Australian Politics
Episodes
Karen Middleton on the state of Australian politics
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s new political editor, Karen Middleton, tells Nour Haydar how she got hooked on politics You can support the Guardian at theguar...
Yanis Varoufakis on technofeudalism and the ‘new cold war’
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp speaks to economist and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis about his new book Technofeudalism and ...
Essential report: will a Trump win upset Aukus?
13 Mar 2024
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Guardian Australia chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to Peter Lewis from Essential Media about voters’ views on global issues, including...
Amanda Rishworth on closing the gender retirement gap – Australian politics podcast
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Albanese government unveiled a plan to pay superannuation on publicly funded paid parental leave. Chief political correspondent Paul Ka...
Mike Burgess on the former Australian politician recruited by foreign spies – Australian Politics podcast
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Hurst, Guardian Australia’s foreign affairs and defence correspondent, speaks to Mike Burgess, the head of Australia’s domestic intelligenc...
Essential Report: are voters warming to Peter Dutton?
28 Feb 2024
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Guardian Australia chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to Peter Lewis from Essential Media about voters’ changing perceptions of Anthony A...
Pat Conroy on Labor’s ‘enhanced lethality’ revamp of Australia’s warships – Australian Politics podcast
23 Feb 2024
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Daniel Hurst, Guardian Australia’s foreign affairs and defence correspondent, speaks to minister for defence industry Pat Conroy about the Albanese ...
Max Chandler-Mather on why house prices need to go down
16 Feb 2024
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The Greens housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather joins chief political correspondent Paul Karp to discuss what he calls ‘a tax system that contin...
Essential report: are voters up for cracking down on negative gearing?
14 Feb 2024
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Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to Peter Lewis from Essential Media on the voter responses to Labor’s changes to the stage-three tax c...
Jane Hume on why the Coalition supported Labor’s changes to tax cuts
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to shadow finance minister Jane Hume about why the Coalition won’t stand in the way of Anthony Albanes...
Jim Chalmers on why a politically contentious change to stage-three tax cuts is worth it
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, about the thinking behind the changes to the stage-three tax cuts. They ...
Essential Report: Will Labor’s tax changes set them up for success?
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to Peter Lewis from Essential Media on the groups most supportive of tax cuts for low- and middle-income...
Has the referendum “information war” changed political reporting? - Your questions answered
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we approach the end of the year, Guardian Australia’s politics team sits down to answer your questions. They cover dream parliament procedural re...
Essential report: political mistrust and frustration at the end of the year
13 Dec 2023
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Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss how cost of living and inaction on ...
Adam Bandt on pushing policy with ‘gaslighting governments’ – Australian politics podcast
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On parliament’s final sitting day for 2023, political editor Katharine Murphy sits down with federal MP and the leader of the Australian Greens, Ada...
Chris Bowen on delivering climate outcomes ‘against the clock’ – Australian politics podcast
01 Dec 2023
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Political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to the climate change minister, Chris Bowen, about the annual climate change statement, one of the biggest po...
Essential report: why has support for Anthony Albanese fallen?
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss Albanese’s fall in approval ratin...
Alan Kohler on how housing policy entrenches inequality
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to finance journalist Alan Kohler about why decades of government, starting from Robert Me...
The return of David Cameron
17 Nov 2023
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The former British prime minister David Cameron has been installed as foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle, in which Suella Braverman was al...
Guardian Essential report: does Australia belong in international affairs?
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent, Paul Karp, is joined by Peter Lewis of Essential Media to discuss Anthony Albanese’s falling a...
Katharine Murphy on Anthony Albanese’s China trip – Australian Politics podcast
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, discusses her recent trip to China, Chinese-Australian diplomatic relations and Anthony Alb...
Does the Reserve Bank have a steady hand on the tiller? – Australian Politics podcast
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to economics writers Shane Wright and Greg Jericho on the pain of rising interest rates, predictions for Tues...
Guardian Essential report: is renewable energy misinformation working?
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s political editor Katharine Murphy is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss the renewable transition, impacts on ...
Simon Birmingham on international insecurity and the Liberal party’s broad church
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia political editor, Katharine Murphy, talks to the federal opposition’s foreign affairs spokesperson, Simon Birmingham, about Austr...
