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When the new Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, addressed the media earlier this month, he shared a vision of a ‘hyper’ Australia with ‘more Australian babies’. The statement attracted headlines but it’s not the first time a politician has let it be known they want people to get busy in bed. Political reporter Krishani Dhanji speaks to Reged Ahmad about why governments around the world are pushing for more babies and whether the policies even work

Journalist Shadi Khan Saif grew up and lived in Afghanistan for most of his adult life – until it was no longer safe for him to do so. This week, against the backdrop of Trump’s war on Iran and increasing instability in the Middle East, he speaks with host Reged Ahmad and questions if the choices that face civilians in wartime are nothing but an illusion

Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry go for a deep dive into the South Australian election outcome and what it means for federal politics. They examine what the results tell us about preferences and why the Liberals should be cautious when placing One Nation second on the ballot. They also discuss whether Anthony Albanese has any appetite for tax reform in the upcoming budget, whether the fuel crisis could take a turn for the worse against Labor, and why Andrew Hastie is such a dangerous political opponent

More than four weeks into the war, Donald Trump says peace talks with Iran are going well, but Iran denies any negotiations are taking place. Reged Ahmad speaks with global affairs correspondent Andrew Roth about what we know about what’s on the table between the two warring nations, and why it is hard to believe Trump wants the war to end

This week, as fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran continues, the fuel crisis hit Australian hip pockets harder than ever before. Meanwhile the Liberal party faces its own existential reckoning: voters moving further right towards One Nation. In this replay of the Guardian’s Australian Politics podcast, political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to the shadow minister for industry and sovereign capability, Andrew Hastie, about Australia’s response to the global fuel shock, why he thinks we need to reindustrialise and his vision for the Liberal party’s response to One Nation