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In an eventful start to parliament for 2026, MPs came together with condolences for the victims of the Bondi terror attack and passed hurried reforms on guns and hate speech. And then, on the national day of mourning on Thursday, the Coalition split for the second time and Sussan Ley's leadership is now all but over. Guardian Australia political editor, Tom McIlroy, speaks to the independent MP for Wentworth, Allegra Spender, whose electorate includes Bondi, about why she thinks politics can often stand in the way of community safety. She also discusses her concerns that migrants could become a political target during this time of fear and grief

It was the bill that the prime minister hoped would bring people together, but instead, Labor's hate speech legislation and the Liberal party's decision to endorse it, has torn the Coalition apart. The entire Nationals front bench has quit Sussan Ley's shadow cabinet leaving the Coalition to come to terms with its second split in less than a year. Political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to Reged Ahmad about how this happened and whether Sussan Ley can hold on to the leadership

In just 48 hours, four people were attacked by sharks in New South Wales. In response, nearly thirty beaches have been closed and authorities are warning swimmers to avoid waterways after heavy storms. Nour Haydar speaks to associate professor Christopher Pepin-Neff about the ‘perfect storm' of environmental factors that has attracted sharks and what we all need to know before entering the water

It has been three years since ChatGPT first launched, and according to OpenAI, the American artificial intelligence company that runs the chatbot, 40 million people ask it healthcare-related questions every day. Now the company has launched a new health feature in Australia that allows the platform to “securely connect medical records and wellness apps” to generate responses “more relevant and useful to you”. Medical editor Melissa Davey speaks to Nour Haydar about how it works and whether AI is changing healthcare as we know it

Conceding that his hate speech and gun law omnibus bill was friendless and unable to pass parliament, Anthony Albanese announced over the weekend that he would split the legislation in two. It was a move the PM said he needed to make if he wanted to get his post-Bondi reforms through. As parliament returns for a special sitting, political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to Reged Ahmad about whether the prime minister can get his reforms over the line and why the Coalition is being accused of hypocrisy

A week after the Adelaide festival disinvited Palestinian Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah from its writers' week, organisers have issued a complete and unreserved apology. The South Australian event collapsed after the author was dropped from its line-up and more than 180 writers pulled out. Now, with a new board, the organisers have apologised for the harm caused and invited Abdel-Fattah to speak in 2027. Dr Abdel-Fattah spoke to Nour Haydar about why she is considering defamation action against the South Australian premier and what this moment represents

Colonial pastoralist Major Logue is a figure of note in the city of Geraldton, Western Australia. But his diaries, written partly in code, reveal a dark and confronting chapter of Australia's past – a history that Yamatji people already know all too well. Descendants of some perpetrator families are now challenging what they call “colonial silence”. For them, truth-telling is real, personal and local. There are no guidelines or rulebooks, and it can lead to denial and indifference – but it can also be a liberation. In this two-part special Full Story, Guardian Australia's Indigenous affairs reporter Sarah Collard and Lorena Allam from UTS's Jumbunna Institute discuss decoding the truth behind Logue's diaries, and how descendants of colonial violence are coming together to heal from the horrors of the past Warning: This episode contains historical records that use racist and offensive language, and descriptions of events that will be distressing to some

At 13 years old, a young Gina Rinehart read a book that would help shape her world view – Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. The novel's capitalist underpinnings promote the idea that people should strive to be their best industrial selves. In this episode, we explore how these values are playing out in Rinehart's life today, including her proposal to build a coalmine in Canada's Rocky Mountains. And we hear how author and environmental campaigner Tim Winton views her efforts to prevent an overhaul of Australia's environmental laws

Gina Rinehart's father, Lang Hancock, is well known as a pioneer of the iron ore industry in Australia but few realise he started his mining career on a smaller scale and digging for a different substance – blue asbestos. Hancock and his partner started the mining operation at Wittenoom in the 1940s before selling it to another company, CSR, which mined the area for 20 more years. Wittenoom has become synonymous with an immense tragedy that unfolded upon thousands of the people who lived and worked there due to exposure to asbestos fibres. In this episode of Gina, we interrogate some of the stories her family chooses to celebrate – and others they don't

In the last episode, we covered historical claims made over the years that Lang Hancock, Gina's father, had two unacknowledged daughters with separate Indigenous women. Since then, the daughter of Sella Robinson, one of the Indigenous women who claimed to be Hancock's daughter, has decided to speak publicly for the first time

Twenty years ago, John Hancock had dinner with his mother, Gina Rinehart. He says it's the last positive interaction he had with her. In an in-depth interview, he explains how his relationship with his mother fell apart and discusses a high-stakes legal case that could threaten the foundations of her empire

Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Barney Ronay and Ali Martin to discuss Australia's victory in the Adelaide Test, which has helped them retain the Ashes – and has left England with a lot of questions about how it all went so wrong

