Australian Politics Podcast
1) A political year in review with Melissa Clarke and Michael Read
In our final episode for 2025, political editor Tom McIlroy speaks with Melissa Clarke from ABC RN Breakfast and Michael Read from the Australian Financial Review. The press gallery colleagues discuss...Show More
2) Guardian Essential report: One Nation support soars - podcast
After the furore over Pauline Hanson’s burqa stunt and Barnaby Joyce’s defection to One Nation, the latest Guardian Essential Poll shows a surge in the party’s primary vote. Essential Media’s executiv...Show More
3) Penny Wong on Trump, Putin and reshaping foreign policy
This week Labor committed additional military support for Ukraine in its war against Russia as part of a Nato-led initiative. The government also announced new sanctions on Russia’s so-called shadow f...Show More
4) Sussan Ley is 'still up for the job' of opposition leader
Ever since she was elected opposition leader, Sussan Ley has faced strong criticisms from within her party and across the parliament. Some commentators even predicted she’d be out of the job already. ...Show More
5) Guardian Essential report: Climate doom and AI anxiety
Just over half of voters say that climate change is happening and is caused by human activity, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll. The same number of voters had the same response more tha...Show More
6) Will Albanese’s caution become his weakness?
Author and columnist Sean Kelly says despite Labor’s overwhelming majority and an opposition largely consumed by its own infighting, there are signs that Anthony Albanese’s government will waste the o...Show More
7) The fear of neo-Nazis and the politics of social cohesion with Mehreen Faruqi
In conversation with political editor Tom McIlroy, deputy leader of the Greens Mehreen Faruqi says a neo-Nazi rally in front of NSW parliament this month caused fear for many Australians – and the fed...Show More
8) A new Liberal and Labor MP on their first terms in parliament
It’s been six months since the May election, which brought new personalities to Parliament House – along with an even larger majority for the Albanese government. Labor MP Renee Coffey, who beat the G...Show More
9) Why net zero is dividing parliament with climate minister Chris Bowen
Speaking at Cop30 in Brazil, the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, said the ‘consensus is gone’ on tackling the climate crisis. It’s an apt assessment because this week Australia’s two major polit...Show More
10) How the EU and Nato are countering a new type of warfare
From cyberattacks to disinformation campaigns, hybrid warfare is reshaping global security. Visiting the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats in Helsinki, Guardian Australia’s p...Show More