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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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  • Will Albanese’s caution become his weakness?

    Will Albanese’s caution become his weakness?
    Nov 21 2025
    Author and columnist Sean Kelly says despite Labor’s overwhelming majority and an opposition largely consumed by its own infighting, there are signs that Anthony Albanese’s government will waste the opportunity handed to them by the Australian people. Kelly talks to Guardian Australia political editor Tom McIlroy about his new Quarterly essay, which examines the Labor party’s move away from idealism towards pragmatism. And the former Rudd and Gillard staffer argues that while Albanese’s caution has won him two elections, it could also become the prime minister’s greatest weakness
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    17 mins
  • The fear of neo-Nazis and the politics of social cohesion with Mehreen Faruqi

    The fear of neo-Nazis and the politics of social cohesion with Mehreen Faruqi
    Nov 21 2025
    In conversation with political editor Tom McIlroy, deputy leader of the Greens Mehreen Faruqi says a neo-Nazi rally in front of NSW parliament this month caused fear for many Australians – and the federal government is yet to respond to recommendations for a national framework for anti-racism. And with both houses of parliament returning for their last sitting week for the year, Faruqi says a possible decision by Labor to team up with the Coalition – rather than the Greens – to pass nature law reforms next week would lack credibility, especially when the opposition has now decided to ditch a commitment to net zero emissions by 2050
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    24 mins
  • A new Liberal and Labor MP on their first terms in parliament

    A new Liberal and Labor MP on their first terms in parliament
    Nov 14 2025
    It’s been six months since the May election, which brought new personalities to Parliament House – along with an even larger majority for the Albanese government. Labor MP Renee Coffey, who beat the Greens housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather, and Liberal MP Leon Rebello, a former staffer and parliamentary attendant, join political editor Tom McIlroy to discuss the start to their first terms. In this bipartisan conversation, the two Queenslanders also talk about the Coalition’s net zero debate this week and Labor’s fight to pass new environment laws before Christmas
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    25 mins
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