This week the Albanese government announced it would recognise Palestine as a state, a huge foreign policy shift that was greeted with approval by many and criticism by others. 

Plus, the Reserve Bank assumes a fall in productivity right before the government's productivity summit, and is there tension between the PM and Treasurer?

Joining Jacqueline Maley to discuss is chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal.

This week the Albanese government announced it would recognise Palestine as a state, a huge foreign policy shift that was greeted with approval by many and criticism by others.&nbsp;
Plus, the Reserve Bank assumes a fall in productivity right before the government's productivity summit, and is there tension between the PM and Treasurer? Joining Jacqueline Maley to discuss is chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal.

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Is there beef between Chalmers and Albanese? And, we talk Palestine, and productivity mixed-messages

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We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2025 before your Morning Edition team returns mid-January.

It was another big year for the human headline that was U.S President Donald Trump, and political and international editor Peter Hartcher was an essential listen each week on our podcast as we tried to make sense of it all.

This episode was recorded in May, just as Trump was poised to introduce what he called his ‘big beautiful bill’, which was predicted to tip government debt over the one trillion mark.

What did it matter? Because, Hartcher argues, these figures point to an empire in decline. 

Hartcher explores what it would mean if the United States ceased to be a great power, and what it would take to bring America back from the brink. 

We&rsquo;re bringing you the best episodes of 2025 before your Morning Edition team returns mid-January.
It was another big year for the human headline that was U.S President Donald Trump, and political and international editor Peter Hartcher was an essential listen each week on our podcast as we tried to make sense of it all.
This episode was recorded in May, just as Trump was poised to introduce what he called his &lsquo;big beautiful bill&rsquo;, which was predicted to tip government debt over the one trillion mark.
What did it matter? Because, Hartcher argues, these figures point to an empire in decline.&nbsp;
Hartcher explores what it would mean if the United States ceased to be a great power, and what it would take to bring America back from the brink.&nbsp;

Best of 2025: Is this the beginning of the end of the American empire?

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We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2025 before your Morning Edition team returns mid-January. 

Well, the mushroom murders was the criminal case of the year and in this episode, we take you inside the court on the day Erin Patterson was sentenced to life imprisonment. 

Patterson received a triple-murder conviction for the now infamous lunch of beef wellington that a jury trial found she laced with death cap mushrooms and served to her in-laws.

Since we recorded this episode with court reporter Erin Pearson, Patterson has applied for leave to appeal her convictions, which is yet to be decided. But this episode addresses the big question after the sentencing, which was why she was granted the opportunity of parole. 

We&rsquo;re bringing you the best episodes of 2025 before your Morning Edition team returns mid-January.&nbsp;
Well, the mushroom murders was the criminal case of the year and in this episode, we take you inside the court on the day Erin Patterson was sentenced to life imprisonment.&nbsp;
Patterson received a triple-murder conviction for the now infamous lunch of beef wellington that a jury trial found she laced with death cap mushrooms and served to her in-laws.
Since we recorded this episode with court reporter Erin Pearson, Patterson has applied for leave to appeal her convictions, which is yet to be decided. But this episode addresses the big question after the sentencing, which was why she was granted the opportunity of parole.&nbsp;

Best of 2025: The sentencing of mushroom cook Erin Patterson

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We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2025 before your Morning Edition team returns mid-January. 

Today, we return to an episode recorded in October with senior columnist Jacqueline Maley, when more torrid tales emerged of the former prince, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, and his connection to sex offender and disgraced financier, Jeffrey Epstein.

When this was recorded, the royal had just been stripped of his Duke of York and Prince title. British MPs have since announced a parliamentary inquiry into the Crown Estate, after revelations the former prince had not paid rent on his mansion for more than 20 years.

We&rsquo;re bringing you the best episodes of 2025 before your Morning Edition team returns mid-January.&nbsp;
Today, we return to an episode recorded in October with senior columnist Jacqueline Maley, when more torrid tales emerged of the former prince, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, and his connection to sex offender and disgraced financier, Jeffrey Epstein.
When this was recorded, the royal had just been stripped of his Duke of York and Prince title. British MPs have since announced a parliamentary inquiry into the Crown Estate, after revelations the former prince had not paid rent on his mansion for more than 20 years.

Best of 2025: Is Prince Andrew an existential crisis for the monarchy?

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Is there beef between Chalmers and Albanese? And, we talk Palestine, and productivity mixed-messages

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