2GB Afternoons with Michael McLaren

189 - 'Another public holiday' - The new obsession with not going to work

Join Michael McLaren on 2GB Afternoons for a mix of news, opinion, entertainment and fun from 12.00pm - 3.00pm, Monday to Friday.

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189 - 'Another public holiday' - The new obsession with not going to work

Join Michael McLaren on 2GB Afternoons for a mix of news, opinion, entertainment and fun from 12.00pm - 3.00pm, Monday to Friday.

You can contact the show on the text line 0460 873 873

Episodes

Wed, 10 Jun 2026

Tue, 09 Jun 2026

Mon, 08 Jun 2026

2GB Afternoons with Michael McLaren

Episodes

'Another public holiday' - The new obsession with not going to work

'IOU' - The SDA proposal aimed to pay workers back

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Tuesday, 9th June

'What's next' - Iran-US negotiations drag into eighth week

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Monday, 8th June

'6%' - The push by a Sydney council to bring teenage girls back to the park

Fleetwood Mac Legacy act set to take the stage at the State Theatre

'Autarky' - How the West's reliance on China will come back to bite them

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Friday, 5th June

'Legacy media' - Michael's big question about the current state of the media

'Tokenistic' - Indigenous academic weighs in on reconcillation

'Nickle and dime' - Independent MP slams sale of defence sites

'Negative equity' - Proof Chalmer's budget is hurting everyday Australians

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Thursday, 4th June

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Wednesday, 3rd June

'Talking Australia down' - Scott Morrison weighs in on AUKUS revolt

'Multiculturalism' - What the Lakemba mosque loudspeaker debate is really about

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Tuesday, 2nd June

'$2.3 billion' - The debate Australia needs to have

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Monday, 1st June

'One Nation's ascendancy' - How Taylor could sign his Party's death warrant

'We're flatlining' - Teal MP slams tax changes

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Friday, 29th May

'Stand up to him!' - Michael's message to those in the Treasury

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Thursday, 28th May

'More than Albo' - The public servant earning $1 million a year

'Define reconciliation' - Michael on the latest Indigenous protest

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Wednesday, 27th May

'Dangerous direction' - Cate Campbell's candid reaction to the Enhanced Games

'Short-sighted' - What the demolition of Liddell power station shows

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Tuesday, 26th May

'Raw and cold-blooded' - Michael McLaren dissects Chalmer's budget approach

Afternoons with Bill Woods - Monday, 25th May

'It’s a Duck' – Terry Barnes slams Teal Party rumours

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Friday, 22nd May

'The only one' - What Michael found in the Budget which has left him worried

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Thursday, 21st May

'More than history' - James Paterson on why plan to sell defence sites is a major mistake

The internal Labor skirmish which proves cracks are forming

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Wednesday, 20th May

'Push comes to shove' - Michael's message to Donald Trump

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Tuesday, 19th May

'Made in good faith' - Louise Clegg calls for sex discrimination act to be reviewed

'Subs or turbines' - What will Port Kembla choose?

'Doesn't add up' - Local residents accuse council of senseless money grab

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Monday, 18th May

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Friday, 15th May

'Aspiration or redistribution' - How will Chinese and Indian Australians vote

Afternoons with Michael McLaren - Thursday, 14th May

'Conflict on the horizon' - The pivotal role China could play in Iran war