Behind The Headlines

One of Australia's greatest raconteurs, Andrew Landeryou, delivers a blunt assessment of a political system in flux and the rise of a more volatile, fragmented electorate. urning to the global stage, he frames the Israel–US–Iran conflict as a genuine strategic turning point, with the potential to reshape regional power and test Australia’s alliances, warning that we may be entering a far more uncertain and consequ...

As Israel moves rom managing the Iranian threat to removing it, former Australian Assistant Defence Minister and soldier Mike Kelly provides a hard-headed assessment of the escalating conflict involving Israel, Iran, Hezbollah and the United States. What are the real military and geopolitical stakes of this war, and how far could it spread? We examines the strategic objectives of Israel ...

Israel is fighting a large scale war with Iran—the power that has spent decades trying to encircle it with proxy armies and missiles. In this episode I interview David Horovitz the founding editor of The Times of Israel, one of the world’s most widely read English-language publications covering Israel and the region. David tells us how the war is proceeding, how Israel is coping and what is happening across the reg...

In this episode of Behind The Headlines, I interview Avital Shapira, International Director of the Histadrut, Israel’s national trade union federation representing over 800,000 workers. What follows is a conversation that decisively dismantles one of the loudest accusations made against Israel. We examine how colle...

In a world where 'Globalise the Intifada' is considered radical chic, it is timely to recall what that actually looks like in practice. This episode reprises an interview with Captain M of IDF Intelligence whose story of what happened on Oct 7 tells us all we need to know about real courage and heroism in the face of an  actual Intifada.

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In this episode of Behind The Headlines, I am joined by journalist Julie Szego for a clear-eyed examination of how Australia’s arts and cultural sector — once proudly liberal and pluralist — has become a breeding ground for antisemitism. We explore how activist politics, moral absolutism and managerial cowardice have reshaped cultural...

In this episode of Behind The Headlines, I’m joined by Michael Oren — historian, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States, and one of the most thoughtful and experienced interpreters of Israel’s place in the world — for a wide-ranging and deeply honest conversation about war, diplomacy, October 7, the moral confusion of the West, and what it actually takes to pursue ...

In this urgent and unflinching conversation, Peter Wertheim, one of Australia’s most experienced Jewish communal leaders, confronts a question many would rather avoid: why does antisemitism feel different now? From the chilling chants outside the Sydney Opera House to the terror of Bondi, from the failures of cultural institutions to the silence of political leaders, Wertheim dissects how hatred once confined to the margins h...

The newly released Crossroads 2025 survey, led by Prof Andrew Markus of Monash University, is the most comprehensive portrait yet of what Australians really think about Jews, Israel, and the fault lines of social cohesion in a post–October 7 world. It reveals a nation that remains broadly tolerant but increasingly confused — where antisemitic...

"We are all one". Dr Rodayna Frij-Badir, an Arab Muslim citizen of Israel navigates multiple societies with intelligence and wisdom. She founded a number of Autism centres for the Arab community which have now spread throughout Israel. She has a remarkable career helping Arab and Jew live with understanding and peaceably together. 

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