Michelle Grattan, Chief Political Correspondent at The Conversation, talks politics with politicians and experts, from Capital Hill.
Episodes
Apr 14, 2015
Apr 14, 2015
18 min
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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Apr 9, 2015
Apr 9, 2015
25 min
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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Apr 2, 2015
Apr 2, 2015
24 min
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.
Mar 25, 2015
Mar 25, 2015
23 min
Shadow spokesman for immigration Richard Marles talks to Michelle about the Moss Report, offshore detention centres, turning boats back and much more.
Mar 18, 2015
Mar 18, 2015
24 min
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.
Mar 5, 2015
Mar 5, 2015
7 min
Michelle Grattan talks to economic commentator Tim Colebatch about the Intergenerational Report.
Mar 4, 2015
Mar 4, 2015
20 min
Shadow Communications spokesman Jason Clare talks to Michelle about the controversial metadata legislation, reforms to Australia Post and much more.
Feb 27, 2015
Feb 27, 2015
14 min
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.
Feb 24, 2015
Feb 24, 2015
21 min
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.
Feb 16, 2015
Feb 16, 2015
18 min
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.