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Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super Leith Van Onselen uncovers with John new data showing migration into Australia has broken all records, and latest research revealingrising mortgage and tax rates.

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National Editor of The Australian, Dennis Shanahan, joins John Stanley to dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week.  

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 21st of April.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 20th of April.

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Rapid response social worker for Converge International, Julie Webster, joins Luke Grant to talk about the importance of seeking help when you're not feeling your best following a traumatic week in Sydney for so many.

Julie's message is simple: while many experience shame around seeking help, one must remember that feelings of sadness are completely normal, and there are people you can speak with.

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Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super Leith Van Onselen discusses with Luke the record breaking monthly permanent and long-term arrivals numbers released by the ABS this week, and the Albanese government's recent announcement of "Future Made" subsidies for low-emissions manufacturing.

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National Editor of The Australian, Dennis Shanahan, joins Luke Grant to dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week.  

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 14th of April

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A heartbroken Ray Hadley joined Luke Grant to discuss the fallout from the Bondi stabbing.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 13th of April

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Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super Leith Van Onselen discusses with Luke how Australians are rejecting Big Australia immigration.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 7th of April

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 6th of April.

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Lawyer Sam Macedone tells Luke Grant what impact he expects the allegations of former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach will have on this defamation case.  Justice Michael Lee was keen to point out that Auerbach was on a mission for revenge rather than having noble reasons to tell his version of events in ensnaring Lehrmann for an exclusive Spotlight story.

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Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super Leith Van Onselen discusses with Luke the critical turn taken in Australia's Housing Disaster.

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Luke Grant and Dennis dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week.  

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 31st of March.

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Luke and Rex chat about the 22,000 empty houses in NSW and whether the Government should have the powers to ensure they are rented out where possible. Rex has had some recent wins in the Federal Court with ministers no longer able to sweep their dirt under the carpet with a cabinet reshuffle. And Rex explains why the carbon offset plan is nothing short of a scam.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 30th of March

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Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super, David Llewellyn-Smith discusses with Luke how NSW is transitioning the energy grid away from coal, and why Aussie gas is now more expensive in Australia than it is Europe.

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National Editor of The Australian, Dennis Shanahan, joins Luke Grant to dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week.  

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 24th of March.

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Former Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australian China scholar Andrew Phelan chats to Luke Grant about Penny Wong's meeting this week with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and China's stance on Taiwan.  The Prime Minister continues to be evasive about getting tough this week unlike the Fijian PM who this week called on China to retreat from the South Pacific.

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Luke discusses the news topics of the week with former Speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop. They include Chris Minns's report card, Princess Kate's video call and both parties claiming victory in the Tasmanian election.  

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 23rd of March.

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John Stanley and Dennis dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week.  

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 17th of March.

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Alex Ryvchin is Co-chief Executive Officer of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and he joins Luke Grant fresh from a trip to New York where he met with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Alex then went on to visit Israel where he saw the horrors that still continue on from the October 7 attacks.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 16th of March.

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Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super Leith Van Onselen discusses with Luke the net permanent and long-term arrivals figures from the ABS, Australia's record low rental vacancy rate and the Victoria’s state government's growing debt.

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Luke Grant and Dennis dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week.  

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 10th of March

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A man who’s music remains loved by so many generations to this day, Daryl Braithwaite, joins Luke Grant to take a look back at his career in music.

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A report from the Daily Telegraph has reported one in five nurses are leaving the profession to work in a range of jobs including goat farming, baristaring and as firefighters. 

CEO of the Australian College of Nursing, Adjunct professor, Kylie Ward, joins Luke Grant to discuss why nurses are leaving the workforce.

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Deputy Executive Director of the institute of Public Affairs, Daniel Wild, and Luke Grant chat about NSW and Victorian motorists in outer suburban and regional areas who would save as much as $1800 a year in fuel costs under the government’s plan to cap motor vehicle emissions for new cars. And why Australia is facing a chronic nursing shortage, with one in five leaving the profession to work as goat farmers, baristas and fire fighters.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 9th of March.

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Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super Leith Van Onselen discusses with Luke the Q4 National Accounts release from the ABS, the worsening housing situation and how the Greens are continuing to gaslight on immigration.

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Luke Grant gets some clarity around a very grey area of what is offensive, whether deliberate or not from an anti-discrimination law expert Dr Bill Swannie from ACU. It's complicated and there are issues of context but it can end up as a civil offence in a court of law.

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Luke Grant and Dennis dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week.  

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 3rd of March.

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Liberal Party Defence and National Security Policy Chair Lincoln Parker and Luke Grant chat about the result of the Dunkley by-election and what a swing to the Coalition in the results will mean for the Victorian Political Climate. And what should happen ahead of the ASIO boss warning to name a 'traitor' former politician.

