Australia’s slanging match with Solomon Islands and the threat of China in the Pacific region continue to put pressure on the Coalition’s campaign. Defence and foreign affairs correspondent Daniel Hurst talks to Jane Lee about how the major parties plan to tackle defence challenges if they win the election
Aug 22
Back to Back Barries: roundtable reforms, and diplomatic rows
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 at ... Show More
30m 11s
Jun 2023
Australia's Evolving Defense Strategy
This week, Mike and Jude are joined by Professor Peter Dean, Director of Foreign Policy and Defense at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and the principal drafter of the Australian government’s recent Defence Strategic Review, to discuss developments i ... Show More
52m 37s
Dec 2022
How threatened is Australia by the rise of China?
Australia’s relations with China have taken a dive in recent years, forcing Canberra to reassess regional security and trade ties. Gideon talks to Michael Fullilove, director of the Lowy Institute, Australia’s leading foreign-policy think-tank, about how Australia is adapting to ... Show More
26m 43s
May 2024
Australia’s growing need for a national security strategy, with Andrew Wallace MP
In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, host Steve Kuper speaks with deputy chair of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security (PJCIS), Andrew Wallace MP. The pair begin their discussion focusing on the importance and need for the creation of a parlia ... Show More
34m 4s
Nov 2021
China’s acting ambassador to Australia on Taiwan, diplomacy and a damaged relationship
Guardian Australia’s foreign affairs and defence correspondent Daniel Hurst speaks to China’s acting ambassador to Australia, Wang Xining, on the future of the relationship between the two countries China’s infamous list of grievances with Australia ‘should be longer than 14 poin ... Show More
45m 19s
Aug 2020
Anthony Albanese: 'I know we will win the next election'
The federal leader of the opposition, Anthony Albanese, joins Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, for a wide-ranging discussion on how to keep the government honest during the Covid-19 outbreak, climate change policy and what the Labor party needs to do to wi ... Show More
46m 38s