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Ed Husic urges brakes on data centres 'swamping' Australia

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Josh Frydenberg's plan to keep speaking out

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Why Victoria's unpredictable election matters nationally

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Tim Wilson says government is borrowing from the future to spend today

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Jim Chalmers warns rising debt bills are set to hit the budget

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Matt Canavan on combatting One Nation.

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Chris Bowen on co-hosting COP and Australia's renewables target

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Sarah Hanson-Young on why progressives need to 'take on' One Nation

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Charlton's warning on data centres' impact on power bills

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One Nation's David Farley on the migrants his party wants

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Sally McManus on how AI could force future cuts to HECS debts and work hours

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Bridie O'Donnell on the 'precarious business' of the Tour de France

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Paul Kelly on why Albanese is 'misunderstood' and Taylor needs to stay

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Wayne Swan on a 'dramatically different' political contest

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Andrew Wilkie on the need to go harder to curb gambling advertising

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Julian Leeser on fighting an 'explosion' of hate in Australia

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Jenny McAllister on why NDIS reforms are being delayed

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Jonno Duniam on guilt and relief about quitting politics

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Pollster Simon Welsh on One Nation's rise and Victoria's 'very messy' election

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Graeme Samuel on 'doomsday' attacks on the federal budget

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Keith Wolahan on when Liberals should preference One Nation

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Margaret Thornton on the landmark Tickle v Giggle transgender case

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Jim Chalmers says 'we're in the cart' for more tax relief

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Tim Wilson on the budget's hidden hits on young Australians

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Alan Kohler says Labor's tax changes probably won't lower house prices

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Antony Green on how Farrer's 'breakout' by-election will make history

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Former minister Ed Husic on why Labor must 'stare down' gas companies over tax

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Economist Chris Richardson on next steps in fuel crisis

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The Making of One Nation: enter the outside

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Rory Medcalf on Australians' growing national security fears

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Farrer by-election tests One Nation

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RBA Deputy's inflation warning

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South Australian election special

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Geoffrey Watson backs calls for royal commission on CFMEU scandal

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New Liberal deputy Jane Hume on industrial relations, child care and a decade in politics

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Tony Barry on why a new Liberal leader isn't a quick fix

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Barnaby Joyce on getting on with Pauline Hanson and One Nation's rise

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Jonno Duniam on the 'frenzy' over hate speech laws and the Coalition split

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The Making of an Autocrat: co-opt the military

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The Making of an Autocrat: suppress the people

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The Making of an Autocrat: beat the courts

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The Making of an Autocrat: manufacture a crisis

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The Making of an Autocrat: recruit an architect

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The Making of an Autocrat: hijack a party

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The Making of an Autocrat, coming soon

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers on the Bondi terror attack and the mid-year budget update

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Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky 'fake silver bullet'

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Tim Ayres on the AI rollout's looming 'bumps and glitches'

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Sussan Ley on Barnaby's defection and how the environment law deal 'fell apart'

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Liberal Andrew McLachlan on why he'll still promote net zero

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Murray Watt on the compromises to pass new environmental laws before christmas

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Michelle Grattan remembers the day Whitlam lost his job

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Niki Savva and David Solomon on The Dismissal

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Sam Rae on big changes to aged care

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Tony Abbott on Australia's past and the opposition's future

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Pollster Tony Barry on why the Coalition can’t risk ‘lurching to the right’

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Andrew Jakubowicz on repairing our 'fragile' multicultural nation

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James Paterson on Andrew Hastie, Sussan Ley and himself

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Former diplomat Ian Parmeter on an Israel-led 'one-state solution'

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Tony Wood on 'politics trumping climate policy' and the hard road ahead

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Abul Rizvi on how silence and stalling stoke anti-migrant fears

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Health Minister Mark Butler on kids on the NDIS through to aged care funding

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Shadow Treasurer Ted O'Brien and industry chief Andrew McKellar's reform wish list

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Union boss Sally McManus on the push for shorter work hours in the age of AI

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Jim Chalmers wants roundtable to 'crack open' the challenge of slow housing approvals

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Talking about 'blokes' issues' with ex-Olympian and Labor MP Dan Repacholi

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YouTube, podcasters and leading economists: Allegra Spender on how she's trying to influence tax reform

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Chris Bowen on why it's ‘a little frustrating’ bidding for COP 31

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Malcolm Turnbull on Australia's 'dumb' defence debate

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Larissa Waters on why we deserve more than a government that just tinkers

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Kerrynne Liddle on seizing more opportunities with Indigenous Australians

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Treasury veteran Ken Henry on the "enormous damage" the tax system does to young people

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An 'impatient' Jim Chalmers on taking political risks in Labor's second term

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Senator Tammy Tyrrell on wild days in Tasmania

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Historian Emma Shortis warns against falling into Trump's trade traps

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Zoe McKenzie on everything that went wrong and whether a gender quota could help the Liberals

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Jim Chalmers on keeping Australia out of recession amid the 'dark shadow' of global instability

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Andrew Leigh on more productive work in the age of AI

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David Pocock wants us to aim for up 90% reduction in emissions

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The post mortem: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn

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Culture wars and costings: election special podcast with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn

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Pollster Kos Samaras on how voters are leaving the major parties behind

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Scares and stunts in the home stretch: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: historian Frank Bongiorno on dramatic shifts in how elections are fought and won

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Two blunders and tap dancing with the truth: election special podcast with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Warwick McKibbin on trying to model economic certainty in uncertain times

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DOGEy Dutton and a dull debate: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn

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Hugh White on what the next PM should tell Trump and defending Australia – without the US

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What it's like to be showered with Trump dust: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn

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Kos Samaras on polls and the people who'll decide this election

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It’s on: tracking policies and truth in advertising. Election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn

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Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor on tax top-ups and budget bottom lines

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Negotiating with the Greens and negotiating with Trump: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn

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Barbara Pocock on the Greens' policy priorities

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Tariffs, a tricky road for Dutton and the future of Pine Gap: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn

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Peter Dutton on why he’s not Australia’s Trump – ‘I’m my own person’

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Tina Jackson says there's 'No such thing as a safe seat': 3 independent challengers to watch this election

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Cyclone Alfred wreaks havoc as leaders await Trump tariff decision: election special episode 2 with Amanda Dunn and Michelle Grattan

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James Curran on Trump, Ukraine, shifting tectonic plates, and a bigger Australian defence bill

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Chinese warships, a dirt file and a firming election date: election special episode with Amanda Dunn and Michelle Grattan