Politics with Michelle Grattan

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Michael
 Jun 17, 2021
I've enjoyed Michelle's interview podcasts but I'm loving Michelle herself being interviewed. She combines historical perspective, long-term experience, forensic analysis and an absence of hyperbole and self-importance. Great podcasting!

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The Conversation's Chief Political Correspondent Michelle Grattan talks politics with politicians and experts, from Capital Hill.

Episode Date
Kos Samaras on polls and the people who'll decide this election
Apr 01, 2025
It’s on: tracking policies and truth in advertising. Election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn
Mar 28, 2025
Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor on tax top-ups and budget bottom lines
Mar 26, 2025
Negotiating with the Greens and negotiating with Trump: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn
Mar 21, 2025
Barbara Pocock on the Greens' policy priorities
Mar 19, 2025
Tariffs, a tricky road for Dutton and the future of Pine Gap: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn
Mar 14, 2025
Peter Dutton on why he’s not Australia’s Trump – ‘I’m my own person’
Mar 13, 2025
Tina Jackson says there's 'No such thing as a safe seat': 3 independent challengers to watch this election
Mar 12, 2025
James Curran on Trump, Ukraine, shifting tectonic plates, and a bigger Australian defence bill
Mar 07, 2025
Cyclone Alfred wreaks havoc as leaders await Trump tariff decision: election special episode 2 with Amanda Dunn and Michelle Grattan
Mar 07, 2025
Chinese warships, a dirt file and a firming election date: election special episode with Amanda Dunn and Michelle Grattan
Feb 28, 2025
Tom Rogers on helping voters spot election lies
Feb 26, 2025
Danielle Wood on how to trim back housing regulations
Feb 19, 2025
David Littleproud on US tariffs, a government-owned Rex, and the Nationals’ identity
Feb 12, 2025
Tariffs, climate & the rules based order: what the Trump presidency means for Australia
Feb 04, 2025
Albanese discusses a second term with the youth vote in mind
Feb 01, 2025
"I don't do coy": Treasurer Jim Chalmers + Angus Taylor on the budget blues
Dec 19, 2024
For Mark Dreyfus, antisemitism is very personal
Dec 12, 2024
Populism, tribalism and partisanship": Simon Birmingham's parting reflections
Dec 03, 2024
From 'drill, baby, drill' fears to hope: why COP wasn't so bad for climate boss Matt Kean NEW
Nov 29, 2024
The argument for reducing "big money" in elections: Special Minister of State Don Farrell
Nov 21, 2024
"One of the worst bills ever": Shadow Minister David Coleman on proposed misinformation laws
Nov 15, 2024
Independent Helen Haines says the NACC has had 'disappointing start', and the government is pork barrelling
Nov 10, 2024
Bruce Wolpe says personal relations between Trump and Albanese would be 'rocky'
Nov 01, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sally McManus on what unions want from Labor and Innes Willox on business wish list for Dutton
Oct 24, 2024
'It’s going to be a bad result for Labor' - Antony Green and Michael McKenna on the Qld election
Oct 20, 2024
Productivity Commissioner Danielle Wood on how to grow Australia's weak productivity
Oct 09, 2024
Josh Bornstein on how big companies are taking away employees’ private rights
Oct 01, 2024
Richard Holden says no interest rate fall likely for 12 months
Sep 26, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Adam Bandt on why the Greens are playing hardball on housing
Sep 18, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Robert French on the realities of a social media age ban
Sep 11, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ghaith Krayem on Muslim votes mattering
Sep 04, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Reserve Bank's Andrew Hauser says don't read too much for Australia from US rates message
Sep 02, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Joe Hockey says Kamala Harris and Anthony Albanese share views
Aug 22, 2024
Politics With Michelle Grattan: Andrew Wilkie says government ‘scared stiff’ of gambling companies
Aug 18, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Pat Turner on Indigenous empowerment, Closing the Gap, and future Indigenous leadership
Aug 07, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lester Munson on Kamala Harris’s style and a changed Trump
Jul 24, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Joe Hockey on how Australia should navigate a second Trump term
Jul 18, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Fatima Payman on the challenges and opportunities of being a crossbencher
Jul 10, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen on 'calling out' claims about the energy transition's cost
Jun 26, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Malinauskas on political donations, kids on social media, and the nuclear option
Jun 20, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton on how Australians must adapt to 'Living Hot'
Jun 06, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Norton on the Albanese government's interventionist policy to cut foreign student numbers
May 29, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Bragg flags a coalition would use 'coercion' of the states to get more new houses built
May 25, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Madeleine King on investment incentives and the pivotal role of gas
May 23, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Budget fight looms on Future Made in Australia tax breaks
May 15, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on prospects for passage of the government's deportation bill
May 08, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Anne Summers says we need much more information on male perpetrators of violence against women
May 01, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Economist Chris Richardson on recent economic data and whats in store for the upcoming budget
Apr 28, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Independent MP Dai Le on the church attack in her electorate
Apr 17, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Josh Burns on being a Jewish MP during a terrible conflict
Apr 11, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Leigh on competition - economic and political
Apr 04, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kim Beazley on Kevin Rudd, being an ambassador, and a possible second Trump presidency
Mar 26, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Cyber expert Lesley Seebeck on TikTok’s future in Australia
Mar 20, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Masculinity expert Michael Flood on boys and men behaving badly
Mar 14, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: John Blaxland on spies, AUKUS, and an unsettled Washington
Mar 06, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jason Clare on the future of education in Australia
Feb 26, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Antony Green, Kos Samaras and Tim Costello on Dunkley contest
Feb 20, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Assistant minister Malarndirri McCarthy says there's 'no rush' on treaty and truth-telling
Feb 15, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen on fuel efficiency standards and the energy transition
Feb 08, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Angus Taylor on tax and the economy
Feb 01, 2024
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers says Australians will be better off next year
Dec 15, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten on making the NDIS fit for purpose
Dec 07, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen’s struggle to promote consensus on climate action at COP28
Dec 01, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens Barbara Pocock on the quest for greater transparency
