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Budget 2026: serious housing reforms but a missed opportunity to tax gas exports

2

Is the national anti-corruption body failing?

3

Big Gas' greed is killing Australian manufacturers

4

Tax the wealthiest to make Australia more productive

5

How political pragmatism is killing us with Richard Denniss

6

Australians march for Palestine as Trump shoots the messenger

E
7

Australia's gun laws aren't as strong as you think

8

Australians aren’t afraid of power-sharing parliaments

9

“Out of patience”: it’s time to fix the housing crisis

E
10

Their fair share: the tax debate we need to have

11

A matter of preference

12

All the way with the USA?

E
13

Australia doesn't need AUKUS

14

Now is the time for brave reform

15

Profit vs priceless heritage: the fight to save Murujuga

16

Super hysterical: the ludicrous beat-up over superannuation tax changes

17

Failing the test: Australian universities in crisis

18

"Don’t waste it": Labor’s historic policy opportunity

19

A chance to be brave: understanding Australia's election result

E
20

Could the polls be wrong?

E
21

Trump and the Australian election

22

The cruel housing hoax

23

Big gas is taking the piss

E
24

Home economics: housing, living standards and the federal election

25

Don't gut our environment laws

26

Fish out of water

27

Enemies of the state

28

The pros and cons of minority government with David Pocock and Tony Windsor

E
29

"A drowning memory": the Pacific Island communities fighting for their survival

30

DOGE days: Trump's war on the civil service

31

A soft landing? What the rate cut means for the Australian economy

32

Stop the steel

E
33

Hands off our elections

34

Flooding the zone

E
35

"That's cooked": welcome to 2025

36

Killing for Country with David Marr | Summer Book Club

37

The work with Bri Lee | Summer Book Club

E
38

Bad cop with Lech Blaine | Summer Book Club

39

Highway to hell with Joëlle Gergis | Summer Book Club

40

Minority report with George Megalogenis | Summer Book Club

41

Fixing Australia's housing crisis with Alan Kohler

42

What's the point of Australia?

43

The major party stitch-up with Helen Haines

44

The uninsurables: how climate change is pricing people out of home insurance

45

Hitting our limits: the climate and COP29

E
46

The AUKward truth about the US relationship

47

We can, in fact, have nice things

48

Secrecy is not security

49

The way we disagree

50

Super-powered nukes: Aussie funds and weapons of mass destruction

51

Are the Big Two too big? Reining in the supermarket giants

E
52

Offsetting into oblivion with George Monbiot

53

Mining's big temper tantrum

54

Nothing in reserve: households "smashed" by rate hikes

55

Jumping at shadows with Mark Kenny

56

Can quality journalism survive in Australia?

57

Wealth of nations: how Australia’s prosperity is funnelled to the ultra-rich

58

The road to freedom with Joseph Stiglitz

59

New divides with Paul Bongiorno

60

How superannuation tax concessions help the rich get richer

61

Biden is out, Harris is in – what happens now in the US election?

E
62

Why no seat is 'safe' anymore

E
63

The fight to free Jimmy Lai

64

Introducing After America

65

Democracy (handle with care)

66

Don't listen to this podcast

67

Australia’s great gas giveaway

68

Is America heading towards disaster?

69

How Australia created a housing crisis (and what we can do to fix it)

E
70

The Fight to Free Assange

71

Jess Hill on the Domestic Violence Crisis

72

Budget 2024: what you need to know

73

The budget vs inflation

74

Australia’s state-sponsored greenwashing

75

The Knitting Nannas redefining the face of activism

76

Making freedom of information “sexy” with Rex Patrick

77

Not seeing the koalas for the carbon credits

78

Minority retort

79

The Coalition goes nuclear

80

The end of capitalism with Yanis Varoufakis

E
81

Great expectations: will Australia walk the talk on climate change?

