The Karl Stefanovic Show

Australia's political landscape is shifting rapidly – and the major parties are feeling the pressure.
This week on The Karl Stefanovic Show, founder of People First Party Gerard Rennick, ‘Something Better’ founder Charlotte Mortlock and One Nation senator Sean Bell join Karl for a fiery debate on the collapse of trust in Australia's political establishment, the rise of One Nation, and whether Labor and Liberal have lost touch with voters.
Charlotte explains why she quit the Liberal Party and launched a new political movement. Gerard Rennick warns that Australians have completely switched off from the major parties. Sean Bell defends One Nation's growing popularity and responds to criticism that the party isn't ready for government.
The panel discusses:
• One Nation's surge in the polls
• The collapse of the Liberal Party
• Why Australians are abandoning the major parties
• Gina Rinehart's influence in politics
• Gas, energy and resource taxation
• Labor's controversial capital gains tax changes
• Immigration and population growth
• Whether Australia is heading towards an early election
From political realignment to economic frustration, this is one of our most explosive political panels yet.

SKIP AHEAD:
NDIS Cuts & Drew Pavlou: 5:05
Derek Francis: 17:46
Regional Childcare Crisis: 41:56
This week on Karl Weekly.
Parents across Australia say they’re being blindsided by NDIS funding cuts, with some families reporting support packages slashed by up to 80 per cent. After hundreds of messages flooded in, Karl examines the growing backlash and speaks with Drew Pavlou about the growing anger surrounding the scheme.
Then former NSW Parliamentary Budget Office chief economist Derek Francis takes aim at Labor’s proposed capital gains tax changes. He argues the Treasury’s modelling is wrong and warns young Australians will be hit hardest.
Plus childcare advocate Sarah Secker joins Karl to expose the reality facing regional families, with some parents forced to drive more than 100 kilometres just to access daycare.
And Karl reacts to a bizarre moment between Anthony Albanese and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, a controversial visa ruling involving a convicted rapist, and the latest developments in the Senate inquiry into NDIS reforms.
NDIS fury. Tax backlash. Childcare failures. This is Karl Weekly.

A shocking attack in Belfast has reignited fierce debate across Britain over immigration, asylum policy, public safety and social cohesion.
In this episode of The Karl Stefanovic Show, Karl speaks with London-based security expert Will Geddes about the incident, the political fallout and the broader questions being asked across the United Kingdom.
How are British authorities responding? Why has this case become a flashpoint in the migration debate? And what lessons might other Western countries draw from Britain's experience?
Karl and Will examine the facts surrounding the attack, the public reaction, and the growing tensions around migration, security and national identity.
As always, this conversation explores the stories shaping politics, society,and public debate across the Western world.
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This week on In Conversation, Karl speaks to Conspiracy Cabal Podcast Hosts, Dr Nick Coastworth and Rich Baker on the World'S most controversial conspiracies. Is Bill Gates really at the centre of every major conspiracy on the internet? Are chemtrails a secret climate-control program hiding in plain sight? And what can decades of UFO investigations by the United States and Russia actually tell us?We unpack: • The Tick Boxes conspiracy • Why Bill Gates appears in so many theories • The chemtrails debate • Decades of UFO investigations by the US and Russia • Whether governments know more than they're telling us • China's growing interest in unexplained aerial phenomenaTell us what you think below and don't forget to like and subscribe to The Karl Stefanovic Show for more of this kind of content.

Australia’s political divide is getting deeper and voters are walking away from the major parties.
This week on The Karl Stefanovic Show, former Liberal senator turned One Nation member Hollie Hughes joins primary producer Charlie Blomfield for a fiery conversation about the collapse of trust in politics, the rising support for One Nation, and why so many Australians feel abandoned.
Hollie opens up about her bruising split from the Liberal Party, why issues like puberty blockers, the NDIS and ‘babies born alive’ pushed her away from the Coalition, and why she believes the Liberals have ‘lost their soul’.
Charlie Blomfield delivers a blunt warning from the bush, arguing regional Australians are being crushed by rising costs, red tape, infrastructure failures and governments that simply don’t understand life outside the cities.
The panel discusses:
One Nation’s surge in the polls

The Liberal Party’s identity crisis

Cost of living pressures on families and farmers

Net zero and renewable energy projects

Transmission lines and regional Australia

The NDIS and profound autism support

Farming, fuel security and fertilizer shortages

Whether Australians trust politicians anymore

From the city-country divide to the future of conservative politics in Australia, this is one of Karl Weekly’s most explosive panels yet.