Nov 22, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on the High Court’s decision on detention and rising anti-Semitism
Nov 15, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Former climate minister Greg Combet on Australia’s mission to reach net-zero
Nov 08, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Economist Chris Richardson on a likely interest rate rise and the fall in living standards
Nov 01, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Don Farrell’s high noon for European free trade deal, and hopes for lobster exports to China
Oct 25, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kim Beazley on Albanese’s US trip, Biden in the Middle East, and the Voice’s defeat
Oct 25, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Middle East expert Ian Parmeter on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
Oct 10, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens Jordon Steele-John on the disability royal commission and Bill Shorten’s NDIS reforms
Oct 06, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Treasurer Jim Chalmers on jobs and work
Sep 29, 2023
Word from The Hill: Assessing Daniel Andrews, the extraordinary Pezzullo story, senators give Qantas chiefs a hard time
Sep 27, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: ANU Vice-Chancellor Brian Schmidt on the challenges universities face
Sep 21, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Asia expert Richard McGregor on Anthony Albanese’s coming visit to China
Sep 13, 2023
Word from The Hill: Danielle Wood to head Productivity Commission, Alan Joyce bows to public anger, PM jets off again
Sep 06, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Battle of The Voice - Yes23 campaign director Dean Parkin and former deputy prime minister John Anderson
Aug 30, 2023
Word from The Hill: Date for Voice referendum to be announced on Wednesday
Aug 23, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor president Wayne Swan on the party’s coming national conference
Aug 10, 2023
Word from The Hill: Double dissolution hot air, PM dodging Treaty question, Morrison hit with counter punch after Robodebt speech
Aug 02, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: ‘yes’ campaigner Thomas Mayo and ‘no’ advocate Derryn Hinch on the Voice
Aug 02, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: ACCI Head Andrew McKellar on industrial relations and boosting Australia’s productivity
Jul 27, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Battle of the Voice – Greens senator Dorinda Cox & Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle
Jul 20, 2023
Word from The Hill: On ditching the Commonwealth Games, the Voice pamphlet, Labor’s factions
Jul 19, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Michele Bullock’s appointment as Reserve Bank Governor
Jul 14, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten on Robodebt report’s sealed section, and progress on NDIS reform
Jul 10, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Author Bruce Wolpe on the “shocking” consequences for Australia of a Trump 24 win
Jul 06, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Special Minister of State Don Farrell wants donation and spending caps for next election
Jun 21, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Community Independent Dai Le on what voters are saying
Jun 16, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Industry minister Ed Husic on the artificial intelligence revolution
Jun 08, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Liberal MP Bridget Archer urges other moderates to speak up as she presses for party change
Jun 01, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor’s Julian Hill on employment, AI, Julian Assange and TikTok
May 25, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens Max Chandler-Mather on the housing fund, rent freezes and migration
May 18, 2023
The day after the night before - Chalmers and Taylor on the budget
May 10, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: NDIA chair Kurt Fearnley on ‘fundamental’ reform of the disability scheme
May 03, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor MP Marion Scrymgour on her yes campaign trail, and reinstating the CDP
Apr 20, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Professor Marcia Langton on the Voice’s powers and potential
Apr 12, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham on the Voice, Aston, the Liberals, Uranium
Apr 06, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lambie urges return of former employment program for Indigenous communities
Mar 28, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Michael Brennan on Australia’s parlous productivity growth
Mar 23, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Antony Green, Professor Andy Marks and Ashleigh Raper on the NSW election
Mar 16, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chair of Retirement Income Review, Mike Callaghan, on reforming superannuation
Mar 08, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens leader Adam Bandt on trying to force Labor’s hand on reform
Feb 28, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Frank Brennan on rewording Voice question
Feb 22, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kate Chaney on life as a teal MP
Feb 16, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Senator Malarndirri McCarthy on Alice Springs and the Voice
Feb 07, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Treasurer Jim Chalmers answers critics of his ‘values-based capitalism’
Jan 30, 2023
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Albanese flags new progress in China relationship ’in coming weeks’
Dec 16, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Energy crisis has ‘badly damaged’ social licence of coal and gas
Dec 07, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Niki Savva on her book Bulldozed, Scott Morrison and the Liberals’ woes
Nov 29, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: ’Teal’ Monique Ryan on the Victorian election and six months in parliament
Nov 23, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Colebatch, Kos Samaras and Sumeyya Ilanbey on the Victorian Election
Nov 17, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Karen Andrews on the Medibank hack, visa scams, and winning back women voters
Nov 10, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Energy expert Bruce Mountain on what to do about the gas crisis
Nov 02, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan:Jim Chalmers, Angus Taylor and Danielle Wood on the budget
Oct 26, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Rod Sims on tax reform and the gas price crisis
Oct 13, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten on NDIS reform and the Optus fallout
Oct 06, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on the National Anti-Corruption Commission
Sep 29, 2022
Ukraine ambassador urges Australian embassy in Kyiv to reopen ASAP
Sep 23, 2022
Professor Joseph Ibrahim on COVID in aged care - and the end of nursing homes
Sep 15, 2022
Simon Holmes à Court on ’community candidates’ and two state elections
Sep 08, 2022
Treasurer Chalmers on boosting migration and a ’resilience’ budget
Aug 30, 2022
David Littleproud on charting his course in opposition
Aug 25, 2022
Word from The Hill: Morrison faces inquiry into how he flouted responsible government
Aug 23, 2022
Crossbencher Helen Haines on Morrison and integrity
Aug 18, 2022
On Scott Morrison’s bizarre power grab
Aug 16, 2022
How far will China go? La Trobe’s Nick Bisley says China’s ’risk appetite’ has gone up
Aug 11, 2022
Tom Calma on the Indigenous Voice to parliament
Aug 03, 2022
Peter Dutton puts nuclear power on opposition’s agenda
Aug 02, 2022
Is Morrison’s absence from parliament disrespectful to his voters?