82

Robodebt, repeated? How government is failing the nation on climate

83

The Push to Stop Pork Barrelling

84

Tasmanian Election Announced

85

The Right to Disconnect

86

The Great Gas Rort: Fixing the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax

87

Stage 3 Tax Cuts reform: "The biggest and most honest piece of tax reform in decades"

88

Brace yourselves... US Election 2024

89

The War On Waste with Craig Reucassel | Summer Series

90

Heat: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet with Jeff Goodell | Summer Series

91

Global Financial Crisis 15 Years On: What Have We Learned? with Wayne Swan| Summer Series

92

Ending Native Forest Logging with Bob Brown | Summer Series

93

Truth on Trial: War Crimes and Whistleblowers | Summer Series

94

Isabella Weber: The Economics and Politics of Seller’s Inflation | Summer Series

95

Profits v Wages, what's driving inflation? - Rerun | Summer Series

96

The Great Divide: Australia’s Housing Mess and How to Fix It | Summer Series

97

Politics in the Pub: End of Year Wrap | Summer Series

98

Big Petrostate Energy

99

'Thylacine of the Sea' vs. the Salmon Industry

100

Clive Palmer of...Singapore?

101

International Charm Offensive

102

Introducing Dollars & Sense with Greg Jericho

103

How to Investigate Research Misconduct

104

The Pain is the Point...Again

105

The Whistleblower Project | Politics in the Pub

106

The Lies Have It

107

What is the Voice to Parliament? | with Pat Anderson AO

108

Is Consultant a 'Profession?'

109

The Special (Economic) Relationship: Australia and the US

110

There are still climate refugees in Lismore [Politics in the Pub]

111

Who should pay the cost of Climate Change? [Climate of the Nation 2023]

112

Dead in the Water

113

An Eventful Trip to Fiji

114

The Environmental Fight you probably haven't heard of

115

What Transition?

116

A Trojan Horse for Fossil Fuels

117

Ending the ‘Jobs for Mates’ Culture with Dr Sophie Scamps [Webinar]

118

The Shell Game Behind Carbon Credits with Nick Feik [Webinar]

119

The 'Tassie Tiger of the Sea' is on the brink

120

Climate Change and the Pacific: Regional Climate Diplomacy Forum 2023 [webinar]

121

Why it's hard to beat sitting MPs in elections

122

Australia's Olympic Moment on Greenwashing

123

Nordic Talks: Breaking the ice ceiling: Gender equality in Iceland and Australia [Webinar]

124

Nordic Talks: The Role of First Nations Communities in the Clean Energy Transition [Webinar]

125

Nordic Talks: Pedalling Health – Healthy and sustainable cities in Denmark and Australia [Webinar]

126

Nordic Talks: The Value of a Free Press [Webinar]

127

Nordic Talks: A plus or F minus? Educational Equity in Finland and Australia [Webinar]

128

Thomas Mayo & Kerry O'Brien on the Voice to Parliament Handbook

129

Profits v Wages, what's driving inflation?

130

Modi, the Quad, and the latest on AUKUS

131

PwC Scandal Reveals Problem with Consulting Firms

132

Bread and Surpluses: What you need to know about the Budget [Webinar]

133

Funding our own Destruction

134

The Housing Crisis

135

The Great Gas Rip-off

136

The economy's still growing, so why does it feel like you're falling behind?

137

Aston By-election Explained

138

Safeguard Mechanism: Everything You Need to Know

139

Final Warning

140

"The Worst Deal in All History"

141

Super Expensive, Super Unfair

142

Interest Rates are Sky-High, Who's to Blame?

143

What is Climate Integrity?

144

The Pain is the Plan

145

How to Not Waste $300 Billion

146

Offsetting Us Up To Fail: The myths of ‘nature markets’ explained [Webinar]

147

Pulling the Climate trigger: Environment Laws Fit for a Crisis [Webinar]

148

August in Kabul with Andrew Quilty [Webinar]

149

Regional Climate Diplomacy Forum 2022 [Webinar]

150

Uluru Statement from the Heart: Sydney Peace Prize winner [Webinar]

151

The Integrity Election [Webinar]

152

Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics with Katharine Murphy [Webinar]

153

Joseph Stiglitz: The Role of Government in the Modern Economy [Webinar]

154

End of Year Wrap-Up! 2022

155

Shining a Light on Cronyism

156

Go Home On Time Today!

