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The state that elected Pauline Hanson and Clive Palmer is changing
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the balance of power in the senate, the Greens hold significant sway over what gets done under this government.But at the same time, the dynamics...
What’s next in the Morrison ministries saga?
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, the Prime Minister will reveal legal advice on Scott Morrison’s secret appointment to five ministries.While the country waits to hear about w...
What you need to know about monkeypox
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The spread of monkeypox is testing public health officials worldwide. It’s a virus that is challenging both our ability to get vaccines and medicin...
Scott Morrison’s secret ministries: everything you need to know
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's the rolling scandal that has dominated the week in politics, and permanently marked Scott Morrison’s legacy.This week it emerged that while in ...
Australia’s biggest tax bludgers REVEALED
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Australia’s wealthiest postcodes and the millionaires who pay no tax have been revealed in the latest data drop from the Tax Office.It gives us new ...
What the FBI found at Donald Trump’s home
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Right-wing groups in the US are holding armed rallies against the FBI, with one field office of the bureau attacked by a gunman.A raid last week by ag...
How the John Barilaro ‘sh**show’ engulfed a government
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It started with a job: $500,000 to be a trade envoy in New York.Now, an entire state government has become embroiled in a scandal over job appointment...
One year since the fall of Kabul: Who was left behind?
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been one year since the Taliban swifty took control of Afghanistan as the US pulled out after 20 years of war. In the days following the takeo...
China warns Australia to pipe down on Taiwan
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
China has a message for Australia: be quiet and take the trade money.In a chilling speech, China’s ambassador to Australia laid out his nation’s a...
Megan Davis on what’s next for the Voice
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When a Voice to Parliament was first proposed in the Uluru Statement from the Heart – it was dismissed by then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.It se...
The secret jailing of an Australian spy
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A former intelligence officer in Canberra, known as Witness J, was charged, sentenced, and jailed in complete secrecy in 2018.It was only after he bro...
The school funding gap the Coalition left behind
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The new government has inherited a problem that no one wants to talk about: the deep inequality of funding between public and private and independent ...
The threat to our food is here to stay
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our food supply is facing violent shocks — pandemic, war, and floods. And the threat to food security is unprecedented. Underpinning the problem is...
The Weekend Read: Bronwyn Adcock on a terror suspect held for almost 20 years without trial
06 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show, journalist and author Bronwyn Adcock will be reading her piece from the latest issue. It follows the fate of Encep ‘Hambali’ N...
How Peter Dutton is making himself irrelevant
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Labor's first fortnight in power has been marked by a significant win — a successful agreement to pass a bill that would see a 43 per cent emissions...
Inside the Greens' climate deal with Labor
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For more than ten years, the Greens and the Labor Party have been blaming each other for holding back progress on climate action. Now, things have sh...
For some renters, being evicted is a death sentence
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a homelessness crisis escalates around the country, there’s one jurisdiction where the situation is particularly stark. In the wealthiest state ...
The party within a party: How Labor’s factions work
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An investigation into factional misconduct in Victoria has created debate about how the Labor Party is structured and how it can be reformed.The stake...
Omicron #3: Stuck between anger and denial
31 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Australia faces a new wave of Covid-19 variants, experts say the country has a chance to plot a different course with the virus.That involves ackno...
Another test for Anthony Albanese
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After five years of inaction, the Albanese government has made implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart a key item of business. Anthony Albanes...
‘He saw the sky turn crimson the day the bomb was dropped’
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Labor is working through the specifics of the nuclear submarine deal Scott Morrison set up before he lost office. Some in the party believe AUKUS was ...
Who is that unmasked man? Covid-19 and the politics of fatigue
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Covid-19 hospitalisations break records in almost all states, there is a curious absence of political leadership.Frontline workers wonder why there...
Earn $20k EVERY MONTH by being a Liberal Party hack
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
New figures show that the Morrison government stacked government boards and tribunals at a level unprecedented in Australian politics.These appointees...
The mess is the point: Nyadol Nyuon on Peter Dutton
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, opposition leader Peter Dutton called for policy reform to regulate social media due to its impact on civil discourse. He said debate in th...
