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Guardian Australia's daily news podcast. Every weekday, join Guardian journalists for a deeper understanding of the news in Australia and beyond. You can support The Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport

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Back to Back Barries: roundtable reforms, and diplomatic rows

8/22/2025
Barrie Cassidy, Tony Barry, and George Megalogenis discuss how productive the economic roundtable in Canberra was this week, and which ideas the government will act on first. They also discuss how the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has handled Benjamin Netanyahu’s continued attacks on his leadership

Duration:00:30:11

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Newsroom edition: Netanyahu attacks the Albanese government

8/21/2025
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has launched a diplomatic attack against his Australian counterpart – calling Anthony Albanese ‘a weak leader’ who betrayed Australian Jews. The row kicked off when Australia pledged to recognise a Palestinian state alongside international allies in response to the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians. At the time, Albanese claimed Netanyahu was “in denial” at the suffering of civilians in Gaza. Bridie Jabour is joined by editor, Lenore Taylor, head of newsroom, Mike Ticher, and deputy editor, Patrick Keneally, to discuss Australia’s relationship with an increasingly isolated Israel

Duration:00:20:40

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Can the government keep kids safe in childcare?

8/20/2025
Calls for childcare reforms have become louder since revelations surfaced of multiple sexual abuse charges laid against a Victorian worker. Federal and state education ministers are set to meet Friday in an attempt to restore faith and safety to a service few can live without – but is real change possible? Senior reporter Kate Lyons talks to Reged Ahmad about whether the government’s next moves will give parents and carers the reassurance they desperately need

Duration:00:20:23

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Zelenskyy suits up for peace but can Trump deliver?

8/19/2025
Six months on from their explosive meeting in the White House, Volodymyr Zelenksyy once again met with the US president, Donald Trump, in Washington. But this time the Ukrainian president arrived with the support of key European leaders, who dropped everything in the hopes of securing a potential deal to end the war with Russia. Washington bureau chief David Smith speaks to Nour Haydar about whether Europe’s united front managed to steer Trump away from the Kremlin, what chance is left of a ceasefire and how Trump welcomed Vladimir Putin back on to the world stage

Duration:00:20:29

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Labor go looking for an economic legacy

8/18/2025
As Labor’s much-hyped economic summit begins, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, say they want to hear big ideas to bring about the reform Australians are hungry for. But does the government’s talk match its political ambition? Reged Ahmad speaks to chief political correspondent Tom McIlroy about how Labor’s economic roundtable will shape the future of Australia

Duration:00:19:33

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How doomsday prepping went mainstream

8/17/2025
It used to be a view held by a secretive few on the fringes of society, but preparing for disaster has now grown in popularity, with many believing having a backup plan just makes good sense. Senior reporter Kate Lyons speaks to Reged Ahmad on whether there is value in preparing for an apocalypse that may never come

Duration:00:18:28

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Back to Back Barries: the tricky politics of a treasurer-PM relationship

8/15/2025
Ahead of next week’s productivity roundtable, Tony Barry and George Megalogenis examine how Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese work together and compare the duo to their counterparts of decades past. They also examine the timing of the prime minister’s plan to recognise Palestine and the RBA’s decision to cut interest rates. *Barrie Cassidy is on holidays and will return next week

Duration:00:25:08

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Newsroom edition: can Labor jumpstart the economy

8/14/2025
Next week – just over 100 hundred days into their second term – the Albanese government will bring together business leaders, unions, and interest groups at an economic round table to try and figure out how to best jumpstart the economy. Big ideas like a four-day work week and limiting negative gearing have been put forward, but the prime minister has been quick to dampen expectations.Bridie Jabour talks with the head of newsroom, Mike Ticher, and Guardian Australia’s economics editor, Patrick Commins, about if the Albanese government has the ambition for big reform

Duration:00:19:30

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Al Jazeera’s managing editor on Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza

8/13/2025
Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif was on air until Sunday, when the 28-year-old correspondent was killed along with five other journalists in a targeted strike carried out by Israel. Al Jazeera’s managing editor Mohamed Moawad tells Nour Haydar why al-Sharif refused to leave Gaza, even though ‘he knew this day would come’

Duration:00:24:20

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Will Trump and Putin decide the future of Ukraine

8/12/2025
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet on Friday in Alaska for a high-stakes summit on the Ukraine war. But the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will not be there, and European leaders fear damaging concessions could be made without Ukraine at the table. Our global affairs correspondent, Andrew Roth, speaks to Reged Ahmad about whether this meeting between two strongmen could end the war in Ukraine.

Duration:00:20:08

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Australia’s plan to recognise Palestine

8/11/2025
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has confirmed his government will join other allies to formally recognise Palestinian statehood. Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent, Tom McIlroy, speaks to Nour Haydar about why the Australian government is making this move now, and if it will change anything for the Palestinians living under attack in Gaza

Duration:00:19:41

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Why doesn’t Adani pay any corporate tax?

