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March 19 · 27 min
Newsroom edition: how Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is changing politics
Josephine Tovey speaks with Mike Ticher and Sarah Martin about why the electorate is flocking to the rightwing political movement, and what major parties can do to win voters back
March 18 · 32 min
What Nigel Farage will say for money
The Reform UK leader has a lucrative extra gig sending paid-for Cameo messages. But an analysis of more than 4,000 show they include videos for a neo-Nazi group and a rioter. Henry Dyer reports
March 17 · 21 min
Will One Nation go mainstream in South Australia’s election?
Chief political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy speaks to Reged Ahmad about why the South Australia election is the first real test for One Nation since its surge in opinion polls, and what voters told him about why they have switched their vote to the rightwing populist party
March 17 · 26 min
Will the strait of Hormuz torpedo Trump's war?
Events in the narrow waterway are causing chaos around the globe. The Guardian’s energy correspondent, Jillian Ambrose, explains why
March 16 · 21 min
How police are using ‘less lethal’ weapons at protests
Nour Haydar speaks with Ariel Bogle and Nino Bucci about how controversial less-lethal weapons are being used against demonstrators
March 15 · 16 min
Was Iran really building a nuclear weapon?
Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuclear weapons program. But how close was the country really to developing an atomic weapon? Ian Sample hears from Kelsey Davenport, the director of non-proliferation policy at the Arms Control Association
March 14 · 6 min
The Sunday read: Paul Daley on Australia’s blind acceptance of Trump’s war on Iran
The Guardian Australia columnist questions whether refusing to challenge the White House at all costs indulges a US-Australia relationship that no longer exists
March 13 · 26 min
Back to Back Barries: Does Matt Canavan have a strategy to take on One Nation?
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry ask whether the new Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, is the right person to take on One Nation and discuss Australia’s involvement in Trump’s war on Iran
March 12 · 22 min
Newsroom edition: Labor is walking a tightrope as the politics of war hits Australia
Jo Tovey sits down with Gabrielle Jackson, Mike Ticher and Ben Doherty to discuss the tests Labor faces back home as Australia’s involvement in the war escalates
March 11 · 21 min
‘More Australian babies!’ where will Matt Canavan take the Nationals now? – podcast
Senior political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy speaks to Nour Haydar about how the Queensland rightwinger won the vote and whether this now means he will pull the Nationals, and the Coalition, further to the right
March 10 · 15 min
Australia is sending weapons to the Gulf. Does that mean we are at war?
Reged Ahmad speaks with Josh Butler about whether Australia is being entangled in Trump’s ‘war of choice’
March 10 · 20 min
Iranian women's football players have asylum in Australia, but what now?
Women’s football journalist Samantha Lewis speaks to Nour Haydar about what went on behind the scenes to keep the women in Australia, whether more players could do so and what happens next
March 9 · 18 min
Amanda Meade takes us inside the Kyle and Jackie ‘O’ bust-up
Reged Ahmad talks to Amanda Meade about the on-air bust that could be the shock jocks’ final controversy
March 8 · 16 min
The anti-climate policy blowing a hole in Labor’s budget
Nour Haydar speaks with Adam Morton about why the government will hand out more than $10.8bn this financial year under a scheme that makes it cheaper for miners and other industries to use diesel and petrol
March 7 · 6 min
The Sunday Read: My Grandfather escaped Iran. But I’m not celebrating Trump’s war
This week, as Trump’s war on Iran rages on and expands, an Australian Iranian journalist writes about her grandfather’s journey escaping the Islamic Republic and the fears she holds for the civilian lives caught in the crossfire
March 6 · 30 min
Back to Back Barries: will Trump’s Iran war become Albanese’s mess?
One week on from the start of Trump’s war on Iran, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine Anthony Albanese’s swift response and confirmation that three Australian personel were on board a US submarine that sank a Iranian warship
March 5 · 20 min
Newsroom edition: Australia and the ‘bomb first’ new world order
Josephine Tovey speaks with Gabrielle Jackson and Bonnie Malkin about how Australia has responded to the war with Iran and the questions it raises for the media
March 5 · 17 min
Jonathan Freedland on what it will take for Trump to walk away from war
The US and Israel’s war with Iran is nearing its first full week, and after throwing the region into chaos, it is now starting to spread beyond the Middle East. Guardian columnist and Politics Weekly America host Jonathan Freedland asks what might force Donald Trump to end the war, and discusses the repercussions for world order
March 4 · 19 min
The election review the Liberals didn’t want you to see
Nour Haydar speaks to political reporter Krishani Dhanji about why some wanted the report to stay secret and if the party will learn from its mistakes
March 3 · 20 min
Is the US the most pressing threat to peace?
Professor Ben Saul speaks to Nour Haydar about why law experts say it’s crystal clear the attacks on Iran were illegal and unprovoked, and why the military action sets a dangerous precedent