Katharine Murphy speaks to Guardian Australia’s climate and environment editor Adam Morton about the Coalition’s approach to net zero emissions and the global push for greater action on global heating

Australian Politics Live

Australia’s climate indecision continues as Scott Morrison heads to Glasgow

Katharine Murphy and Guardian Australia’s team of political reporters answer your most burning political questions. Will Scott Morrison attend the Cop26 summit, is a federal election looming, and is a federal anti-corruption body on the horizon?

This week in politics with the Guardian’s Canberra bureau

Katharine Murphy speaks to New South Wales energy minister Matt Kean about the state’s plan to cut emissions in half by 2030 – a move that has added pressure on the Morrison government to act on climate change Matt Kean urges moderates to push party harder on net zero

Matt Kean on climate change, the Coalition and the economic case for net zero

Katharine Murphy speaks to Guardian Australia’s economics writer Greg Jericho and the senior economics correspondent for the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, Shane Wright, about Australia’s economic recovery after Covid and the possibility of a post-pandemic federal election

Greg Jericho and Shane Wright on Australia’s economy and a post-Covid election

Katharine Murphy speaks to Tosca Looby, the director of SBS’s latest feature documentary Strong Female Lead, about the sexism Julia Gillard faced as prime minister and why this documentary needed to be made in light of recent revelations about Parliament House’s workplace culture

Tosca Looby on Strong Female Lead, and Julia Gillard’s fight against sexism

Katharine Murphy speaks to Labor Greenway MP Michelle Rowland and her colleague McMahon MP Chris Bowen about how their constituents are coping with Sydney’s growing Covid-19 outbreak

Labor’s Michelle Rowland and Chris Bowen on western Sydney’s Covid crisis

Katharine Murphy speaks to the Saturday Paper’s chief political correspondent, Karen Middleton, about the situation in Afghanistan and the Australian government’s approach to Afghans who helped the defence forces on the ground

Karen Middleton on the consequences of an unwinnable war in Afghanistan

The federal treasurer joins Katharine Murphy to discuss the Coalition government’s approach to the pandemic recovery, and climate plans in preparation for Cop26 Josh Frydenberg admits climate change a major preoccupation in global markets

Josh Frydenberg on nation’s Covid response and climate change action – Australian politics podcast

Shadow finance minister Katy Gallagher is the chair of the Senate select committee into the federal government’s response to Covid-19. This week, her teenage daughter tested positive for coronavirus

‘Terribly scary’: Katy Gallagher on her personal Covid experience – Australian politics podcast

Katharine Murphy speaks with the federal resources minister, Keith Pitt, about the government’s gas-fired recovery plan, the export of energy resources and Australia’s record on climate action

Keith Pitt on Australia’s energy ambitions - Australian politics podcast

Katharine Murphy speaks with Prof Jodie McVernon, the director of epidemiology at the Doherty Institute, about how lockdowns went from being unacceptable in democracies to front and centre of the pandemic response – and she predicts public health measures will remain for some time to come

Doherty Institute’s Jodie McVernon on Covid modelling – Australian politics podcast

Katharine Murphy speaks to journalist Gabrielle Chan about her upcoming book, Why you should give a f*ck about farming. Gabrielle talks about how farming is at the intersection of the world’s greatest existential threats. She also explains how food consumption has become increasingly tribal and polarised, which is very similar to the changes we’ve witnessed in politics over recent years

Gabrielle Chan on why you should definitely care about farming

Katharine Murphy speaks with the executive director of Refugee Legal, David Manne, to discuss Australia’s history of offshore detention and the ongoing political implications

Eight years on, what’s happening with offshore detention?

This week Katharine Murphy interviews the federal Labor MP Andrew Giles on why he wrote to the auditor general regarding the $660m Coalition car park fund

Andrew Giles on car parks and accountability – Australian politics podcast

This week Katharine Murphy interviews former federal Liberal MP Julia Banks – the only member of her party to win a seat held by the opposition at the 2016 election. In her new book, Banks outlines the culture she faced in Canberra, including allegedly being inappropriately touched by a male Coalition MP at Parliament House

Julia Banks on barriers and boys’ clubs in Parliament House – Australian politics podcast

In the Australian Politics Live podcast,  Katharine Murphy and Guardian Australia's political team examine what’s happening in Australian politics and why it matters to you