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- Back to Back Barries: What a sinking Labor can learn from the soaring Democrats · 32 minBarrie Cassidy is back from his break and keen to dive into the lessons for Australia from one of the biggest US midterm shifts in history. What can Labor learn from the…
- Beau Lamarre-Condon takes the stand · 16 minAfter seven weeks of intense public interest, former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has entered the witness box to give his testimony of how Jesse Baird and Luke Davies died…
- A ‘spy’, a billionaire and an affair of global consequence– podcast · 23 minJensen Huang is many things. A billionaire, CEO of the world’s second-most valuable company, and now, a man who had an affair with a woman accused by US intelligence of being a…
- Who is Stephen Miller, the new gateway man to Trump · 31 minJonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad examine the Democrats’ failed impeachment attempt against the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and ask: could we see another bid soon? The…
- The allegations against David Walliams · 52 minMultiple women allege David Walliams abused his power and position as a celebrity to prey on them for sexual purposes when they were young women, an investigation by the Guardian…
- Is progressive Victoria about to vote for One Nation? · 23 minAs the Victorian election approaches it seems almost inevitable that the most progressive state in the country will soon fall out of Labor’s grasp. And now, with a royal…
- ‘Very slowly, then all at once’: how David Jones collapsed · 21 minOnce the gleaming crown jewel of Australian retail, David Jones has collapsed into administration, leaving thousands of workers and unpaid suppliers in limbo. How did the…
- The ‘Taylor Swift of romantasy’ has a new book. Why are people mad? – Full Story podcast · 25 minWith midnight book launches, record-breaking sales and billions of TikTok views, romantasy has turned into one of the biggest commercial juggernauts propping up modern…
- Back to Back Barries: Dissecting the One Nation voting blocks · 35 minTony Barry and Shaun Ratcliff (filling in for Barrie Cassidy) break down the One Nation vote into four categories: ‘Red Meat’, ‘Precariats’, ‘Triple Haters’, and ‘Hanson…
- The crimes of Russell Brand · 36 minIn the decades he’s spent on screens, Russell Brand’s been a comedian, an actor, a presenter and a political anarchist. Now he has been convicted of rape and sexual assaults…
- Alan Jones on trial: The journalist who broke the story speaks | Week 13 · 25 minWhen the investigative reporter who broke the allegations against Alan Jones took the witness stand, the courtroom gallery was packed. Under cross-examination over interview…
- Chris Bowen on how he’ll reach consensus at the UN climate summit Cop31 · 33 minThe UN’s climate summit begins in Turkey on Monday, with Australia leading the negotiations for the first time. The challenge of bringing nearly 190 countries to consensus on…
- US midterm elections 2026: is this the end of Trump? - podcast · 36 minThe Democrats have had a resounding win, taking control of the Senate and the House of Representatives in a historic midterms result. Hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy…
- Has the tide finally turned on One Nation's 'crude and cruel' political cartoons? · 24 minWhen One Nation’s political cartoon Please Explain first launched in 2021, the general consensus – even from the left side of the political spectrum – was that it was…
- High inflation and interest rates: can Labor escape the blame? · 16 minWith the Reserve Bank poised to increase interest rates today, voters are increasingly pointing the finger at government spending rather than global headwinds. But with household…
- The coming legal battle against Albanese’s social media ban · 18 minThe first major legal challenge against Australia’s under-16s social media ban is set to heard in the high court on Tuesday – 11 months on from the policy taking effect. As…
- Back to Back Barries: Is inflation driving Chalmers and Albanese apart? · 30 minBarrie Cassidy and Tony Barry discuss how the diving economy will impact Anthony Albanese’s – and Jim Chalmers’ – approval ratings. If the relationship between the prime minister…
- Covert recordings and alleged confessions: an update on the murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon · 21 minAs the New South Wales supreme court trial of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon reaches its sixth week, the jury has heard covert recordings, witness testimonies and…
- Alastair Campbell on Trump, political violence and why populist politics doesn’t work · 28 minIt’s election season: the US midterms are just days away and Israel, Brazil and Serbia have all had consequential elections this week. Alastair Campbell from The Rest is Politics…
- Obama v Trump · 30 minIn this episode of Guardian Australia’s US politics podcast, co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy talk about Barack Obama’s war of words with Donald Trump, after the…
- Neck and neck in the 2026 New Zealand election · 23 minAs consequential elections around the world make global headlines, another election closer to home is flying under the radar. New Zealand’s election on 7 November could define…
- Will Australia ever get Snowy Hydro 2.0? · 19 minBack in 2017 the then prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, announced an ambitious expansion of Australia’s towering public infrastructure project, Snowy Hydro 2.0. Estimated at a…
- Israel votes: Netanyahu’s future on the line · 32 minIsraeli citizens are about to vote in what’s being seen as elections that are almost existential when it comes to the future identity of the country. That’s because since the…
- Do politicians lack the courage to turn the temperature down? · 41 minTony Barry and George Megalogenis (filling in for Barrie) examine the response to the horrific alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines this week. While the prime minister…
- Alan Jones on Trial: Alleged victim’s mother “trusted” Jones | Week 11 · 15 minThe mother of the youngest complainant wept on the stand after being presented with a note written by her son alleging ‘something happened’ at Alan Jones’s property at Fitzroy…