It’s pronounced ‘climate targét’
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When parliament returns next week, Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party will sit on the government benches for the first time.It’s a significant test fo...
The first law of holes: stop digging
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Albanese government is partway through a successful reset of its relationship with China. The incredible thing is, they haven’t changed any poli...
Mutual obligations: ‘What they're selling is poor people’
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many were surprised when the new employment minister, Tony Burke, announced it was “too late” to end mutual obligations. The decision was made to ...
Succession S4: The Murdoch divorce
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
New details have emerged in the divorce of Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall.After speculation their marriage ended over everything from smoking and drink...
Scott, Boris and Donald walk into a pandemic
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The rise of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison was seen as a triumph for a special kind of opportunistic populism. Much was written about ...
The Weekend Read: Don Watson on how to be a prime minister
16 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, author Don Watson will be reading his cover piece from the latest issue of The Monthly.It's called 'How to be a prime minister', and in it he d...
What Tony Abbott did next
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Tony Abbott re-emerged in a string of radio and television interviews. Some Liberals speculate it is part of a push he is making to become ...
Living with long Covid
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At its worst, long Covid can lead to complete debilitation. It can cause fatigue and an inability to complete basic tasks.But understanding the cause ...
What happens when you leave Hillsong
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hillsong is in crisis. More and more people are leaving. But what happens after someone leaves the church? And what does it tell us about how the chur...
On trial for telling the truth
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Late last week, the attorney-general dropped charges against whistleblower Bernard Collaery. It was a sensational development in a case that has outra...
How Boris Johnson broke Britain
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Johnson has announced he will resign as Prime Minister of the UK.He once delivered his party historic victories, but now he is being called a ri...
What Anthony Albanese needs to do about Covid-19
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Albanese returned from Europe this week to several crises sweeping the country.Floods have devastated communities on the east coast, and now t...
Meet the Australian leading our search for life on Mars
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
NASA’s latest mission to Mars has the explicit aim of discovering whether or not there has been life on the red planet.It’s led by the first Austr...
The Reserve Bank doesn't know what it's doing
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday afternoon, the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted rates for the third time in three months – raising the cash rate by a full 50 basis points...
The police crackdown on Blockade Australia
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, environmental activists Blockade Australia shut down traffic in Sydney, causing hours of chaos in the city.But it was the police response t...
The lessons of Roe v Wade for our health system
03 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The decision of the US supreme court to overturn Roe v Wade, and the winding back of abortion rights in America has led to reflection on rights and ac...
Can Albanese win over world leaders?
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Europe and he’s there because of the war in Ukraine.Four Asia-Pacific nations, including Australia, have been ...
The ruling that could end trans inclusion in sport
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trans athletes have effectively been banned from elite swimming, because of a decision last week by the international governing body of the sport, FIN...
How the Christian right overturned Roe v Wade
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The case that established the legal protection for people in the United States to choose to have an abortion has been overturned.The majority of Ameri...
What Murdoch asks from new prime ministers
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you become prime minister, a lot changes – but there’s only a few people who know exactly what that's like.One of them is Kevin Rudd, and acc...
The crisis in our hospitals is not about Covid
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This winter flu, colds and Covid are all pushing hospitals to breaking point.Across the country, hospital staff are overworked and frustrated. And tom...
How much do you crossbench, bro?
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Australia has a new emissions reduction target.Last week, Anthony Albanese promised the United Nations Australia will cut emissions by 43 per cent of ...
The men who killed the Liberal Party
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Liberal Party is now in the political wilderness.As well as a devastating federal election loss, the party is only in government in New South Wale...
Airport chaos: The true story of the Qantas debacle
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In recent weeks, we’ve seen chaos at airports around the country, and it’s about to get worse.Major airports and airlines have warned that the Jul...
Why nuclear power won’t solve the energy crisis
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a type of power plant we don’t have in Australia. Advocates say that it could help us overcome both the climate crisis and the energy cris...
Is the road to recession paved with $7 lettuce?
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Right now, our grocery bills are soaring, with some common vegetables more than doubling in price.Part of the reason is that there’s a nation-wide s...