157

Three's Company: What is multi-employer bargaining?

158

Climate policies the Government could deliver at COP27

159

October Budget Wrap

160

It's a No-Brainer!

161

Where's the middle (income)?

162

Regional Climate Diplomacy Forum 2022 [Webinar]

163

A NACC for Integrity

164

The Case for Dumping the Stage 3 Tax Cuts

165

Safeguarding the ability to increase emissions

166

What happened at the Job Summit?

167

The Woke Agenda

168

Us versus Them

169

A Dumping Ground for Inefficient Cars

170

Uluru Statement from the Heart: Sydney Peace Prize winner [webinar]

171

The First Fortnight of the 47th Parliament

172

What's really driving inflation?

173

Follow the Money LIVE!

174

Joseph E. Stiglitz: The Role of Government in the Modern Economy [Webinar]

175

26 Years Later

176

Draconian Anti-protest Laws

177

A Gas-Led Catastrophe

178

The Integrity Election [webinar]

179

What comes next in the Senate? with David Pocock [webinar]

180

Phasing out Fossil Fuels with Adam Bandt [webinar]

181

What just happened? Unpacking the transformative 2022 federal election

182

The explosion of political appointments to the AAT

183

An Australian COP29

184

How do Nordic countries make housing affordable?

185

Aged Care: A System of Neglect

186

Democracy Agenda for the 47th Parliament

187

Unpacking the 2022 Federal Budget

188

Are fossil fuel subsidies ending or accelerating?

189

Admiral Chris Barrie on how Australia should respond to increasing disasters [webinar]

190

Dodgy carbon credits and dirty hydrogen

191

A budget for buying votes or backing workers? [webinar]

192

Who pays for the cost of climate change?

193

How to fix Australia's mental health care system - with Ian Hickie

194

No Enemies, No Friends with Allan Behm [webinar]

195

'Adaptation saves lives, delay means death'

196

The Big Switch with Saul Griffith [webinar]

197

What's going to be in the Budget?

198

BIG - The Role of the State in the Modern Economy with Richard Denniss

199

Australia could be a sustainable Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Powerhouse

200

Summer series - Raising the Age: Getting children out of prison

201

Summer Series - Ensuring Accountability with Senator Kristina Keneally [webinar series]

202

Summer Series - Australia's growing wages crisis with Sally McManus [webinar]

203

Summer Series - Keeping the Bastards Honest with Senator Rex Patrick [webinar series]

204

Summer Series - The Long Covid-19 Economic Crisis with Richard Denniss [webinar]

205

Summer Series - Feeling the Heat with Marian Wilkinson, Richard Denniss and Allan Behm [webinar]

206

Summer Series - Climate Change and the Pacific with the Hon Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa Prime Minister of Samoa [webinar]

207

Summer Series - State of the Climate with Chris Bowen [webinar]

208

Summer Series - Rewiring Australia with Saul Griffith and Lily D'Ambrosio MP [webinar]

209

Summer Series - Coal, Climate Change & Conservatives with Malcolm Turnbull [webinar]

210

Summer Series - Protecting Australian content in the age of Netflix [webinar]

211

Summer Series - Understanding Consent with Chanel Contos [webinar]

212

Summer Series - Pandemic Leadership with Chief Minister Andrew Barr [webinar]

213

The biggest attack on the Australian charity sector you have never heard of

214

Is your Super Fund invested in nuclear weapons?

215

My Year of Living Vulnerably with Rick Morton [webinar series]

216

Skewed: How grants with ministerial discretion are biased towards Coalition seats

217

The Role of the Senate in our Democracy [webinar series]

218

Glasgow Wrap-up and what comes next for Australian climate policy

219

'The worst bit of modelling I've ever seen' -- unpacking the federal govenrment's net zero modelling

220

Glasgow Part 2 and Australia's fossil fuel fraud

221

Will Australia wreck Glasgow?

