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It’s almost a year since Anthony Albanese did what no Labor leader had done in 15 years: win an election from opposition.
It was a momentous time for him personally, and one that shifted the political landscape after a decade of conservative government.
Just how much has he accomplished? Is Albanese living up to the promises he made on election night? And is he willing to go beyond them?
Columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno spoke to the prime minister about his year on the job, and what’s next.

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Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper, Paul Bongiorno.

How Anthony Albanese’s doing a year after winning

What happens when a state begins to rely on a private company to fight wars?
We’ve seen it before, but not like this – the power that Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted private military company the Wagner group is unprecedented. 
And Putin may be discovering its drawbacks the hard way – as the public face of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin feuds with his generals and embarrassing stories have emerged in the Western press.
Today, expert in Russian foreign policy and fellow at the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre Matthew Sussex on how the Wagner group – and its leader – are changing the face of modern war. 

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Guest: fellow at the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Matthew Sussex

How Putin’s henchmen started fighting with each other

Australia can claim a significant world first: a special government adviser on Women’s Affairs.
Fifty years ago, Elizabeth Reid stepped into the newly created role in Gough Whitlam’s government.
Abortion access, workplace rights, contraception and education – it was a time of huge change in gender parity and access. But the reaction to Reid and the new position was vicious in some circles. She resigned just two and a half years into the job.
What motivated her? How did the job change her? And why did she leave Australia once it was over?
Today, Elizabeth Reid, on being first – and a lifetime of lessons.

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Guest: Women’s affairs adviser to Gough Whitlam, Elizabeth Reid.

Australia’s first women’s advisor on why she left the country

The trial of Bruce Lehrmann for the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins never reached a verdict – and Lehrmann still strenuously maintains his innocence.
When the most high profile sexual assault trial in Australia was called off, and any hope of a retrial abandoned, there was one question: how did it come to this?
The actions of one juror might have led to the mistrial, but there was more to the story: concerns about how the media covered the trial were followed by explosive allegations against the ACT police and how they handled the case.
Now, an inquiry is trying to get to the bottom of how justice failed to reach a verdict.
Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Claire Connelly, on the first week of stunning revelations, backflips and whether this inquiry can deliver answers.

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Guest: Contributor to The Saturday Paper, Claire Connelly.

Inside the inquiry into the Lehrmann trial

There comes a time when politicians say ‘enough is enough’ and they leave parliament.
Often they depart the stage without anyone really noticing, other times it’s worth pausing and marking their storied parliamentary careers.
That’s the case for Stuart Robert, who has called time on politics after 16 years – during which time he presided over the robo debt scandal, a bag of Rolexes, and made his name as Scott Morrison’s ‘brother Stewie’.
Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton on the incredible parliamentary life of Stuart Robert and the last scandal hanging over his departure.

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Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton

Farewell, Stuart Robert. We hardly knew ye.

Since the budget dropped on Tuesday night, the Coalition and some parts of the media have begun to pick a very strange fight.
It’s over whether some of the most vulnerable in the community should really get more help than middle-class Australian households with two incomes.
It pits the two against each other and ignores a much bigger cost coming down the pipeline: tax cuts that will benefit the wealthiest Australians the most.
Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper, Paul Bongiorno on the strange politics at play and why there are bigger questions we should be asking.

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Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper, Paul Bongiorno.

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