8/10/2025
When Adani first sought government approval for its Carmichael coalmine in Queensland, a major selling point was the company’s pledge to deliver $22bn in taxes and royalties. While the mine is now smaller than originally planned, it still generates millions in revenue each year of operation and the Australian government has not received a single cent in corporate tax. Business editor Jonathan Barrett speaks to Reged Ahmad about how the company has generated a loss on paper and why it’s time for a rethink on how we tax corporate wealth You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport

Duration:00:19:43

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Back to Back Barries: is Trump the new Xi Jinping?

8/8/2025
Tony Barry and George Megalogenis (filling in for Barrie Cassidy) discuss Donald Trump’s sacking of his chief statistician over unflattering job figures and compare it to a similar move by Chinese leader Xi Jinping. They also discuss the Sydney Harbour Bridge protest and whether it will change policy both abroad and here in Australia.

Duration:00:28:48

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What the mushroom murders trial jury wasn’t told

8/8/2025
On Friday, an interim suppression order prohibiting Australian media from reporting on any evidentiary rulings made in pre-trial hearings and during Erin Patterson’s trial was lifted. Now we can reveal what the jury never got to hear. Justice and courts reporter Nino Bucci tells Reged Ahmad how the court heard Patterson’s estranged husband suspected she had been trying to poison him, too

Duration:00:21:50

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One doctor’s hopes to rebuild Gaza’s health system

8/8/2025
Palestinian paediatrician Abdalkarim Alharazin has seen more suffering and death than most over his time as a junior doctor on Gaza’s frontlines. Amid relentless Israeli bombardment, displacement and starvation, he applied for and has been accepted into a master of public health at the University of Sydney. With significant hurdles ahead, logistically and financially, Alharazin joins Nour Haydar to talk about what he’s witnessed and his plans to rebuild Gaza’s health infrastructure

Duration:00:13:38

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Newsroom edition: the politics of the Sydney Harbour Bridge protest

8/7/2025
Hundreds of thousands of people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on the weekend to protest against the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza. But, police, organisers and the protesters themselves all portrayed the same public event in a very different light. And depending on which news outlet you read, you might have a different understanding of how that event unfolded.Bridie Jabour talks to the editor, Lenore Taylor, and the head of newsroom, Mike Ticher, about the political fallout from the Harbour Bridge protest

Duration:00:20:29

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Can Trump be shamed into supporting human rights?

8/6/2025
After three decades at the helm of Human Rights Watch, the former executive director Kenneth Roth has written a memoir about his time campaigning against human rights violations around the world – including in the Palestinian occupied territories. As the Albanese government faces increasing public pressure to take action against Israel, Roth speaks with Nour Haydar about why he thinks there’s always a strategy to pressure governments into supporting better human rights outcomes

Duration:00:25:42

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The Descendants: the search for Tom Wills

8/5/2025
For some years, there have been suggestions that in the 1850s Tom Wills, Australia’s first sports hero and the founder of the AFL, may have taken part in the massacres of Gayiri people in Central Queensland. Now, in a Guardian Australia investigation, Indigenous Affairs reporter Ella Archibald-Binge travels in search of the truth behind the allegations. In this two part special Full Story, she and Lorena Allam from UTS’s Jumbunna Institute discuss how families on both sides of the conflict are reckoning with the truth of their ancestors’ colonial past Warning: This episode contains historical records that use racist and offensive language, and descriptions of events that will be distressing to some.

Duration:00:31:47

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Is Australia a conspiracy theory nation?

8/4/2025
Conspiracy theories and fringe ideas are now increasingly a visible part of Australian politics and public life. But what pushes people to abandon our shared reality, and what is responsible for the rapid rise in false truths?Reged Ahmad talks with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson about the threat conspiracy theories pose to Australia

Duration:00:21:39

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The Descendants: decoding a massacre

8/3/2025
Colonial pastoralist Major Logue is a figure of note in the city of Geraldton, Western Australia. But his diaries, written partly in code, reveal a dark and confronting chapter of Australia’s past – a history that Yamatji people already know all too well. Descendants of some perpetrator families are now challenging what they call ‘colonial silence’. For them, truth-telling is real, personal and local. There are no guidelines or rulebooks, and it can lead to denial and indifference – but it can also be a liberation. In this two-part special Full Story, Indigenous affairs reporter Sarah Collard tells Lorena Allam from UTS’s Jumbunna Institute about decoding the truth behind Logue’s diaries, and how descendants of colonial violence are coming together to heal from the horrors of the past Warning: This episode contains historical records that use racist and offensive language, and descriptions of events that will be distressing to some

Duration:00:29:17