Inside Politics: How the Israel-Hamas war is dividing Australian politics

This week, a hostage exchange deal was brokered between Israel and Hamas. In Australia, we saw divisive protests over the Middle East conflict, and a strong political backlash from those protests.  Meanwhile, on bread and butter issues, the Albanese government is coming under increasing pressure to address the cost of living crisis. Data released this week indicated the economy might soon start losing jobs.  Today on Inside Politics, chief political correspondent David Crowe, foreign affairs and national security correspondent Matthew Knott, and economics correspondent Rachel Clun join Jacqueline Maley to discuss the week in politics.Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis from Jacqueline Maley. Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter here.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.