Inside Politics

By The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

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Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age with host Jacqueline Maley and chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal.


Episode Date
‘Popcorn out’ for Farrer by-election, plus the RBA’s pointed comments on government spending
May 07, 2026
Why young people are so angry about housing, and whether this budget will fix it
Apr 30, 2026
Mark Butler on the NDIS, private health and vaccine hesitancy 
Apr 29, 2026
Labor’s baby a ‘honeypot of fraud’ and the gas tax’s viral moment
Apr 23, 2026
No ‘drill baby drill’ moment: Chris Bowen on oil shock’s impact on green Australia
Apr 16, 2026
Matt Canavan on his love of EVs, and calling out Pauline Hanson
Apr 09, 2026
A national address, nailing down the budget, and Hastie’s ‘striking’ interview
Apr 02, 2026
The EU trade deal, and One Nation’s South Australian election
Mar 26, 2026
Is it really time to panic about petrol supply?
Mar 19, 2026
Why the timeline of the Iranian women’s football team defection makes some people liars
Mar 12, 2026
The politics of war, and why Peter Dutton was so upset over leaked Liberal Party review
Mar 05, 2026
Regrets? There are none. David Littleproud on Coalition split and what Nats do next
Mar 04, 2026
Tim Wilson accused the treasurer of pouring fuel on the inflation flames – is he right?
Feb 26, 2026
Return of 'ISIS brides' raises many questions about what it means to be Australian
Feb 19, 2026
The Sketch: Tony Wright on 'Nation's worst government? Jane Hume's hyperbolic historical claim' 
Feb 19, 2026
Anthony Albanese interview: Police prayer disruption at Herzog protest needs ‘full explanation’
Feb 13, 2026
Is government spending really driving inflation?
Feb 12, 2026
Bill Shorten on his random, oblique reference in the Epstein files
Feb 05, 2026
A funeral, secret plots, and 'wayward children' — another messy week for the Coalition
Jan 29, 2026
The Sketch: Tony Wright on the Coalition’s 'ship of fools'
Jan 23, 2026
Barnaby Joyce opens up on his defection to Pauline Hanson's One Nation
Jan 23, 2026
Littleproud fired the gun, but Ley set up the circumstances: The spectacular Coalition break-up
Jan 22, 2026
Best of 2025: Bill Shorten on Albanese's Trump triumph, and the opposition's next move
Jan 15, 2026
Best of 2025: Albanese meets with Trump next week. Anything could happen
Jan 08, 2026
Best of 2025: The rallies, the neo-Nazis, the flag-draping: How politics on immigration have led to this point
Jan 01, 2026
Best of 2025: A Labor 'landslide' and disaster for Dutton
Dec 25, 2025
Anger in the aftermath: Albanese and the Bondi attack
Dec 18, 2025
Tony Abbott on running for Senate, AUKUS and cultural ‘self-loathing’
Dec 14, 2025
The ‘dirty business’ of MP expenses
Dec 11, 2025
$100k flights, uncomfortable truth about PM's wedding, and the social media ban fight
Dec 04, 2025
Barnaby defects, Hanson offends and Sussan Ley comes on the podcast
Nov 27, 2025
Albanese wants to protect Australia ‘as it is’. But is it good enough?
Nov 20, 2025
The Coalition’s net zero word salad, and Ley’s leadership ‘not safe’
Nov 13, 2025
Jane Hume on rebranding net zero, and Hastie's abortion comments
Nov 06, 2025
The inflation figures were bad, so why focus on Albanese’s T-shirt?
Oct 30, 2025
Bill Shorten on Albanese's Trump triumph, and the opposition's next move
Oct 23, 2025
Albanese meets with Trump next week. Anything could happen
Oct 16, 2025
Tim Wilson on Hastie's exit, and bringing back that 'big Liberal energy'
Oct 09, 2025
Can Albanese claim credit for Trump’s peace plan?
Oct 02, 2025
Albanese’s warning on tyranny, dictators, and his selfie with Trump
Sep 25, 2025
Coalition combust over net zero. Will the anti-climate action stance work?
Sep 18, 2025
Why the sacking of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price could turn the senator ‘into a martyr’
Sep 11, 2025
The rallies, the neo-Nazis, the flag-draping: How politics on immigration have led to this point
Sep 04, 2025
