamentary Speaker – Australian politics liveTony Smith, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, joins Katharine Murphy for a rare interview
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What can we learn from 100 days of Donald Trump? – Australian politics liveWhat do the first 100 days of the Trump administration tell us about what it will do in the future? Has the real Donald Trump revealed himself? Michael Wesley, Dean of the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University, tells Katharine Murphy that it seems the president doesn’t know where he stands on foreign policy issues until he ends up in the middle of a crisis. Will he show a stronger hand or commit to a foreign policy that amounts to ‘masterful inaction’?
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North Korea: will nuclear weapons be used in our region? – Australian politics live podcast‘We’re probably about as close to nuclear weapons being used in anger as we’ve been since 1945,’ Prof John Blaxland, head of the ANU’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, tells Katharine Murphy about the complicated relationship between Australia, the US, China and North Korea
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What can be done to fix Australia's housing market? – Australian politics live podcastConcerns about housing affordability have given way to warnings about a housing bubble, but Coalition ministers appear unable to tackle the problem
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Can Labor win on progressive, leftwing policies? – Australian politics live podcastShadow treasurer Chris Bowen joins Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy to talk about Paul Keating’s turn against neoliberalism, the values debate people are ‘craving’ and intergenerational inequality
Podcast Why Turnbull cannot count on high court to save his government – Australian politics live podcast