With an election imminent, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese talks up his first-term achievements while acknowledging voter disgruntlement ...

The demise of the China Matters think tank raises questions about how governments deal with voices they don’t want to hear ...

Plus, new seasons of ‘The White Lotus’ and ‘Severance’, and Demi Moore’s award-winning turn in ‘The Substance’ ...

Michael chats with Rachel about her new book and she shares her thoughts on luck, science, and the ultimate unknowability of each other and sometimes, even ourselves. Michael sits down with Michelle ...

The demise of the China Matters think tank raises questions about how governments deal with voices they don’t want to hear ...

In Andrea Goldsmith’s ninth and latest novel, The Buried Life, she unpicks the relationships between people and the undercurrents of doubt and faith that define a life. Michael chats with Rachel about ...

Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix–winning story of three hard-working women in Mumbai, and Luca Guadagnino’s steamy adaptation of William Burroughs’ 1950s novel In the tradition of Australian crime ...

Donald Trump’s trade war is escalating, as his wide-ranging tariffs take effect. Australia had hoped to avoid a 25 per cent tariff on our steel and aluminium – but we now know there’ll be no ...

Writer and former editor of The Monthly, Nick Feik, on his investigation into falsified death certificates and revelations of a broken health system. When Launceston nurse and midwife Amanda Duncan ...

Michael is joined by Robert Dessaix for a conversation about memory, dance, and being a chameleon. Tasmanian writer Robert Dessaix is a man of many talents when it comes to the written form – from ...

7am is a daily news podcast brought to you by Schwartz Media and The Saturday Paper. It’s produced by Cheyne Anderson and Zoltan Fecso. Our senior producer is Chris Dengate. Our technical producer is ...