Jacob Greber is 7.30's political editor and is based at Parliament House in Canberra.
The federal government thinks it's on a winner by aggressively driving the country towards AI, but it may have a big job ahead convincing voters of the benefits.
If polls are right then voters are increasingly in a mood to light the match of a political conflagration. Many Labor backbenchers would become oncers.
People who lead us in public life can often sound like one of those dead-eyed "large language models" many are so worried about.
Judgements on the Albanese government's performance have never been this harsh.
This week's back-and-forth over AUKUS adds to the hubbub in June about whether it was a major setback that Australia's future Virginia-class submarines will be used US boats rather than some fresh off the construction dock.
For those who believe in the virtue of converting and wrangling political trade-offs into a unified, coherent set of messages, Labor's example is transcendent.
Peter Harris is the former chair of the Productivity Commission and now board director at the Policy Institute Australia. He told Jacob Greber, for this week's Insiders On Background, means-testing wealth - including the family home - for welfare could fix the budget blackhole.
Curbing access to the child care subsidy, parental leave pay, aged care and pensions for some of the most well-off taxpayers would free up about $21 billion a year, a new report says.
After guiding the country through a tumultuous six months, the Albanese government faces tough fiscal and political decisions.
One Nation's dramatic return to the national stage seems to have dashed any sense of restraint or shame about ties to wealthy donors.
This week the Coalition's weakness in Question Time reminded onlookers of Albanese's command of the Westminster system, while Labor insiders expressed their anxieties about One Nation's polling surge.
As debate over the federal government's budget tax hit on wealth and assets continues to reverberate, one can't help but wonder how it's going down among the gen Zs and millennials it's designed to impress.
Labor and the Coalition are both acutely mindful of One Nation's rise and its determination to take a decisive role in a future conservative government.
The climate war is being won quietly, with nearly three in four One Nation voters eager to buy an EV.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson banks more than $3 million worth of donations, including a brand-new plane gifted by Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart.
The Coalition's preference deals in Farrer could help fracture the Liberal Party's moderate base and invigorate dissatisfied voters.
The budget's usual timing on the second Tuesday of May is an artifice of political convention. This year's edition just happens to be coinciding with the thunderclap of history in flux.
The federal government released its latest defence roadmap on Thursday, announcing a substantial increase in spending to counter new threats amid fears of a collapsing global order.
Donald Trump has ordered the US Navy to begin a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
This is not over. The hard stuff is only just beginning. And it's going to get bumpy, testing the nation's resilience and its political leadership.
Scott Morrison's assertion that the chase to secure vaccines in early 2021 was "not a race" cost him dearly. A similar global contest is already underway, only this time it involves securing energy supplies.
The war against Iran threatens to have a destabilising impact on this year's federal budget.
It seems that Australia finds itself yoked to America's actions whether the government likes it or not.
In the past few days, in a series of largely ignored milestones overshadowed by news of Angus Taylor's new frontbench, Albanese overtook Scott Morrison and John Curtin to become the 12th-longest serving prime minister.
How will Angus Taylor unite the Liberal party and win back voters?