Gina Rinehart has been Australia's richest person for the past six years in a row. But where does her money come from? In the third episode of Gina, we unpack the bitter rivalries, court battles and family conflicts behind the Hancock fortune – and consider a fundamental question: is Rinehart a mining heiress or is she a self-made mining magnate? We then look at her crowning achievement to date in her time at the helm of Hancock Prospecting – owning and operating her own iron mine at Roy Hill, something her father was never able to do

How does Gina Rinehart, like her father before her, use wealth and power to influence politics? Rinehart's first major foray into the political spotlight was successfully lobbying against Labor's mining super profit tax during the early 2010s. But what did she learn from Lang Hancock, who campaigned to overturn the iron ore export embargo in the 1950s, setting the foundation for their family fortune?

Gina Rinehart is Australia's richest person – and as her wealth continues to rise, so does her power and influence. But what does she want? In the first episode of Gina, senior correspondent Sarah Martin explores the impact Rinehart could have on Australian politics. Rinehart grew up in the vast expanse of the Pilbara. To understand her story, we delve into her past and how her unique childhood under the influence of Lang Hancock shaped her

As the Jewish community continues to grieve after the Bondi beach terror attack, attention also turns to how another act of violent hate can be stopped from happening again. That includes a focus on antisemitism and a change to our gun laws. Investigations reporter Ariel Bogle and political editor Tom McIlroy speak to Reged Ahmad about the data showing Sydney has a ‘frightening concentration' of gun ownership and why the pressure is on the prime minister to do more to make the Jewish community feel safe

Australia suffered one of the deadliest massacres in its modern history on Sunday when two gunmen opened fire on a Jewish celebration at Bondi beach in Sydney. At least 16 people died, including one of the alleged gunmen, with more than 40 wounded. The victims include a 10-year-old child, a Holocaust survivor and a London-born rabbi. The alleged gunmen behind the attack are a father and son, who are suspected of using legally obtained firearms to commit the massacre. One of the suspects, Naveed Akram, 24, was known to New South Wales police and security agencies. The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is facing questions about gun law reform and security failings as the country reels from the attack. Lucy Hough talks to the Guardian Australia senior reporter Ben Doherty – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

It's been more than 24 hours since two gunmen fired into crowds at Bondi beach, and a clearer picture is emerging. Senior reporter Ben Doherty speaks to Reged Ahmad about what we now know about the alleged gunmen, the grief and fear expressed by the Jewish community and the prime minister's promise to examine Australia's gun laws

Bongani Bingwa is joined by Adam Gilchrist to unpack three major international stories making headlines, starting with a violent attack at Australia’s Bondi Beach where two gunmen targeted a Jewish festival, raising serious security concerns. The discussion then turns to Germany, where authorities have arrested five suspects accused of plotting a large-scale attack, highlighting ongoing threats facing Europe. The segment wraps up with a lighter but contentious story as football star Lionel Messi’s visit to Kolkata sparks anger and backlash in India, with fans and organisers voicing frustration over what has been described as a chaotic and disappointing tour. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/36edSLV or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/zEcM35T Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bongani Bingwa is joined by Adam Gilchrist to unpack three major international stories making headlines, starting with a violent attack at Australia’s Bondi Beach where two gunmen targeted a Jewish festival, raising serious security concerns. The discussion then turns to Germany, where authorities have arrested five suspects accused of plotting a large-scale attack, highlighting ongoing threats facing Europe. The segment wraps up with a lighter but contentious story as football star Lionel Messi’s visit to Kolkata sparks anger and backlash in India, with fans and organisers voicing frustration over what has been described as a chaotic and disappointing tour. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/36edSLV or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/zEcM35T Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What lessons from 2025 can Labor and the Coalition take into their summer break? After a landslide election win, will Albanese maintain his lead in the polls and use the momentum to achieve ambitious reform? And can the Liberals come back into public favour? Niki Savva, award-winning author of Earthquake: The Election that Shook Australia, joins Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry in this bumper final episode for 2025. The Barries will return to your feed in February 2026

Former pilot Greg Lynn has had his conviction for murdering an elderly camper in the Victorian high country overturned in a stunning decision made by Victoria's highest court. Justice and courts reporter, Nino Bucci, speaks to Reged Ahmad about why Lynn's conviction was overturned and what happened inside the courtroom when the decision was handed down

Today in Focus talks to three teenagers, and technology reporter Josh Taylor, about Australia's world-first legislation: a social media ban for under-16s. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Today more than a million teenagers will wake up to find they have been locked out of social media sites such as Instagram and TikTok as Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s comes into force. Guardian Australia technology reporter Josh Taylor speaks to Julie Inman Grant about how she plans to enforce the move, why it could fail and how taking on the tech giants has come at a personal cost

