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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

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

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

David Smith speaks with Reged Ahmad about how the Iran war is testing Donald Trump’s ability to bend the world to his will

Facing pressure over mounting petrol prices, the prime minister called an emergency meeting of the national cabinet on Monday to come up with a plan for the fuel shortage crisis. And despite previously saying there would be no cut to the fuel excise, that is exactly what Anthony Albanese has done, starting from today. Political reporter and chief-of-staff Josh Butler speaks to Reged Ahmad about whether this will bring down fuel prices and what restrictions and measures consumers could face if the crisis continues.

As thousands of US soldiers and marines arrive in the Middle East, Iran is accusing Washington of privately plotting a ground assault while publicly touting ceasefire talks. Donald Trump threatened to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy infrastructure, said his ‘preference would be to take the oil’ in Iran and that US forces could seize the regime’s export hub on Kharg Island, while also claiming he was in talks with a new ‘reasonable regime’. Meanwhile, Yemen’s Houthi forces have also entered the conflict, bringing the threat of further damage to the global economy.Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian columnist and host of Politics Weekly America, Jonathan Freedland

Fugitive Dezi Freeman, the man allegedly responsible for the shooting deaths of two officers at Porepunkah, has been killed after a seven-month manhunt in rural Victoria. Reged Ahmad speaks to justice and courts reporter Nino Bucci

When the new Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, addressed the media earlier this month, he shared a vision of a ‘hyper’ Australia with ‘more Australian babies’. The statement attracted headlines, but it’s not the first time a politician has let it be known they want people to get busy in bed. Political reporter Krishani Dhanji speaks to Reged Ahmad about why governments around the world are pushing for more babies, and whether the policies even work

Journalist Shadi Khan Saif grew up and lived in Afghanistan for most of his adult life – until it was no longer safe for him to do so. This week, against the backdrop of Trump’s war on Iran and increasing instability in the Middle East, he speaks with host Reged Ahmad and questions if the choices that face civilians in wartime are nothing but an illusion

Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry go for a deep dive into the South Australian election outcome and what it means for federal politics. They examine what the results tell us about preferences and why the Liberals should be cautious when placing One Nation second on the ballot. They also discuss whether Anthony Albanese has any appetite for tax reform in the upcoming budget, whether the fuel crisis could take a turn for the worst against Labor, and why Andrew Hastie is such a dangerous political opponent

More than four weeks into the war, Donald Trump says peace talks with Iran are going well, but Iran denies any negotiations are taking place. Reged Ahmad speaks with global affairs correspondent Andrew Roth about what we know about what’s on the table between the two warring nations, and why it is hard to believe Trump wants the war to end

This week, as fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran continues, the fuel crisis hit Australian hip pockets harder than ever before. Meanwhile the Liberal party faces its own existential reckoning: voters moving further right towards One Nation. In this replay of the Guardian’s Australian Politics podcast, political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to the shadow minister for industry and sovereign capability, Andrew Hastie, about Australia’s response to the global fuel shock, why he thinks we need to reindustrialise and his vision for the Liberal party’s response to One Nation

As Israeli strikes have intensified in Lebanon reporter William Christou has been travelling around the country witnessing the destruction in some of the hardest hit places. In just three weeks more than 1,000 people have been killed, including 121 children. And as the military bombs vital bridges Israeli leaders have made no secret of their plan to occupy large parts of southern Lebanon. He speaks to Nour Haydar.

Australia is facing skyrocketing oil prices and demand, as supply is blocked at the strait of Hormuz amid the US and Israel’s war on Iran. With only 30 days of supply onshore, the International Energy Agency says this crunch is worse than the fuel crisis Australia faced in 1979. Business editor Jonathan Barrett and political editor Tom McIlroy join Reged Ahmad to discuss the scale of the economic pain to come, and whether the government will use this moment as an opportunity for bold reform

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation surged ahead of the Liberal party and secured seats in both sides of the South Australian parliament in the recent state election. It’s the first time the rightwing anti-immigration party has won a lower house seat outside Queensland, leaving many asking whether the fringe party has gone mainstream and whether the weekend’s election result will be replicated in other states. Tory Shepherd and Dan Jervis-Bardy talk to Nour Haydar about whether the SA result will lead to more culture wars and anti-migrant rhetoric nationally

Lucia Osborne-Crowley on what we should learn from Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes

In 2019, a white supremacist murdered 51 worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch in what was New Zealand’s worst mass shooting. On the seventh anniversary of the terror attack, New Zealanders gathered once again to commemorate the tragedy. But in Australia, some say we have yet to reckon with the massacre which was perpetrated by a man raised and radicalised in Australia. Imam Alaa Elzokm and investigations reporter Ariel Bogle speak to Reged Ahmad about why Australia struggles to confront its connection to the massacre and what could be done to confront Islamophobia

The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to raise interest rates once again amid surging costs of living and the war on Iran. Independent economist Nicki Hutley says perhaps it’s time the RBA takes its own advice

On the evening of 29 December 2011, police officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a security guard at a Chicago minimart when two men walked in. They shot him several times, then took off with his gun and police star. A week later, police had their suspects: four men affiliated with a gang called the Spanish Cobras. For hours, under intense police questioning, they all said they didn’t do it. But that didn’t seem to matter. This is episode one of Off Duty, an investigation by the Guardian’s Melissa Segura

Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine the fuel crisis and whether the Australian public will blame the Albanese government for the growing economic fallout from Trump’s war on Iran. They also discuss Liberal MP Andrew Hastie’s criticism of – and distancing from – the US president, the RBA’s raising of the cash rate and why the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, is ‘opening the door’ for a recession