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Politics with Michelle Grattan, 100 episodes.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor on tax top-ups and budget bottom lines

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barbara Pocock on the Greens’ policy priorities

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Dutton on why he’s not Australia’s Trump – ‘I’m my own person’

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tina Jackson on the independents to watch this election

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Curran on Trump, Ukraine, shifting tectonic plates, and a bigger Australian defence bill

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tom Rogers calls for national digital literacy campaign and more civics teaching

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Danielle Wood on how to trim back housing regulations

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: David Littleproud on US tariffs, a government-owned Rex, and the Nationals’ identity

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: John Blaxland and Richard Holden talk about what Trump will mean for Australia

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Albanese dumps Nature Positive legislation and considers shrinking the electoral reform bill

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chalmers says the budget’s better than it was; Taylor says it’s much worse than it should be

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: For Mark Dreyfus, antisemitism is very personal

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham on Liberal moderates, regrets, and Donald Trump

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Climate Change Authority head Matt Kean says ‘put more solar panels on commercial rooftops’

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Special Minister of State Don Farrell on getting ‘big money’ out of elections

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: shadow communications minister David Coleman says misinformation legislation ‘one of the worst bills ever’

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Independent Helen Haines says the NACC has had ‘disappointing start’, and the government is pork barrelling

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bruce Wolpe says personal relations between Trump and Albanese would be ‘rocky’

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sally McManus on what unions want from Labor and Innes Willox on business wish list for Dutton

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: ‘It’s going to be a bad result for Labor’ - Antony Green and Michael McKenna on the Qld election

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Danielle Wood on the keys to growing Australia’s weak productivity

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Josh Bornstein on how big companies are taking away employees’ private rights

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Richard Holden says no interest rate fall likely for 12 months

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Adam Bandt on why the Greens are playing hardball on housing

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Robert French on the realities of a social media age ban

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ghaith Krayem on Muslim votes mattering

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Reserve Bank’s Andrew Hauser says don’t read too much for Australia from US rates message

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Joe Hockey says Kamala Harris and Anthony Albanese share views

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers flags deal on Reserve Bank’s new structure is close

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Politics With Michelle Grattan: Andrew Wilkie says government ‘scared stiff’ of gambling companies

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Pat Turner on Indigenous empowerment, Closing the Gap, and future Indigenous leadership

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: ‘Teal’ Zoe Daniel on political donations, representing Jewish voters and Kamala Harris’ prospects

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lester Munson on Kamala Harris’s style and a changed Trump

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Joe Hockey on how Australia should navigate a second Trump term

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Fatima Payman on the challenges and opportunities of being a crossbencher

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ted O'Brien on reaching for the nuclear button

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen on ‘calling out’ claims about the energy transition’s cost

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Malinauskas on political donations, kids on social media, and the nuclear option

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten’s around-the-world trip to discuss peace in Ukraine and NDIS reform

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton on how Australians must adapt to ‘Living Hot’

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Norton on the Albanese government’s interventionist policy to cut foreign student numbers

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Bragg flags a coalition would use ‘coercion’ of the states to get more new houses built

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Madeleine King on investment incentives and the pivotal role of gas

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Budget fight looms on Future Made in Australia tax breaks

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on prospects for passage of the government’s deportation bill

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Anne Summers says we need much more information on male perpetrators of violence against women

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Independent MP Dai Le on the church attack in her electorate

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Josh Burns on being a Jewish MP during a terrible conflict

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Leigh on competition - economic and political

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kim Beazley on Kevin Rudd, being an ambassador, and a possible second Trump presidency

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Cyber expert Lesley Seebeck on TikTok’s future in Australia

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Masculinity expert Michael Flood on boys and men behaving badly

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: John Blaxland on spies, AUKUS, and an unsettled Washington

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jason Clare on the future of education in Australia

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Antony Green, Kos Samaras and Tim Costello on Dunkley contest

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Assistant minister Malarndirri McCarthy says there’s ‘no rush’ on treaty and truth-telling

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen on fuel efficiency standards and the energy transition

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Angus Taylor on tax and the economy

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers says Australians will be better off next year

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten on making the NDIS fit for purpose

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen’s struggle to promote consensus on climate action at COP28

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens Barbara Pocock on the quest for greater transparency

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on the High Court’s decision on detention and rising anti-Semitism

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Former climate minister Greg Combet on Australia’s mission to reach net-zero

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Economist Chris Richardson on a likely interest rate rise and the fall in living standards

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Don Farrell’s high noon for European free trade deal, and hopes for lobster exports to China

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kim Beazley on Albanese’s US trip, Biden in the Middle East, and the Voice’s defeat

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Middle East expert Ian Parmeter on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens Jordon Steele-John on the disability royal commission and Bill Shorten’s NDIS reforms

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Treasurer Jim Chalmers on jobs and work

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Word from The Hill: Assessing Daniel Andrews, the extraordinary Pezzullo story, senators give Qantas chiefs a hard time

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: ANU Vice-Chancellor Brian Schmidt on the challenges universities face

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Asia expert Richard McGregor on Anthony Albanese’s coming visit to China

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: RedBridge’s Kosmos Samaras on what the public are saying about the Voice

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Word from The Hill: Danielle Wood to head Productivity Commission, Alan Joyce bows to public anger, PM jets off again

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Battle of the Voice - Yes23 campaign director Dean Parkin and former deputy prime minister John Anderson

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Word from The Hill: Date for Voice referendum to be announced on Wednesday

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: WA Premier Roger Cook on Labor’s conference and his state’s issues

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor president Wayne Swan on the party’s coming national conference

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Word from The Hill: Voice proponents and opponents draw succour from heritage backdown; ALP toughens Palestine policy to placate party; more questions follow Lehrmann inquiry

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Word from The Hill: Double dissolution hot air, PM dodging Treaty question, Morrison hit with counter punch after Robodebt speech

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: ‘yes’ campaigner Thomas Mayo and ‘no’ advocate Derryn Hinch on the Voice

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: ACCI Head Andrew McKellar on industrial relations and boosting Australia’s productivity

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Battle of the Voice – Greens senator Dorinda Cox & Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle

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Word from The Hill: On ditching the Commonwealth Games, the Voice pamphlet, Labor’s factions

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Michele Bullock’s appointment as Reserve Bank Governor

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten on Robodebt report’s sealed section, and progress on NDIS reform

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Author Bruce Wolpe on the “shocking” consequences for Australia of a Trump 24 win

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Word from The Hill: A wild and badly behaved parliamentary fortnight

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Special Minister of State Don Farrell wants donation and spending caps for next election

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Community Independent Dai Le on what voters are saying

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Word from The Hill: Coalition attacks on Katy Gallagher, Voice losing traction, future fund holdout

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Industry minister Ed Husic on the artificial intelligence revolution

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Liberal MP Bridget Archer urges other moderates to speak up as she presses for party change

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Word from The Hill: PwC scandal, McGowan quitting politics, PM’s trip to Singapore and high inflation figure

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor’s Julian Hill on employment, AI, Julian Assange and TikTok

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Word from The Hill: On the Voice, the Quad, and Indian PM Modi’s visit

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens’ Max Chandler-Mather on the housing fund, rent freezes and migration

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The day after the night before - Chalmers and Taylor on the budget