Insiders
Episodes
Higher out-of-pocket aged care costs are coming
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How many older Australians is the government willing to squeeze to help fund a bigger and better aged care sector? And how hard is it willing to sque...
Could Australia go nuclear?
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Albanese Government’s latest effort to meet its climate targets is focused on the vehicle industry. It wants to bring Australia into line with ...
On Background: The Liberal Party's women problem
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Liberal Party this week preselected its candidate for the safe seat of Cook – vacated by former Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Simon Kennedy is...
Can Peter Dutton win us over with nuclear energy?
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Dutton is confident of his ability to turn public opinion around — but can he convince Australians that nuclear energy is the best way to tr...
Insiders Live from Adelaide Writers Week
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Insiders takes the stage for a special live show – with an audience – from Adelaide Writers Week. David Speers' guest is South Australian Prem...
How did Labor win Dunkley?
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday’s by-election was billed as a crucial mid-term test for both sides of politics. And when the results came in last night – the Albanese ...
On Background: Why Asia Matters
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders from across South-East Asia are set to descend on Melbourne next week – but why? The ASEAN Summit is marking 50 years since Australia becam...
Cost-of-living pain comes to a head for leaders this weekend
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Dunkley voters prepare for a by-election this first electoral contest for the year is likely to help define the strategies both sides of politics ...
Will Labor change the uni sector?
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If Australia is going to prosper in the years ahead – we’re going to need far more tertiary educated workers. That’s the central finding of the...
On Background: A high-stakes by-election
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join David Speers for the first episode of Insiders: On Background. The new podcast digs a little deeper into an issue that will be covered on the sh...
Why the Dunkley by-election is a high-stakes litmus test
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will be sweating on the outcome of the March 2 by-election. It will determine their immediate political fortun...
Can Andrew Giles weather the storm?
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A group of more than 20 asylum seekers arrived at Beagle Bay on Friday – wandering through crocodile-infested waters to the remote indigenous commu...
Speers: Is the housing crisis eroding our democracy?
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amidst the parliamentary ping-pong between Labor's hard sell of its tax cuts and the Coalition's alarm at convicted immigrants on the loose, it's bec...
Will Labor cut negative gearing?
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first week of parliament for the year began with the Coalition signing up to the government’s Stage 3 tax changes. It wasn’t thrilled about i...
Will Tax Changes Hurt Trust?
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's already been a deadly start to 2024 in the Middle East – and over the last week the crisis has escalated. After blaming Iran for the deaths of...