The ABC's politics podcast, Politics Now, dives into the biggest political stories in Australia and around the world, giving you a balanced look inside the strategies and decisions behind the headlines. Whenever major news breaks, we'll be in your feed with coverage you can trust. From Monday to Wednesday, Patricia Karvelas will chat to a rotating cast of the ABC's biggest political journalists about the latest news. On Thursdays, 'The Party Room' with Patricia Karvelas and Fran Kelly will discuss the week's developments in depth with another journalist, and answer your questions. On Saturdays, David Speers gets into the details of a major trend or issue with the help of an expert on 'Insiders On Background'.
Episodes
Showing 20 of 54- What Albanese can learn from Starmer's fall6/23/202635 min
- Pragmatic politics or dirty deals?6/22/202626 min
- Is the government's tax reform turning into a "freak show"? | Insiders On Background6/19/202616 min
- Budget backdowns, scrutiny and Gina's bulldozer6/19/202640 min
- Annabel Crabb on a doozy of a week6/18/20260 min
- Pauline Hanson goes mainstream6/17/20260 min
- Is 'hyperbolic' politics reducing trust?6/16/202629 min
- How Labor fights the polls for Pauline6/15/202630 min
- Is Australia ready for the AI transformation? | Insiders on Background6/12/202619 min
- Labor goes back to basics6/11/202635 min
- Is the Prime Minister ready to 'cop it'?6/10/202625 min
- Pocock sparks data centre debate6/9/202623 min
- Labor's populism pushback6/8/202629 min
- Lachlan Harris warns Labor's budget isolates voters amid One Nation rise | Insiders on Background6/5/202628 min
- One Nation is surging. Why aren't the Greens?6/5/202625 min
- Trump's tariffs and AUKUS awkwardness6/4/202640 min
- Why Labor won't sink AUKUS6/3/202624 min
- AUKUS goes off 'like a frog in a sock'6/1/202626 min
- Could Pauline Hanson become PM?6/1/202630 min
- Father of Inland Rail says 'this thing is on and unstoppable' | Insiders on Background5/29/202623 min