Well, the world order is rocky and looking to get rockier. 

US President Donald Trump has had a spectacular falling-out with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, and waging a damaging trade war, while China is cruising war ships off the Australian coast. And the conflict in Gaza is unresolved. 

Not to mention closer to home, South East Queensland and northern NSW now have Cyclone Alfred bearing down on them.

So, how will all this uncertainty affect the election campaign?

And how can the leaders keep the focus on ordinary people, when there is so much going on around us?

Today on Inside Politics, chief political correspondent David Crowe, and national security correspondent Matthew Knott, join host Jacqueline Maley.

Well, the world order is rocky and looking to get rockier.&nbsp;
US President Donald Trump has had a spectacular falling-out with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, and waging a damaging trade war, while China is cruising war ships off the Australian coast. And the conflict in Gaza is unresolved.&nbsp;
Not to mention closer to home, South East Queensland and northern NSW now have Cyclone Alfred bearing down on them.
So, how will all this uncertainty affect the election campaign?
And how can the leaders keep the focus on ordinary people, when there is so much going on around us?
Today on Inside Politics, chief political correspondent David Crowe, and national security correspondent Matthew Knott, join host Jacqueline Maley.

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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.

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.

Inside Politics: Cyclone Trump, Alfred and the forces sweeping an election awry 

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