At an anti-immigration rally in Sydney late last month, pamphlets for a new populist political venture were being handed out to the crowd bearing the name and the colours of Nigel Farage's Reform UK party. So who is behind the group calling themselves Reform Australia, and what does its digital footprint reveal? Nour Haydar speaks with investigations reporter Ariel Bogle and political reporter Sarah Basford Canales on the rightwing group seeking to recruit at rallies

Gus Lamont went missing in the Australian outback on 27 September. Despite one of the largest and most intensive searches for a missing person in South Australia, no trace has been found of the four-year-old. Senior reporter Tory Shepherd speaks to Reged Ahmad about how the child has seemingly vanished and left only questions about what could have happened

This week Labor committed additional military support for Ukraine in its war against Russia as part of a Nato-led initiative. The government also announced new sanctions on Russia's so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers, which are a source of revenue for Moscow. Amid these announcements and in the last week of Senate estimates, foreign affairs minister Penny Wong speaks to political editor Tom McIlroy about a tumultuous year in international affairs. The senator reflects on attending the second inauguration of Donald Trump and her continued close engagement with Australia's Pacific neighbours – in an increasingly unpredictable world order

Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry are back and there's a lot that's happened since they last sat down together. In this week's episode they examine the Liberals' abandonment of net zero emissions, whether Barnaby Joyce could help or hinder support for One Nation and why the Liberal party needs to start courting young people if it is to survive

Larissa Waters has been at the helm of the Greens since the federal election saw former leader Adam Bandt unexpectedly lose his seat. Last week, her party secured a deal with Labor to pass new environment laws – a deal her predecessor didn't deliver. The senator talks to Reged Ahmad about what it was like taking over after the dramatic election loss earlier this year and why she compromised to get the reforms over the line.

More than 250 languages were spoken across Australia before British colonisation. Now only half are still in use as a result of policies that suppressed and prevented First Nations people from speaking their mother tongues. Indigenous affairs reporter Ella Archibald-Binge travels to two communities including her country to hear from elders, teachers and students about efforts to revive native languages and close the education gap

Ever since she was elected opposition leader, Sussan Ley has faced strong criticism from within her party and across the parliament. Some commentators even predicted she'd be out of the job already. But she has made it to the last sitting week of parliament for the year. On the other side of the aisle, the Albanese government managed to meet their own deadline to legislate changes to outdated nature laws – by settling on a deal with the Greens. Political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to Ley about her disappointment over the long-awaited reforms, Barnaby Joyce resigning from the Nationals and why she thinks ‘it's never been about me'

Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Ali Martin and Jim Wallace to discuss Australia's humbling defeat of England in the first Test in Perth that ended three days early

New figures released over the weekend show the cost of the Bureau of Meteorology's website redesign has ballooned to $96.5m. Technology reporter Josh Taylor tells Nour Haydar how this happened, how it compares with other website redesigns and why the environment minister is asking for an explanation

A Queensland coroner has found that the three members of the Train family behind the 2022 Wieambilla shootings were not terrorists, but instead killed two police officers and a neighbour due to their shared ‘persecutory' delusions. Queensland state reporter Andrew Messenger speaks to Reged Ahmad about the coroner's findings into what happened that day and whether anything could have been done to prevent it

Author and columnist Sean Kelly says despite Labor's overwhelming majority and an opposition largely consumed by its own infighting, there are signs that Anthony Albanese's government will waste the opportunity handed to them by the Australian people. Kelly talks to Guardian Australia political editor Tom McIlroy about his new Quarterly essay, which examines the Labor party's move away from idealism towards pragmatism. And the former Rudd and Gillard staffer argues that while Albanese's caution has won him two elections, it could also become the prime minister's greatest weakness

Author and columnist Sean Kelly says despite Labor's overwhelming majority and an opposition largely consumed by its own infighting, there are signs that Anthony Albanese's government will waste the opportunity handed to them by the Australian people. Kelly talks to Guardian Australia political editor Tom McIlroy about his new Quarterly essay, which examines the Labor party's move away from idealism towards pragmatism. And the former Rudd and Gillard staffer argues that while Albanese's caution has won him two elections, it could also become the prime minister's greatest weakness

In conversation with political editor Tom McIlroy, deputy leader of the Greens Mehreen Faruqi says a neo-Nazi rally in front of NSW parliament this month caused fear for many Australians – and the federal government is yet to respond to recommendations for a national framework for anti-racism. And with both houses of parliament returning for their last sitting week for the year, Faruqi says a possible decision by Labor to team up with the Coalition – rather than the Greens – to pass nature law reforms next week would lack credibility, especially when the opposition has now decided to ditch a commitment to net zero emissions by 2050

Australia exports more arms and ammunition to the United Arab Emirates than it does to any other country in the world. And just this week Team Defence Australia holds a prime slice of real estate at a weapons fair in Dubai. But human rights advocates are calling on the government to suspend defence exports to the country over reports it's arming a militia responsible for mass killings in Sudan. Senior reporters Ben Doherty and Henry Belot tell Nour Haydar about Australia's growing role in the global weapons trade.

