About this episode

The episode discusses Anthony Albanese's relationship with Narendra Modi amidst human rights concerns and features a peculiar podcast interview with Albanese.

This week, we’re talking about a visit from Narendra Modi to Australia and why Anthony Albanese wants to bask in the Indian prime minister’s limelight, despite questions around Modi’s human rights record. And in an environment where One Nation and the Coalition want to go hard on migration, Albanese’s friendship with Modi looks like it stands in stark contrast. But that’s not what piqued everyone’s interest in Canberra this week. We’re still talking about Albanese’s perplexing podcast interview in which he said he’d "shag" popstar Kylie Minogue and joked about melons and the Japanese PM. And, we cover the new data that shows how bad Australia’s inflation is compared to other nations. This week’s episode is hosted by Jacqueline Maley and features chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Jacqueline Maley

Guest: Paul Sakkal

Topics covered

• politics
• migration
• human rights
• inflation
• international relations
• podcast interview

Keywords

• Albanese
• Modi
• Kylie Minogue
• migration
• inflation
• podcast interview
• human rights
• Australia
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One Nation, Coalition, Australia, Japan

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