Chanel Contos wants to fix our social media algorithms
Consent advocate Chanel Contos is leading a new campaign to push for social media companies to give Australians the choice to ‘opt in’ to th...
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20 of 322 episodesGuardian Essential report: does One Nation have a fix for social isolation?
One Nation has had another electoral win, having flipped the Labor seat of Secret Harbour in a Western Australian byelection on Saturday. So...
Who actually benefits from new datacentres in Australia?
National cabinet met on Wednesday to discuss the federal government’s plan for new AI datacentre development. Queensland and the Northern Te...
David Pocock on the ‘real betrayal’ of Labor’s deal on gambling reforms
This week, the Albanese government passed major reforms to online gambling advertising and deep cuts to rein in NDIS spending – all with the...
Ask me anything: ‘melon-gate’, One Nation’s media ban and the PM’s ambition
Federal parliament has returned from winter break with a frenetic start to the second half of the political year. There were days of comment...
Introducing: Alan Jones on Trial
The criminal trial of veteran broadcaster Alan Jones has begun, almost two years after he was arrested over multiple counts of indecent assa...
Can the government really get ahead of the curve on AI?
On Wednesday, the Labor government announced environmental and energy safeguards on new datacentres in Australia. Our political editor, Tom...
Governor general Sam Mostyn on the ‘growing catastrophe’ in our democracy
Two years into her role representing King Charles, Australia’s head of state, governor general Sam Mostyn says she has observed a ‘woeful la...
Guardian Essential report: the Labor health check
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...
SA premier Peter Malinauskas at the ALP national conference
Speaking with political editor Tom McIlroy and chief political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy at the 50th Labor conference in Adelaide, Pete...
Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison: Paul Kelly on the Liberals’ identity crisis
Paul Kelly speaks to political editor Tom McIlroy about his new book on the turbulent era of the Liberal party under prime ministers Tony Ab...
Meet Darcy Byrne, the Labor mayor taking on pokies reform
Darcy Byrne is the Labor mayor of Sydney’s Inner West Council and he’s helping lead a grassroots movement on curbing gambling harm in the co...
Michelle Grattan and Melissa Clarke on the political year so far
The 2026 political year has already been surprising. Labor passed changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount, which they...
Guardian Essential report: have Pauline’s policies plateaued her support?
It’s the first Guardian Essential poll following Pauline Hanson’s provocative speech at the National Press Club – where she attacked multicu...
Larissa Waters on the Greens’ CGT and negative gearing deal with Labor
This week, Labor secured a deal with the Greens to pass its reforms to the capital gains tax discount and negative gearing. The Greens were...
Has Pauline Hanson’s federal campaign just begun?
For the first time in her 30-year political career, Pauline Hanson fronted the National Press Club this week. It was a blistering address, a...
Will Labor’s NDIS changes become a reality?
The Albanese government is proposing major changes to the national disability insurance scheme – to cut spending and reduce the number of pa...
The case for Aukus, with defence industry minister Pat Conroy
The Albanese government’s announcement that Australia will now receive three used US Virginia-class submarines, rather than two used and one...
Max Chandler-Mather on a hopeful progressive populism
In his new role as director of the Greens’ think-tank, Max Chandler-Mather argues that the major political parties and parts of the media of...
Guardian Essential report: a lukewarm response to Labor’s budget
Jim Chalmers says his fifth federal budget is the ‘best budget for young people’, but in the latest Guardian Essential poll voters are uncon...