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• Our childcare system is facing a 'reckoning'

  Education Minister Jason Clare has admitted that it's taken "too long" to standardise Working with Children Checks across Australia, with the topic on the agenda at the meeting of attorneys-general next week.It comes after a Melbourne childcare worker was charged with over 70 offences — but while the Albanese Government has been "saying all the right things", is more action needed at a national level?And Australia's first truth telling inquiry handed down its final report on Tuesday, the culmination of four long years of work. But are governments signalling a willingness to engage?Patricia Karvelas and Fran Kelly are joined by Anna Henderson, SBS World News Chief Political Correspondent on The Party Room.Got a burning question?Got a burning political query? Send a short voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at [email protected]

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• What Labor needs to do about child safety

  State and Federal Governments are facing a "reckoning", after a childcare worker was charged with over 70 offences — and now another man has also been charged with serious offences.The Education Minister Jason Clare is pushing for the power to cut funding to childcare centres failing to meet safety standards, but is this enough? And does the Albanese Government have an important leadership role here?And Foreign Minister Penny Wong has held "positive" bilateral talks with her US counterpart Marco Rubio — but it doesn't look like a tariff deal is any closer.Patricia Karvelas and Brett Worthington  break it all down on Politics Now.Got a burning question?Got a burning political query? Send a short voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at [email protected]

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• Can Albo fix our 'messy' gas market?

  Anthony Albanese has been doing the media rounds, spruiking his Government's cost of living measures as the new financial year begins — but can he really take claim for them all?And as the ACCC warns of a gas shortfall, the Government has launched a review into the rules governing the gas industry and there’s increasing speculation a gas reservation scheme could be on the table. So, will that help resolve the "hodge podge" regulation in the gas system?Patricia Karvelas and Mel Clarke break it all down on Politics Now.Got a burning question?Got a burning political query? Send a short voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at [email protected]

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• Why Albo is under pressure to meet Trump

  As the deadline for Donald Trump's so-called reciprocal tariffs looms, Anthony Albanese has reiterated his call that US tariffs on Australia should be "zero."It comes as Penny Wong jets to Washington to meet with her US counterpart, and pressure mounts on the PM to meet with the US President.And 1.5 million Australians are part of the 'sandwich generation', but what does that actually mean? ABC Radio Melbourne mornings host Raf Epstein discusses the impact of the "care squeeze" on Australian families, and what levers governments can pull.Patricia Karvelas and Raf Epstein, ABC Radio Melbourne Mornings Host break it all down on Politics Now.Got a burning question?Got a burning political query? Send a short voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at [email protected]

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• Kylie Moore-Gilbert on the situation in the Middle East | Insiders On Background

  Melissa Clarke is joined by Middle East expert and former political prisoner in Iran’s notorious Evin jail Kylie Moore-Gilbert. 

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