Politics with Michelle Grattan

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young talks to Michelle Grattan about the Manus Island riots, same sex marriage and the Greens position in the senate. 

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop joins Michelle to talk about Australia's relationship with Indonesia, the Prime Minister's trip to America and much more.

Fred Chaney is the current Senior Australian of the Year and a former member of the Fraser government, in which he was Indigenous Affairs minister. He talks to Michelle about indigenous affairs and the changes to the racial discrimination act. 

New Federal President of the Australian Medical Association Brian Owler talks to Michelle Grattan about the major issues surrounding health after the federal budget.

ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher talks to Michelle Grattan about the federal budget, the difficult cuts to Canberra, the GST and much, much more.

Our 2014 budget coverage continues with interviews with Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and Shadow Finance Minister Tony Burke.

Michelle Grattan and former economics editor of The Age Tim Colebatch discuss the 2014-15 federal budget.

Chris Richardson is one of Australia’s best known economists and is in charge of Deloitte Access Economics’ forecasting and policy unit. He talks to Michelle Grattan about the Australian economy, the upcoming budget and the commission of audit.

Michelle Grattan talks politics with politicians and experts, from Capital Hill.

Jamie Briggs, assistant minister for infrastructure and regional development, talks to Michelle Grattan about his portfolio, the upcoming budget and his previous life as an advisor in John Howard’s office.

John Hewson, a former federal Liberal leader, talks to Michelle Grattan about Barry O'Farrell and the federal budget.

The government is putting the cost to the budget of pensions to the front and centre of the economic debate. John Brogden, chief of the financial services council, is recommending extensive changes to retirement policy. 

The Catholic Church has been at the centre of many damaging claims before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.Francis Sullivan, CEO of the Truth Justice and Healing Council, a group established to coordinate the Catholic Church’s engagement with the royal commission and to develop a reform agenda around the handling of child sexual abuse, sits down with Michelle Grattan for a wide ranging talk.

As a tough budget nears, health seems high on the cuts agenda, despite promises to not cut in the area, made during the election campaign. AMA Federal President Dr Steve Hambleton sits down with Michelle Grattan to talk about the upcoming budget, Medicare, and much, much more.

Chief Government Whip Philip Ruddock has had a long career in politics, entering parliament in 1973. He talks his role as immigration minister in the Howard government, the racial discrimination act changes and much more.