Andrew Giles on need for a new national racism strategy
20 Oct 2023
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Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy talks to Andrew Giles, Australian minister for immigration, citizenship and multicultural affairs...
Guardian Essential Report: how the polls were right about the voice
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss the latest Guardian Essential poll
What ‘no’ means for Australia
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of Australia voting no to an Indigenous voice to parliament, the key voice architect Prof Marcia Langton said ‘reconciliation is dead’...
Amy Remeikis factchecks misinformation about the voice
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Misinformation and fear about the Indigenous voice to parliament has been spreading like wildfire. In the first referendum to be held in the age of so...
Julian Leeser on the conservative’s case for yes – Australian politics podcast
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy talks to opposition MP Julian Leeser about the centre-right perspective on the voice to parliamen...
Guardian Essential Report: is the yes campaign gaining ground?
04 Oct 2023
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Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss the latest Guardian Essential poll ...
‘A yes result will be unifying’: Anthony Albanese on the final push forward for the voice
29 Sep 2023
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Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy talks to prime minister Anthony Albanese about why a yes vote is still possible and how the push ...
Chris Bowen on the transition to renewable energy
22 Sep 2023
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Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, talks to energy minister, Chris Bowen, about preparing communities for the renewable transi...
Guardian Essential Report: No vote in the overtaking lane
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s political editor Katharine Murphy is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss no voters narrowly overtaking yes vot...
Sussan Ley on the divisiveness of the voice – Australian Politics podcast
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy talks to deputy opposition leader Sussan Ley about the divisiveness of the Indigenous voice to pa...
Jim Chalmers on the Qantas controversy – Australian Politics podcast
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, talks to the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, about the per capita recession and whether the econom...
Guardian Essential report: the ‘intense game’ between the yes and no campaigns
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s political editor Katharine Murphy is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss why the no vote is maintaining pole p...
Katharine Murphy and Senator Patrick Dodson on restorative justice through the voice – Australian Politics podcast
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to Senator Patrick Dodson about the voice referendum. They discuss the outcomes for pa...
Perin Davey on the Murray-Darling Basin plan, the voice and emergency preparedness
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by the senator and deputy Nationals leader Perin Davey to discuss the Murray-Darling Basin plan’s ...
Guardian Essential report: does Labor risk losing voters to the Greens?
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss the latest polling data on preferred party and leader....
Ed Husic and Martjn Wilder on how to take Australia ‘out of the quarry’ - Australian politics podcast
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The national reconstruction fund is a $15bn fund focused on diversifying and transforming Australia’s industry and economy. Unions are pushing for a...
Mark Butler on pushing for cheaper medicine through the Coalition ‘circus’
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Around six million Australians will have the cost of their medicines halved from 1 September as the Labor’s 60-day dispensing changes pass the Senat...
Guardian Essential report: the muddied waters of the voice referendum – Australian Politics podcast
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian Essential poll has shown the no vote in the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum is overtaking the yes vote. Chief political corresp...
Amanda Rishworth on strengthening the safety net
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Senate passed safety net legislation which enacted key budget pledges focusing on the cost of living, including a $54 per fortnight inc...
Pat Conroy on backing Aukus and clashing with Keating
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s foreign affairs and defence correspondent Daniel Hurst talks to the minister for defence industry, international development an...
Katy Gallagher on the ‘dismantling and weakening’ of the Australian Public Service
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the PwC tax advice scandal and the robodebt royal commission findings, chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks with Katy Gallaghe...
Bill Shorten on the shame and failure of robodebt
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp speaks to Bill Shorten about the next steps towards accountability – following the royal commission report i...
Essential report: are you more likely to support the voice if you’re civic-minded?
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian Essential poll has now started tracking undecided voters on the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum. Chief political correspondent ...
Who are the people changing their minds on the voice? Your questions answered – Australian Politics podcast
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by defence and foreign affairs correspondent Daniel Hurst and political reporter Josh Butler to answ...
Peta Murphy on preventing another generation from online gambling harm
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Parliament’s standing house committee on social policy and legal affairs released the report from its inquiry on online gambling advertising on Wedn...
Essential Report: are the Greens making Labor look like ‘grumpy parents’?
