The UK Labour party won by a landslide, but lost some seats to pro-Palestine candidates. Australian Labor faces a similar threat, after the defection of Senator Fatima Payman.
We’ve long heard about the mental health crisis in Australia, but are things improving or getting worse?
The last week of parliament before the winter recess can often be messy — and this week proved to be no exception for either Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton.
Julian Assange touches down, inflation goes up, a Labor senator crosses the floor and the world watches a US President struggle on the debate stage.
Peter Dutton’s plan to roll out nuclear power stations in Australia has sparked plenty of debate this week.
Peter Dutton has named the seven sites where the Coalition wants to build government-owned nuclear reactors. David Speers speaks to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Ted O'Brien.
Artificial intelligence is posing a new threat to elections – making it much easier to create fake content that looks and sounds increasingly credible. So how are voters to know what's fake and what's real?
China's second most powerful leader has arrived in Australia. Wine exports and cute pandas will be the focus in Adelaide before the more difficult issues are tackled in Canberra.
The science of climate change is often overlooked when politicians debate the cost of Australia's net zero transition and emission reduction targets. David Speers dives deep into the science with one of the world's leading experts on climate change and its impacts on Australia and our region – Dr Joëlle Gergis.
Two years ago, few would have thought Peter Dutton would go to the next election without a 2030 climate target. So what's changed?
As pressure builds to protect kids online, the Shadow Communications Minister has declared the coalition will push to ban children under 16 from accessing social media.
The government this week announced plans to allow non-citizens to join the Australian Defence Force.
Immigration is a hot issue in the UK and US election campaigns, as arrivals surge and voters facing cost-of-living pressure. But reducing migrant numbers has economic consequences too.
The Immigration Minister survived a bruising week in parliament over a rule he introduced last year known as Direction 99.
We're two weeks on from the Budget and what's everyone talking about? Not the Budget, I suspect.
Andrew Giles is facing immense pressure over the decision known as Direction 99, but he shows no signs of going anywhere. This mess can be traced back to a meeting of two prime ministers looking to repair a broken relationship.
Is the Coalition's nuclear policy a 'real' policy?
What’s going wrong in the shift to renewables – that requires taxpayers to cover the cost of keeping the Eraring power station running?
As we enter the final year of the parliamentary term, pressure is growing for alternative solutions. And if the Coalition's immigration policy announcement is anything to go by, it will need to lift its game on nuclear.
At some point in the next 12 months – an election will be held.
Highlights of Insiders Budget Night special
The Treasurer has a two-word slogan in his pre-Budget pitch. He says this one will be about “relief” and “reform”.
Most economists see Tuesday's budget as an opportunity to rein in spending and bring down inflation — not Ken Henry.
With less than a week until Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivers his third budget, David Speers sat down with the former boss of Treasury, Ken Henry, to discuss the state of the Australian economy and whether the government should use the budget to try and crimp stubborn inflation. The longer-term challenge for the Treasurer lies in re-shaping the economy as it transitions to a net-zero future – and re-shaping the Budget to be more sustainable as spending pressures rise. The government's Future Made ...
Last weekend – demands for more action to keep women safe – spilled onto the streets.
Barely a week goes by when the great energy transition isn’t making news of some sort. This week the government announced feasibility licences for a bunch of developers to work on plans for Australia’s first offshore wind zone in waters off Gippsland in Victoria. At the same time, Energy Minister Chris Bowen was talking up the need to seek new supplies of gas to support renewables. The government’s been making all sorts of announcements under its new Future Made in Australia policy – to subsidis...
In the lead-up to this year's budget announcement, the Albanese government is struggling to maintain the public's focus and clear air to announce their plans.
The crisis of male violence against women in this country is escalating, as an average of one woman every four days is killed so far in 2024. The murder of NSW woman Molly Ticehurst allegedly at the hands of her former partner has sparked community outrage and calls for governments to act urgently to protect women against intimate partner violence. We’ve seen these calls before, but the numbers of dead women continue to be a national shame, so what can and should be done? The panel Bridget Brenn...
While Anthony Albanese says we're in a "race for jobs" with other countries offering big government subsidies and can't afford to be "left behind", Productivity Commissioner Danielle Wood isn't sure it's a race we should even be in.
The Prime Minister has already made it clear what will be the centrepiece of the next federal budget. His second term agenda centres around a Future Made in Australia. Everyone loves the idea of more stuff being made in Australia, particularly Labor Prime Ministers - but the question is at what cost to taxpayers and to consumers. Now, we still don't know all of the details of this plan for a future made in Australia. But we do know it will involve government subsidies and tax incentives aimed at...
