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Guardian Australia's daily news podcast. Every weekday, join Guardian journalists for a deeper understanding of the news in Australia and beyond. You can support The Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport

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Guardian Australia's daily news podcast. Every weekday, join Guardian journalists for a deeper understanding of the news in Australia and beyond. You can support The Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport

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Episodes
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The vulnerable children charged with possessing extremist material

4/19/2026
Nour Haydar speaks with investigations reporter Ariel Bogle about how a ‘bad’ law means children charged with possessing extremist material may not always understand they have committed a crime

Duration:00:19:08

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The Sunday read: Who gets to be Australian?

4/18/2026
This week, in the wake of opposition leader Angus Taylor announcing the Coalition’s new hardline immigration policy, author Yumna Kassab questions how Australia views itself and its migrants

Duration:00:06:13

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Back to Back Barries: the Coalition’s “risky” immigration plan

4/17/2026
Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy discuss the opposition leader, Angus Taylor’s, new immigration policy and why Tony sees it as a strategy to come second. They also look at Donald Trump’s stoush with the pope, Anthony Albanese’s cautiousness when it comes to taking on gambling advertising and why this years budget will be one of the toughest ever delivered.

Duration:00:39:06

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How Gina Rinehart lost hundreds of millions of dollars in court

4/16/2026
In this bonus episode of the Walkley-nominated series about Australia’s richest person, senior correspondent Sarah Martin and producer Joe Koning examine Wednesday’s landmark court ruling that ends a 15-year-court battle between Gina Rinehart and rival heirs

Duration:00:25:39

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Angus Taylor’s Trumpian immigration plan

4/15/2026
Liberal leader Angus Taylor has announced his new immigration policy including a crackdown on immigration and an emphasis on ‘Australian values’ in determining who is allowed to come to the country. Political reporter Dan Jervis-Bardy speaks to Reged Ahmad about why the Liberal leader is borrowing from One Nation’s playbook and how the policy could backfire on the Coalition

Duration:00:22:10

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What will it take for the PM to speak up against Trump?

4/14/2026
Earlier this month, as the United States and Israel’s war on Iran raged, the prime minister frustrated many when he reiterated his support for the US- Australian alliance. And he did so again days later when he responded to Donald Trump’s threat to wipe out the entire Iranian civilisation by calling it inappropriate. Political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to Nour Haydar about how the Australian government’s response and language stacks up and why Anthony Albanese is being so cautious

Duration:00:20:35

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Decoding America: Trump v the Pope

4/14/2026
In this episode of Decoding America, Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy look at Donald Trump’s war of words with the Pope, that AI image and the blowback it has received - especially when seen through the administration’s painting of the war through a religious lens. They also also examine how the new blockade of the strait of Hormuz will work in practice, the US making such a contradictory move after failed negotiations with Iran, and why the US president and Marco Rubio were at the UFC while it was all going down. Decoding America is a new podcast from Guardian Australia hosted by Reged Ahmad with Jonathan Yerushalmy, Guardian Australia’s US site editor.

Duration:00:30:43

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Who should pay for the health impacts of the climate change?

4/13/2026
Over recent years, the warnings about the threat posed by rising sea levels have been getting louder and more urgent. Now, a new international commission has been set up, with experts saying rising seas are already damaging bodies, minds, livelihoods and cultures. The commission will bring together two dozen health and environment leaders to examine the impact of the climate crisis on human health and justice. Guardian Australia’s medical editor, Melissa Davey, has exclusive details on their findings about who will be most affected if sea levels continue to rise and who should pick up the bill when climate change affects our health and wellbeing. She talks to host Nour Haydar.

Duration:00:19:35

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Two US court losses show the shifting tide against Meta – Full Story podcast

4/12/2026
Last month in the United States in two separate court rooms, in two separate states and in the span of just two days, the world’s most powerful social media company, Meta, was sent a message. The cases in New Mexico and California found Meta liable for products that inflict harm on young people, and were the first of thousands to go to court. Technology reporter for Guardian US, Dara Kerr, speaks to Nour Haydar about the landmark verdicts and why some believe this could be big tech’s big tobacco moment

Duration:00:22:47

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Is this the end of Viktor Orbán’s regime?

