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Dec 14, 2025 · 16 min
Terror in Bondi
Senior reporter Ben Doherty speaks to Reged Ahmad about what he saw on Bondi beach last night and what we know happened
Dec 14, 2025 · 21 min
Was Ivan Milat responsible for more murders than we think?
NSW correspondent Anne Davies speaks to Reged Ahmad about why it’s estimated Milat could have murdered more than 80 people
Dec 13, 2025 · 27 min
The real reason behind Trump’s nasty breakup with Europe
Jonathan Freedland speaks to the US military scholar Joseph Stieb about the Trump administration’s national security strategy
Dec 12, 2025 · 33 min
Back to Back Barries and Niki Savva on a seismic year in politics
Niki Savva, award-winning author of Earthquake: The Election that Shook Australia, joins Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry in this bumper final episode for 2025.
Dec 11, 2025 · 23 min
Newsroom edition: Labor’s ambition and the Coalition’s existential crisis in 2025
Bridie Jabour talks to the editor, Lenore Taylor, and deputy editors Patrick Keneally and Gabrielle Jackson about Labor’s ambitions, the Coalition’s existential crisis and the stories that will define the year to come
Dec 11, 2025 · 14 min
Greg Lynn’s murder conviction quashed
Justice and courts reporter, Nino Bucci, speaks to Reged Ahmad about why Lynn’s conviction was overturned and what happened inside the courtroom when the decision was handed down
Dec 10, 2025 · 19 min
The expensive expenses of Anika Wells
Political editor Tom McIlroy joins Reged Ahmad to discuss what the controversy around ministerial expenses means for Labor and if it will see a change to politicians’ perks
Dec 9, 2025 · 18 min
'No playbook for this': the eSafety commissioner on her world-first social media ban
Technology reporter Josh Taylor speaks to the woman in charge of enforcing the ban, Julie Inman Grant, about how she plans to make it work, why it could fail and how taking on the tech giants has come at a personal cost
Dec 9, 2025 · 44 min
Ashes Weekly: Starc shines for Australia as England slump again
Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Ali Martin and James Wallace to discuss another humbling defeat for England as Australia took full control of the series in Brisbane, with Mitchell Starc starring with both bat and ball
Dec 8, 2025 · 19 min
Who is behind Australia’s new rightwing political group?
Nour Haydar speaks with investigations reporter Ariel Bogle and political reporter Sarah Basford Canales on the new political venture seeking to recruit at anti-immigration rallies, Reform Australia
Dec 7, 2025 · 17 min
Where is four-year-old Gus Lamont?
Senior reporter Tory Shepherd speaks to Reged Ahmad about how the child has seemingly vanished and left only questions about what could have happened
Dec 6, 2025 · 28 min
'This is war': is Trump about to invade Venezuela?
This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian’s Tom Phillips about why people are accusing Trump of war crimes
Dec 5, 2025 · 29 min
Back to Back Barries: why gen z and millennials will decide the Coalition’s fate
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine the Liberals’ abandonment of net zero emissions, whether Barnaby Joyce could help or hinder support for One Nation and why the Liberal party needs to start courting young people if it is to survive
Dec 4, 2025 · 20 min
Newsroom edition: the dangers of automated governance
Bridie Jabour speaks with the editor, Lenore Taylor, the head of newsroom, Mike Ticher, and deputy editor Patrick Kennelly about what happens when you take the human out of human services
Dec 4, 2025 · 28 min
The 27-year-old white supremacist radicalising Maga
Where is Nick Fuentes trying to lead the Republican party? J Oliver Conroy reports
Dec 3, 2025 · 25 min
Why NDIS plans will soon be computer-generated
Senior reporter Kate Lyons speaks to Nour Haydar about what the move to reduce human involvement in processing plans will mean for the more than 750,000 Australians relying on the scheme, and why some staff and disability advocates are raising the alarm
Dec 3, 2025 · 38 min
Ashes Weekly: will Australia strike again in Brisbane?
Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Emma John and Sam Perry to preview the second Test, a day-night affair at the Gabba, with Australia aiming to continue their outstanding record with the pink ball, and England looking to recover from their embarrassing defeat in Perth
Dec 2, 2025 · 23 min
Larissa Waters on how the environment deal was done
The Greens leader speaks to Reged Ahmad about what her seventeen-year-old self would think about the deal with Labor and why she compromised to get the reforms over the line