Sunday February 4 Full Program
David Speers interviews Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The AFR's Phil Coorey, Karen Middleton of the Saturday Paper, and News.com.au's Samantha Maiden discuss the issues of the week.
Duration: 59 minutes 14 seconds
Highlights
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
David Speers interviews Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Duration: 19 minutes 38 seconds
Stage Three
It's already been a deadly start to 2024 in the middle east – and over the last 24 hours the crisis has escalated. After blaming Iran for the deaths of 3 American soldiers – the US has now struck back - hitting targets in Iraq and Syria linked to Iran's military and its affiliated militias. Where is this heading and what role might Australia ultimately play? I'll talk to the prime minister about that shortly. Domestically – Anthony Albanese has begun the year with a big roll of the dice. Breaking his repeated promise not to touch the stage 3 tax cuts is a risk. But as John Howard used to say – politics is governed by the iron law of arithmetic – and there's an overwhelming number who stand to win by giving less to the top end and more to low- and middle-income earners. Indeed - Labor polling shows a whopping two thirds of voters are in favour of this move. It's left Peter Dutton wedged. And Liberal MPs divided.
Duration: 2 minutes 9 seconds
From The Couch
The AFR's Phil Coorey, Karen Middleton of the Saturday Paper, and News.com.au's Samantha Maiden discuss the issues of the week.
Duration: 30 minutes
Talking Pictures
Mike Bowers talks the week in pictures with Cathy Wilcox.
Duration: 4 minutes 20 seconds
Huw Parkinson
Huw Parkinson takes a satirical look at election day
After a long and sometimes gruelling six-week campaign, Australia's 2022 federal election day finally arrived.
Duration: 1 minute 49 seconds
Huw Parkinson takes a satirical look at the election with 'A Few Good Debates'
A military lawyer struggles to get answers out of Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese.
Duration: 2 minutes 3 seconds
In Chinos Man | Huw Parkinson
With a COVID lockdown exit strategy devised, the Prime Minister leaves the prehistoric cave in search of a new world, and ends up in high school in the 1990s.
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds
Holiday Season on Capital Hill | Huw Parkinson
Political satirist Huw Parkinson takes a festive look back at some of the biggest moments in politics this year.
Duration: 2 minutes
The White House | Huw Parkinson
As the United States presidential election looms, Donald Trump and Joe Biden are thrown into the dark and twisted world of 2019’s The Lighthouse. Stormy seas ahead.
Duration: 2 minutes 43 seconds
Parliament Alone | Huw Parkinson
A 57-year-old Labor leader must protect Parliament from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left in Canberra alone during the coronavirus pandemic.
Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds
Stuart Robert's RoboDebt | Insiders
RoboDebt, the government’s controversial Automated Income Compliance Operative, hits the streets and runs into legal hurdles.
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
A Spooky Parliament
A spooky time descends upon the 46th Parliament.
Duration: 58 seconds
Analysis from David Speers
Analysis by David Speers
analysis:Dutton took the 'least bad option' — and now his election plan is coming into view
Dutton may not have produced much policy detail in the 21 months since the last election, but he's talking a big game about what's to come, writes David Speers.
Analysis by David Speers
analysis:Albanese goes all in on Labor's rejigged tax cuts, while cracks form in the Coalition
After unveiling his re-jigged tax plan last week, Anthony Albanese has conducted five press conferences, eight radio interviews and two TV interviews — the kind of media blitz usually reserved for winning an election, writes David Speers.
Analysis by David Speers
analysis:'NDIS Mark 2' arrived just when the government needed a win. But don't expect change to happen overnight
In a wounded position politically, the government badly needed some policy victories to finish the year. A highly pragmatic approach was adopted to ensure it secured them, writes David Speers.
Analysis by David Speers
analysis:Albanese is facing his most serious political pressure yet, and the government is flying blind
The Albanese government is under pressure and Peter Dutton is buoyed by the shift. Potential for disaster is waiting if the government can't land a workable fix to the mess left by the High Court ruling on detainees, writes David Speers.
Analysis by David Speers
analysis:The hints have been coming for a while, but now it's official: Australia isn't on track to meet its climate targets
Climate targets were legislated in one of the first acts of the newly elected Albanese government. It was a moment hailed as symbolising the sea-change election result, and now we know Australia is not on track to meet them, writes David Speers.
Analysis by David Speers
analysis:The powerful message from Albanese that left some in the Coalition looking uncomfortable
The day began with a clear sign the opposition leader was feeling confident: he held his first press conference in Parliament House in more than three months. It ended on a different note, writes David Speers.
Analysis by David Speers
analysis:'Handsome boy' Albanese pulls off a successful double act
Anthony Albanese has managed to pull off a successful double act over the past fortnight with his visits to both Washington and Beijing, writes David Speers.
Analysis by David Speers
analysis:Two proverbs tell the story of two leaders trying to put bygones behind them
Xi Jinping chose a Chinese proverb about gratitude to welcome Anthony Albanese to Beijing — a reference to diplomatic ties forged by Gough Whitlam. But 50 years later another is equally apt: let sleeping dogs lie, writes David Speers.
Analysis by David Speers
analysis:Just days before his China visit, Albanese is warmly welcomed to Washington — and there's no mistaking Biden's message
To say Anthony Albanese is walking a diplomatic tightrope as he mends fences with China, while drawing ever closer to the US, is putting it mildly, writes David Speers.
Analysis by David Speers
analysis:Albanese's uneasy week gets worse with a vacuum of Voice answers at home and a spiralling crisis abroad
Despite criticising Labor for being obsessed with the Voice when it should have been more focused on the cost of living, the opposition is now very interested in prolonging the conversation, writes David Speers.