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Parliament is back for another sitting week and Jacob Greber is back on the podcast!
But as Jacob tells PK, it's already looking like a "tricky" week for the Albanese government, with no clear passage for their legislative agenda.
And PK thinks new Greens leader David Shoebridge will also be looking to make his mark. So, will he play "hardball" with Labor?
Meanwhile, questions are swirling about whether former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's will return to federal politics.
Jacob thinks it's a sure thing, but it's a matter of timing — so with the Victorian election looming, is that time now?
Patricia Karvelas and Jacob Greber break it all down on Politics Now.Read PK's analysis here - One Nation threatens major parties as voters turn to AI for information
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Professor Carolyn Evans is the Chair of Universities Australia and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.

While the government faces criticism from all sides over its economic management after the latest RBA cash rate hike, the Coalition is pitching dramatic cuts to immigration as a way to ease voters' economic pain. But can either major party meet the expectations of a frustrated electorate?
Plus, Anthony Albanese navigates the tricky optics of another international diplomacy event at the pre-COP in Fiji, as the government fights suggestions the summit was a flop.
And what does a major High Court ruling on scope three emissions mean for the future of Australia's coal industry?
Patricia Karvelas and Fran Kelly are joined by Ron Mizen, political correspondent at The Australian Financial Review The Party Room.
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Opposition leader Angus Taylor has undertaken a media blitz, as he tries to sell the Coalition's immigration policy.
But he's already facing significant backlash from the business sector, who are warning of the implications for economic growth.
Labor on the other hand have been giving the Coalition some "clear air" to sell the policy, which David Speers thinks is because the Government doesn't want a fight on immigration.
As PK notes, why would the Albanese government prosecute the case, when big business is doing it for them?
Meanwhile, OpenAI executives have faced a "bit of a grilling" at a Senate Inquiry. It comes in the wake of the recent Medicare breach and as the Albanese Government prepares to legislation national AI standards.
Patricia Karvelas and David Speers break it all down on Politics Now.
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Opposition leader Angus Taylor has unveiled the Coalition's immigration policy, promising the "biggest cut to immigration in the history of this country".
PK tells Raf she sees this as the Coalition attempting to "outbid" One Nation on immigration — but she's not convinced the Opposition (or anyone else for that matter) can.
Raf sees the pitch as a response to the "existential threat" facing the Coalition and an attempt to "neutralise" immigration as an issue.
But he reckons the lurch to the right could further alienate mainstream voters, and notes the Liberals are sitting on a "a razor wire fence with their rhetoric and their policy".
Meanwhile, the Greens' think tank has called for publicly owned supermarkets to break up the Coles and Woolworths duopoly.
It's a bold idea that "supercharges" a similar commitment from popular New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. So, is this this kind of "crazy brave" thinking the Greens need to cut through?
Patricia Karvelas and Raf Epstein break it all down on Politics Now.
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