Next week – just over 100 hundred days into its second term – the Albanese government will bring together business leaders, unions and interest groups at an economic roundtable to try and figure out how to best jumpstart the economy. Big ideas such as a four-day work week and limiting negative gearing have been put forward, but the prime minister has been qu ... Show More
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
Sep 2023
Jim Chalmers on the Qantas controversy – Australian Politics podcast
Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, talks to the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, about the per capita recession and whether the economy is headed for a hard or soft landing. They also discuss Qantas, trade in the Asean region and the stage-three tax cuts
30m 18s
Mar 2025
The 'Uncertainty' Economy
“It feels like the economy is gagging on the uncertainty." That's what Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, told CNN’s Kate Bolduan earlier this week, referring to not just tariffs but taxes, immigration and federal budget cuts. And we're about to get a brand new rea ... Show More
48m 32s