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Iranian women's football players have asylum in Australia, but what now?

After days of speculation, five players from the Iranian women’s football team were formally granted protection in Australia by home affairs minister Tony Burke early on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, the rest of the team remains under surveillance by minders as they travel to the airport and potentially back to Iran. Women’s football journalist Samantha Lewis speaks to Nour Haydar about what went on behind the scenes to keep the women in Australia, whether more players could do so too and what happens next

Amanda Meade takes us inside the Kyle and Jackie ‘O’ bust-up

After 25 years of drama, the Kyle and Jackie O Show is now off the air. Kyle Sandilands is suspended due to ‘serious misconduct’ and both shock jocks, Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, are said to be considering their legal options. Reged Ahmad talks to Amanda Meade about the on-air bust-up that could be the Kyle and Jackie O Show’s final controversy

The anti-climate policy blowing a hole in Labor’s budget

This year, the Australian federal government will spend billions on a scheme that makes it cheaper for miners and other industries to use diesel and petrol. It’s known as the fuel tax credit scheme, and there are growing calls for it to be wound back. With the federal budget under pressure, Nour Haydar speaks with Adam Morton about the most costly anti-climate policy in the Australian government budget, working against efforts to cut emissions

The Sunday Read: My Grandfather escaped Iran. But I’m not celebrating Trump’s war

This week, as Trump’s war on Iran rages on and expands, an Australian Iranian journalist writes about her grandfather’s journey escaping the Islamic Republic and the fears she holds for the civilian lives caught in the crossfire. The journalist chose to write this piece anonymously, so Rafqa Touma reads it out for you instead

Back to Back Barries: will Trump’s Iran war become Albanese’s mess?

One week on from the start of Trump’s war on Iran, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine Anthony Albanese’s swift response in support of the strikes, and confirmation that three Australian personnel were on board a US submarine that sank an Iranian warship. They also delve into the review that the Liberal party tried to keep under wraps, all the recent political polling and why Pauline Hanson’s brand of authenticity deserves further scrutiny.