The perils of the campaign trail
When Anthony Albanese couldn't name the cash rate, or the unemployment rate on day one of his last campaign, it was a moment that could have lost him the election. But, as The Age and Sydney Morning H...
31 Mar 202520min
What to expect from the election campaign
Well, an election date has finally been called and we are staring down the barrel of a five week campaign before voting day on May 3. Here - from the newsrooms of The Age and The Sydney Morning Heral...
28 Mar 202514min
Peter Dutton’s speech, and let the election begin
In this early episode of Inside Politics, we come to you soon after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton gave his budget reply speech on Thursday night, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese all but certain ...
27 Mar 202521min
The budget drop-a-thon
Just as Treasurer Jim Chalmers puts the final touches on his pre-election budget, the local threat emanating from Donald Trump's global trade war is becoming clearer.Labor is boosting Australia's subs...
20 Mar 202522min
How our reporter helped to break the Trump tariff story
The verdict is in: Australia will not be granted an exemption from US tariffs on steel and aluminium, despite hopes President Trump would look favourably on one of its most loyal allies and grant us o...
13 Mar 202523min
Cyclone Trump, Alfred and the forces sweeping an election awry
Well, the world order is rocky and looking to get rockier. US President Donald Trump has had a spectacular falling-out with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, and waging a damaging trade war, wh...
6 Mar 202520min
How much cash has Peter Dutton got?
Remember Anthony Albanese’s Copacabana house drama? The PM was dragged in the media for buying a 4.3 million dollar home on the NSW central coast in the middle of a cost of living crisis. Well now th...
27 Feb 202522min
The thing that flummoxed the Reserve Bank
Well, the Reserve Bank finally answered our fiscal prayers this week, and announced an interest rate cut of 0.25 percent, providing relief to stretched mortgagees across the land. But arguably no one ...
20 Feb 202519min
