Tonight | Kitchen Cabinet on ABC: Annabel Crabb visits Mehreen Faruqi – Kitchen Cabinet sees Annabel Crabb visit Greens Deputy Leader Mehreen Faruqi tonight for a conversation shaped by migration, politics and food.
The episode gives the long-running ABC format another personal political profile, using the kitchen table to move beyond the daily news cycle.
What To Expect
Faruqi reflects on migrating from Lahore, her engineering background and the path that led her to become the first Muslim woman in the Australian Senate.
The meal includes her mother-in-law’s eggplant curry, keeping the program’s familiar mix of biography, politics and food.
Kitchen Cabinet remains one of ABC’s clearest formats for putting political figures into a more personal setting.
About Kitchen Cabinet
Kitchen Cabinet has become one of ABC's most recognisable political formats because it changes the setting of the interview. A kitchen table can make policy, biography and personal history feel more direct.
Mehreen Faruqi brings a distinctive story to the episode, from migration and engineering to life in federal politics. The food adds family memory to a conversation about public life.
The ABC broadcast gives viewers a straightforward way to follow the episode in sequence, while ABC iview keeps it available for catch-up after it has aired. That can make a difference during a busy week of premieres, finales and continuing drama episodes.
When To Watch
Kitchen Cabinet airs Tuesday 11 August 2026 at 8.30pm on ABC and streams on ABC iview.
Don’t miss Kitchen Cabinet, Tuesday 11 August 2026 at 8.30pm on ABC and streaming on ABC iview.
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