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It’s been a wild week in Australian politics. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred delayed the election, giving us a bonus budget while the revelation a caravan filled with explosives was not part of a terror plot delivered lessons for politicians on all sides. But dominating the debate was Donald Trump’s decision to implement tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium. Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy examine how best to manage a relationship with an unpredictable ally, look closer to home at what the WA poll means for the federal election and examine why things are looking up for Albanese
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As the shadow election campaign marches inexorably towards the official one, Peter Dutton and the Coalition have started to face scrutiny. The opposition leader and his team keep contradicting themselves, ‘misspeaking’ and backtracking. Reged Ahmad talks to editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor, head of newsroom Mike Ticher and national news editor Jo Tovey about if Peter Dutton’s missteps and the Coalition’s policy problems will start to add up in the minds of voters
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Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of England, has a new role – saving his country from becoming America’s 51st state. Leyland Cecco reports You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
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There’s still a long road to go before a federal election and it’s already been pretty bumpy. Not only has Anthony Albanese delayed firing the starting gun because of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, we now have the prospects of a budget amid a fresh stoush between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull. Political reporter Dan Jervis-Bardy tells Reged Ahmad what this latest argument between the US president and our former prime minister means for trade – and the delayed election
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When then prime minister Scott Morrison signed the $US3bn Aukus agreement, it was hailed as Australia’s entry point into nuclear-power submarine status. But as Donald Trump’s second presidency unfolds, there are fears this landmark deal might never be delivered. Former foreign correspondent and Guardian reporter Ben Doherty tells Reged Ahmad how, with America an increasingly unreliable ally, doubts are rising above the waves
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Michael Safi travelled to north-east Syria to speak to IS foreign fighters imprisoned there. He discovered that a change in the US administration, and USAid funding cuts, means there is a growing fear of prison breaks
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This week, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry go back to the future to look at how history has given us an insight into what to expect in 2025 – and what lessons Anthony Albanese can learn from Bob Hawke.
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In the past 20 years men have not increased the amount of housework they do, despite women’s workloads increasing. While they’re at work, women are still earning less than men. And as these inequalities continue to play out, Donald Trump’s assault on diversity and inclusion programs threatens to spill over into Australia. Bridie Jabour talks with the editor-in-chief, Lenore Taylor, the head of newsroom, Mike Ticher, and the national news editor, Josephine Tovey, about the gender pay gap, and why life for women and men is still not equal
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We all deserve pleasure, so why don’t cisgendered women feel entitled to it? The orgasm gap shines a light on not only why strict social norms trap both men and women in unfulfilling sex lives, but how our current sex-positive era may not deliver the sexual liberation women have been waiting for. Guardian Australia lifestyle editor and the author of All Women Want, Alyx Gorman, explains to Reged Ahmad why too many women are having mediocre sex – and what can be done to fix it
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The US is pausing military aid to Ukraine, days after the US president, Donald Trump, clashed with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in the Oval Office. Washington DC bureau chief David Smith tells Nour Haydar why the withholding of US military support is a ‘devastating blow’ to Ukraine and what it means for a changing international order
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Just last month, artist Khaled Sabsabi told Full Story he never imagined he’d be picked as Australia’s representative for the 2026 Venice Biennale. Days later, he was unceremoniously dropped by Creative Australia. The abrupt move set off a series of recriminations and left the art world reeling. Nour Haydar tells Reged Ahmad how it all unfolded and why the move has left many outraged about the precedent it sets
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In his first month in office the US president has thrown science in the US into chaos, delaying projects and casting the future of research funding and jobs into doubt. To understand everything that has happened in the month since he took office and what its impact could be, Madeleine Finlay hears from science editor Ian Sample and Prof Harold Varmus, a Nobel prize winner and former director of the National Institutes of Health under Bill Clinton
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This week, in Guardian Australia’s new politics podcast, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine events that disrupt election campaigns – and there is no greater disrupter than Donald Trump. Also on the table: bulk-billing policy, questions about Peter Dutton’s share purchases and the political reaction to China’s live-fire drills.
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This week the Trump administration announced that it would be the White House, not the independent journalists’ association, that decides who gets to cover the president up close. The unprecedented move comes as the Associated Press continues to be barred from the Oval Office and Air Force One, after it refused to follow Trump in renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. And just yesterday, Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post declared that only opinions that support ‘personal liberties’ and ‘free markets’ would be welcome in the pages of his newspaper. Bridie Jabour talks with editor-in-chief of the Guardian Katharine Viner about the increasing threat to press freedom in the wake of these attacks on the media
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Within a month of returning to the White House, Donald Trump has upended decades of American foreign policy on Russia and Ukraine – and his unpredictable rhetoric and abrupt policy changes have also raised questions about US support for Taiwan against China, leaving people on the island on edge. The Guardian’s correspondent in Taipei, Helen Davidson, tells Nour Haydar what we know so far about Trump’s stance on Taiwan – and what’s at stake
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Last month, 14 adult members of Australian religious sect the Saints were found guilty of the manslaughter of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs. Today they are due to be sentenced for their crimes. Queensland state reporter Andrew Messenger, tells Reged Ahmad about why insulin was withheld from the eight-year-old type 1 diabetic, and what we know about the sect
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Jo Nemeth has lived without money for 10 years. When Guardian Australia published her story last month, some readers were critical of her decisions and described her as a ‘bludger’. Jo speaks to Reged Ahmad about living and working in a nine-person household, the importance of community and the limits of moneyless living You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
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Jonathan Freedland speaks to veteran US diplomat Kurt Volker and the Guardian’s US live news editor Chris Michael about Trump’s efforts to bring Putin back into the fold You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
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The election is right around the corner and politicians are hitting the campaign trail – but what are they really up to? Guardian Australia’s new podcast Back to Back Barries will examine the strategies behind the campaigns in the 2025 federal election with co-hosts Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry. Barrie Cassidy has covered 14 federal elections as a political journalist, and two from the inside as a senior press secretary to then prime minister Bob Hawke. He is also the former host of ABC TV’s political discussion program Insiders. Tony Barry is a former Liberal party strategist who has worked for Christopher Pyne and Malcolm Turnbull. He now runs political research company RedBridge Group and is also a regular media commentator. Back to Back Barries will be with you every Saturday as the election fast approaches. This week they discuss whether a minority government will be good or bad for the country.
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Antisemitic and Islamophobic attacks are on the rise. For months the Coalition has accused the Albanese government of making the country less safe for Jewish people. The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils has written to Anthony Albanese, calling for urgent action to tackle Islamophobia. Pre-existing dividing lines are being inflamed by our politicians, and by the media, leaving the country further polarised.Bridie Jabour talks with editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and head of newsroom Mike Ticher about how to report on the rise in acts of hate without further inflaming tensions
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