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Election Diary: Albanese promises 30% discount on household batteries in latest energy bill help

Election Diary: Albanese promises 30% discount on household batteries in latest energy bill help

Anthony Albanese offers homeowners a discount on solar batteries in latest cost-of-living election promise.

yesterday 20

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Election Diary: Albanese promises 30% discount on solar batteries, in latest energy bill help

Election Diary: Albanese promises 30% discount on solar batteries, in latest energy bill help

Anthony Albanese offers homeowners a discount on solar batteries in latest cost-of-living election promise.

yesterday 1

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Trying too hard for Trump deal may be wrong

Trying too hard for Trump deal may be wrong
previous day 3

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

Albanese and Dutton both say they will return the Port of Darwin to Australian hands

Albanese and Dutton both say they will return the Port of Darwin to Australian hands

The prime minister made the announcement after getting wind of the opposition’s planned announcement.

previous day 4

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Trying too hard for a special tariff deal with Trump could be the wrong way to go

Trying too hard for a special tariff deal with Trump could be the wrong way to go

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton both agree Australia should react to US President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff...

previous day 6

The Examiner

Michelle Grattan

Trying too hard for a special tariff deal with Trump could be the wrong way to go

Trying too hard for a special tariff deal with Trump could be the wrong way to go
previous day 7

Canberra Times

Michelle Grattan

Grattan on Friday: Trying too hard for a special tariff deal with Trump could be the wrong way to go

Grattan on Friday: Trying too hard for a special tariff deal with Trump could be the wrong way to go

Australia should be careful of going down the route of supplicant in the effort to remove the new Trump tariffs.

thursday 7

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Trump highlights Australian beef in ‘Liberation Day’ trade crackdown

Trump highlights Australian beef in ‘Liberation Day’ trade crackdown

The US president has imposed a baseline 10% “reciprocal” tariff on all imports, with some countries facing a much higher rate.

thursday 8

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Australian beef targeted by Donald Trump in ‘Liberation Day’ trade crackdown

Australian beef targeted by Donald Trump in ‘Liberation Day’ trade crackdown

The US president has imposed a baseline 10% “reciprocal” tariff on all imports, with some countries facing a much higher rate.

thursday 9

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Election diary: Dutton tries to shake off Trump dust and avoid being trapped on wages

Election diary: Dutton tries to shake off Trump dust and avoid being trapped on wages

As we prepare for Trump’s “Liberation Day” both sides of the campaign are bracing to see what the how Trump will effect the campaign.

02.04.2025 4

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kos Samaras on polls and the people who’ll decide this election

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kos Samaras on polls and the people who’ll decide this election

Kos Samaras, a director of the political consultancy firm Redbridge and a former Labor Party official joins to talk about the polls and the parties...

01.04.2025 3

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Michelle Grattan

Labor will urge Fair Work Commission to give real wage rise to three million workers

Labor will urge Fair Work Commission to give real wage rise to three million workers

Labor will urge the Fair Work Commission to increase both award and minimum wages in a written submission to their Annual Wage Review.

01.04.2025 3

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Election Diary: Dutton flags intervention in what he sees as ‘woke’ education, but how much could he actually do?

Election Diary: Dutton flags intervention in what he sees as ‘woke’ education, but how much could he actually do?

Comparison with American politics has continued with Peter Dutton flagging intervention into school curriculum’s to combat ‘woke’ in a move...

01.04.2025 2

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Election diary: Energy is in the foreground – but climate change is ‘in the shadows’

Election diary: Energy is in the foreground – but climate change is ‘in the shadows’

Climate Change has taken the back seat while both parties sell their energy policies as better to reduce prices. And why has Dutton already forgone...

31.03.2025 3

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

View from The Hill: Dutton has questions to answer on gas; Albanese has supermarket answer still hunting for the problem

View from The Hill: Dutton has questions to answer on gas; Albanese has supermarket answer still hunting for the problem

As the campaign officially begins both leaders run into problems selling their policies.

30.03.2025 4

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Stressed voters and Trump make race uncertain

Stressed voters and Trump make race uncertain
29.03.2025 10

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

Neither side should be confident. So every moment from here will be crucial

Neither side should be confident. So every moment from here will be crucial
28.03.2025 8

The Examiner

Michelle Grattan

Neither side should be confident. So every moment from here will be crucial

Neither side should be confident. So every moment from here will be crucial
28.03.2025 9

Canberra Times

Michelle Grattan

View from The Hill: uninspiring leaders, stressed voters and the shadow of Trump make for an uncertain contest

View from The Hill: uninspiring leaders, stressed voters and the shadow of Trump make for an uncertain contest

With the next parliament, like this one, expected to have a large crossbench, present polling is pointing towards a minority government as a likely...

28.03.2025 20

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Albanese calls May 3 election, with cost of living the central battleground

Albanese calls May 3 election, with cost of living the central battleground

The election campaign starts with the government and opposition neck and neck – and minority government considered a real possibility.

28.03.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Albanese to call election on Friday as Dutton pledges fuel tax relief and national gas plan

Albanese to call election on Friday as Dutton pledges fuel tax relief and national gas plan

The opposition leader has announced a range of spending cuts and new measures, with Australians expected to go to the polls on May 3.

27.03.2025 5

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Grattan on Friday: an ‘arms race’ of promises as prime minister set to call election

Grattan on Friday: an ‘arms race’ of promises as prime minister set to call election

With the election likely being called tomorrow both major parties are making their case to the electorate, but will a spending arms race land with...

27.03.2025 4

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Albanese to call election on Friday as Peter Dutton announces a plan to protect gas supply for Australians

Albanese to call election on Friday as Peter Dutton announces a plan to protect gas supply for Australians

The opposition leader has announced a range of spending cuts and new measures, with Australians expected to go to the polls on May 3.

