Australian Politics The Guardian

On parliament’s final sitting day for 2023, political editor Katharine Murphy sits down with federal MP and the leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt. They discuss the recent Murray-Darling deals pushed by Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, the ‘water trigger’ policy on gas projects and whether Labor should revisit reforms to negative gearing and capital gains tax.

Political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to the climate change minister, Chris Bowen, about the annual climate change statement, one of the biggest policy shifts in Australian energy and the tensions of consensus at COP28 climate talks

Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss Albanese’s fall in approval ratings, government performance on cost of living and opinions on the stage-three tax cuts Most voters now disapprove of Anthony Albanese’s performance as PM, Guardian Essential poll finds

Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy speaks to finance journalist Alan Kohler about why decades of government, starting from Robert Menzies, gave up on affordable housing

The former British prime minister David Cameron has been installed as foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle, in which Suella Braverman was also sacked from the cabinet. Guardian UK political editor Pippa Crerar reports

Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent, Paul Karp, is joined by Peter Lewis of Essential Media to discuss Anthony Albanese’s falling approval ratings, the changing public perspective on conflict in Israel and Palestine and explore why Australians increasingly want to ‘stay out’ of affairs on the global stage