Politics with Michelle Grattan
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As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team.
Michelle and Peter Browne from the Politics + Society team discuss Anthony Albanese's visit to Ukraine, and the desirability of Australia reopening its embassy there as soon as it can. More generally, Australia's diplomatic presence has slipped and needs to be beefed up.
With the PM now home, he's off to the flood affected areas of NSW. Labor has learned from the former government's experience, and has acted quickly to get in resources, seeking to avoid the criticism Scott Morrison faced in the earlier floods.
Meanwhile the Reserve Bank has again increased interest rates, with the cash rate rising by half a percentage point. Also hitting people's pockets – the latest floods will have some impact on fresh food prices.
Scott Ryan on the same-sex marriage plebiscite and political donations
Politics podcast: Peter Jennings on Turnbull’s trip to the US
Don Watson on the rise of Trump
Eric Abetz on the conservatives in the Liberal Party
Fred Smith on The Dust of Uruzgan
Bob Brown on Malcolm Turnbull and the same-sex marriage plebiscite
Derryn Hinch on becoming a senator
Karen Middleton on ‘Albanese: Telling it Straight’
Anne Aly on counter-terrorism policy
Linda Burney on the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off
Tom Calma says Nigel Scullion should go
Politics podcast: Tiernan Brady on the campaign for marriage equality
Jim Chalmers on Labor’s approach to the economy
Darren Chester on the Nationals' success
Wayne Swan on Labor’s next moves
James Pearson on the knife-edge result and business confidence
Nick Xenophon on his play for Senate power
Tony Abbott on his campaign role
The Greens' fight for Batman and Wills
The Indi Project
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