Australian Politics

The prime minister tells political editor Tom McIlroy the ex-prince has had an extraordinary fall from grace. He also hits back at Pauline Hanson’s comments about Muslim Australians and discusses what could happen to the Islamic State families trying to return to Australia

Protesters around Australia, including Nick McKim and other Greens MPs, gathered to express opposition to the visit of the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, this week. The Greens senator tells political editor Tom McIlroy that the confronting scenes of police aggression towards protesters in Sydney was a “massive overreach”.

Guardian Australia’s political editor, Tom McIlroy, speaks to the economics editor, Patrick Commins, and Lea Jurkovic, the economics correspondent at the Australian Financial Review, about the indicators that informed the central bank’s decision to raise the cash rate this week

The messy fallout of the Coalition’s breakup continues this week with Sussan Ley and David Littleproud attempting to weather criticisms of their leadership after the Bondi terror attack. LNP moderate Andrew Wallace speaks to political editor Tom McIlroy about his support for Sussan Ley, and describes her as ‘principled’ and ‘tough’ under very difficult circumstances

Political reporter Josh Butler speaks to Essential Media director Peter Lewis about the rapid rise in support for One Nation and why the party has disrupted the traditional two-horse race in Australian politics