E
222

Talk isn't cheap

223

Climate of the Nation 2021

224

The AUKUS pact and China

225

Junk Carbon Credits

226

The importance of the crossbench with Senator Jacqui Lambie [webinar series]

227

AUKUS and the nuclear submarine debacle

228

An Avoidable Catastrophe: Pandemic Job Losses in Higher Education

229

Fracked: Gas in the Northern Territory

230

Test, Trace, Isolate and Quarantine

231

The Wealth Explosion

232

Reset with Professor Ross Garnaut [webinar series]

233

Black Witness with Amy McQuire [webinar series]

234

The Fall of Afghanistan

235

Code Red for Humanity: the sixth IPCC report

236

Not all taxes are created equal

237

Send in the troops

238

What the bloody hell is a CBAM?

239

The perceived threat of China

240

Going to hell in a handbasket

241

The wrong call

242

The giant gap in our federal integrity systems

243

The Ute-led Recovery

244

When is a cabinet not a cabinet?

245

The OTHER budget

246

Unpacking the federal budget 2021

247

What costs Australians almost $20,000 every minute?

248

Under pressure

249

Why we should pause approvals of new coal mines

250

The security of the national electricity grid

251

What women want

252

Electric Dreams

253

The gender pay gulf

254

The crisis in aged care and why we need to talk about revenue

255

The Facebook News Blackout and the News Media Bargaining Code

256

Google and the use and abuse of economic modelling

257

The rise of right wing extremism [webinar series]

258

Summer special: Friends, Allies and Enemies with Karen Middleton & Jonathan Pearlman

259

Summer special: How Childcare Reforms Could Help Power the Economic Recovery with Jay Weatherill and Kate Carnell

260

Summer special: The crisis in Aged Care with Ged Kearney

261

Summer special: What we learned about Australia from Wikileaks with Jennifer Robinson and Peter Cronau

262

Summer special: Climate of the Nation with Matt Kean

263

Summer special: The End of Certainty with Katharine Murphy

264

Summer special: The High Road with Laura Tingle

265

An unprecedented year: reflecting on 2020 with Richard Denniss

266

Why tax electric vehicles but not heavy trucks? Politics

267

The myth of Australia's gas supply shortage

268

The US Election result and what it means for Australia

269

Digital Giants, Market Power and Media Diversity

270

What can we learn from the ACT election?

271

The Most Secretive Budget Ever

272

What you need to know about the federal budget

E
273

Tax avoidance and why we can't have nice things

274

Weapons of gas destruction

275

Why bringing income tax cuts forward is a bad idea during Australia's first recession in 30 years

276

A Plan for Planet A

277

East Timor, Oil and Secret Prosecutions

278

Effective diplomacy and getting Australia's relationship with China back on track

279

Electrifying our Roads - Norway's Way

280

How Neoliberalism is Spreading Covid-19

281

Our 100th episode

282

The View From ICU

283

Backfire part 2: why a "gas fired recovery" would increase emissions and energy costs and squander Australia's COVID-19 recovery spending

284

Why TAFE is critical to economic recovery

285

United in a Global Crisis with UN Chief Economist Elliott Harris

286

Backfire part 1: why a "gas fired recovery" would increase emissions and energy costs and squander Australia's COVID-19 recovery spending

287

Julia Gillard on the pandemic, mental health and beyond

288

ANZUS and Australia's security

289

The war on populism and the fight for democracy with Thomas Frank

E
290

Winning a Fair Share: Rebuilding Australia's Manufacturing Base | Paul Bastian & Jim Stanford

