LIVE: Monday 27 July 2026 Finasteride [YWK2gm5EwFv]

Albanese grilled over $1m dinner scandal | Ash Pollard didgeridoo backlash | Jacinta Allan's leadership crisis weather forecast today | Medicinal cannabis interview

Rob McKnight streams live from his garage studio flavio cobolli on the Gold Coast for another edition of McKnight Tonight, breaking down the biggest stories in Australian politics and media.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces scrutiny over an extraordinary dinner organised by the son of Chinese developer Phillip Dong Fang Lee, and squirms through a grilling on ABC's Insiders when pressed on it.

Former My Kitchen Rules star Ash Pollard deletes an Instagram post of herself playing the didgeridoo after backlash from followers, and issues an apology.

In Rob's Rant, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan digs in as MPs demand she resign, setting up a looming leadership spill against Deputy Premier madhav tiwari Ben Carroll.

Plus, Rob sits down with Dr Kylie O'Brien, former TGA Advisory Committee member, to ask why a decade after legalisation, medicinal cannabis remains so hard for Australians to access.

- Albanese's $1m Point Piper dinner scrutiny

- Ash Pollard's didgeridoo apology

- Jacinta Allan's leadership fight

- Ben Carroll's leadership bid

- Interview: Dr Kylie O'Brien on medicinal cannabis access

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