An idea that Australia discarded a decade ago, will return on Tuesday night. That idea is a so-called “wellbeing budget”. It is being talked up by the Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Today, social researcher and director of research at 89 Degrees East, Rebecca Huntley on whether a budget can actually make us happier.

The rise of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison was seen as a triumph for a special kind of opportunistic populism.

Much was written about what their success meant for democracy. So what does their decline mean? Was the repudiation about their politics - or about a world in crisis?

Australia has largely fallen behind the rest of the world when it comes to action on climate change. But while polls show a majority of Australians actually want to phase out our reliance on fossil fuels and move to renewables, there are some who are uncertain on how this future looks. Today, Rebecca Huntley on how the fossil fuel lobby has influenced their hearts and minds.