Patricia Karvelas
Patricia Karvelas is the presenter of Q+A, RN Breakfast and co-host of the Party Room podcast.
Previously she was the presenter of RN Drive.
She has been a prominent senior journalist in the Australian media for more than 20 years, beginning her professional career in broadcast journalism at the ABC and SBS as both a producer and presenter.
She worked for The Australian newspaper from 2002 covering federal politics, most recently as the Victorian Bureau Chief and Editor and Senior National Affairs Journalist. Patricia specialised in Indigenous affairs reporting for more than 10 years.
Latest by Patricia Karvelas
Elders could sit with judges in family court to support Indigenous parents
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
Reducing the number of Aboriginal children being removed from their families could be helped by having cultural advisors advise the Family Court, its chief justice says.
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analysis:Timidity reigns as Albanese backs away from a promise ahead of the next election
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
The government is staring down the barrel of an election by May next year. It does not want to be arguing about Makarrata and treaty because it believes it is a battle it will not win.
Albanese points to 'best chance Australia has ever had' for Indigenous self-determination
By Patricia Karvelas at Garma
At the first Garma Festival since the defeat of the Voice referendum, Anthony Albanese will say his government remains "committed to Makarrata" as it beats a new path on Indigenous affairs.
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analysis:Albanese's woes go much deeper than a reshuffle. Voter confidence has plummeted
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
Anthony Albanese has made larger-than-expected changes to his frontbench. But a new study shows exactly the depth of trouble his government is in.
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analysis:Biden dropped out and threw his support behind Kamala. Here's why 2024 could still turn into 'chaos'
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
Joe Biden steps down and Kamala Harris steps up as Donald Trump's overwhelming ascendancy leaves both sides of Australian politics talking about what a second age of Trump would mean.
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analysis:The unfounded theories and misinformation after the Trump shooting will be where the danger lies
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
The attempted assassination of former US president Donald Trump has sent a chill through the Western democratic world — and reminded us all just how dangerous and febrile political polarisation can be.
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Payman decision expected as caucus colleagues express concern over claims she was being guided by 'God'
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
The West Australian senator has told colleagues she is seeking religious guidance on her next move but is expected to make a decision on quitting her party today.
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analysis:Fatima Payman has won an unlikely ally, but her calculated defiance is in many ways the worst outcome for Labor
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
Fatima Payman's calculated defiance is also in many ways the worst outcome for Labor. This painful episode has shown the power of this one senator to unleash a seismic political disruptor inside the party. But the events of the past days have also revealed Payman's unexpected political ally within Labor.
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analysis:Meme wars around the nuclear debate are masking a real problem: the gender dynamics of elections are shifting
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
While many in the political debate are focused on Mr Burns, the hapless Homer and three-eyed fish, I'm wondering what Lisa Simpson would make of the nuclear debate. And judging by data on gender from the last election, both major parties may want to consider this too.
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analysis:Peter Dutton has placed a target on his back. Is his nuclear policy cunning genius or political self-destruction?
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
Peter Dutton has broken every single rule when it comes to unveiling radical policy as opposition leader, tearing up the script and gambling with his party's chances at the next election with his nuclear policy. Can he pull it off?
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analysis:We've seen it in the US election, and now it's happening here. What is behind the rise of 'double haters'?
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
The past week has given us a taste of the degustation of political messages we are about to be bombarded with ahead of the next election. And it isn't pretty.
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analysis:No political leader is responsible for the actions of individuals, but the tone they set matters
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
Politicians across the political divide believe we are at a crossroads — where militant political activity and rhetoric opposing the war in Gaza is coming dangerously close to sparking what could become real physical violence.
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analysis:A second Trump presidency would be a wild ride for Australia and the stakes could not be higher
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
Donald Trump's predictable but uncomfortable rant against the judicial system and the rule of law is a challenge for Australia as Anthony Albanese makes a wild ride between upholding the bedrock of liberal democracy and keeping a potential future US president on side.
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analysis:Since the Voice to Parliament's defeat, has the Great Australian Silence been extended into perpetuity?
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
In the first Reconciliation Week since the defeat of the Voice to Parliament, the inability of our national discourse to reflect on its significance is stunning. It is, again, Indigenous people who have quietly been doing the heavy lifting on what should come next.
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Art world mourns death of 'superstar' Aboriginal artist
Tributes are flowing from friends and the art world for a trailblazing contemporary Aboriginal Australian artist.
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analysis:Amid accusations of ballooning government spending, one payment is on the decline — but it's not a happy story
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
Buried in the federal budget papers is a figure that saves the bottom line almost half a billion dollars, but instead of being a happy story it reflects a demographic freight train coming for our country.
The Cumberland City Council book ban threatens to erase queer families. It’s a threat that deserves a serious response
There is something deeply troubling about a local council trying to ban books that show the diversity of families that have legal status in our country.
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analysis:The curious case of the Sydney council book ban and what happens when free speech isn't applied equally
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
There is something deeply troubling about a local council trying to ban books that show the diversity of families that have legal status in our country.
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Australia leans towards supporting resolution extending Palestinians' rights as United Nations observer
By Patricia Karvelas and political reporter Georgia Roberts
Australia is leaning towards supporting a resolution to extend Palestinians' rights as a United Nations observer, sources have told the ABC.
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analysis:No-one gets a political leave pass because they didn't create the problem. Labor's messy week reveals deeper vulnerabilities
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
In its messy handling of the case surrounding a violent assault on a Perth grandmother last week, the government has revealed a vulnerability that — without a reset — could snowball into a lasting and enduring problem, writes Patricia Karvelas.
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Calls for federal government to fix 'gaping holes' in housing support or risk more violence against women and children
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
Violence is the biggest cause of homelessness for women and children, says Homelessness Australia CEO Kate Colvin, who has called on the federal government to "confront this challenge".
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analysis:The Albanese government is in the box seat as Australians rally against gendered violence
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
A lot of women in my generation started believing that younger men were the great hope to ending violence against women. We waited, but little shifted and women kept dying. It's time we start accepting there will need to be an emergency response to the epidemic of male violence.
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analysis:Australia shouldn't tolerate terrorism — but our normalisation of 'intimate partner terrorism' has become a national emergency
By Q+A and RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas
Our leaders agree that violence against women is a national crisis — an emergency. But a national emergency requires an emergency response.
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Rosie Batty says bail law changes won't keep victim-survivors safe
Former Australian of the Year Rosie Batty has reiterated calls for stronger language in cases of violence against women.
Is The Tortured Poets Department a sign of genius, or does Taylor Swift need an editor?
Taylor Swift commands the world's attention yet again with her new album The Tortured Poets Department. We unpack the best moments and greatest disappointments of this two-hour-long emotional rollercoaster.