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Politics with Michelle Grattan

by THE CONVERSATION
618 EPISODES
Feb 2025
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Liberal Andrew McLachlan on why he'll still promote net zero
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Murray Watt on the compromises to pass new environmental laws before christmas
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Michelle Grattan remembers the day Whitlam lost his job
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Niki Savva and David Solomon on The Dismissal
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Sam Rae on big changes to aged care
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Tony Abbott on Australia's past and the opposition's future
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Pollster Tony Barry on why the Coalition can’t risk ‘lurching to the right’
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Andrew Jakubowicz on repairing our 'fragile' multicultural nation
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James Paterson on Andrew Hastie, Sussan Ley and himself
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Former diplomat Ian Parmeter on an Israel-led 'one-state solution'
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Tony Wood on 'politics trumping climate policy' and the hard road ahead
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Abul Rizvi on how silence and stalling stoke anti-migrant fears
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Health Minister Mark Butler on kids on the NDIS through to aged care funding
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Shadow Treasurer Ted O'Brien and industry chief Andrew McKellar's reform wish list
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Union boss Sally McManus on the push for shorter work hours in the age of AI
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Jim Chalmers wants roundtable to 'crack open' the challenge of slow housing approvals
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Talking about 'blokes' issues' with ex-Olympian and Labor MP Dan Repacholi
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YouTube, podcasters and leading economists: Allegra Spender on how she's trying to influence tax reform
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Chris Bowen on why it's ‘a little frustrating’ bidding for COP 31
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Malcolm Turnbull on Australia's 'dumb' defence debate
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Larissa Waters on why we deserve more than a government that just tinkers
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Kerrynne Liddle on seizing more opportunities with Indigenous Australians
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Treasury veteran Ken Henry on the "enormous damage" the tax system does to young people
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An 'impatient' Jim Chalmers on taking political risks in Labor's second term
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Senator Tammy Tyrrell on wild days in Tasmania
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Historian Emma Shortis warns against falling into Trump's trade traps
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Zoe McKenzie on everything that went wrong and whether a gender quota could help the Liberals
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Jim Chalmers on keeping Australia out of recession amid the 'dark shadow' of global instability
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Andrew Leigh on more productive work in the age of AI
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David Pocock wants us to aim for up 90% reduction in emissions
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The post mortem: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn
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Culture wars and costings: election special podcast with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn
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Pollster Kos Samaras on how voters are leaving the major parties behind
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Scares and stunts in the home stretch: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: historian Frank Bongiorno on dramatic shifts in how elections are fought and won
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Two blunders and tap dancing with the truth: election special podcast with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Warwick McKibbin on trying to model economic certainty in uncertain times
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DOGEy Dutton and a dull debate: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn
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Hugh White on what the next PM should tell Trump and defending Australia – without the US
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What it's like to be showered with Trump dust: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn
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Kos Samaras on polls and the people who'll decide this election
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It’s on: tracking policies and truth in advertising. Election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn
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Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor on tax top-ups and budget bottom lines
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Negotiating with the Greens and negotiating with Trump: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn
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Barbara Pocock on the Greens' policy priorities
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Tariffs, a tricky road for Dutton and the future of Pine Gap: election special episode with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn
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Peter Dutton on why he’s not Australia’s Trump – ‘I’m my own person’
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Tina Jackson says there's 'No such thing as a safe seat': 3 independent challengers to watch this election
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Cyclone Alfred wreaks havoc as leaders await Trump tariff decision: election special episode 2 with Amanda Dunn and Michelle Grattan
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James Curran on Trump, Ukraine, shifting tectonic plates, and a bigger Australian defence bill
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