Australian politics live podcast
Katharine Murphy and Guardian Australia's political team examine what’s happening in Australian politics and why it matters to you.
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Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen joins Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy to talk about Paul Keating’s turn against neoliberalism, the values debate people are ‘craving’ and intergenerational inequality
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Dan Tehan, the minister for veteran affairs, tells Katharine Murphy that cases double when servicemen and women re-enter civilian life.
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Australia is about to become the biggest exporter of liquified natural gas in the world but domestically it is the only country where the price of gas is rising
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Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan look back at the issue of the week: 18C. What are the chances that changes to the legislation will pass through parliament? Has this week just been about getting as much political gain out of a piece of legislation that can’t possibly get up?
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The Greens leader joins Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan to discuss how his party is shifting debate in Australia without getting credit for it
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Economist Michael Every joins Katharine and Gabrielle to discuss his theory that Trump’s trade policy may dismantle the world economy in ways most nations are not prepared for. We’re seeing a cultural, economic and political backlash against certain key aspects of globalisation and Michael thinks this is the beginning of a trend rather than the end and that Trump’s policies could see long term problems spread across the world.
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Can members of opposing parties can find common ground in one of the most bitterly partisan of all areas of political debate?
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Podcast How a conservative turns into a climate change evangelist – Australian Politics Live podcast
Former US Republican congressman Bob Inglis joins Katharine Murphy for an in-depth interview about his journey from climate change sceptic to climate change campaigner
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Barnaby Joyce joins Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan to discuss decentralisation and why preferencing One Nation is bad for trade
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In this in-depth interview Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy talks to Cory Bernardi about how he feels about burning bridges in the liberal party, who is going to finance his new political party and what could have made him ‘stay in the tent’
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The US election result is invading political space around the world. Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan look at how Australia’s major parties are reacting
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Greg Jericho, Katharine Murphy, Gareth Hutchens and the West Australian’s economics editor, Shane Wright, look back at the year in economics on politics live
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Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan are joined by Crikey political editor Bernard Keane on the Australian politics live podcast to wrap up the year
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Liberal senator James Patterson joins Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan to discuss the movement to change or remove section 18C from the Racial Discrimination Act. We also look at the possible effects of Trump victory to our region
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Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan discuss what will be next for marriage equality now the Coalition’s plan for a plebiscite is dead. They also speak to education minister Simon Birmingham about why Julia Gillard should not have promised that no school would be worse off after funding changes and what will happen to the Vet Fee funding scheme
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Race discrimination commissioner Tim Soutphommasane joins Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan to discuss the return of One Nation and the most effective way to counter her ideas.
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Karen Middleton speaks to Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan about her biography of the Labor stalwart
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This episode Stephen Conroy explains the latest AFP raids on parliament and tells us that he would die in a ditch for his sources. Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan assess the fortunes of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten, why haven’t we heard much from the government lately and why does the opposition leader remind them of a rooster?
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We jump out of the political cycle and take a closer look at the economy, what do the numbers the major parties talk about mean and why don’t they match people’s everyday experiences? Greg Jericho and Gareth Hutchings join Katharine Murphy to unpack what’s happening with the economy. We also hear from Shadow Minister for Finance Jim Chalmers on how the opposition and government will work together on economic policy.
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Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan talk to Angus Taylor, the assistant minister for cities and digital transformation about the backlash the Coalition suffered at the election
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Lenore Taylor, Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan discuss why Australian voters rejected Malcolm Turnbull and supported candidates who meant what they said
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Most signs point to a Coalition win in Saturday’s federal election, but there are plenty of questions that will remain unanswered until the results are in. Photographer Mike Bowers joins Lenore Taylor and Katharine Murphy to discuss the performances of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten on the campaign trail and their prospects for polling day
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Recorded live in Melbourne this episode looks at the different ways the major parties see the economic debate this election
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Lenore Taylor and Katharine Murphy examined fairness in Australian society at a live event in Sydney with Tanya Plibersek, deputy Labor leader, Trent Zimmerman, the Liberal MP for North Sydney and Cassandra Goldie, chief executive of Acoss. A lively Q&A featured a small business owner who doesn’t want a tax cut and a real estate agent who wants to abolish negative gearing. All that and a performance from the new Hansard Monologues play
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Katharine Murphy talks to Gabrielle Chan about changing demographics in rural seats and what this means for the election. They are then joined by Mike Kelly who is trying to regain Eden-Monaro for Labor
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Four weeks into the campaign, political editor Lenore Taylor and deputy political editor Katharine Murphy explore with Liberal party strategist Mark Textor what’s been happening and why we might just want to ignore all the current polls
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The ABC’s Chris Uhlmann and David Speers from Sky News talk to Guardian Australia’s Lenore Taylor and Katharine Murphy about what makes a good leadership debate and how to prevent politicians interrupting them with tedious speeches
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Lenore Taylor and Katharine Murphy discuss the tension between Greens and Labor with Ben Oquist and Michael Cooney
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Join our top team as they unpack the first week of this mega-long election campaign. With special guests Mathias Cormann and Penny Wong
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Lenore Taylor and Katharine Murphy examine what is happening in Australian politics and why it matters to you
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