Jul 26, 2022
Health Minister Mark Butler warns COVID wave will worsen
Jul 13, 2022
‘Pandemic fatigue’ takes its toll of mandates and even the expert health advice
Jul 12, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jason Clare on Australia’s education challenges
Jul 06, 2022
People’s pockets hit again, with rate rise and floods set to boost veggie prices
Jul 05, 2022
Parliamentary ‘newbies’ inspect their workplace, with some complaints
Jun 29, 2022
Greg Barns on the battle to free Julian Assange
Jun 23, 2022
On the economy, people smugglers, parliamentary sitting, and Julian Assange
Jun 21, 2022
Tony Wood on the unprecedented energy crisis
Jun 17, 2022
Bowen says “bumpy” time ahead for power supply – but don’t turn the heater off
Jun 14, 2022
Warm smiles in Indonesia, but chillier news
Jun 07, 2022
Tony Burke advocates on wages and arts
Jun 02, 2022
Word from The Hill: Albanese’s ministry mixes stability and surprise
Jun 01, 2022
Historian Frank Bongiorno reflects on elections present and past
May 19, 2022
Five seats to watch on Saturday night, and getting the hang of a hung parliament
May 17, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Grattan Institute’s Danielle Wood on election’s thin policy debate
May 11, 2022
Scott Morrison defends Katherine Deves (again), but slips up on surgery detail
May 11, 2022
Dave Sharma, Allegra Spender, and Kerryn Phelps on the contest for Wentworth
May 05, 2022
On the rate rise, Albanese’s launch and what a Frydenberg loss would mean for the Liberals
May 03, 2022
Economist Saul Eslake on why Reserve Bank needs to raise rates next week
Apr 27, 2022
Ray Hadley’s shouty assault on Albanese; the intractable Solomons issue; and the wider play of Deves
Apr 27, 2022
Andrew Wilkie invites independent candidates to call him for a chat about approaching a hung parliament
Apr 20, 2022
Joe Hockey on Trump, Biden, and the federal election
Apr 13, 2022
Morrison suggests voters judge him as they would their dentist
Apr 13, 2022
Josh Frydenberg is optimistic about wage growth
Mar 31, 2022
Word from The Hill: Next step for Morrison is visit to governor-general
Mar 30, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers on the budget Labor can’t oppose
Mar 30, 2022
Sarah Ferguson on reporting from Ukraine
Mar 25, 2022
Labor will give human rights award in memory of Kitching
Mar 22, 2022
Stay calm, petrol is headed down, budget is improving – economist Chris Richardson
Mar 17, 2022
Be careful what you say about your opponent’s ‘makeover’
Mar 15, 2022
Mark Maund on improving our resilience to deal with flood crises
Mar 10, 2022
Word from The Hill: Subs, floods and people saying it’s ‘time to give someone else a go’
Mar 08, 2022
Russian specialist Matthew Sussex on Putin’s potential to start wider war
Mar 02, 2022
Assistance for Ukraine and Peter Dutton’s fundraising
Mar 01, 2022
Australian politics in an uncertain world
Feb 22, 2022
Labor defence spokesman Brendan O’Connor on China and Ukraine
Feb 22, 2022
Government’s ‘shock and awe’ assault on Anthony Albanese
Feb 15, 2022
Trent Zimmerman has no regrets on Religious Discrimination rebellion
Feb 15, 2022
On Scott Morrison’s battle for Religious Discrimination Bill
Feb 08, 2022
Anthony Albanese on his ‘legacy’ - so far
Feb 08, 2022
Peter Dutton on US combat assets in Australia, China, and Vladimir Putin
Feb 01, 2022
Tanya Plibersek on parents’ role in reducing violence against women
Jan 31, 2022
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Josh Frydenberg ‘thinking about the budget’ over Christmas
Dec 17, 2021
Sean Kelly and Anne Tiernan on election year
Dec 13, 2021
Michelle Grattan on Labor’s climate policy and Liberal’s fight for Warringah
Dec 07, 2021
Politicians condemn bad behaviour, and then behave badly
Nov 30, 2021
Jenny McAllister on domestic violence
Nov 24, 2021
Christmas can’t come too soon for Morrison
Nov 23, 2021
Liberal Dave Sharma on 2030 target
Nov 18, 2021
On Morrison’s character ratings
Nov 16, 2021
Chris Bowen says Labor’s climate policy will be ‘realistic and ambitious’
Nov 11, 2021
Scott Morrison has decided electric cars won’t threaten Aussie weekends
Nov 10, 2021
Keith Pitt on the climate plan and coal’s future
Oct 27, 2021
Scott Morrison’s (thin) climate plan for Glasgow
Oct 26, 2021
Phil Honeywood on the challenges of getting international students back
Oct 21, 2021
Mustering the government’s rural rump into the 2050 tent
Oct 19, 2021
Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood on managing the shift in climate policy
Oct 13, 2021
Word from The Hill: A prime minister, a prince and the ‘last chance saloon’.