27.03.2025 2

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Peter Dutton promises $6 billion 12-month halving of petrol and diesel excise

Peter Dutton promises $6 billion 12-month halving of petrol and diesel excise

Opposition leader Peter Dutton will promise in his Thursday budget reply that a Coalition government would immediately halve the fuel excise on petrol...

26.03.2025 3

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor on tax top-ups and budget bottom lines

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor on tax top-ups and budget bottom lines

On this podcast we are joined by Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor to talk about the budget.

26.03.2025 2

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Budget delivered against dark Trump clouds

Budget delivered against dark Trump clouds
26.03.2025 10

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

Albanese government bids for votes with ‘top-up ’ tax cuts for all

Albanese government bids for votes with ‘top-up ’ tax cuts for all

Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced surprise tax cuts while talking about “storm clouds” gathering in the global economy.

25.03.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Dutton says he can handle Trump, but can any PM?

24.03.2025 10

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

View from The Hill: 5 things to look for in the budget – and why we really need another budget soon

View from The Hill: 5 things to look for in the budget – and why we really need another budget soon

We really need another budget post election. That’s because this one is about chasing votes – and could be quickly overtaken by Trump’s April 2...

23.03.2025 8

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Dutton says he could handle Donald Trump, but can any Australian PM?

21.03.2025 8

The Examiner

Michelle Grattan

Dutton says he could handle Donald Trump, but can any Australian PM?

Dutton says he could handle Donald Trump, but can any Australian PM?
21.03.2025 7

Canberra Times

Michelle Grattan

Grattan on Friday: Dutton says he could handle Donald Trump, but can any Australian PM?

Grattan on Friday: Dutton says he could handle Donald Trump, but can any Australian PM?

In the Trump age, how the next government, whether Labor or Coalition, will handle foreign affairs, defence and trade is shaping to be crucially...

20.03.2025 8

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Labor promises PBS scripts will cost no more than $25, under latest health pitch for election

Labor promises PBS scripts will cost no more than $25, under latest health pitch for election

The Albanese government will make another pre-election offer promising that if re-elected it will ensure people pay no more than $25 for a script...

19.03.2025 3

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Treasurer Chalmers promises ‘meaningful and substantial’ cost of living help in Tuesday’s budget

Treasurer Chalmers promises ‘meaningful and substantial’ cost of living help in Tuesday’s budget

Jim Chalmers has given outline of next week’s budget in speech, promising it would be “a responsible budget which helps with the cost of living.”

18.03.2025 6

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

View from The Hill: Dutton’s talk about a citizenship referendum is personal over-reach and political folly

View from The Hill: Dutton’s talk about a citizenship referendum is personal over-reach and political folly

Peter Dutton often goes for a quick-hit. But has he done so again over threating to deport duel citizens - even if it means taking the policy to a...

18.03.2025 9

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barbara Pocock on the Greens’ policy priorities

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barbara Pocock on the Greens’ policy priorities

With the polls close to a dead heat, would the Greens push a potential minority Labor government even harder to pursue their agenda?

18.03.2025 8

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Coalition promises Australian version of United States’ RICO act to target CFMEU

Coalition promises Australian version of United States’ RICO act to target CFMEU

The Albanese government has responded by saying Australia doesn’t need an ‘American racketeering law’.

17.03.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Voters may fear PM Dutton as a surprise packet

17.03.2025 20

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

Cyclone Alfred to cost budget $1.2 billion, hit growth and push up inflation: Chalmers

Cyclone Alfred to cost budget $1.2 billion, hit growth and push up inflation: Chalmers

The cyclone looks set to hit many household budgets – from higher building costs to damaged crops raising prices on staples like fruit and vegetables.

16.03.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Like it or not, Donald Trump is now embedded in Australian politics. Both sides are struggling to deal with it

14.03.2025 10

The Guardian

Michelle Grattan

Will voters fear PM Peter Dutton would be a surprise packet?

14.03.2025 10

The Examiner

Michelle Grattan

Will voters fear PM Peter Dutton would be a surprise packet?

14.03.2025 10

Canberra Times

Michelle Grattan

Tariff rebuff fuels questions of handling Trump

14.03.2025 20

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

Grattan on Friday: Will voters fear PM Peter Dutton would be a surprise packet?

The opposition has made it comfortably past base camp. but whether he can climb to the electoral summit remains to be seen.

13.03.2025 5

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Dutton on why he’s not Australia’s Trump – ‘I’m my own person’

Opposition leader Peter Dutton joins the podcast to discuss his ambitions if he becomes Prime Minster at the May election.

13.03.2025 5

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

View from The Hill: tariff rebuff feeds into debate about how Australia handles Donald Trump

Albanese didn’t mince words in responding to Trump’s refusal to grant an exemption from the new tariffs. Does it signal a change in how...

12.03.2025 8

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tina Jackson on the independents to watch this election

We are joined by the co-founder of the Community Independents Project, Tina Jackson - a key figure behind Zali Steggall's successful campaign...

12.03.2025 6

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Australia – like everyone else – fails to win exemption from Trump’s tariffs on aluminium and steel

The government has failed to secure an exemption on steel and aluminium from the new Trump administration.

12.03.2025 20

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Albanese beset, from Alfred to Donald Trump

11.03.2025 30

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

Donald Trump calls Malcolm Turnbull ‘weak and ineffective’ in spat with former prime minister

Trump has aimed his hair-trigger temper at Turnbull after the latter used a Bloomberg interview to describe him as rude, abusive and erratic.

10.03.2025 4

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan