Insiders: Mar 19

Guest on Sunday’s Insiders is Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles.

David Speers and the panel Laura Tingle, Peter Hartcher and Greg Sheridan discuss the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines deal, the response from China and Paul Keating, plus the Productivity Commission’s report and its recommendations for lifting stagnant productivity, the energy crisis with rising power prices and warnings of possible gas shortages on the east coast as soon as this winter, and calls of cost relief in the May budget.

Mark Humphries is in the Talking Pictures host’s chair this week, he’s joined by author and broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf for a look at the week’s best cartoons and photographs.

9am Sunday on ABC / ABC News