Is Albanese's year off to a bumpy start?

Politics Now is back after a summer recess and PK and Jacob have lots of thoughts about what happened over the break!

Extreme weather continues to lash much of the country, with the prime minister announcing relief packages for some of the impacted communities - but the devastating events haven't distracted from questions about why the Albanese Government took so long to announce a national Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

Recorded right before the prime minister recalled parliament, MPs are now set to descend on Canberra next week to pass the government's proposed hate speech laws -  we'll bring your more analysis on that across Politics Now throughout the week.

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