Show overview
Australian Politics has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 318 episodes. That works out to roughly 170 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 26 min and 38 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-GB-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 38 episodes already out so far this year. Published by The Guardian.
Episodes
318
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
31 min
Cadence
Weekly
From the publisher
Guardian Australia's political editor Tom McIlroy and team at Parliament House examine what’s happening in Australian politics and why it matters to you
Latest Episodes
View all 318 episodesGovernor general Sam Mostyn on the ‘growing catastrophe’ in our democracy
Jul 31, 202636 min
Guardian Essential report: the Labor health check
Jul 30, 202627 min
SA premier Peter Malinauskas at the ALP national conference
Jul 25, 202624 min
Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison: Paul Kelly on the Liberals’ identity crisis
Jul 16, 202630 min
Meet Darcy Byrne, the Labor mayor taking on pokies reform
Jul 10, 202629 min
Michelle Grattan and Melissa Clarke on the political year so far
Jul 3, 202629 min
Guardian Essential report: have Pauline’s policies plateaued her support?
Jul 2, 202623 min
Larissa Waters on the Greens’ CGT and negative gearing deal with Labor
Jun 26, 202629 min
Has Pauline Hanson’s federal campaign just begun?
Jun 19, 202637 min
Will Labor’s NDIS changes become a reality?
Jun 12, 202625 min
The case for Aukus, with defence industry minister Pat Conroy
Jun 5, 202627 min
Max Chandler-Mather on a hopeful progressive populism
May 29, 202632 min
Guardian Essential report: a lukewarm response to Labor’s budget
May 28, 202623 min
Tim Wilson on the Liberals’ economic vision
May 22, 202630 min
Jim Chalmers responds to the budget’s critics
May 15, 202628 min
Finance minister Katy Gallagher on her 'most challenging' budget
May 8, 202625 min
Michelle Milthorpe on fighting One Nation in Farrer
May 7, 202627 min
Annastacia Palaszczuk on resilience
May 1, 202633 min
Guardian Essential poll: Pauline Hanson has another breakthrough
Apr 30, 202626 min
The minister for veterans' affairs on Anzac Day, Ben Roberts-Smith and increased defence spending
Apr 24, 202628 min
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