Oct 12, 2021
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Former judge Stephen Charles slams government’s integrity commission model
Oct 07, 2021
Coalition free-for-all over 2050 target
Sep 28, 2021
British High Commissioner Vicki Treadell on AUKUS and climate change
Sep 22, 2021
Word from The Hill: The Furious French and Porter‘s fall
Sep 21, 2021
Word from The Hill: Christian Porter’s anonymous money pot
Sep 14, 2021
Kate Jenkins on the women‘s agenda
Sep 08, 2021
Word from the Hill: A Father‘s Day backlash hits Scott Morrison
Sep 07, 2021
Word from The Hill: Learning to live with COVID
Sep 01, 2021
Pat Turner on COVID – and god botherers – stalking Indigenous communities
Sep 01, 2021
Doherty’s Sharon Lewin on pivoting from chasing COVID zero
Aug 25, 2021
Word from the Hill: The battle to exit COVID
Aug 24, 2021
Word from The Hill: Was the Afghanistan War worth it?
Aug 18, 2021
Anthony Albanese says Afghans in Australia should be given permanent residency
Aug 17, 2021
Josh Frydenberg on uncertain economic times
Aug 13, 2021
Word from the Hill: A reprimand for Christensen and Morrison on climate
Aug 10, 2021
Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers on promoting vaccine uptake and a 'modest spending program'
Aug 04, 2021
a four-stage plan and a $300 payment to get vaccinated
Aug 03, 2021
Bob Brown on his latest environmental battle, and a critique of Labor
Jul 21, 2021
Word from The Hill: three states in lockdown
Jul 20, 2021
Barnaby Joyce on net zero 2050, a coal-fired power station – and how resources is (sort of) in cabinet
Jul 07, 2021
Word from the Hill: Julia Banks and international travel caps
Jul 06, 2021
Jacinta Price's parliamentary agenda
Jul 05, 2021
Word from The Hill: the return to lockdown
Jun 29, 2021
Sussan Ley and Terri Butler on the Great Barrier Reef being 'in danger'
Jun 23, 2021
Word from The Hill: Australia's new Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, climate policy and UNESCO
Jun 22, 2021
Acting PM Michael McCormack on net zero 2050 and prospects for a new coal-fired power station
Jun 16, 2021
Word from The Hill: the Biloela Tamil family, G7 and the upcoming parliamentary fortnight
Jun 15, 2021
Rex Patrick on Freedom of Information and Australia's submarines
Jun 10, 2021
Word from The Hill
Jun 08, 2021
Mark Butler on the vaccine rollout and democracy in the Labor Party
Jun 02, 2021
Katy Gallagher on the battle to hold the government to account
May 27, 2021
Richard Colbeck on aged care and the Olympics
May 19, 2021
Simon Birmingham and Jim Chalmers on a big spending budget
May 12, 2021
what should the budget do for women? Jennifer Westacott (BCA) and Michele O'Neil (ACTU)
May 05, 2021
former ASIO head David Irvine on the cyber threats Australia faces
Apr 28, 2021
military ‘watch-dog’ Neil James on Afghanistan, China, and Peter Dutton
Apr 21, 2021
Matt Canavan on Holgate, Di Bartolomeo, and John Andersen
Apr 15, 2021
Stephen Duckett on what's gone wrong with the rollout
Apr 07, 2021
Linda Burney on the treatment of Indigenous Women
Apr 01, 2021
Sussan Ley on being a woman in politics
Mar 25, 2021
Zali Steggall on Monday's march and Scott Morrison's response
Mar 18, 2021
Fleur Johns on the rule of law
Mar 11, 2021
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Patricia Sparrow on the Royal Commission into Aged Care
Mar 04, 2021
Former MP Kate Ellis on the culture in parliament house
Feb 23, 2021
David Littleproud on The Nationals and net zero
Feb 11, 2021
Anthony Albanese on his new frontbench, Joel Fitzgibbon, and Labor’s imminent workplace policy
Feb 01, 2021
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on promising budget figures
Dec 17, 2020
Chief Scientist Alan Finkel on climate, energy and emissions
Dec 09, 2020
Asia-Pacific expert Bates Gill on China’s endgame
Dec 02, 2020
Defence expert Allan Behm on the background to the Brereton report
Nov 18, 2020
Joel Fitzgibbon on Labor climate policy and leadership
Nov 11, 2020
economist Danielle Wood on Australia’s ‘blokey’ budge
Oct 15, 2020
a budget for a pandemic
Oct 08, 2020
Chris Richardson on what Tuesday’s budget will and should do
Sep 30, 2020
New Zealand’s Helen Clark on the pandemic inquiry and avoiding election ‘cat fights
Sep 24, 2020
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Angus Taylor on the 'gas-fired' recovery
Sep 16, 2020
Jodie McVernon on Melbourne’s modelling, a Covid vaccine, and the role of experts in a crisis
Sep 09, 2020
Chris Bowen on the recession, aged care and priorities for health policy
Sep 03, 2020
Former Greens leader Richard Di Natale on COVID, climate and his successor
Aug 27, 2020
Professor Barney Glover on the bleak years ahead for higher education
Aug 19, 2020
Jim Chalmers on tax cuts, inequality, and the Queensland election
Aug 13, 2020
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells on aged care – what needs to be done differently
Aug 07, 2020
Patricia Sparrow on the need for aged care reform
Jul 30, 2020
Geoff Kitney on a life in journalism and the contemporary media landscape
Jul 22, 2020
After the crisis: what lessons can be drawn from the management of COVID-19 for the recovery process?
