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In his new memoir, Former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, Robert Reich, traces how the Democrats lost the working class and paved the way for Donald Trump. Plus ten years on since the release of the Panama Papers, has anything changed in the global financial system?

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his plan to address fuel prices. And 'The Shah's party, and the Iranian revolution that followed'. Bob Templer on how Iran's recent history explains the deep divisions and violence that occurred in February, leading to the current war. 
Guests: 
Ian Dunt: iNews columnist and regular LNL commentator
Robert Templar, author of 'The Shah's last party, and the Iranian Revolution that followed' (Hurst)

The only Australian state with a budget surplus will get an extra $6.6 billion from Australian taxpayers in the coming financial year, under its special GST deal. Israel's parliament has passed a law that makes the death penalty the default punishment for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank who have been found guilty of killing Israelis. Australia's wilderness has just been mapped for the first time in 40 years, and it's estimated to have shrunk by more than 20 percent.
Guests: 
Shane Wright – Senior Economics Correspondent for the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. 
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative
James Watson, Professor of Environmental Science, University of QLD

The Australian government will halve the fuel excise for three months, as the energy crisis triggered by the Iran war looks set to drag on. UK journalist, commentator and self-identified communist Ash Sarkar offers her critique of the modern liberal-Left, and its tendency to fall into culture war traps that do not serve people's material needs. Plus, why has the Canadian province of British Columbia decided to ditch seasonal clock changes, and embrace daylight savings time year round? 
Guests: 
Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent, SBS News
Ash Sarkar, journalist at Novara Media, author of Minority Rule: Adventures in the Culture War
Maurice Katz, video journalist with CBC, Vancouver

Millions have been made homeless by wars in the Middle East, but with access severely limited, humanitarian agencies are struggling to get aid into the region. Plus, the National Library of Australia's departing General-Director Marie-Louise Ayres reflects on a decades-long career at this cherished public institution, where she's overseen the digitisation of millions of precious Australian archives. 
Guests:
Susanne Legena, CEO of Plan International Australia
Mat Tinkler, CEO Save the Children Australia 
Marie-Louise Ayres, departing Director-General, National Library of Australia