Wong’s Palestine election demand: Who will protect the voters under occupation?
Penny Wong’s criticism of the postponed Palestinian elections raises a crucial issue for Australian foreign policy: how can a democracy that...
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The politics of violence and blame
The alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines in Wangaratta raises urgent questions about political violence in Australia, the safety of...
Death in America: The execution will not be televised
Donald Trump’s cancelled plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution raises disturbing questions about state violence, political spectacle an...
Australia’s Red Line Package: Human rights for sale
Australia champions international law, but where does it draw the line when human rights collide with defence contracts and strategic allian...
PFAS, housing and climate: Luciana Carusi’s fight for the Blue Mountains
Who holds power in the Blue Mountains—and whose interests come first? Ahead of the NSW election, we speak with NSW Greens candidate Luciana...
Australia’s rules-based disorder
Donald Trump’s sanctions against the International Criminal Court, Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza and controversy surrounding Navi Pill...
Is Big Tech AI out of control and too big to reel in?
Who controls Australia’s AI future: elected governments or Big Tech? In this episode, we examine how scrutiny of OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsof...
One Nation: The billionaire’s battler party
One Nation promises to defend ordinary Australians against wealthy elites – but Pauline Hanson’s party is moving into an $8 million Brisbane...
The FlyDubai incident: Fear and art of political fiction
A crisis doesn’t have to be manufactured to become propaganda. We examine FlyDubai Flight FZ1073, Benjamin Netanyahu’s response and how terr...
The Greens take on Labor, Supermarkets, AUKUS & Palestine
Can David Shoebridge turn frustration with Labor into electoral support for the Australian Greens? From publicly owned supermarkets and chea...
Will David Shoebridge give Labor the boot?
Can David Shoebridge turn frustration with Labor into lasting support for the Australian Greens? In this episode, we examine how the Greens...
The AI Medicare wake-up call
The OpenAI Medicare breach exposes a widening gap between artificial intelligence and corporate accountability. In this episode, we examine...
Australia wants a seat at the UN but what would it stand for?
Australia wants a UN Security Council seat in 2029–30, but what would it do with that influence? Anthony Albanese promises to defend interna...
What is ASIO really telling us about terror threats?
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess says the agency has disrupted 16 potential terror threats and four more serious plots since the Bondi Bea...
Labor is becoming what it once condemned
The Albanese Labor government came to office promising integrity, transparency and accountability, but four years later those standards are...
Macklemore, Mary Kostakidis and the red line on Palestine
Political power doesn’t always operate through governments or legislation – it can work through vexatious litigation, lobbying, money, profe...
Australia, Israel and the charade of Palestinian recognition
Almost a year after Australia recognised Palestine as an independent and sovereign state, what has actually changed? The Albanese government...
The Liberal Party: Chasing One Nation to the edge of oblivion
One Nation may be slipping in the polls, but Pauline Hanson is still setting the direction of conservative politics in Australia – and Liber...
A climate change disaster in Nepal is Australia’s problem too
The catastrophic Nepal–Tibet floods, triggered by a collapse of glacial ice and rock in the Himalayas, have killed more than 1,250 people an...
Labor’s One Nation problem
One Nation's byelection win in Secret Harbour – an 18 per cent swing in a WA Labor seat held for 37 years – is a warning sign for the Albane...