What is disadvantage in Australia?

What does disadvantage look like in Australia?  Phil speaks to Professor Peter Whiteford at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the  Australian National University on what the new research shows on who is struggling the most.   

Aussies choosing Smaller towns of typical winter holidays

Sarah Swain, Senior Journalist in News & Travel at Nine joins Phil to speak on Airbnb data showing that Aussies choosing Smaller towns of typical winter holidays  and the best ones to go  

Is the Federal Governments Social media ban working

On December 10th 2025, the Federal Government introduced a world first social media ban, is it working? Dr Sabrina Caldwell a Senior Lecturer in Ethics in Technology at the School of Systems and Computing part of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at UNSW Canberra joins Phil to go through…

David Flint - 27th May

Professor David Flint chats to Phil O'Neil on the week’s important issues & political news.

Iran has shut down the internet, what does this mean?

Iran’s regime has shut down the internet in the middle of war. Amin Naeni a  PhD Candidate in International Relations at Deakin University joins Phil to speak on what this means. 

Sara Webb astrophysicist: Space Station and Meteor update

Sara Webb the Course Director at the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University of Technology joins Phil to speak on the meteor that past by Sydney and the latest developments on the Space Station

Are Australians really working half the week to pay their income tax?

Do Australians  ‘work half the week’ just to pay their income tax? This is the message from NSW Premier Chris Minns, So is this real Helen Hodgson  the Adjunct Professor at Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School at Curtin University joins Phil to to explain the numbers behind this. 

Vet Chat with Rob Zammit - 26th May

Rob Zammit, Resident 2GB Vet joins Phil once a week to answer your pet questions on Vet Chat 

From Trump to Putin - Is China in the drivers seat?

First it was Trump then it was Putin meeting China's President, so does this mean they are in the drivers seat dictating the world order. To discuss this Phil speaks with Alexander Korolev a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at UNSW Sydney

Health & Wellbeing with Russell Setright -26th May

Phil chats with Russell Setright, Australia’s best known Naturopath & author of ‘Get Well in the Golden Years, to get the latest in health and well-being news.