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 Guardian Australia's political team examine what’s happening in Australian politics and why it matters to you© 2025 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. Politics & Government
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  • A political year in review with Melissa Clarke and Michael Read

    A political year in review with Melissa Clarke and Michael Read
    Dec 12 2025
    In our final episode for 2025, political editor Tom McIlroy speaks with Melissa Clarke from ABC RN Breakfast and Michael Read from the Australian Financial Review. The press gallery colleagues discuss the prime minister’s performance and his seemingly mild ambition for bold reform, and assess the government’s diplomatic balancing act of maintaining relations with the US president, Donald Trump. They also share their political predictions for 2026 – including the future of Sussan Ley’s leadership, the ministers they will be watching closely and the policies that will resonate the most with voters
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    26 mins
  • Guardian Essential report: One Nation support soars - podcast

    Guardian Essential report: One Nation support soars - podcast
    Dec 11 2025
    After the furore over Pauline Hanson’s burqa stunt and Barnaby Joyce’s defection to One Nation, the latest Guardian Essential Poll shows a surge in the party’s primary vote. Essential Media’s executive director, Peter Lewis and Guardian Australia political reporters Josh Butler and Krishani Dhanji unpack whether or not the Joyce factor played a part in One Nation’s uptick. They also pull apart voters’ views of this week’s social media ban for under-16s and discuss criticisms that the Albanese government’s technology measures are more performative than substantive, in the face of AI’s growing influence
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    23 mins
  • Penny Wong on Trump, Putin and reshaping foreign policy

    Penny Wong on Trump, Putin and reshaping foreign policy
    Dec 5 2025
    This week Labor committed additional military support for Ukraine in its war against Russia as part of a Nato-led initiative. The government also announced new sanctions on Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers, which are a source of revenue for Moscow. Amid these announcements and in the last week of Senate estimates, foreign affairs minister Penny Wong speaks to political editor Tom McIlroy about a tumultuous year in international affairs. The senator reflects on attending the second inauguration of Donald Trump and her continued close engagement with Australia’s Pacific neighbours – in an increasingly unpredictable world order
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    21 mins
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