This week we’re talking about the sense of drift in the major parties. The government is assessing how it can reset over summer, the Coalition hasn’t exactly gone backwards – or forwards – and One Nation’s popularity has plateaued.

Also this week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese jetted overseas for the United Nations’ climate change conference, but not before he announced a set of new regulations to police AI.

Meanwhile, our chief political correspondent and co-host Paul Sakkal broke a series of stories with investigative reporter Nick McKenzie that lifted the lid on how One Nation operates internally. The Coalition has  continued to capitalise on the chaos, with leader Angus Taylor trying to prove they are sensible ‘marriage material’ in comparison.

Today’s episode is hosted, as usual, by Jacqueline Maley.

 

Further reading
Covert tapes expose One Nation turmoil, Rinehart influence claims
Albanese defends Australia as climate leader after being pushed on world stage to do more

 

Cut through the noise of federal politics with host Jacqueline Maley and chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal on Inside Politics, from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, every Friday.

This week we&rsquo;re talking about the sense of drift in the major parties. The government is assessing how it can reset over summer, the Coalition hasn&rsquo;t exactly gone backwards &ndash; or forwards &ndash; and One Nation&rsquo;s popularity has plateaued.
Also this week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese jetted overseas for the United Nations&rsquo; climate change conference, but not before he&nbsp;<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/criminal-penalties-for-big-tech-but-openai-to-avoid-fines-after-medicare-hack-20261110-p61cxh.html?utm_source=omny&amp;utm_medium=podcast_notes&amp;utm_campaign=the_morning_edition&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=newsroom">announced a set of new regulations to police AI.</a>
Meanwhile, our chief political correspondent and co-host Paul Sakkal&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/really-shady-place-top-adviser-claims-one-nation-sacked-him-when-he-raised-rapist-underworld-concerns-20261108-p61bls.html?utm_source=omny&amp;utm_medium=podcast_notes&amp;utm_campaign=the_morning_edition&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=newsroom">broke a series of stories </a>with investigative reporter Nick McKenzie that lifted the lid on how One Nation operates internally. The Coalition has&nbsp; continued to capitalise on the chaos, with leader Angus Taylor trying to prove they are sensible &lsquo;marriage material&rsquo; in comparison.
Today&rsquo;s episode is hosted, as usual, by Jacqueline Maley.
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Further reading
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<li><a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/really-shady-place-top-adviser-claims-one-nation-sacked-him-when-he-raised-rapist-underworld-concerns-20261108-p61bls.html?utm_source=omny&amp;utm_medium=podcast_notes&amp;utm_campaign=the_morning_edition&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=newsroom">Covert tapes expose One Nation turmoil, Rinehart influence claims</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/fossil-fuels-must-go-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs-un-boss-pushes-australia-to-go-further-20261112-p61dfw.html?utm_source=omny&amp;utm_medium=podcast_notes&amp;utm_campaign=the_morning_edition&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=newsroom">Albanese defends Australia as climate leader after being pushed on world stage to do more</a></li>
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Cut through the noise of federal politics with host Jacqueline Maley and chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal on Inside Politics, from the newsrooms of<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/"> The Sydney Morning Herald</a> and<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/"> The Age</a>, every Friday.

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The end-of-year drift is upon us, and the Coalition’s ‘marriage material’ long game

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