Jul 20, 2020
Jane Halton on the risk of 'vaccine nationalism'
Jul 16, 2020
Christopher Pyne on being 'the ultimate insider'
Jul 09, 2020
two leading economists on Australia’s post-COVID economy
Jul 02, 2020
Politics with Michelle Grattan: The Battle for Eden-Monaro – interviews with Kristy McBain and Fiona Kotvojs
Jun 25, 2020
Clive Hamilton and Richard McGregor on Australia-China relations
Jun 17, 2020
Trust, democracy and COVID-19: A British perspective
Jun 16, 2020
Pat Turner on Closing the Justice Gap
Jun 10, 2020
Statistician David Gruen and the race for real-time pandemic data
Jun 05, 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on saving Australia’s tourism and construction industries
May 29, 2020
Jim Chalmers on JobKeeper’s flaws and the Eden-Monaro byelection
May 20, 2020
Democracy 2025 - The role of the APS in a post COVID-19 world with Michelle Grattan, Mark Evans, Peter Shergold, and Renée Leon
May 18, 2020
Paul Kelly on the risk of a COVID-19 second-wave
May 12, 2020
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Nev Power on the role of business in a post-coronavirus world
May 06, 2020
Katy Gallagher on the senate's coronavirus watchdog
Apr 29, 2020
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on his autobiography, ‘A Bigger Picture
Apr 20, 2020
MPs Tim Watts, Fiona Martin, Clare O'Neil and Helen Haines discuss serving their electorates during the coronavirus crisis
Apr 09, 2020
Democracy 2025 - How does Australia compare: what makes a leading democracy? With Michelle Grattan, Mark Evans and Ian Chubb
Apr 02, 2020
Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty on the coronavirus crisis and the timeline for a vaccine
Mar 26, 2020
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy on COVID-19
Mar 10, 2020
Keith Pitt on the Murray-Darling Basin, the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, and Nuclear Power
Mar 05, 2020
Mark Butler on Labor’s 2050 carbon neutral target
Feb 26, 2020
Phil Honeywood on the coronavirus challenge for universities
Feb 20, 2020
Adam Bandt on Greens' hopes for future power sharing
Feb 11, 2020
Michael McCormack moves on from his near-death experience
Feb 11, 2020
Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on the mid-year budget update
Dec 16, 2019
Andrew Hastie on foreign influence, security and veteran mental health
Dec 11, 2019
Minister David Littleproud on bushfires, drought, and the Nationals
Nov 14, 2019
Ross Gittins on the government’s ‘surplus obsession’
Oct 29, 2019
On the trust divide in politics
Oct 28, 2019
Deputy PM Michael McCormack on the drought and restive Nationals
Oct 23, 2019
Tim Watts on Australia's changing identity
Oct 14, 2019
Daughters of Robert Menzies and Arthur Calwell say parliament wasn’t always a “fort”
Sep 24, 2019
Arthur Sinodinos with some reflections and advice
Sep 18, 2019
Jim Chalmers on the need to change economic course
Sep 16, 2019
Independent MP Helen Haines on using 'soft power'
Sep 11, 2019
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on a slowing economy
Sep 05, 2019
PM’s advisor Christine Morgan on tackling Australia’s rising suicide rates
Aug 26, 2019
On the ‘creeping crisis’ in the public service
Aug 13, 2019
Anthony Albanese on Labor's hard times
Jul 30, 2019
Paul Oosting responds to GetUp's critics
Jul 24, 2019
Centre Alliance’s Stirling Griff on Newstart
Jul 23, 2019
Megan Davis on a First Nations Voice in the Constitution
Jul 16, 2019
Minister Ken Wyatt on constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians
Jul 11, 2019
Frank Brennan on Israel Folau and religious freedom
Jul 03, 2019
ACTU president Michele O'Neil on John Setka and the government’s anti-union legislation
Jul 01, 2019
Corrected version: Richard Eccleston on the electoral mood in Tasmania
May 09, 2019
Tim Colebatch on the battle in Victoria - and the Senate
May 06, 2019
William Bowe on the state of election play in WA
May 01, 2019
Andrew Hughes on political advertising - and Clive Palmer
Apr 29, 2019
Caroline Fisher on the spin machines of #AusVotes19
Apr 24, 2019
Jim Chalmers on Labor’s budget reaction
Apr 03, 2019
Peter Martin and Tim Colebatch on budget strategy and numbers
Apr 02, 2019
Jenny Macklin on inequality and Labor values
Mar 27, 2019
Ian McAllister on voters and issues in the coming election
Mar 04, 2019
Tony Abbott and Zali Steggall on Warringah votes
Mar 01, 2019