- Can Japan’s firebrand PM survive a second year in power? · 21 minOne year ago, Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female prime minister, taking over a party in crisis. Since then, she’s defied the doubters, not just surviving as leader in a…
- Katie Zacharia and Trump’s women problem · 34 minIn this episode of Guardian Australia’s US politics podcast, co-hosts Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad look at how Katie Zacharia broke the record for shortest tenure as White…
- Why terrorism laws stopped Sally Rooney selling books in the UK · 28 minThe bestselling author says her novels will no longer be supplied to British bookshops due to fears of prosecution. Zoe Williams and Haroon Siddique report
- What the Helen Haines tragedy means for Australian democracy · 18 minHelen Haines, the independent federal MP for the Victorian seat of Indi, is in a critical condition and has lost a leg after an alleged attack outside her electorate office in…
- The allegations against the Greens’ Jordon Steele-John · 18 minThe Greens senator for Western Australia, Jordon Steele-John, has blamed ‘nasty political games’ for the timing of allegations of misconduct towards women spanning nearly a…
- NAZA: the film the Israeli government does not want you to see · 46 minYuval Abraham and Rachel Szor on their new film interviewing Israeli military insiders on the vast, AI-assisted systems their sources say are being used to kill civilians in…
- Black Box: The Chatbots | What I Saw at the Double Six Ranch | Ep 6 · 48 minFrom his remote property in rural Texas, the millionaire businessman Michael Samadi is plotting a new kind of civil rights movement – for the welfare and protection of AI…
- Back to Back Barries: Why Josh Frydenberg isn’t the Liberals’ saviour · 32 minTony Barry and Niki Savva (filling in for Barrie Cassidy) examine the ‘festival of Josh’ that played out in the media this week as the former treasurer spruiked his new memoir…
- ‘I couldn’t breathe’: Russell Brand trial hears from first alleged victim · 10 minFormer comedian Russell Brand is on trial facing multiple charges of rape and sexual assault against six women, spanning a decade from 1999 to 2009. On Thursday the court heard…
- Alan Jones on trial: Will Alan Jones take the stand? | Week 10 · 19 minAfter the youngest complainant began giving evidence, Judge Glenn Walsh placed a non-publication order on much of this week’s testimony. In this episode, Guardian Australia media…
- Everything you need to know about the midterms · 33 minIn this episode of Guardian Australia’s US politics podcast, co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy take a special look at the midterms which are coming up in early…
- How Firmus went from Australia’s AI 'fairytale' to flop · 26 minIt was supposed to be an Australian business success story. Just over a week ago local AI company Firmus was preparing to hit the market with a value that would put the startup…
- ‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’ – Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor · 50 minAre we really living through ‘end times fascism’? The authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so. In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with…
- Why does Hegseth want the world to see a death by firing squad? · 21 minIt has been nearly 100 years since the last public execution in the US but, on 3 December this year, that could change. The US secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, said last week that…
- The Australians buried together in unmarked graves · 22 minUsing evidence from family and friends, analysis of cemetery registries, and aerial and satellite imagery, a special investigation by Guardian Australia has found that ‘persons…
- Black Box: The Chatbots | The Line | Ep 5 · 48 minFive stories that feel like five answers to one important question: in a world where AI chatbots can help us through a breakup, listen like a friend, be a life coach, draft a…
- Back to Back Barries: How Labor should fight One Nation · 33 minTony Barry and Jessie McCrone examine the latest Redbridge poll (‘the poll that stops the nation’) that shows a slump in support for the prime minister and weaker support for…
- Alan Jones on trial: The youngest complainant’s testimony | Week 9 · 19 minThe fifth and final complainant has taken the stand to detail his allegations against Alan Jones. He is also the youngest of the alleged victims, telling the court he accepted an…
- France’s teens versus the riot police · 28 minAngelique Chrisafis on the pupils and students who are taking to the streets and closing down schools in France
- The Coalition’s race to the bottom on migration · 20 minWith a pledge to slash net overseas migration to just 100,000 people, with incremental increases in the years following, the Coalition has promised history-making immigration…
- What next after Christa Pike’s botched execution? · 33 minA warning for this episode - it covers details of a murder and an execution that some might find distressing. In this episode of Guardian Australia’s US politics podcast…
- Is Australia ready for a datacentre boom? · 21 minAs technology companies push to expand AI infrastructure across Australia, residents from suburban Melbourne to regional Queensland are raising concerns over noise, power demands…
- Cornell University gang-rape allegations and the culture behind them · 19 minWhen a civil lawsuit brought horrific details of an alleged gang rape at a Cornell fraternity to light, international outrage followed. Questions remain over how initial reports…
- The Populist: The social contract | Episode 4 – Full Story podcast · 1 h 18 minOne Nation was the first Australian political party with a website, and its online game today is recognised as some of the most effective in the business. The party specialises…
- Black Box: The Chatbots | Life Raft | Ep 4 · 44 minMore than a billion people are suddenly talking to AI chatbots designed to connect with us. We are sharing with them our deepest secrets, trusting them with our wellbeing and…