The Weekend Read: Anna Goldsworthy on the importance of music and learning
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, writer and pianist Anna Goldsworthy will be reading her piece from the latest issue.It's called 'The slow fade of music education', and in it s...
The energy crisis just got serious
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the wholesale energy market was suspended. It’s the first time the Australian energy market operator has ever had to take that step to k...
Inside the chaos Morrison left behind
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As new Labor ministers begin their jobs in earnest, they say they’re discovering an unexpected challenge — the depth of disarray left behind.Accor...
The truth about the ‘gas crisis’
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are power interruptions forecast around Australia and gas prices are skyrocketing.But the strange thing about high gas bills arriving at Austral...
How YouTube behaves when it goes to court
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, a legal battle involving the Australian YouTube sensation Friendlyjordies and the former deputy premier of NSW John Barilaro came to an end...
Spotlight: Keeping up with Jacqui Lambie
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie is known as one of the most outspoken conviction politicians in the country. Now, she’s poised to add to her influe...
The first steps towards integrity
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A fully independent commission to investigate federal corruption was one of the biggest issues for voters at the recent election.Now, the new Labor go...
How do you heal a moral injury?
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does standing by while bad things happen do to us?That’s the question Father Rod Bower has been asking himself.For almost 10 years, Father Rod,...
Students are paying for uni. Teachers are marking for free.
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
University students don’t read detailed feedback, so what’s the point in paying academics to give it?That’s the position of some of the manageme...
How Peter Dutton blocked Indigenous names for bases
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The new Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, has been keen to say he wants Australians to get to know him better.He’s acknowledged making some mistakes ...
Could a phone call stop Julian Assange’s extradition?
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Right now, the UK government is deliberating on whether to sign-off on the extradition of Australian Julian Assange to the US. If that happens, Assan...
Why Albanese is demanding discipline
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attempts to set the agenda and tone of the next parliament, Labor’s challenges are crystallising. Climat...
How can you follow an act like Barnaby Joyce?
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Barnaby Joyce has been rolled as leader of the National Party and replaced by David Littleproud.Joyce says he’s not sad about it, but unlike Scott M...
China and Australia’s race around the Pacific
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week China tried to sign up 10 pacific nations to a new regional security pact.Pacific leaders walked away from the deal – but just for now, an...
Finally going home to Biloela
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For four years, one Tamil family, with their two small children have been living in community detention.The parents, Priya and Nades, have maintained ...
How the teals really won, with Simon Holmes à Court
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The stunning victories of six new teal independents, in seats the Liberal Party thought were unloseable, has redrawn the political map in Australia.Th...
How did the Liberal Party get it so wrong?
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Saturday’s election result, the Coalition have begun a post-mortem on what went wrong as incoming Liberal leader Peter Dutton vows the party w...
The Hillsong family emails
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Hillsong Church was started in Sydney by Brian and Bobbie Houston. It went on to become one of the world’s greatest Pentecostal forces. That was...
Is Peter Dutton the future of the Liberal Party?
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the Liberal Party examines its electoral defeat, questions are being asked about the party’s future. The frontrunner for the leadership is Peter ...
The witnesses for Ben Roberts-Smith
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Right now, one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers, Ben Roberts-Smith, is suing Nine newspapers over a series of articles alleging war crimes. A...
The Vote: Inside Anthony Albanese’s election night
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Almost a decade of conservative government in Australia has ended.Votes are still being counted, but it looks like the Liberal and National Party have...
The Vote: How to watch the election
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s election day, but when will the results start coming through? When will we start to know who’s winning? And what should we all look out for, ...
The Vote Panel: Could Scott Morrison win again?
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s all come down to this. On Saturday night, Australia will decide it’s next government and next Prime Minister.The final week of the campaign s...
The Vote: Inside the campaign bus on the final days
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With just days to go until the election, our politicians are frantically trying to secure every last vote they can. At this stage of the campaign, th...
The Vote: Confessions of a former Liberal politician
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the cause you’ve dedicated your life to, turns into something you can no longer support?That’s the question Fred Chaney, the for...
The Vote: What are the Coalition actually offering?
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On the weekend, the Coalition launched its campaign, just six days before the election.The centrepiece of the launch was a new housing policy, which i...