4/11/2026
“Hungary has been a model for the Trump presidency for a while now,” the Guardian journalist Flora Garamvolgyi tells Helen Pidd. “And US Republicans looked at Hungary for these past years as a model to follow. “[Viktor] Orbán is currently on his fourth consecutive term. And the fact that he has been so successful and he had similar narrative, similar ideologies to US Republicans in terms of immigration, for example, I think they have found a link to connect with Orbán and they were studying his success.” On Tuesday, JD Vance appeared at a rally for Orbán in Budapest in the run-up to the Hungarian elections. He endorsed Orbán and phoned Donald Trump from the stage. “I am here for a simple reason,” Vance told the crowd. “Because I admire what you are fighting for. You are fighting for your freedom, for your sovereignty, and I am here because President Trump and I wish for your success and we are fighting right here with you.” But this election will be challenging for Orbán. Will Hungarians decide his time is up? Flora Garamvolgyi on JD Vance’s visit to Hungary in the run-up to the country’s elections on Sunday

Duration:00:29:12

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Back to Back Barries: Cutting through Trump’s ‘wall of noise’

4/10/2026
Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy discuss the fragile ceasefire in Iran and the pressure building on Australian politicians to respond to Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric. The Barries also examine the prime minister’s trip to Singapore, Matt Canavan’s “economic revolution” and the political response to Ben Roberts-Smith’s arrest.

Duration:00:34:18

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Newsroom Edition: Did the Albanese government try to bury its gambling reforms?

4/9/2026
Released just hours before Australians began their Easter long weekend, the Albanese government’s long awaited reforms to gambling advertisements have been described as ‘timid’.Jo Tovey speaks to Patrick Keneally, Mike Ticher and Tom McIlroy about whether a partial ban is better than nothing.

Duration:00:26:45

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Will Albanese find fuel security in Singapore?

4/8/2026
While the US and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire that could lead to the reopening of the strait of Hormuz, the consequences of Donald Trump’s war continue to ricochet around the world. Speaking shortly after the truce was announced, political editor Tom McIlroy tells Reged Ahmad about Anthony Albanese’s upcoming and impromptu dash to Singapore – Australia’s biggest fuel supplier – and how it might aid the government in keeping petrol prices under control

Duration:00:18:09

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The arrest of Australia's most decorated war hero Ben Roberts-Smith

4/7/2026
Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been arrested at Sydney airport in relation to alleged war crimes. He was subsequently charged, and was due to appear in bail court on Wednesday. He was to spend Tuesday night in a cell. He has denied any wrongdoing. Guardian Australia senior reporter Ben Doherty speaks to Nour Haydar about the charges facing the Victoria Cross recipient, what we know about the arrest and what could happen next

Duration:00:16:37

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Decoding America: Trump lashes out at Australia

4/7/2026
Decoding America is a new weekly podcast from Guardian Australia hosted by Reged Ahmad with Jonathan Yerushalmy, one of our editors on the international desk. It will peel back the surface of Trump’s America, decoding the undercurrents of United States’ democracy. In this first episode we look at Trump’s growing frustrations and threats to take out Iran in “one night” in a surreal weekend of condemning allies like Australia, social media posts and White House Easter celebrations. Jonathan also takes us through a now deleted speech which reveals the US president’s growing frustration with allies, the US public and how far removed we might be from the US of old.

Duration:00:33:54

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Move over Murdochs, here come the Ellisons

4/6/2026
Margaret Sullivan on the billionaire father and son buying up the US media

Duration:00:33:09

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What’s behind the injectable peptide craze?

4/5/2026
Grey-market injectable peptides – a category of substances with obscure, alphanumeric names such as BPC-157, GHK-Cu, or TB-500 – have developed a devoted following among biohackers and health optimisers. To understand how these unregulated substances have become mainstream and what they could be doing in our bodies, Madeleine Finlay hears from journalist Adrienne Matei and from Dr Anna Barnard, an associate professor at Imperial College London who researches peptides

Duration:00:18:08

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Energy minister Chris Bowen on the impact of the fuel crisis

4/3/2026
The minister for energy and climate change, Chris Bowen, tells Guardian Australia’s political editor, Tom McIlroy, that despite shortages at petrol stations around Australia, there have so far been no disruptions to the country’s fuel supply. Bowen responds to criticisms about the Albanese government’s communication to the public, as the second month of the US-Israel war on Iran continues to send shockwaves around the world. The minister also argues that rationing fuel is not necessary for now, and that having a staged plan with the states is good government at work

Duration:00:25:28

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Newsroom edition: the PM goes prime time, but is he still going soft on Trump?

4/2/2026
Jo Tovey speaks with Patrick Keneally, Gabrielle Jackson and Patrick Commins about Anthony Albanese’s rare national address, cost of living relief and whether the prime minister has done enough to distance Australia from Donald Trump

Duration:00:24:28

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Albanese warns Australians that next few months ‘may not be easy’ - Full Story podcast

4/1/2026
The prime minister addressed the nation on Wednesday evening in a rare move to reassure the public, as the economic fallout from the war on Iran continues to escalate. Political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to Nour Haydar about what Anthony Albanese’s speech tells us about how our lives could be affected by the war in coming months

Duration:00:18:54