Like a spy novel: How Iran orchestrated attacks on Australian shores
Aug 28, 2025
‘Intergenerational bastardry’ in our tax system: Do older Australians have it too good?
Aug 22, 2025
Is there beef between Chalmers and Albanese? And, we talk Palestine, and productivity mixed-messages
Aug 14, 2025
The ‘Coachella of Canberra’, A.I is coming for us, and is the government serious about tax reform?
Aug 07, 2025
Palestinian statehood: The UK has moved, so has Canada. What’s Albanese waiting for?
Jul 31, 2025
A case of 'burger diplomacy' for Trump, while Barnaby Joyce puts his beef aside to oppose net zero
Jul 24, 2025
‘Killing season’ is over, so what will Anthony Albanese do with this moment?
Jul 17, 2025
Did Anthony Albanese just give his most important speech?
Jul 10, 2025
Salacious texts and detail, but did the corruption watchdog’s first case fall flat?
Jul 03, 2025
Sussan Ley: From punk teenager to rebuilding the Liberal Party
Jun 26, 2025
Albanese ghosted by Trump at G7 summit
Jun 19, 2025
How Albanese could use his huge majority to introduce major reform
Jun 12, 2025
Why Dorinda Cox's Greens defection was personal for the PM
Jun 05, 2025
Who lost the game of brinkmanship, and Albanese hardens on Israel
May 29, 2025
Will the Coalition split or stay together? We explain the dramatic about-face
May 22, 2025
Anthony Albanese's exclusive interview on 'progressive patriotism' and his thumping mandate
May 14, 2025
New Labor faces, the divisive Tim Wilson and David Crowe’s farewell
May 08, 2025
A Labor ‘landslide’ and disaster for Dutton
May 03, 2025
Welcome to Wannon: Inside the challenge for a Liberal Party jewel
May 01, 2025
The seats we’ll be watching on Saturday
May 01, 2025
Why the environment is MIA in this election
Apr 28, 2025
How does polling work and will it be right this time?
Apr 24, 2025
The battle of the teals in Kooyong and Bradfield
Apr 21, 2025
Is the campaign getting away from Peter Dutton?
Apr 17, 2025
What we must learn from our 'worst' election campaign
Apr 15, 2025
‘Gaslighting’ or gas-led recovery?
Apr 10, 2025
Dutton's massive WFH backflip was the 'right decision'
Apr 08, 2025
What actually happens on the campaign bus
Apr 03, 2025
The perils of the campaign trail
Mar 31, 2025
What to expect from the election campaign
Mar 28, 2025
Peter Dutton’s speech, and let the election begin 
Mar 27, 2025
The budget drop-a-thon
Mar 20, 2025
How our reporter helped to break the Trump tariff story
Mar 13, 2025
Cyclone Trump, Alfred and the forces sweeping an election awry
Mar 06, 2025
How much cash has Peter Dutton got?
Feb 27, 2025
The thing that flummoxed the Reserve Bank
Feb 20, 2025
Steel, macho men and the PM’s phone call with Trump
Feb 13, 2025
Best of 2024: Niki Savva on why the PM should retire, even if he does win the next election
Jan 30, 2025
Best of 2024: Will Dutton be tempted by Trump’s ‘war on woke’?
Jan 23, 2025
Best of 2024: What is doxxing, plus Barnaby's spill and a PM's wedding
Jan 16, 2025
Best of 2024: What’s going on with the Greens?
Jan 09, 2025
Best of 2024: What does Australia's shift on Palestinian statehood mean?
Jan 02, 2025
Best of 2024: Dutton's nuclear plans 'slightly bonkers', but will it win an election?
Dec 26, 2024
The best and worst of 2024
Dec 19, 2024
Was Albanese’s response to the synagogue attack really that bad?
Dec 12, 2024
Niki Savva on why the PM should retire, even if he does win the next election
Dec 05, 2024
A 2024 fire sale, ‘something big’ needed on cost of living
Nov 28, 2024
Why Peter Dutton is opposing foreign student caps
Nov 21, 2024
Inside Politics: What's going on with the Greens?
Nov 14, 2024
Will Dutton be tempted by Trump’s ‘war on woke’?
Nov 07, 2024
We are not America, why are we debating abortion?
Oct 24, 2024
Anthony Albanese and the Copacabana drama
Oct 17, 2024
Albanese ‘tripping himself up’ playing both sides of the war
Oct 10, 2024
Is Dutton's strategy to derail government agenda working?
Oct 03, 2024
The fight the PM has to have
Sep 26, 2024
Will the government's housing agenda work?
Sep 19, 2024
Social media 'crackdown'
Sep 12, 2024