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• David Shoebridge on his plan to beat One Nation & replace Labor

  October 1, 2026 · 34 min

  With a sharp, aggressive strategy, the Australian Greens’ newly elected leader vows to take on corporate power and bring a “red hot fight” to coal and gas approvals. But following a turbulent week and internal party room fractures, can…

• Guardian Essential report: what do Australians really think about immigration?

  October 1, 2026 · 25 min

  Immigration is the hot-button issue lighting up this month’s polling. Elsewhere, the Coalition have hit their equal-lowest ever primary vote, despite mounting scrutiny on Labor’s handing of the economy and inflation, and other dramas…

• Jim Chalmers on how Australia’s economy can survive in an uncertain world

  September 22, 2026 · 26 min

  On Monday, Jim Chalmers released Treasury’s economic forecast for the next 40 years – in the Albanese government’s second intergenerational report. The outlook shows major challenges on geopolitics, the AI transformation, and for the first…

• Tony Burke on Labor’s immigration shake-up

  September 18, 2026 · 19 min

  Home affairs minister Tony Burke delivered a speech at the National Press Club on Thursday, announcing immigration reforms to achieve Labor’s forecasts for net overseas migration. After being postponed at short notice six weeks ago…

• Sarah Hanson-Young on big tech’s ‘attack on democracy’

  September 11, 2026 · 28 min

  This week, the Albanese government released its draft digital duty of care legislation and announced reforms to allow social media users to opt out of algorithms. The Coalition has ruled out their support, so the Greens will be crucial to…

• Chanel Contos wants to fix our social media algorithms

  September 4, 2026 · 21 min

  Consent advocate Chanel Contos is leading a new campaign to push for social media companies to give Australians the choice to ‘opt in’ to the algorithms driving the infinite scroll. Following her speech at the National Press Club this…

• Guardian Essential report: does One Nation have a fix for social isolation?

  September 3, 2026 · 21 min

  One Nation has had another electoral win, having flipped the Labor seat of Secret Harbour in a Western Australian byelection on Saturday. So what does this signal for the upcoming contest at the Victorian state election? Guardian Australia…

• Who actually benefits from new datacentres in Australia?

  August 28, 2026 · 32 min

  National cabinet met on Wednesday to discuss the federal government’s plan for new AI datacentre development. Queensland and the Northern Territory have won a carve-out so that theirs can be powered by coal and gas – rather than…