Inside Politics is still on a break, but we’re set to return in two weeks.  

Today, we return to an episode released just after Anthony Albanese’s successful meeting with Donald Trump, and one in which we had a special guest -  former Labor opposition leader Bill Shorten.

Bill also has some advice for the opposition, and its leader Sussan Ley, before a slight diversion to discussing the dress sense of our chief political correspondent, Paul Sakkal.

Inside Politics is still on a break, but we&rsquo;re set to return in two weeks.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Today, we return to an episode released just after Anthony Albanese&rsquo;s successful meeting with Donald Trump, and one in which we had a special guest -&nbsp; former Labor opposition leader Bill Shorten.
Bill also has some advice for the opposition, and its leader Sussan Ley, before a slight diversion to discussing the dress sense of our chief political correspondent, Paul Sakkal.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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Best of 2025: Bill Shorten on Albanese's Trump triumph, and the opposition's next move

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It could be argued that no American president has been as enamoured with violence as Donald Trump. He appears to relish all of it: the spectacle, the promise of it taking place, and, lately, its bloody reality, as - at the time of recording - American bombs continue to drop on Iran.

So, is this the key to to understanding the US president's motivation or all the other wars he’s planning?

Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on which which country Trump has set his sights on next, and whether Australia is now at war with Iran.

It could be argued that no American president has been as enamoured with violence as Donald Trump. He appears to relish all of it: the spectacle, the promise of it taking place, and, lately, its bloody reality, as - at the time of recording - American bombs continue to drop on Iran. So, is this the key to to understanding the US president's motivation or all the other wars he&rsquo;s planning? Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on which which country Trump has set his sights on next, and whether Australia is now at war with Iran.

Trump's 'need for violence'. And have we joined the war on Iran?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/88b564ea-a9a6-4751-910a-a5d800019396/clips/ddf8c0f7-13e8-4bc6-8648-b40a004b6866/transcript

Five female Iranian soccer players, in Australia competing for the Asian Cup, escaped in the night from their handlers to seek refuge from their home country, which is in the middle of a war with the US and Israel.
Initially another two women decided to join them and defected a day later, but on Wednesday afternoon, one of the pair changed their mind and contacted Iranian officials with the intention of returning home.
Today, in a bonus episode, crime and justice reporter Amber Schultz joins us from Malaysia, where she has been tracking the rest of the team on their journey back to Iran.

Five female Iranian soccer players, in Australia competing for the Asian Cup, escaped in the night from their handlers to seek refuge from their home country, which is in the middle of a war with the US and Israel. Initially another two women decided to join them and defected a day later, but on Wednesday afternoon, one of the pair changed their mind and contacted Iranian officials with the intention of returning home. Today, in a bonus episode,&nbsp;crime and justice reporter Amber Schultz joins us from Malaysia, where she has been tracking the rest of the team on their journey back to Iran.

How the Iranian women’s soccer team escape unfolded

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/88b564ea-a9a6-4751-910a-a5d800019396/clips/209a9a80-8ca2-431c-a05c-b40a004ac0a8/transcript

Thousands of people in Lebanon have fled their homes due to Israeli airstrikes and forced evacuations as the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalated this week.

Today, Europe correspondent David Crowe and photojournalist Kate Geraghty report from Lebanon, after the US and Israel’s war on Iran expanded to the region. 

Thousands of people in Lebanon have fled their homes due to Israeli airstrikes and forced evacuations as the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalated this week.
Today, Europe correspondent David Crowe and photojournalist Kate Geraghty report from Lebanon, after the US and Israel&rsquo;s war on Iran expanded to the region.&nbsp;

Reporting from Lebanon: How far will the Iran war expand from here?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/88b564ea-a9a6-4751-910a-a5d800019396/clips/f56acc63-8e44-4f19-98a6-b409004fe04c/transcript

Best of 2025: Bill Shorten on Albanese's Trump triumph, and the opposition's next move

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