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest Guardian Essential poll, almost half of voters say that Australia is heading in the wrong direction. Chief political correspondent Paul ...
Don Farrell and Larissa Waters on getting ‘big money’ out of politics – Australian Politics podcast
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the joint committee on electoral matters released its interim report into the 2022 federal election. It recommended an ambitious suite of l...
Anika Wells on how the aged care sector needs to change
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The minister for aged care and minister for sport Anika Wells talks to chief political correspondent Paul Karp about her new aged care taskforce and h...
Guardian Essential report: is opposition to the Indigenous voice growing?
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss the latest Guardian Essential poll, which shows a hard...
Unions and small businesses on who’s to blame for inflation – Australian Politics podcast
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to unions and small businesses about the Albanese government’s recent industrial relations reforms. Za...
Courage needed in wake of PwC scandal, senators say – Australian Politics podcast
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Labor senator Deborah O’Neill and Greens senator Barbara Pocock join chief political correspondent Paul Karp to discuss the PwC scandal and what nee...
Essential report: a broken system for everyone – Australian Politics podcast
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to analyse the latest Guardian Essential poll. Together, they dis...
David Littleproud on Albanese’s first year
26 May 2023
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National party leader David Littleproud joins chief political correspondent Paul Karp to discuss the one-year anniversary of the Albanese government, ...
Don Farrell on the future of Australia’s foreign trade
19 May 2023
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Trade minister Don Farrell speaks with Guardian Australia’s foreign affairs and defence correspondent Daniel Hurst about the minister’s first visi...
Essential Report: the budget fails to impress
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to analyse the latest Guardian Essential poll. Together they disc...
Jim Chalmers and Jane Hume on Labor’s first full-year budget
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a budget week special, chief political correspondent Paul Karp speaks to treasurer Jim Chalmers and shadow finance minister Jane Hume. They discuss...
Julie Collins on fixing Australia’s housing crisis
05 May 2023
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Australian housing minister Julie Collins joins chief political correspondent Paul Karp to discuss what the government is proposing to help people aff...
Essential report: how financially literate is Australia?
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to analyse the latest Guardian Essential poll. Together, they dis...
Dan Tehan on the Coalition’s response to Labor’s migration changes
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The shadow minister for immigration and citizenship, Dan Tehan, speaks to Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent, Paul Karp, about why h...
Jobseeker rates, Sky News’ influence and the future of the Coalition. Your questions answered
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Guardian Australia’s politics team Paul Karp, Amy Remeikis, Josh Butler and Daniel Hurst sit down to answer your questions. Is the rate o...
Essential report: what does Dutton’s no campaign mean for the Liberals and the future of the voice?
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to analyse the latest Guardian Essential poll. Together they disc...
Julian Leeser on the voice to parliament and his resignation from shadow cabinet
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp and political reporter Josh Butler are joined by the Berowra MP and former shadow cabinet minister Julian Lees...
James Paterson on Aukus, Aston, and the dangers of TikTok
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by Liberal senator James Paterson, the shadow minister for cybersecurity and countering foreign inte...
Essential report: why Australians should not accept the rising cost of living
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent, Paul Karp, is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to analyse the latest Guardian Essential poll. They discuss cli...
Max Chandler-Mather on the housing bill and the Yimby movement
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by the Greens’ housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather to discuss the housing crisis, Labor’s c...
Peter Khalil on what Australia learned from the Iraq war
24 Mar 2023
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Chief political correspondent Paul Karp is joined by Labor MP Peter Khalil who is chair of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and secur...
Essential report: what do people think about the voice, Aukus and the NSW election? – podcast
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent, Paul Karp, is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to analyse the latest Guardian Essential poll. Together, they d...
Richard Marles on why Australia’s Aukus submarine deal will be ‘too big to fail’
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week new details on the Aukus defence partnership were finally announced, including that the government is planning to spend up to $368bn on nucl...
Shane Wright and Greg Jericho on the lingering ‘bad smell’ of inflation
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to economics writers Shane Wright and Greg Jericho about inflation and whether the reserve bank is doing its ...
Guardian Essential report: do cost-of-living pressures change how people vote?
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy and Essential Media’s Peter Lewis analyse the latest Guardian Essential poll. Together, they discuss the latest su...
