Germany's AfD edges closer to breaking the fabled 'firewall'

The Radio National Hour · Sep 7, 2026 · 55m

A once unthinkable result the far-right party, Alternative for Germany has had a resounding victory in a state election, coming within a hair’s breath of being the first ultra right party to govern since the Nazi era. Historian and journalist Katja Hoyer, says the party may have come very, very close to breaking Germany's fabled firewall. Australia's home construction system is broken.That the Bathla Group went bust building the affordable homes Australia needs most says a lot about the residential construction market, as it battles falling prices, surging costs and poor productivity. Michael…