Cut Through

By Crikey

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Cut Through is Crikey’s spin-free analysis of Australian news, politics and power. Each week we break down the biggest news stories, stripping away the noise to bring you the information that really matters. Join us every Friday to get your talking points delivered the Crikey way.

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Episode Date
2026 federal budget: does anyone care about broken promises?
May 14, 2026
Farrer by-election: A One Nation vs independent showdown
May 06, 2026
Grace Tame: The NDIS overhaul is a missed opportunity
Apr 30, 2026
Is “free speech” an Australian value?
Apr 23, 2026
Why experts suspect insider trading in the White House
Apr 16, 2026
Australia’s gambling ad ban is here
Apr 09, 2026
Left-Right politics in Australia is dead
Apr 02, 2026
Do we actually need to panic about fuel?
Mar 26, 2026
Rick Morton unpacks the NACC robodebt report
Mar 19, 2026
Does power always corrupt in Australian politics?
Mar 12, 2026
An Iranian perspective on the US-Israel attack
Mar 05, 2026
A political primer on the South Australia election
Feb 26, 2026
Meet Big Brother: Palantir’s Australian expansion
Feb 19, 2026
What Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit tells us about “social cohesion”
Feb 12, 2026
Australia in the Epstein files
Feb 05, 2026
BONUS: Are we too mean to One Nation supporters?
Feb 04, 2026
How seriously should we be taking One Nation?
Jan 29, 2026
Australia’s National AI Plan: What you need to know
Dec 04, 2025
Parliamentary year in review: who won big, and what comes next
Nov 27, 2025
AUKUS: Another ball in Australia’s US-China juggling act
Nov 20, 2025
Stop talking about the Coalition on climate
Nov 13, 2025
Win like Mamdani: Lessons from Zohran’s game changing victory
Nov 06, 2025
The biggest political scandal in Australian history: The Whitlam Dismissal, 50 years on
Oct 30, 2025
The Fraser Manifesto: A former prime minister's plan to replace the Liberal party
Oct 23, 2025
Australian Parliament Sports Club saga: what counts as lobbying?
Oct 16, 2025
This is officially* Australia’s worst company
Oct 09, 2025
Blair, Ellison, Zuckerberg, Trump… and Albo? Big tech owns politics now
Oct 02, 2025
The 1950s “Red Scare” is back, baby!
Sep 25, 2025
How politicians take a “trust me, bro” approach to transparency
Sep 18, 2025
Here’s to Lachlan Murdoch — the winner of Succession IRL
Sep 11, 2025
How journalists got played by neo-Nazis this week
Sep 04, 2025
No-one knows how the teen social media ban will work
Aug 28, 2025
The beautiful, useless ideas of Jim Chalmers’ Economic Roundtable
Aug 21, 2025
Australia wants it both ways on Palestine statehood
Aug 14, 2025
Why Australian media needs to be obsessive about power
Aug 07, 2025
Bonus episode: How the Coalition split affects you
May 22, 2025
Bonus episode: Did Advance sway the election?
May 15, 2025
Labor’s truly unique majority
May 04, 2025
Week Five: One Nation’s resurgence will change Australian politics
May 01, 2025
Week Four: Three battleground seats you need to watch
Apr 24, 2025
Week Three: Housing policy in the worst election ever
Apr 17, 2025
Week Two: Is the minority government ‘dream’ dead?
Apr 10, 2025
Week One: Tariffs, trade wars, and Trump
Apr 03, 2025
Welcome to the 2025 Electioncast!
Apr 02, 2025
Day 42: The 2022 Federal Election with Kishor Napier-Raman, Amber Schultz, Bernard Keane and Charlie Lewis
May 22, 2022
Day 40: The fierce battle in the campaign's final days with Bernard Keane
May 20, 2022
Day 39: Labor's costs and the Prime Minister's lies
May 19, 2022
Day 38: What is Anthony Albanese's final pitch to become Prime Minister?
May 18, 2022
Day 37: How much are the parties paying Facebook to win your vote? with Cam Wilson
May 17, 2022
Day 36: How has Scott Morrison dudded young Australians? with Bernard Keane
May 16, 2022
Day 33: What's the mood in NSW's toss up seats? with Amber Schultz
May 13, 2022
Day 32: Did Scott Morrison or Anthony Albanese win the last debate? with Charlie Lewis
May 12, 2022
Day 31: Will Clive Palmer derail this election? with Kishor Napier-Raman
May 11, 2022
Day 30: How can journalism save itself? with David Hardaker
May 10, 2022
Day 29: What the debate and polls tell us about Scott Morrison vs. Anthony Albanese
May 09, 2022
Day 26: How is Scott Morrison exploiting political polarisation? with Bernard Keane
May 06, 2022
Day 25: Will Craig Kelly win back his seat? with Amber Schultz
May 05, 2022
Day 24: Who won the treasurers debate? with Kishor Napier-Raman
May 04, 2022
Day 23: What does the rate rise mean for the election? with Bernard Keane
May 03, 2022
Day 22: What was the vibe of Labor's campaign launch? with Charlie Lewis
May 02, 2022
Day 19: Could WA turn the election? with Charlie Lewis
Apr 29, 2022
Day 18: What will be the impact of a mid-campaign rate rise? with Bernard Keane
Apr 28, 2022
How are human traffickers preying on Ukrainian refugees? with Amber Schultz
Apr 27, 2022
Day 16: What do the polls say about the election campaign so far? with Kishor Napier-Raman
Apr 26, 2022
Day 12: Will the Solomon Island-China bungle be the defining issue of the 2022 election?
Apr 22, 2022
Day 11: What did we learn from last night's debate? with Charlie Lewis
Apr 21, 2022
Day 10: What will be the scare campaign for the 2022 federal election? With Kishor Napier-Raman
Apr 20, 2022
Day 9: How long can Morrison stand by anti-trans candidate Katherine Deves? with Cameron Wilson
Apr 19, 2022
Day 4: Is this the end of "gotcha!" questions?
Apr 14, 2022
Day 3: The pollies and the press with Bernard Keane
Apr 13, 2022
Day 2: What Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese are doing to win your vote online
Apr 12, 2022
Day 1: The opening pitches, gaffes and polls that set the scene for the federal election campaign
Apr 11, 2022
Welcome to Crikey's Electioncast!
Mar 30, 2022