Australia as the 2022 election nears: is there a mood for change?

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Guardian Essential report: Australians don’t want the war on Iran – Australian politics podcast

After Australia became one of the first countries to back the US’s war on Iran, this month’s poll shows voters are questioning Canberra’s relationship with the US and an increasingly unpredictable Donald Trump. Political reporter Josh Butler and the Essential Media executive dire ...  Show more

Andrew Hastie on Trump’s 'overconfident' Iran war and resurrecting the Liberals

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. Political editor Tom McIlroy speaks ...  Show more

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