Politics with Michelle Grattan
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As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team.
Michelle and Peter Browne from the Politics + Society team discuss Anthony Albanese's visit to Ukraine, and the desirability of Australia reopening its embassy there as soon as it can. More generally, Australia's diplomatic presence has slipped and needs to be beefed up.
With the PM now home, he's off to the flood affected areas of NSW. Labor has learned from the former government's experience, and has acted quickly to get in resources, seeking to avoid the criticism Scott Morrison faced in the earlier floods.
Meanwhile the Reserve Bank has again increased interest rates, with the cash rate rising by half a percentage point. Also hitting people's pockets – the latest floods will have some impact on fresh food prices.
Darren Chester on the infrastructure spending spree
Rob Sitch on Utopia and political satire
AGL chief economist Tim Nelson on what to do with Liddell
Judith Brett on The Enigmatic Mr Deakin
Mark Butler on energy uncertainty
Nick Xenophon on media reform
Mathias Cormann on the same-sex marriage postal survey
Derryn Hinch on surviving the Senate
Tiernan Brady on same-sex marriage showdown
Michael Cooney on an Australian republic
Peter Jennings on the home affairs department
Graeme Samuel on data governance
Anna Krien on the climate wars
Alan Finkel on the future of Australia’s energy market
Gladys Berejiklian on the need to reform federal-state partnerships
Josh Frydenberg, George Christensen and Mark Butler on the Finkel review
John Blaxland on handling Islamist terrorism
Matt Canavan on Adani
Dennis Richardson on telling it like it is
Chris Bowen on Labor’s budget responses
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