Kerryn Phelps on medical transfer numbers
Feb 13, 2019
Michael McCormack on banks and the bush, and the election battle
Feb 05, 2019
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tanya Plibersek on a united Labor
Dec 20, 2018
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Anthony Albanese on Labor’s road ahead
Dec 12, 2018
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Josh Frydenberg on Liberal troubles
Nov 29, 2018
Lowy Institute’s Jonathan Pryke on APEC 2018
Nov 19, 2018
Andrew Giles on the growing issue of loneliness
Nov 07, 2018
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Anne Summers on #MeToo and women in politics
Nov 02, 2018
Satirist Jonathan Biggins on sending up the pollies
Oct 30, 2018
Barnaby Joyce on facing the drought and rural women
Oct 23, 2018
Peter Jennings on Morrison's Jerusalem move
Oct 17, 2018
The battle for Wentworth
Oct 10, 2018
Clare O'Neil on Labor’s listening tour for banking victims
Oct 03, 2018
Brendan O'Connor on Labor’s industrial relations agenda
Sep 26, 2018
View from the crossbench: Cathy McGowan and Rebekha Sharkie on the role of community candidates
Sep 13, 2018
Judith Troeth on the Liberal party’s woman problem and asylum seekers
Sep 07, 2018
Barnaby Joyce at his provocative best
Aug 08, 2018
Wayne Swan on Labor’s byelection victories and beyond
Aug 01, 2018
Tanya Plibersek on Labor’s taxing times
Jun 27, 2018
Frances Adamson on being secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs
Jun 25, 2018
Attorney-General Christian Porter on a crowded agenda
Jun 20, 2018
Brotherhood of St Laurence’s Conny Lenneberg on Newstart, poverty and inequality
May 31, 2018
Michael McCormack on Barnaby's future, latte sippers and other matters
May 30, 2018
Anthony Albanese on Labor’s National Conference
May 23, 2018
Dean Smith on the pros and risks of new religious freedom protections
May 22, 2018
Politics podcast: Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on Budget 2018
May 09, 2018
Tim Colebatch on the 2018 budget
May 08, 2018
Chris Bowen on the budget and Labor's policies
May 03, 2018
Robert Kelly on the Korean summits
Apr 24, 2018
Clive Hamilton and Richard Rigby on Chinese influence in Australia
Apr 13, 2018
Politics podcast: Michael Keating on a Fair Share
Apr 05, 2018
John Blaxland on Australia’s expulsion of Russian spies
Mar 28, 2018
Sarah Hanson-Young on the Greens Batman setback
Mar 20, 2018
The Batman byelection battleground
Mar 13, 2018
Politics podcast: the "X factor" in the South Australian election
Mar 07, 2018
Politics Podcast: Jacinda Ardern on her political life
Mar 01, 2018
Peter Dutton on balancing interests in Home Affairs
Feb 26, 2018
Brian Howe on revisiting Henderson, poverty and basic income
Feb 12, 2018
Mark Dreyfus on refining foreign interference legislation
Feb 08, 2018
Bill Ferris on Australia’s innovation mission
Feb 01, 2018
John Blaxland on new foreign interference laws
Dec 07, 2017
Matt Canavan on divorce in the LNP and discipline in the Coalition
Nov 30, 2017
Greens Jordon Steele-John on being an 'accidental' senator
Nov 15, 2017
Swinging into the Sunshine State's election
Nov 09, 2017
Kevin Rudd on avoiding Donald Trump
Oct 30, 2017
Energy Security Board chair Kerry Schott on a national energy plan
Oct 27, 2017
Tiernan Brady and Cory Bernardi reflect on the marriage postal ballot
Oct 19, 2017
Gareth Evans on being an Incorrigible Optimist
Oct 18, 2017
Darren Chester on the infrastructure spending spree
Oct 05, 2017
Rob Sitch on Utopia and political satire
Sep 27, 2017
AGL chief economist Tim Nelson on what to do with Liddell
Sep 21, 2017
Judith Brett on The Enigmatic Mr Deakin
Sep 18, 2017
Mark Butler on energy uncertainty
Sep 12, 2017
Nick Xenophon on media reform
Sep 04, 2017
Mathias Cormann on the same-sex marriage postal survey
Aug 21, 2017
Derryn Hinch on surviving the Senate
Aug 11, 2017
Tiernan Brady on same-sex marriage showdown
Aug 03, 2017
Michael Cooney on an Australian republic
Jul 29, 2017
Peter Jennings on the home affairs department
Jul 19, 2017
Graeme Samuel on data governance
Jul 14, 2017
Anna Krien on the climate wars
Jul 03, 2017
Alan Finkel on the future of Australia’s energy market
Jun 24, 2017
Gladys Berejiklian on the need to reform federal-state partnerships
Jun 24, 2017
Josh Frydenberg, George Christensen and Mark Butler on the Finkel review
Jun 15, 2017
John Blaxland on handling Islamist terrorism
