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Episodes
A Voice and a prayer
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Morrison began the week praying in front of 21,000 people. He closed it promising a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Paul Bongio...
Surviving Australia’s biggest cult, The Family
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1960s, Anne Hamilton-Byrne set up Australia’s most notorious cult, The Family. Last month, she died. Martin McKenzie-Murray spoke to one of t...
Scott Morrison and the Laffer napkin
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Morrison’s tax cuts are based on an American theory of economics trialled in the 1970s. But the evidence since suggests trickle-down economics...
Cancelling citizens
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As the government produces new legislation to temporarily ban foreign fighters from returning to Australia, there is growing concern over whether exis...
The broken pendulum
07 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The pendulum that is used to predict outcomes in elections is broken. There is no longer a “national mood” or “national conversation”. Richard...
Faith and taxes
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As Scott Morrison’s tax cuts make their way through the parliament, there are fresh questions over religious freedoms. Paul Bongiorno on pragmatism ...
Repealing medivac
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As the government pushes to repeal the medivac legislation, lawyers and doctors contradict the arguments put against it. Martin McKenzie-Murray detail...
The sperm donor question
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A landmark high court decision has opened up new questions about how the law should define parenthood, especially for single women who conceive with t...
Mine on the moon
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The discovery of water ice on the moon has started a new race in space exploration. This time, it is driven by tech start-ups and venture capital. Cer...
Morrison’s inner circle
30 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Morrison’s inner circle is a group linked by faith and friendship – and now, the front bench. Some in this group trace their connections bac...
Condemned to interesting times
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As Labor loses party discipline over tax cuts, the Coalition enters into an ugly post-mortem of its leadership change. Paul Bongiorno on the jostle fo...
Israel Folau’s cycle of sin
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Israel Folau is the first Australian athlete to be sanctioned for his religious beliefs. His sacking by Rugby Australia has opened up a fissure in the...
Protest in Hong Kong
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As millions protest on the streets of Hong Kong, the democratic freedoms promised in the handover to China are being tested. Louisa Lim on the charact...
Rosie Batty’s private grief
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Rosie Batty's son was murdered, she became a public figure. She felt a great urgency about the contribution she could make – but it took an ext...
The insecurity machine
23 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This election was shaped by two men with very different characters. One of them was defined by certainty and the other by his insecurities. Erik Jense...
Double bluffs and Cory Bernardi
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Despite a public commitment to passing their tax reforms as a single package, some in the Liberal Party see benefits in not getting the cuts through p...
Gaming the gaming industry
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Australia records higher losses from gambling than any country in the world. Our politics encourages the industry for the sake of tax revenues. James ...
Trade war now
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As the trade war escalates between China and the US, Australia is increasingly wedged. The country faces its biggest strategic challenge in modern his...
Breaking up big tech
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Where once it might have seemed radical, presidential hopefuls and tech entrepreneurs are now talking about breaking up the social media giants. Their...
Sacking Scott Morrison
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Before entering parliament, Scott Morrison ran Tourism Australia. He was sacked by the minister, but the details of what happened have never been made...
Rates, raids and meeting the Queen
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As Scott Morrison completes his first overseas trip since winning the election, there are worrying signs for the economy and for press freedom. Paul B...
Charlie Teo, virtuosic rebel
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Teo is Australia’s best-known surgeon. He is also the country’s most controversial specialist. Martin McKenzie-Murray on what defines Teo ...
A mistake of fact
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A law that allows drunkenness as a defence against criminal behaviour is the subject of a campaign for reform. But government is not listening and the...
Morrison’s broad church
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Morrison’s cabinet is a careful balance between those who backed him during last year’s leadership spill, and those who backed Peter Dutton....
Albanese speaking
02 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Albanese has been elected unopposed to lead the Labor Party. He sat down with his biographer, Karen Middleton, to talk about what just happene...
What Morrison did next
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After the first sitting of Morrison’s joint party room, we have a clearer understanding of what the next parliament will be like. It’s one in whic...
From the Heart
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After years of negotiation, the Uluru Statement from the Heart represents the clearest ever consensus for recognition of Indigenous Australians in our...
Death of a president
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sprent Dabwido is a former president of Nauru who signed the deal with Australia to establish a detention centre there. Days before he died, he told M...
The Mothers’ Resistance
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The ParentsNext welfare program was designed to help disadvantaged parents back into work. In practice, it has been onerous and unforgiving for the mo...
Surprise: the status quo election
26 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Morrison’s surprise win last weekend was the status quo election no one saw coming. The vote was actually a repeat of 2010, and the country ha...
Trailer: A daily news show
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A daily news show from the publisher of The Monthly and The Saturday Paper. Hear from the country's best reporters, covering the news as it affects Au...