The Vote: Monique Ryan vs The Treasurer of Australia
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On election night, the Melbourne seat of Kooyong could be one of the most fiercely contested in the country.The Treasurer of Australia, Josh Frydenber...
The Vote Panel: Wage wars and leaked polls
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With just one week to go until election day the debate over the minimum wage has taken the spotlight.And the polls are showing some Coalition strongho...
The Vote: Fighting for the Aboriginal vote (Part Two)
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Australia prepares to elect its 31st Prime Minister and next federal government, there’s a proportion of people under represented in that vote. ...
The Vote: Hiding the Aboriginal vote (Part One)
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Australia heads to the polls in a couple of weeks, 1 in 5 Indigenous people who are eligible to vote won’t be enrolled and won’t be able to c...
The Vote: Why you won’t see a debate on the ABC
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The latest leaders debate has been described as “messy” and a “joke” by observers. There’s one more debate to go before the election — bu...
The Vote: Fighting for coal votes
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the contest for a single seat can be about more than who wins.Hunter is just that; it’s a seat that spans some of Australia’s oldest coa...
The Vote Panel: Everyone is promising houses
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we close in on election day, housing affordability has become a central issue of this campaign.First, Labor announced its solution, the Help to Buy...
The Vote: The Adam Bandt Interview
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Bandt sits down for a one-on-one interview with Ruby Jones.This election, issues the Greens have championed for years, like an integrity commissi...
A Russian oligarch and a British publisher walk into an Australian court
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The war in Ukraine has led to soul searching about how Russian oligarchs have built cosy relationships with institutions around the world.Lawyers and ...
The Vote: What are Labor actually offering?
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Labor Party officially launched their campaign on Sunday, unveiling new policies and making their most comprehensive pitch to voters so far.But th...
The Vote: The climate kids are doomscrolling
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we enter the final weeks of the election campaign there’s one group of people more stressed, more disillusioned than most. Teenagers, desperate t...
The Vote Panel: Three weeks in and it’s all about to start
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Anthony Albanese is set to end his isolation and return to the campaign trail after he tested positive for Covid-19 last week. As he returns t...
The Vote: All the Clive Palmer ads are written by… Clive Palmer?
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This election, one person is having more of a say than anyone else when it comes to the political advertising Australians are seeing everyday.That per...
What happened to ‘raising the age’
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the Northern Territory, there’s a youth detention centre that has been subject to multiple reports, complaints, and a Royal Commission. That com...
The Vote: ‘The last time I spoke to Morrison he told me to go get f—ed’
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the election tightens, there is a very real possibility that neither major party wins the 76-seat majority they need to govern in their own right.I...
Spotlight: When Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins came to Canberra
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this year, Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame went to Canberra together.The day before, Prime Minister Scott Morrison had delivered an apology to...
Who would select a candidate like Katherine Deves?
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With a crucial deadline now passed, Liberal candidate Katherine Deves will almost certainly remain the Coalition’s pick for the seat of Warringah. ...
Introducing: The Vote
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Vote is your essential guide to the 2022 election. We’ll bring you original reporting from around the country, interviews with political candida...
The Human Rights Commission could flunk its next exam
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On the campaign trail, Anthony Albanese struggled to say whether he would change the way people are appointed to the Australian Human Rights Commissio...
The fall of two of Hillsong’s most powerful men
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hillsong Church’s growth and success has faltered in recent years.Founded by Brian Houston in New South Wales, the global megachurch has outposts in...
Love and politics put the High Court in a tricky position
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two years ago, the High Court made a landmark decision that prevented the deportation of non-citizen Aboriginal Australians. Now, the federal governm...
Spotlight: The last family on Nauru
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2020 we brought you the story of the last family left on Nauru. Just over a week ago - that family was released. They were among the 26 refugees f...
Spotlight: The healing power of MDMA
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are spotlighting an episode of 7am from the archive: A major study found that the therapeutic use of the illicit drug MDMA, more commonly kn...
Putin’s new plan in Ukraine
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Russian forces have withdrawn from around Kyiv, Ukrainians have found shocking scenes of civilians executed and evidence of alleged war crimes. But...