Jun 06, 2017
Matt Canavan on Adani
Jun 01, 2017
Dennis Richardson on telling it like it is
May 25, 2017
Chris Bowen on Labor’s budget responses
May 24, 2017
Budget reaction: Mathias Cormann and Anna Bligh on the new bank tax
May 10, 2017
John Daley on the budget
May 09, 2017
Andrew Giles on schools funding
May 08, 2017
Simon Birmingham on the government’s education reforms
May 04, 2017
John Hewson on the Budget climate
May 03, 2017
Jane Halton on how to make a federal budget
May 01, 2017
Peter Jennings on North Korea’s aggression
Apr 26, 2017
Jenny Lambert on the 457 visa scrapping
Apr 19, 2017
Matthew Sussex on Russia's long game
Apr 06, 2017
David Marr on Pauline Hanson’s star power
Mar 28, 2017
Michaelia Cash on union misconduct
Mar 23, 2017
Richard Di Natale on the future of work
Mar 15, 2017
WA election – Mark McGowan accuses Turnbull of bluffing
Mar 09, 2017
WA poll - Kim Beazley on One Nation
Mar 08, 2017
election report from the West
Mar 07, 2017
Former ambassador Jeff Bleich on the shocks of the Trump presidency
Mar 01, 2017
Ken Coates on the future of higher education
Feb 28, 2017
Hugh Saddler on Australia’s energy crisis
Feb 23, 2017
Anthony Albanese on Labor’s approach to infrastructure
Feb 16, 2017
Barnaby Joyce on a year at the top
Feb 15, 2017
Cory Bernardi on spurning the Liberals
Feb 08, 2017
Arthur Sinodinos on the government’s headwinds
Feb 07, 2017
Politics podcast: Chris Richardson on the state of the Australian economy
Dec 15, 2016
Nick Xenophon on working the new parliament
Dec 07, 2016
Josh Frydenberg on climate change and the 2017 review
Nov 30, 2016
Jenny Macklin on Labor’s approach to welfare
Nov 24, 2016
Barnaby Joyce on the state of the National Party
Nov 23, 2016
Rory Medcalf on the security implications of Donald Trump’s presidency
Nov 16, 2016
Julian Leeser on section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
Nov 08, 2016
Kim Beazley on the US election
Nov 03, 2016
John Blaxland on The Secret Cold War - The Official History of ASIO
Oct 25, 2016
Stirling Griff and Skye Kakoschke-Moore on life in the Senate
Oct 18, 2016
Tanya Plibersek on marriage equality and education funding
Oct 17, 2016
Mark Dreyfus on George Brandis’ solicitor-general controversy
Oct 13, 2016
Simon Birmingham on the new VET loan scheme
Oct 04, 2016
Scott Ryan on the same-sex marriage plebiscite and political donations
Sep 28, 2016
Politics podcast: Peter Jennings on Turnbull’s trip to the US
Sep 16, 2016
Don Watson on the rise of Trump
Sep 14, 2016
Eric Abetz on the conservatives in the Liberal Party
Sep 01, 2016
Fred Smith on The Dust of Uruzgan
Aug 31, 2016
Bob Brown on Malcolm Turnbull and the same-sex marriage plebiscite
Aug 29, 2016
Derryn Hinch on becoming a senator
Aug 25, 2016
Karen Middleton on ‘Albanese: Telling it Straight’
Aug 24, 2016
Anne Aly on counter-terrorism policy
Aug 18, 2016
Linda Burney on the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off
Aug 16, 2016
Tom Calma says Nigel Scullion should go
Aug 02, 2016
Politics podcast: Tiernan Brady on the campaign for marriage equality
Jul 29, 2016
Jim Chalmers on Labor’s approach to the economy
Jul 21, 2016
Darren Chester on the Nationals' success
Jul 13, 2016
Wayne Swan on Labor’s next moves
Jul 08, 2016
James Pearson on the knife-edge result and business confidence
Jul 05, 2016
Nick Xenophon on his play for Senate power
Jun 09, 2016
Tony Abbott on his campaign role
Jun 02, 2016
The Greens' fight for Batman and Wills
Jun 02, 2016
The Indi Project
May 31, 2016
Sam Dastyari on the ‘Bill Bus’
May 23, 2016
The Battle for New England
May 16, 2016
Andrew Leigh on Labor’s budget reply
May 07, 2016
In Conversation with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
May 05, 2016
Mathias Cormann on the government's economic plan
May 04, 2016
John Daley on the budget big picture
May 03, 2016
Robert Simms on the evolution of the Greens
Apr 27, 2016
Sarah Ferguson on The Killing Season uncut
Apr 20, 2016
Angus Taylor on cities and digital transformation
Apr 19, 2016
Hugh White on Turnbull’s China visit
Apr 13, 2016
Peter Whish-Wilson on his experience in banking and the need for a royal commission
Apr 07, 2016
Glenn Lazarus on the government’s industrial legislation
Apr 06, 2016
George Wright on Labor’s chances of winning the election
Apr 01, 2016
Ricky Muir’s fight to stay in the Senate
Mar 16, 2016
Tony Windsor on his bid for New England
