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It’s been 12 years since Julian Assange has been free – but is the fight to keep him from a life in an American prison finally coming to an end?United States President Joe Biden told reporters he’s considering Australia’s request to drop charg
A series of recent high-profile incidents has thrust the national crisis of domestic violence into the spotlight. Clearly the current approach to violence against women isn't working, so what can be done?1800RESPECT is the national domestic, f
Budget 2024 had a little bit for a lot of people, but in trying to please everyone, has the government disappointed everyone instead?What does the budget mean for inflation and living standards? What does it reveal about the government’s prior
Millions of Australians are struggling to make ends meet, yet when it comes to the federal budget, too often we hear that governments ‘can’t afford’ additional spending.Next week, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will announce what the government has ch
It’s going to be difficult to tackle bogus environmental claims from the private sector until the government itself stops greenwashing, Polly Hemming says on this episode of Follow the Money.There’s a global crackdown on greenwashing underway,
As the government shelves important reform to the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, the Knitting Nannas are getting out into their communities and demanding an end to fossil fuel projects.They may not fit the s
Freedom of Information laws have helped the public uncover information governments would prefer to keep secret, but the system is failing.Strong Freedom of Information laws are critical to Australia’s democracy, but delays and government resis
Rather than delivering on their election promise to create a Great Koala National Park, the New South Wales Government is sitting on its hands until it can earn carbon credits from forests.On this episode of Follow the Money, Walkley Award win
The major parties claim that minority and coalition governments are chaotic and unworkable, but are they actually more effective?Australian politicians aren’t exactly known for getting along with each other. But history shows that, when they’r
After scarcely mentioning it for nearly a decade while in government, the Coalition are now hot to trot on nuclear power – but why?On this episode of Follow the Money, energy researcher Matthew Ryan and host Ebony Bennett discuss the cost of a
Capitalism is dying, but not in the way you might think.That’s the argument of academic economist and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who proposes capitalism has mutated into a far more sinister, feudal system on the back of so
The Albanese government came to power with big expectations around climate action, but are the government’s actions falling short of their rhetoric?On this episode of Follow the Money, former President of Kiribati Anote Tong joins Walkley Awar
The ‘robodebt’ debacle was a shameful episode for the federal government, but was it an anomaly? Our guest today says the same behaviours that enabled robodebt have been playing out for decades in our climate policymaking and questions whether
Independent MP Helen Haines has introduced a bill to Parliament designed to prevent pork-barreling, where taxpayer money is allocated according to where it is needed to win votes, not where the public needs it most. This was recorded on Tuesda
Tasmania is heading to an election – 14 months early. Tasmania is retuning the size of its lower house from 25 seats to 35 seats at this election and multiple polls have predicted the result will be a minority government, so this is shaping up
Federal Parliament is set to pass new industrial relations laws, including the 'right to disconnect.' This means that workers will legally be able to ignore calls outside of work hours. This was recorded on Tuesday 13th February 2024 and thing
Every year, the Commonwealth collects more revenue from HECS than it gets from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax. The PRRT is so insufficient that gas companies love it!Mark Ogge explains the Government's proposed changes, and how we can fix it
It’s been a week for the books in Australian Politics history, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing changes to the highly-criticised Stage 3 tax cuts. Which got the media, and the opposition, into a bit of a frenzy. So what's changed
With the Iowa Republican caucus over, the starting gun on the 2024 US Election has fired, with the promise of a dramatic election year, and democracy itself on the ballot. This was recorded on Tuesday 23rd January 2024 and things may have chan
Our summer podcast series brings you some of the best conversations from our webinars and live events in 2023. 7 years ago, The ABC’s groundbreaking environmental series War On Waste firmly placed the nation’s attention on Australia’s waste is
Our summer podcast series brings you some of the best conversations from our webinars and live events in 2023. Extreme heat is the most direct and deadly consequence of our hellbent consumption of fossil fuels. It is a first order threat that
Our summer podcast series brings you some of the best conversations from our webinars and live events in 2023. On 15 September 2008 came the collapse of Lehmann Brothers, the largest bankruptcy in US history. This set off a chain reaction and
Our summer podcast series brings you some of the best conversations from our webinars and live events in 2023. Australia’s native forests are not only home to some of our most vulnerable and threatened species, they hold critical cultural and
Our summer podcast series brings you some of the best conversations from our webinars and live events in 2023. The first person will face trial in relation to Australian war crimes in Afghanistan is David McBride, the whistleblower on trial, n
Our summer podcast series brings you some of the best conversations from our webinars and live events in 2023. What if we’re thinking about inflation wrong? Join renowned economist Isabella Weber, Associate Professor of Economics at the Univer
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