Insiders

It’s something of a spring election season; Canberra voters go to the polls this weekend, while Queenslanders will cast their votes in a little over a week.  Federal politicians are watching closely for any indicators of the electoral mood.Queensland will be a key state in next year’s federal election and the state poll will be telling. Labor has been in power for nearly a decade and the relatively new Premier Steven Miles is seeking the ALP's fourth term in office. But all signs point to a defeat for Labor and Opposition Leader David Crisafulli leading the LNP back into government.Melissa Clarke, filling in for David Speers, speaks to Kos Samaras and Tony Barry from Redbridge Group about the mood in the electorate. 

Two anniversaries. Neither of them politically easy for the government. The past week has been dominated by a bitter divide over how to mark the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Monday marks 12 months since the Voice referendum.David Speers is joined by Mark Kenny, James Massola and Carly Williams.Our guest is the Shadow Home Affairs Minister James Paterson.

One year on, there’s still debate about why Australians voted no in the Voice to Parliament referendum. There's even bigger debate about the path forward from here.David Speers speaks to Megan Davis, a co-author of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and one of those who was heavily involved in the Voice campaign about what this anniversary means and where Indigenous Australians go now.

Fatima Payman's new political party may not be troubling Labor, but it still has plenty of other headaches to worry about.

Tomorrow marks 12 months since the brutal Hamas attack on Israel. A year on – the Middle East conflict is only escalating, after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel this week. Social tension in Australia is only rising, and the political divide has dramatically widened. The Prime Minister and Opposition Leader have both condemned protests on the anniversary of October 7. But that's about all they agree on.David Speers is joined by Niki Savva, Phil Coorey and Katina Curtis.Our guest is the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles.

The flag of the listed terrorist organisation Hezbollah – and whether it should be against the law to fly it in Australia – has become the latest flashpoint in the domestic debate over the worsening conflict in the middle east.

Within the broad areas of agreement between Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton lies an intensifying blame game over who's endangering national security here in Australia.

Israel kills the long-serving leader of Hezbollah – flattening buildings in southern Beirut and dramatically escalating its campaign against the terrorist group.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced an update of his nuclear doctrine, lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons.They could now be deployed – Putin says – if a nuclear-armed nation supports Ukraine in the use of long-range missiles against Russia.The west has been weighing whether to give Ukraine long-range missiles that can reach deep into Russia. Putin’s clear warning to the west is that this could trigger nuclear war.David Speers speaks to Ukraine’s Ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroschnychenko about whether the conflict is at a tipping point.

Negative gearing and capital gains tax rules have sat in Labor's bottom drawer since the party's bruising 2019 election defeat.