The ABC's politics podcast, Politics Now, dives into the biggest political stories in Australia and around the world, giving you a balanced look inside the strategies and decisions behind the headlines. Whenever major news breaks, we'll be in your feed with coverage you can trust.
From Monday to Wednesday, Patricia Karvelas will chat to a rotating cast of the ABC's biggest political journalists about the latest news.
On Thursdays, 'The Party Room' with Patricia Karvelas and Fran Kelly will discuss the week's developments in depth with another journalist, and answer your questions.
On Saturdays, David Speers gets into the details of a major trend or issue with the help of an expert on 'Insiders On Background'.
853 - Labor's populism pushback
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The ABC's politics podcast, Politics Now, dives into the biggest political stories in Australia and around the world, giving you a balanced look inside the strategies and decisions behind the headlines. Whenever major news breaks, we'll be in your feed with coverage you can trust.
From Monday to Wednesday, Patricia Karvelas will chat to a rotating cast of the ABC's biggest political journalists about the latest news.
On Thursdays, 'The Party Room' with Patricia Karvelas and Fran Kelly will discuss the week's developments in depth with another journalist, and answer your questions.
On Saturdays, David Speers gets into the details of a major trend or issue with the help of an expert on 'Insiders On Background'.
Episodes
853-
Labor's populism pushback
Listened
Mon, 08 Jun 2026
852-
Lachlan Harris warns Labor's budget isolates voters amid One Nation rise | Insiders on Background
Listened
Sat, 06 Jun 2026
851-
One Nation is surging. Why aren't the Greens?
Listened
Fri, 05 Jun 2026
850-
Trump's tariffs and AUKUS awkwardness
Listened
Thu, 04 Jun 2026
849-
Why Labor won't sink AUKUS
Listened
Wed, 03 Jun 2026
848-
AUKUS goes off 'like a frog in a sock'
Listened
Tue, 02 Jun 2026
847-
Could Pauline Hanson become PM?
Listened
Mon, 01 Jun 2026
846-
Father of Inland Rail says 'this thing is on and unstoppable' | Insiders on Background
Listened
Sat, 30 May 2026
845-
Budget bills, 'wedgies' and a teal party
Listened
Thu, 28 May 2026
844-
Political wedges and a welfare shake-up
Listened
Wed, 27 May 2026
843-
Albanese stares down tax push back
Listened
Tue, 26 May 2026
842-
A new 'teal' party?
Listened
Mon, 25 May 2026
841-
Tech sector warns tax could "double" under CGT changes | Insiders on Background
Listened
Sat, 23 May 2026
840-
We answer your smart budget questions
Listened
Fri, 22 May 2026
839-
Bad budgets 'linger'. Will this one?
Listened
Thu, 21 May 2026
838-
Tim Wilson's 'call to arms' for Liberals
Listened
Wed, 20 May 2026
837-
A 'vibe check' on capital gains tax
Listened
Tue, 19 May 2026
836-
Is the post-budget bounce dead?
Listened
Mon, 18 May 2026
835-
How will negative gearing and CGT changes shift the property market? | Insiders
Listened
Sat, 16 May 2026
834-
Taylor swings big on tax. Will it pay-off?
Listened
Fri, 15 May 2026
833-
Battle of the budgets begins
Listened
Thu, 14 May 2026
832-
Did Labor's 'reform budget' deliver?
Listened
Tue, 12 May 2026
831-
Will Labor's budget 'pull up the ladder'?
Listened
Tue, 12 May 2026
830-
Where One Nation will target next
Listened
Mon, 11 May 2026
829-
Farrer by-election: The issues that will determine who wins | Insiders
Listened
Sat, 09 May 2026
828-
Will the budget annoy 'rich boomers'?
Listened
Fri, 08 May 2026
827-
Did we invent podcasting?
Listened
Thu, 07 May 2026
826-
It's all about 'sovereign capability'
Listened
Wed, 06 May 2026
825-
Should politicians be 'radically honest'?
Listened
Tue, 05 May 2026
824-
Australia-Japan: friends with benefits?
Listened
Mon, 04 May 2026
823-
How productivity can save the Australian economy | Insiders
Listened
Sat, 02 May 2026
822-
Jim Chalmers is running up that inflation hill
Listened
Thu, 30 Apr 2026
821-
Pauline's 'sexy' plane and big money politics
Listened
Wed, 29 Apr 2026
820-
Did Sylvester Stallone snub Canberra?
Listened
Tue, 28 Apr 2026
819-
The Trump 'ick factor' in Australia
Listened
Mon, 27 Apr 2026
818-
John Bolton: One of Trump's 'problems is he doesn't know what he wants' | Insiders
Listened
Sat, 25 Apr 2026
817-
Casey Briggs answers your election questions
Listened
Fri, 24 Apr 2026
816-
Albanese swings big on NDIS reforms
Listened
Thu, 23 Apr 2026
815-
The political price of NDIS savings
Listened
Wed, 22 Apr 2026
814-
The gas tax squeeze
Listened
Tue, 21 Apr 2026
813-
Is Trump taking the shine off One Nation?
Listened
Mon, 20 Apr 2026
812-
‘We can't do without them’: Kim Beazley on support for the US alliance slipping | Insiders On Background
Listened
Sat, 18 Apr 2026
811-
A world full of predators
Listened
Thu, 16 Apr 2026
810-
It's all a bit 'grim' for Jim
Listened
Wed, 15 Apr 2026
809-
Taylor tries to 'out-One Nation' on immigration
Listened
Tue, 14 Apr 2026
808-
Will Albanese's 'petro-diplomacy' work?
Listened
Mon, 13 Apr 2026
807-
Israel 'assumed' Iran would not disrupt the global supply chains | Insiders On Background