Episodes

Tuesday Apr 14, 2015
Ian Macfarlane
Tuesday Apr 14, 2015
Tuesday Apr 14, 2015
Ian Macfarlane is the Industry and Resources Minister and he talks to Michelle about the Renewable Energy Target, nuclear power, the energy white paper, fossil fuel and more.
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Thursday Apr 09, 2015
Sam Dastyari
Thursday Apr 09, 2015
Thursday Apr 09, 2015
Sam Dastyari is a former New South Wales ALP state secretary and is now a Labor Senator from that state. Currently he is chairing the Senate Inquiry into Corporate Tax Avoidance. He talks to Michelle about tax avoidance, the Labor national conference and gay marriage.
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Thursday Apr 02, 2015
Chris Richardson
Thursday Apr 02, 2015
Thursday Apr 02, 2015
Chris Richardson from Deloitte Access Economics talks with Michelle about the re:think tax paper, the GST, whether the government can go into an election with major tax reform on the horizon and much more.

Wednesday Mar 25, 2015
Richard Marles
Wednesday Mar 25, 2015
Wednesday Mar 25, 2015
Shadow spokesman for immigration Richard Marles talks to Michelle about the Moss Report, offshore detention centres, turning boats back and much more.

Wednesday Mar 18, 2015
Darren Chester
Wednesday Mar 18, 2015
Wednesday Mar 18, 2015
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Darren Chester talks to Michelle about The Nationals, the place for ordinary people in politics, coal seam gas and much more.

Thursday Mar 05, 2015
Intergenerational Report Special
Thursday Mar 05, 2015
Thursday Mar 05, 2015
Michelle Grattan talks to economic commentator Tim Colebatch about the Intergenerational Report.

Wednesday Mar 04, 2015
Jason Clare
Wednesday Mar 04, 2015
Wednesday Mar 04, 2015
Shadow Communications spokesman Jason Clare talks to Michelle about the controversial metadata legislation, reforms to Australia Post and much more.

Friday Feb 27, 2015
Mike Baird
Friday Feb 27, 2015
Friday Feb 27, 2015
New South Wales Premier Mike Baird is facing an election campaign, he talks to Michelle about privatisation, Tony Abbott's leadership, if federal issues will encroach on the NSW campaign and more.

Tuesday Feb 24, 2015
Cathy McGowan
Tuesday Feb 24, 2015
Tuesday Feb 24, 2015
Michelle talks to the independent member for Indi Cathy McGowan about voter disillusionment with politics, community engagement, technology issues facing rural Australia and the upcoming federal budget.

Monday Feb 16, 2015
Brian Schmidt
Monday Feb 16, 2015
Monday Feb 16, 2015
Brian Schmidt is an astronomer, Nobel laureate and a council member of the Australian Academy of Science. He talks to Michelle about climate change, a new publication by the academy aimed at clearing up confusion about climate science and the policy process around the issue.