Adam Bandt on Labor’s ‘timid’ approach to the climate crisis and inequality
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With Labor requiring the support of the Greens to pass the safeguard mechanism, the party’s leader talks to the Guardian Australia political editor,...
Byelections, the voice campaign and Covid politics. Your questions answered
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Guardian Australia’s politics team sit down to answer your questions. Is there such thing as a safe seat? How prepared has the Albanese g...
Essential Report: rising interest rates are not hurting the government … yet
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to analyse the latest Guardian Essential poll. They discuss the factors...
Why three MPs are supporting the Uluru statement across party lines
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to Labor MP Gordon Reid, Liberal MP Bridget Archer and crossbencher Allegra Spender about the launch of their...
Mark Butler on a better healthcare system for Australians
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to health minister Mark Butler about the challenges and recommendations of improving primary care, in respons...
Essential report: has Peter Dutton’s soft no campaign against the voice to parliament worked?
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to analyse the latest Guardian Essential poll. They discuss how the maj...
Anthony Albanese on navigating an insecure world
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to prime minister Anthony Albanese about his time in office so far, the Indigenous voice to parliament and th...
Jim Chalmers on the economy’s big challenge and big chance
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, about the objectives of a ‘values-based capitalism’ that strengthens demo...
2022 wrapped: a year of political change with Katharine Murphy
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This year Australia has seen a change of government, the introduction of a large progressive crossbench and a slew of concerns, from the rising cost o...
Clare O’Neil on national security amid cyber hacks and threats to democracy
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of Australian Politics for 2022, political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to the minister for home affairs and cyber security Cla...
Greg Combet on super funds investing in housing and renewables
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With superannuation assets of Australians totalling over $3tn, political editor Katharine Murphy talks to former Labor minister and trade unionist Gre...
David Pocock on learning policy and politics as a first-time Senator
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After a late-night sitting with the industrial relations package and the Territory Rights Bill, David Pocock speaks with political editor Katharine Mu...
Labor sits strong as the Liberals’ soul-searching continues
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis and the Australia Institute’s Ebony Bennett to analyse the latest Gua...
Penny Wong on stabilising Australia’s relationship with China
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to foreign minister Penny Wong about the value of multilateral summits, how Australia is trying to stabilise ...
How transparent is the Labor party? Your questions answered
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s political reporters Paul Karp, Amy Remeikis and Josh Butler answer your burning #auspol questions. What is the future for women...
Will Australians support the government’s workplace changes?
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia political reporter Paul Karp is joined by the executive director of Essential Media, Peter Lewis, and the deputy director of the Au...
Chris Bowen on reforming Australia’s climate policy
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to Chris Bowen, minister for climate change and energy, about the focus on ‘loss and damage’ a...
Amanda Rishworth on the National Plan
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to Amanda Rishworth, minister for social services, about the National Plan to End Violence against...
Voters react to Albanese’s budget and Dutton’s political plans
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy and Essential Media’s Peter Lewis analyse the latest Guardian Essential poll. They discuss the reception to the bu...
Jim Chalmers on the Albanese government’s first budget
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Labor released its first budget in nine years, with the Albanese government touting it as a ‘bread-and-butter affair’. Political editor...
Murray Watt on how we can better respond to natural disasters
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy talks to Senator Murray Watt, the emergency management minister, after his recent visits to flood-affected states. T...
Short runways and Faustian pacts – a tough balancing act for Labor ahead of the budget
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis and the Australia Institute’s Ebony Bennett to analyse the latest Gua...
Catherine King on cleaning up grants rorts and building infrastructure pipelines
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy talks to Catherine King, the minister for infrastructure, transport, regional development and local government, abou...
Bracket creeps of the apocalypse – danger signs for the economy ahead of the federal budget
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Katharine Murphy speaks to economics writers Shane Wright and Greg Jericho about Great Britain’s trickle-down woes, looming dangers in the world eco...
The ongoing headache of stage-three tax cuts and polling on privacy
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Political editor Katharine Murphy returns to the podcast and is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis and the Australia Institute’s Ebony Bennet...
‘The prize is enormous’: can Australia achieve full gender equality?
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chief political correspondent Sarah Martin talks to the chair of the government’s Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce, Sam Mostyn, about the barri...