# Graeme Samuel on 'doomsday' attacks on the federal budget Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-michelle-grattan-590458/graeme-samuel-on-doomsday-attacks-on-the-federal-budget Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-michelle-grattan-590458/graeme-samuel-on-doomsday-attacks-on-the-federal-budget.md Podcast: [Politics with Michelle Grattan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-michelle-grattan-590458) Published: 2026-06-03T19:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://theconversation.com/au/podcasts/politics-with-michelle-grattan Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b2d47f1e-aa8d-418f-be11-f3388bc37e1f.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-with-michelle-grattan-590458/episodes/graeme-samuel-on-doomsday-attacks-on-the-federal-budget Duration seconds: 2038 ## Resource The businessman and former competition chief says the fierce criticism of what he calls 'mild' budget changes shows why politicians have avoided reform for decades. Mentioned in this episode: The Making of One Nation Follow the Making of One Nation so you don't miss an episode. Your support matters Support non-profit journalism you can trust. Donations 2025 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-with-michelle-grattan-590458/episodes/graeme-samuel-on-doomsday-attacks-on-the-federal-budget/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-michelle-grattan-590458/graeme-samuel-on-doomsday-attacks-on-the-federal-budget.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.