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Former NSW Deputy Commissioner and Chair of this Royal Commission Nick Kaldas  reflects with Luke Grant on the responses from veterans and serving  ADF members since the start of the Royal Commission in July 2021.  He emphasises how committed he is to making the ADF and Department of Veteran Affairs step into line with the standards, values and expectations of the modern Australian workplace and how indebted he is to the bravery of the men and women who wear the uniform.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 2nd of March.

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Luke Grant chats to Murat Dizdar, Secretary NSW Department of Education, about the latest research showing that students benefit from 'explicit' teaching practices which involve teachers clearly showing students what to do and how to do it, rather than having students discover that information themselves.

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Luke Grant and Dennis dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week.  

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Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre David Hughes and Luke Grant chat about how the biggest review of tertiary education in 15 years has called on the Albanese government to double the number of university places in the next 25 years. And why patients in NSW have access to 169 fewer fully bulk-billing GP clinics than 12 months ago.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 25th February.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 24th February.

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The Bureau of Meteorology has been criticised for repeatedly producing inaccurate weather forecasts.

Luke Grant chats with weather expert, Hayden Walker about why the BOM's weather reports are so often erroneous and Hayden's own unique methodology for creating long term forecasts. 

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Luke Grant and Dennis dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week.  

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Liberal Party Defence and National Security Policy Chair Lincoln Parker and Luke Grant chat about whatever happened to the Government's Operation Sovereign Borders with two boats arriving in WA this week.  And where's our Defence Minister Richard Marles? - the ADF wouldn't last a week in combat.  He must be with the two sick air traffic controllers who created havoc this week in the airline industry by taking the day off.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 18th February.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 17th February

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Luke Grant talks to Duncan Wakes-Miller whose 17-year-old son Barney was tragically killed by a drunken driver on the Northern Beaches in 2020.  Duncan has founded the Road Trauma Support Group for those who have lost family members in road crashes and he shares with Luke his suggested reforms to try and reduce these tragic and unnecessary deaths. 

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Luke Grant and Dennis dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week.  

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 11th February.

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Columnist and novelist Anson Cameron reflects with  Luke Grant on why 60+-year-olds feel the need to endlessly discuss their health issues and all the opportunities in life that passed them by.

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Former NSW Liberal Leader Kerry Chikarovski and Luke Grant discuss what's making the Sunday papers in the state political domain.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 10th February.

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This was a description of US President Joe Biden following a report from a special prosecutor.  Washington correspondent for The Australian Adam Creighton and Luke Grant discuss whether it's  really the end for Joe Biden and where do the Democrats go from here? 

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday 4th February.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 3rd February.

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Luke Grant and Dennis dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week.  

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 28th January.

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Luke and John discuss what action the Government needs to take on Neo-Nazis and question whether Chris Minns's hate speech laws will sufficeRe Gaza, should the UN have called for a ceasefire? And with the new tax laws, what will happen when the Greens have their say in the Senate?

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 27th January.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 21th January.

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Questions are being asked as to whether climate activists have had too much sway in decisions impacting approvals for  new gas projects in the wake of the Santos court decision earlier this week. 
In the judgement, the judge found the evidence presented by the taxpayer-funded, Environmental Defenders Office, who brought action, to be "so lacking in integrity that no weight can be placed on it".

Luke Grant chats with CEO of Australia Energy Producers, Samantha MCculloch, to find out if the decision means we will see the end of activist opposition to new gas projects flooding the courts.

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Founding editor of online magazine Quillette Claire Lehmann chats to Luke Grant about how schools are involving younger children in historical events and evoking an emotional response which they are not mature enough to rationalise.  Schools should keep political leanings out of the classroom, it's not their place to push partisan views.

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Luke and former Speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop cover off on Caucus's early recall to Parliament, Tony Burke's role in the MUA/DP dispute, the lack of performance by the Teals and they ponder the question "Will the Libs regain the seat of Mackellar?"

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 20th January.

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Catriona Lowe, Deputy Chair of the ACCC, describes to Luke Grant all the circumstances in which consumers are entitled to refunds and replacements on a range of products.

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Luke Grant talks to former Independent Senator for South Australia Rex Patrick on current defence issues including China blaming Japan for sonar attack, the National Emergency Management Agency, the fate of the Taipan helicopters and how the Red Sea attacks are impacting Australian trading.

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Luke and James discuss how the NSW Labor Government will fail to meet its promised housing targets, the federal Government's Stage 3 tax cuts, the demise of Roger Rogerson and the Clover Moore flag incident.

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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 14th January

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Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 13th January.

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Bill Woods chats with Daniel Gannon, the Executive Director at the Retirement Living Council, as the increasing cost of aged care continues to cause headaches. 

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