Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President Academic Professor Nicholas Klomp, including, the government’s income tax package success, the Liberal’s motion to privatise the ABC, the push for foreign interference laws, the Super Saturday byelections, and whether the government will get the numbers for their company tax cuts.

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