Episodes

  • Back to Back Barries: roundtable reforms, and diplomatic rows

    Back to Back Barries: roundtable reforms, and diplomatic rows
    Aug 22 2025
    Barrie Cassidy, Tony Barry, and George Megalogenis discuss how productive the economic roundtable in Canberra was this week, and which ideas the government will act on first. They also discuss how the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has handled Benjamin Netanyahu’s continued attacks on his leadership
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    30 mins
  • Newsroom edition: Netanyahu attacks the Albanese government

    Newsroom edition: Netanyahu attacks the Albanese government
    Aug 21 2025
    The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has launched a diplomatic attack against his Australian counterpart – calling Anthony Albanese ‘a weak leader’ who betrayed Australian Jews. The row kicked off when Australia pledged to recognise a Palestinian state alongside international allies in response to the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians. At the time, Albanese claimed Netanyahu was “in denial” at the suffering of civilians in Gaza. Bridie Jabour is joined by editor, Lenore Taylor, head of newsroom, Mike Ticher, and deputy editor, Patrick Keneally, to discuss Australia’s relationship with an increasingly isolated Israel
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    21 mins
  • Can the government keep kids safe in childcare?

    Can the government keep kids safe in childcare?
    Aug 20 2025
    Calls for childcare reforms have become louder since revelations surfaced of multiple sexual abuse charges laid against a Victorian worker. Federal and state education ministers are set to meet Friday in an attempt to restore faith and safety to a service few can live without – but is real change possible? Senior reporter Kate Lyons talks to Reged Ahmad about whether the government’s next moves will give parents and carers the reassurance they desperately need
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    20 mins
  • Zelenskyy suits up for peace but can Trump deliver?

    Zelenskyy suits up for peace but can Trump deliver?
    Aug 19 2025
    Six months on from their explosive meeting in the White House, Volodymyr Zelenksyy once again met with the US president, Donald Trump, in Washington. But this time the Ukrainian president arrived with the support of key European leaders, who dropped everything in the hopes of securing a potential deal to end the war with Russia. Washington bureau chief David Smith speaks to Nour Haydar about whether Europe’s united front managed to steer Trump away from the Kremlin, what chance is left of a ceasefire and how Trump welcomed Vladimir Putin back on to the world stage
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    20 mins
  • Labor go looking for an economic legacy

    Labor go looking for an economic legacy
    Aug 18 2025
    As Labor’s much-hyped economic summit begins, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, say they want to hear big ideas to bring about the reform Australians are hungry for. But does the government’s talk match its political ambition? Reged Ahmad speaks to chief political correspondent Tom McIlroy about how Labor’s economic roundtable will shape the future of Australia
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    20 mins
  • How doomsday prepping went mainstream

    How doomsday prepping went mainstream
    Aug 17 2025
    It used to be a view held by a secretive few on the fringes of society, but preparing for disaster has now grown in popularity, with many believing having a backup plan just makes good sense. Senior reporter Kate Lyons speaks to Reged Ahmad on whether there is value in preparing for an apocalypse that may never come
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    18 mins
  • Back to Back Barries: the tricky politics of a treasurer-PM relationship

    Back to Back Barries: the tricky politics of a treasurer-PM relationship
    Aug 15 2025
    Ahead of next week’s productivity roundtable, Tony Barry and George Megalogenis examine how Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese work together and compare the duo to their counterparts of decades past. They also examine the timing of the prime minister’s plan to recognise Palestine and the RBA’s decision to cut interest rates. *Barrie Cassidy is on holidays and will return next week
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    25 mins
  • Newsroom edition: can Labor jumpstart the economy?

    Newsroom edition: can Labor jumpstart the economy?
    Aug 14 2025
    Next week – just over 100 hundred days into its second term – the Albanese government will bring together business leaders, unions and interest groups at an economic roundtable to try and figure out how to best jumpstart the economy. Big ideas such as a four-day work week and limiting negative gearing have been put forward, but the prime minister has been quick to dampen expectations.Bridie Jabour talks with the head of newsroom, Mike Ticher, and Guardian Australia’s economics editor, Patrick Commins, about whether the Albanese government has the ambition for big reform
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    20 mins