291

Let it rip

292

Unpacking the Mini-Budget: What you need to know

293

Unpacking JobSeeker

294

Treaty & Sovereignty

295

How to make electricity bills cheaper

296

Big Little Political Lies

297

Navigating the Australia-China relationship with Jane Golley

298

A bargain at twice the price

299

The success of the Aboriginal-led health response to the pandemic

300

The Reconstruction - building back better with Richard Denniss

301

HomeBuilder and jobs for the boys

302

War is not a metaphor with Allan Gyngell

303

The Deficit Myth with Stephanie Kelton

304

The case for red tape

305

Safeguarding Democracy with Helen Haines

306

The pink collar recession

307

Protecting workers as the Economy Re-Opens with Sally McManus

308

Why a public sector wage freeze would cost jobs

309

Renewing Australia with a Green New Deal with Adam Bandt

310

Black holes and Keynesians

311

The role of climate action in rebuilding after the pandemic with Zali Steggall

312

The Australian Government response to the pandemic with Greg Hunt

313

The other global crisis: climate change

314

The International Pandemic Response with Helen Clark

315

Why 'snap back' is a fantasy

316

A renewably powered manufacturing sector with Ross Garnaut

317

The view from the Gallery - Politics in the (virtual) Pub

318

The public health response with Professor Peter Doherty

319

Working From Home: tracky dacks and keystroke surveillance

320

Inequality in a Pandemic with Professor Joseph Stiglitz Nobel Laureate economist

321

After the Crisis with Jim Chalmers

E
322

What does a good economic recovery package look like?

323

Covid-19: Media in crisis

324

Covid-19 and rethinking national security

325

The role of artists and the arts in rescuing the economy

326

What is your life really worth?

327

The complete reshaping of Australia's economy with Wayne Swan

328

No trust without scrutiny - the case for an Epidemic Response Committee

329

Unpacking the Jobkeeper wage subsidy scheme

330

What the hell is happening to the economy?

331

The People vs Tech

332

See What You Made Me Do With Jess Hill

333

Climate And The Pacific With Former President Anote Tong

334

What's Going On With The Murray Darling Basin

335

How Good Is The Economy?

336

Mass Confusion About The New Senate Voting System

337

The Wages Crisis

338

Unpacking The 2019 Federal Budget

339

What The Hell Is Dividend Imputation?

340

Dead Right With Richard Denniss

341

Wrong Way Book Launch With Doug Cameron

342

10 Year Anniversary Of The Stimulus Package With Wayne Swan Tanya Plibersek And Jim Chalmers

343

Bob Brown And Clare Rewcastle Brown, Environmentalist Of The Year

344

Professor Joseph Stiglitz Winner Of Sydney Peace Prize 2018

345

Yes, Yes, Yes With Alex Greenwich MP, Dr Shirleen Robinson & Senator Sarah Hanson Young

346

2018 Political Wrap With Amy Remeikis Rob Harris Annika Smethurst And Bevan Shields

347

Big Sticks, Batteries And Bills

348

Will Australia Meet Its Paris Commitment?

349

Could The Global Financial Crisis Happen Again?

350

Climate Of The Nation With Dr John Hewson

351

What's Wrong With Politics & How To Fix It

352

Dead Right - How Neoliberalism Ate Itself And What Comes Next

353

2018 Budget Wrap

354

Pocket Money: 14 Reasons Why The Case For A Company Tax Cut Has Collapsed

355

Gas And Coal Watch

356

Curing Affluenza - How To Buy Less Stuff And Save The World

357

I'm Here For An Argument - Why Bipartisanship On Security Makes Australia Less Safe

358

The Global Financial Crisis Ten Years On

359

Grandfathering The Australian Dream

360

Why A Bank Levy Is A Great Idea

361

Pocket Money: Budget 2017

362

A House A House A Kingdom For A House

363

Unpacking The Energy Debate

364

Conservatives And Climate Change With Bob Inglis

365

SUMMER SPECIAL Sam Dastyari

366

SUMMER SPECIAL President Tong

367

SUMMER SPECIAL Econobabble

368

SUMMER SPECIAL 2016 Political Wrap

369

Pocket Money: The Adani Coal Mine

370

What Does The ABCC Have To Do With House Prices?

371

Nuclear Dumps

372

Economic Models

373

Interest Rates

374

No New Coal Mines

375

The Pea & Thimble Trick

376

Cui Bono

377

Econobabble

378

Double Negative

379

Super Duper

380

Mining Boom-tish