Ben Smee, Guardian Australia's Queensland correspondent, has been reporting on the national crisis of domestic and family violence, as well as the culture and attitudes inside the Queensland police, for years. In the final episode of this special Full Story investigation, Broken trust looks at how police are failing to learn from their own mistakes. Guardian Australia can reveal allegations from a former senior Queensland detective who has accused police of covering up their own failures in cases in which vulnerable women died after seeking police protection, and alleges she was ordered to ‘protect the organisation's reputation at all costs'

It took nearly five hours, but Liberal MPs emerged from today's party meeting with a decision on whether to drop net zero. And while leader Sussan Ley is holding off until tomorrow to announce the final outcome, senior Liberal sources say 28 speakers wanted to jettison the 2050 target entirely, 17 expressed a desire to retain it in some form, while four were on the fence. Chief political reporter Dan Jervis Bardy tells Nour Haydar what happened inside the meeting, what tomorrow's outcome means for the future of the Coalition, and whether Sussan Ley's leadership is on the line

Over the weekend, a neo-Nazi rally overtly targeting Jewish people took place in front of New South Wales parliament. Reporter Jordyn Beazley speaks to Reged Ahmad about why NSW police allowed the protest to take place and if it can be stopped from happening again

In a month's time, the Albanese government's under-16s social media ban will come into effect. But popular gaming platform Roblox, where children are exposed to inappropriate or violent content and grooming, is not covered under the ban. Senior correspondent Sarah Martin joins Nour Haydar to talk about her chilling experience posing as an eight-year-old girl on the popular online platform.

The Queensland health minister has issued a new order banning the prescription of puberty blockers for transgender patients, just hours after the state's supreme court ruled the government's first attempt was unlawful. It is now the only state to have banned gender-affirming care for transgender children. But parents say they are not backing away from the fight. Reged Ahmad speaks with Queensland correspondent Ben Smee and state reporter Andrew Messenger about whether Queensland's ban on puberty blockers is ideologically driven You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport

Speaking at Cop30 in Brazil, the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, said the ‘consensus is gone' on tackling the climate crisis. It's an apt assessment because this week Australia's two major political parties have had very different commitments when it comes to climate action. The minister for climate change and energy, Chris Bowen, speaks to Guardian Australia's political editor, Tom McIlroy, about Labor's a free solar power scheme for some homes and the Coalition's continued infighting on emissions targets

Gina Rinehart's father, Lang Hancock, is well known as a pioneer of Australia's iron ore industry but few realise Hancock started his mining career on a smaller scale and digging for a different substance – blue asbestos. Hancock and his partner started the mining operation at Wittenoom in the 1940s before selling it to CSR, which mined the area for 20 more years. Wittenoom has become synonymous with the tragedy that unfolded for the thousands who lived and worked there after exposure to asbestos fibres. In this episode of Gina, we interrogate some of the stories her family chooses to celebrate – and others they don't

Gina Rinehart tops Australia's rich list, worth almost $40bn. She's also a climate sceptic, a Trumpette and a litigant – even against her own kids. Her life reads like a script from the TV series Succession. Senior correspondent Sarah Martin has spoken to her critics and her defenders to try and understand who Gina Rinehart really is. In this episode, Martin starts with her childhood, and the enormous influence of her father, Lang Hancock

How does Gina Rinehart, like her father before her, use wealth and power to influence Australian politics? Rinehart's first major foray into the political spotlight was successfully lobbying against Labor's mining super-profit tax in the early 2010s. But what did she learn from her father, Lang Hancock, who campaigned to overturn the iron ore export embargo in the 1950s, setting the foundation for their family fortune?

We unpack the bitter rivalries, court battles and family conflicts behind the Hancock fortune, and consider a fundamental question: is Rinehart a mining heiress or is she a self-made mining magnate? We look at her crowning achievement to date in her time at the helm of Hancock Prospecting – owning and operating her own iron mine at Roy Hill, something her father was never able to do

Twenty years ago, John Hancock had dinner with his mother, Gina Rinehart. He says it's the last positive interaction he had with her. In an in-depth interview, he explains how his relationship with her fell apart and discusses a high-stakes legal case that could threaten the foundations of her empire

At 13, Gina Rinehart read a book that would help shape her worldview – Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. The novel's capitalist underpinnings promote the idea that people should strive to be their best industrial selves. In this episode, we explore how these values are playing out in Rinehart's life today, including her proposal to build a coalmine in Canada's Rocky Mountains. And we hear how author and environmental campaigner Tim Winton views her efforts to prevent an overhaul of Australia's environmental laws