Deficits forecast ahead of pre-election budget
Years of deficits ahead with no surpluses in sight - Jim Chalmers manages expectations as he puts the final touches on his pre-election budget.
Mar 23, 2025•20 min
AM
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Episodes
ACCC finds supermarkets make huge profits
Australia's competition watchdog says Coles and Woolworths are among the most profitable supermarkets in the world.
Mar 20, 2025•20 min
Albanese's pre-election pledge to lower drug costs
The Government's pre-election pledge to lower the cost of drugs on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - the Federal Health Minister Mark Butler speaks to AM.
Mar 19, 2025•20 min
Trump and Putin agree to limited ceasefire
Russia to pause attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure but refuses a wider ceasefire unless Washington withdraws military support for Kyiv.
Mar 18, 2025•20 min
Trump and Putin to discuss ceasefire
Anxiety in Kyiv ahead of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's meeting to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Mar 17, 2025•20 min
Childcare failures putting children at risk
The systemic failures in Australia's $20 billion childcare industry which are putting our children at serious risk.
Mar 16, 2025•20 min
Russia agrees to potential peace deal with Ukraine
Russia President agrees to a ceasefire with Ukraine, but wants further work on the peace deal.
Mar 13, 2025•20 min
Australia grapples with Trump tariffs
Labor Ministers speak out against Donald Trump's tariffs as Peter Dutton seizes on the Government's failure to secure an exemption but was there anything Anthony Albanese could have done?
Mar 12, 2025•20 min
No exemption for Australia on US tariffs
'No exemption' Donald Trump turns down a deal for Australia and imposes tariffs on aluminium and steel imports as global markets reel from the President's trade war.
Mar 11, 2025•20 min
Flood clean up begins
Queensland's clean up begins as people return to their homes and businesses wrecked by flooding caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
Mar 10, 2025•20 min
Flood threat looms in Alfred's wake
Hundreds of thousands of homes without power as heavy rain drenches parts of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales with flooding becoming a serious problem in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
Mar 09, 2025•21 min
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred crosses slowly over coast
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues to cause major disruption across the eastern seaboard. The front - downgraded to a Tropical Low - is travelling slowly and dumping huge amounts of rain in its path.
Mar 08, 2025•24 min
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred batters east coast
Queenslanders are breathing a sigh of relief as Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred has been downgraded to a Tropical Low but the threat is far from over.
Mar 07, 2025•24 min
Cyclone Alfred approaching Australia's east coast
Residents in south-east Queensland prepare for destructive winds and heavy rain as category 2 cyclone Alfred nears coast.
Mar 06, 2025•20 min
Agonising wait for Cyclone Alfred.
Residents of South East Queensland and northern New South Wales face another day bracing for Cyclone Alfred to cross the coast.
Mar 05, 2025•20 min
Queensland braces for Cyclone Alfred
Anxious times for Queenslanders as they scramble to get essential supplies ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Alfred.
Mar 04, 2025•17 min
Public school reform a step closer
Donald Trump stirs global tensions as Chinese warships menace the coast - national security emerges as an election issue.
Mar 03, 2025•20 min
Europe backs Ukraine after White House debacle
Ukraine's European allies rally around Volodymyr Zelenskyy after he was kicked out of the White House.
Mar 02, 2025•20 min
Death of screen legend Gene Hackman
The death of screen legend Gene Hackman and his wife, as U-S police investigate possible suspicious circumstances.
Feb 27, 2025•20 min
PM accused of playing down Chinese warship threat
The Prime Minister accused of playing down the threat posed by Chinese warships conducting live fire exercises off Australia's coast.
Feb 26, 2025•20 min
Chalmers in Washington lobbying for tariff exemption
The Treasurer Jim Chalmers lobbying the Trump Administration to spare Australia from the President's tariffs.
Feb 25, 2025•20 min
World leaders mark Ukraine anniversary
World leaders fly to Kyiv to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion as Emmanuel Macron visits the White House to press Ukraine's case with Donald Trump.
Feb 24, 2025•20 min
Zelenskyy says he'll quit for peace
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he's willing to give up his post if it means peace for his country or in exchange for NATO membership.
Feb 23, 2025•20 min
UN condemns Hamas for parading Israeli hostages' bodies
The bodies of four Israeli hostages who were killed while held in captivity by the militant group Hamas, have been returned from Gaza.
Feb 20, 2025•20 min
Trump labels Zelenskyy 'Dictator'
Donald Trump labels Volodymyr Zelenskyy a 'dictator' as the relationship between the White House and Ukraine deteriorates.
Feb 19, 2025•20 min
US and Russia hold Ukraine peace talks
More money in their pockets but will voters give the Government any credit at the ballot box for yesterday's interest rate cut?
Feb 18, 2025•20 min
Pressure on Reserve Bank to cut rates
Decision day for the Reserve Bank - will they or won't they cut interest rates?
Feb 17, 2025•20 min
European summit held over Ukraine future
An emergency summit of European leaders as the US gets set to discuss the future of Ukraine with Russia - without any Ukrainian participation.
Feb 16, 2025•20 min
Category five cyclone Zelia bears down on WA coast
Residents in W-A's Pilbara region on high alert as category five cyclone Zelia approaches the coast; Dozens injured after a car rammed into a crowd in Munch; Ukraine's President warns allies about Russia's proposed peace deal
Feb 13, 2025•20 min
Trump says Ukraine ceasefire talks to begin immediately
Donald Trump speaks to Vladimir Putin - declaring talks to broker a ceasefire to end the Ukraine conflict to begin immediately.
Feb 12, 2025•20 min
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