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After the first sitting of Morrison’s joint party room, we have a clearer understanding of what the next parliament will be like. It’s one in which both the prime minister and the Opposition leader are already campaigning for the next election. Paul Bongiorno on the week just gone and the 10 seats Scott Morrison wants to win. Guest: The Saturday Paper columnist Paul Bongiorno. Background reading:...

After years of negotiation, the Uluru Statement from the Heart represents the clearest ever consensus for recognition of Indigenous Australians in our politics. It was rejected by government, but there is now money in the budget for a referendum. Stephen Fitzpatrick on what is next for the Uluru statement. Guest: Journalist and former Indigenous affairs editor at The Australian Stephen Fitzpatrick...

Sprent Dabwido is a former president of Nauru who signed the deal with Australia to establish a detention centre there. Days before he died, he told Martin McKenzie-Murray about his regrets and the ways in which that deal has destroyed democracy on the island. Guest: Chief correspondent for The Saturday Paper Martin McKenzie-Murray. Background reading:  Nauru on the edge in  The Saturday Paper The...

The ParentsNext welfare program was designed to help disadvantaged parents back into work. In practice, it has been onerous and unforgiving for the mostly single women who have been forced onto it. Clementine Ford reports on the mothers’ resistance that is trying to change the program.  Guest: Writer and author Clementine Ford. Background reading: ParentsNext program not helping single and sole mo...

Scott Morrison’s surprise win last weekend was the status quo election no one saw coming. The vote was actually a repeat of 2010, and the country has been stuck on that divide ever since. George Megalogenis on how Australia was fractured and what to do next. Guest: Author and journalist George Megalogenis. Background reading: The shock of the new normal in  The Monthly The Saturday Paper The Month...

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