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Every Sunday morning, the ABC's national political lead David Speers unpacks the major stories shaping Australia's future. Each episode includes a major interview with an Australian politician and an extensive discussion with a panel of the country's best journalists. This show will help you underst
14 Oct 2026 · 5 minNew
Delivering reform is proving more difficult by the day. Labor has to go back to the drawing board on its plan to remove the more generous private health insurance rebate for over-65s. That's a $3 billion savings measure up in the air.
10 Oct 2026 · 55 min
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor joins David Speers, with Katina Curtis, Peter Hartcher and Raf Epstein on the couch.
3 Oct 2026 · 56 min
Jim Chalmers has told David Speers the government will deliver billions in savings in the upcoming mid-year budget update.
26 Sep 2026 · 55 min
Anthony Albanese is calling for new measures to safeguard AI, but Donald Trump isn't interested.
19 Sep 2026 · 55 min
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joins David Speers from Silicon Valley, with Patricia Karvelas, Laura Tingle, Charles Croucher and James Massola on the couch.
13 Sep 2026 · 55 min
The debate on online harm and what government can do to better protect Australian's has dominated this sitting week in Parliament, but division remains on what is the best way to do so.
5 Sep 2026 · 55 min
Shadow Home Affairs Minister Jonno Duniam joins David Speers with Niki Savva, James Campbell and Karen Middleton on the couch.
2 Sep 2026 · 5 min
By speaking publicly about the threats she's facing, the One Nation leader has shone a light on a growing problem facing our democracy but pinning them on routine political rhetoric risks accusations of political point-scoring.
29 Aug 2026 · 55 min
Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek joins David Speers with Anna Henderson, Waleed Aly and Ashleigh Raper on the couch.
26 Aug 2026 · 5 min
As is so often the case in Australia, the politics came down to a fight over energy. Should the data centre boom be powered by renewables or fossil fuels?
22 Aug 2026 · 54 min
One Nation MP David Farley joins David Speers with Phil Coorey, Andrew Probyn and Clare Armstrong on the couch.
19 Aug 2026 · 5 min
Fights over immigration, superannuation, housing, tobacco excise and data centre rules will continue and intensify. But this was a week for cooperation.
15 Aug 2026
NDIS Minister Jenny McAllister joins David Speers with Lenore Taylor, Mark Kenny and Jane Norman on the couch.
12 Aug 2026 · 5 min
Behind the scenes, Angus Taylor and Anthony Albanese have been engaged in a rare level of cooperation this week but in public the opposition leader is using the melon saga to mount an all-out assault on the prime minister's character.
9 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
25 years of Insiders - it's been quite a journey! We look back at the 25 years of the show with some special guests, including founding host Barrie Cassidy.
5 Aug 2026 · 6 min
If stopping asylum seeker boats was the great immigration challenge in decades past, achieving a lower Net Overseas Migration (NOM) figure has become the new political test.
1 Aug 2026 · 54 min
Deputy Opposition Leader Jane Hume joins David Speers with James Campbell, Jacqueline Maley and Tom Crowley on the couch.
29 Jul 2026 · 6 min
After delivering a pre-election prediction that "the worst of the inflation challenge is behind us", only to see inflation then steadily rise, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is now more cautious.
25 Jul 2026 · 55 min
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joins David Speers with Ashleigh Raper, Rafael Epstein and Greg Brown on the couch.
18 Jul 2026 · 56 min
Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg joins Patricia Karvelas, with Annabel Crabb, Paul Sakkal and Katina Curtis on the couch.
11 Jul 2026 · 55 min
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy joins Patricia Karvelas with Jacob Greber, Sarah Martin and Andrew Probyn on the couch.
4 Jul 2026 · 55 min
Parliament has reached its winter break - so where does everyone stand?
1 Jul 2026 · 6 min
The slight recovery in Labor's polling shifts assumptions about what's in store for the remainder of this parliamentary term.
27 Jun 2026 · 56 min
Will Labor's broken budget promise haunt them all the way to the next election? And how does Opposition Leader, Angus Taylor recover from the mess he's made on multiculturalism?
21 Jun 2026 · 56 min
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed a phased end to the fuel excise discount, amid confusion over an end to the war in the Middle East.
14 Jun 2026 · 54 min
A shock Coalition resignation exposes deep cracks in the opposition, while Labor repositions itself to halt a surging One Nation.
10 Jun 2026 · 6 min
The Albanese government is paying an economic and political toll for an ongoing and deeply unpopular war.
6 Jun 2026 · 56 min
It is up to the Greens to decide whether they will pass tax changes or join the Coalition in an unlikely alliance. The minor party is also among those expressing AUKUS concerns.
30 May 2026 · 55 min
Tax changes, interest rate hikes, wars and volatility have created the perfect housing market storm. So will prices tumble and what will happen to supply?
27 May 2026 · 5 min
Within the government, there's quiet confidence the battery boom will continue to gather pace and help shield Australia from both global shocks and domestic demand surges, driving prices even lower.
Every Sunday morning, the ABC's national political lead David Speers unpacks the major stories shaping Australia's future. Each episode includes a major interview with an Australian politician and an extensive discussion with a panel of the country's best journalists. This show will help you underst
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