Mar 10, 2016
Politics podcast: Mathias Cormann on Senate reform
Mar 02, 2016
Politics podcast: senator David Leyonhjelm on Malcolm Turnbull
Feb 24, 2016
Francis Sullivan on Cardinal Pell and the royal commission into child sex abuse
Feb 19, 2016
Politics podcast: South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill on the tax debate
Feb 10, 2016
Kelly O'Dwyer on tax reform
Feb 09, 2016
Nick Xenophon on launching a political party
Feb 04, 2016
Michaelia Cash on the government's push to restore the ABCC - as a tough watchdog on the construction industry
Feb 03, 2016
Tony Burke on Labor's fiscal challenge
Feb 02, 2016
Andrew Leigh on MYEFO
Dec 16, 2015
Peter Reith
Dec 08, 2015
Innovation Australia Chairman Bill Ferris
Dec 01, 2015
Simon Birmingham on education reform
Nov 26, 2015
Christian Porter on domestic violence
Nov 26, 2015
Peter Jennings on the danger of leasing the Port of Darwin to the Chinese
Nov 18, 2015
Katy Gallagher
Nov 04, 2015
John Blaxland - The Official History of ASIO
Oct 27, 2015
Sarah Hanson-Young
Oct 21, 2015
Sam Dastyari unleashed
Oct 15, 2015
Jamie Briggs
Sep 30, 2015
Kim Carr
Sep 22, 2015
Arthur Sinodinos
Sep 17, 2015
Josh Frydenberg
Sep 10, 2015
Canning by-election special
Sep 03, 2015
Peter Varghese
Aug 26, 2015
Michael McCormack
Aug 20, 2015
Clare O'Neil
Aug 17, 2015
Chris Bowen
Aug 10, 2015
Anthony Albanese & Richard Marles
Jul 26, 2015
Ben Oquist
Jul 21, 2015
Christophe Lecourtier
Jul 13, 2015
Tim Soutphommasane
Jul 07, 2015
Mark Butler
Jun 28, 2015
Malcolm Turnbull
Jun 25, 2015
Sarah Hanson-Young
Jun 15, 2015
Bruce Billson
Jun 03, 2015
Richard Di Natale
May 27, 2015
Nick Xenophon
May 19, 2015
Tony Burke
May 13, 2015
Mathias Cormann
May 13, 2015
Jennifer Westacott
May 13, 2015
Sussan Ley
May 11, 2015
Josh Frydenberg
May 05, 2015
Ian Macfarlane
Apr 14, 2015
Sam Dastyari
Apr 09, 2015
Richard Marles
Mar 25, 2015
Darren Chester
Mar 18, 2015
Intergenerational Report Special
Mar 05, 2015
Jason Clare
Mar 04, 2015
Mike Baird
Feb 27, 2015
Cathy McGowan
Feb 24, 2015
Brian Schmidt
Feb 16, 2015
Clive Palmer
Feb 11, 2015
Mathias Cormann
Feb 04, 2015
Queensland Election Special
Jan 27, 2015
Mathias Cormann
Dec 16, 2014
Katy Gallagher and Andrew Barr
Dec 14, 2014
Mark Butler
Dec 04, 2014
John Madigan
Nov 25, 2014
Victorian election special
Nov 19, 2014
G20 Leaders' Summit Part Two
Nov 16, 2014
G20 Leaders' Summit
Nov 15, 2014
Maggie Murphy
Nov 05, 2014
Ken Wyatt
Oct 28, 2014
Anthony Albanese - Whitlam tribute
Oct 22, 2014
Michael Moore
Oct 15, 2014
Cory Bernardi
Oct 06, 2014
Chris Bowen
Oct 02, 2014
John Howard
Sep 25, 2014
Peter Dutton
Sep 23, 2014
Colin James
Sep 12, 2014
Susan Ryan
Aug 30, 2014
Gareth Evans
Aug 26, 2014
Brian Owler
Aug 21, 2014
Brendan Nelson
Aug 14, 2014
Cathy McGowan
Aug 03, 2014
US Ambassador John Berry
Jul 29, 2014
Mike Callaghan
Jul 21, 2014
Sam Dastyari
Jul 16, 2014
Greg Hunt
Jul 09, 2014
Kate Carnell
Jul 07, 2014
David Leyonhjelm
Jul 02, 2014
Liberal Federal Council: Napthine, Newman and Stockdale
Jun 28, 2014
Sue Boyce
Jun 24, 2014
Mathias Cormann
Jun 19, 2014
Sarah Hanson-Young
Jun 12, 2014
Julie Bishop
Jun 04, 2014
Fred Chaney
May 29, 2014
AMA President Brian Owler
May 25, 2014
Katy Gallagher
May 22, 2014
Mathias Cormann and Tony Burke
May 14, 2014
Tim Colebatch
May 13, 2014
Chris Richardson
May 08, 2014
Andrew Leigh
May 02, 2014
Jamie Briggs
Apr 23, 2014
John Hewson
Apr 17, 2014
John Brogden
Apr 15, 2014
Francis Sullivan
Apr 06, 2014
Dr Steve Hambleton
Apr 02, 2014
Philip Ruddock
Mar 27, 2014
Tony Burke
Mar 24, 2014
Heather Smith
Mar 12, 2014
Tim Soutphommasane
Mar 06, 2014
Malcolm Turnbull
Mar 03, 2014
Clive Palmer
Feb 27, 2014
Tim Wilson
Feb 25, 2014
Richard Marles
Feb 19, 2014
Josh Frydenberg
Feb 16, 2014
Bruce Billson
Feb 12, 2014
Ian Chubb
Feb 10, 2014
Paul Howes
Feb 05, 2014
Kim Carr
Jan 31, 2014
Tanya Hosch
Jan 23, 2014
Stephen Parker
Jan 01, 2014
Barnaby Joyce
Dec 11, 2013
Chris Bowen
Dec 05, 2013
Adam Bandt
Dec 03, 2013
Colin Barnett
Nov 27, 2013
Carmen Lawrence
Nov 25, 2013
Andrew Wilkie
Nov 19, 2013
Mitch Hooke
Nov 12, 2013
Brendan Nelson
Nov 10, 2013
George Wright
Oct 29, 2013
Nick Xenophon
Oct 24, 2013
Christopher Pyne
Oct 21, 2013
Clare O'Neil & Angus Taylor
Oct 17, 2013
Bill Shorten
Oct 14, 2013
Doug Cameron
Oct 10, 2013
Andrew Robb
Sep 26, 2013
Warren Truss
Sep 26, 2013
Christine Milne
Sep 23, 2013
Andrew Barr
Sep 19, 2013