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.
In this podcast, politics editor Amanda Dunn and Michelle canvass Tuesday's decision by the Reserve Bank to raise the cash rate again, by 50 basis points to 1.85%.
They also talk about Peter Dutton's announcement that the opposition will inquire into nuclear power, in a contentious decision as it looks to crafting an energy policy for the next election. Most immediately, the Coalition will vote against the government's legislation for its 43% 2030 emissions reduction target. The vote in the House of Representatives will be this week.
Meanwhile, after Anthony Albanese's weekend Garma speech, attention this week also turned to the proposed referendum to put into the constitution an Indigenous "Voice" to parliament.
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
Sam Dastyari on the ‘Bill Bus’
The Battle for New England
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