RN Drive takes you behind the day’s headlines, with an engaging mix of current affairs, analysis, arts and culture from across Australia and around the world.
How the US election could affect the climate you live in
How the US election could affect the climate you live in
10/24/2024 • 20 minutes, 37 seconds
BIG TECH — Goodbye bank tellers, hello AI?
Artificial intelligence is being used by Australia’s major banks with things like home loan approvals and document verification…NAB apparently uses AI to analyse the ‘emotional sentiment’ of customer phone calls.
10/24/2024 • 7 minutes
From Stars and Stripes to K-Pop Heights
Could Korean culture be for this generation what all the American rock and roll, coca-cola and cars were for the boomer generation?
10/24/2024 • 18 minutes
Is shared reading the cure for loneliness?
Have you ever read a book that has made you feel a little less lonely in this increasingly isolated world?
10/24/2024 • 13 minutes, 8 seconds
Senator Lidia Thorpe clarifies oath blunder as a grammatical mistake
Senator Lidia Thorpe clarifies oath blunder as a grammatical mistake
10/24/2024 • 7 minutes, 6 seconds
Russia hosts BRICS summit as North Korea deploys troops for Ukraine war
The U.S. has reported that 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to military locations in Eastern Russia, potentially to join Russia in combat against Ukraine.
10/24/2024 • 9 minutes, 28 seconds
Scientists to drill the fault zone behind the 2011 Japan earthquake
Scientists to drill the fault zone behind the 2011 Japan earthquake
10/23/2024 • 6 minutes, 1 second
Does Australia need a surveillance tech regulator?
Seventy-five years after George Orwell published his infamous novel 1984, the threat of an all-seeing Big Brother is closer to reality than fiction when it comes to thousands of Australians subject to virtual workplace monitoring.
10/23/2024 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Climate change headlines CHOGM
Debates over climate change and ocean protection are likely to dominate this week's Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Samoa. All 56 commonwealth member nations are expected to endorse a landmark declaration to make sweeping commitments on ocean protection.King Charles will also be attending the summit, with discussions about colonialism, slavery and the commonwealth's roots in the British Empire all expected to get a mention.
10/23/2024 • 6 minutes, 46 seconds
How US weapons are being used in strikes on schools in Gaza: US weapons expert
How US weapons are being used in strikes on schools in Gaza
10/23/2024 • 6 minutes, 26 seconds
Mock meat and plenty of pineapple: The recipes that made us
A new book looks at the cultural impact that the cooking and recipes section of the Australian Women's Weekly magazine had on our national identity.
10/23/2024 • 16 minutes
Should more public land should be publicly accessible?
How much green space is in your neighbourhood? And is it something you can actually access?
10/23/2024 • 11 minutes, 48 seconds
ASIC sues QBE for allegedly misleading customers about discounts
Have you found yourself looking at your insurance policy renewal bill, scratching your head wondering if you’re being ripped off?
10/23/2024 • 7 minutes, 11 seconds
Woman rescued after hanging upside down for hours in bush rock crevice
Woman rescued after hanging upside down for hours in bush rock crevice
10/22/2024 • 2 minutes, 38 seconds
As the government mulls a 2035 emissions target, another is looming
Despite our abundant resources, or perhaps because of them, stakeholders continue to argue over the mechanisms for achieving our emissions targets.
10/22/2024 • 9 minutes, 58 seconds
Gold soars to record highs
It’s been long revered by Kings and Pharaohs, and is of course a safe haven for investors who think bad economic winds are about to blow.Right now the value of gold is at record highs, and some analysts believe it will still go higher.
10/22/2024 • 4 minutes, 57 seconds
Could a digital platform levy save Australian newsrooms?
As the government scrambles to build a life raft for regional and rural newsrooms, the Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society has handed down its interim report focused on Meta’s decision to abandon its deals with Australian news organisations.
10/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 51 seconds
Inside animation: How animated films 'break reality'
Mark Andrews knows animated movies are much more than child's play, he's been behind some of the biggest films from Disney and Pixar. He shares the secrets behind the magic.
10/22/2024 • 22 minutes
Retiring with debt
Data from the latest census has revealed a growing number of Australians are struggling to pay off their mortgage while they’re still working.In fact, the number of Australians aged 55-64 who own their home outright, has almost halved over the past 20 years.Also alarming is the number of people delaying their retirement because of these debts, including those incurred by the bank of mum and dad.
10/22/2024 • 11 minutes, 7 seconds
Cybersecurity expert says government, law enforcement have failed to protect Australians
No crime has harmed as many everyday Australians in recent years as cyber crime.
10/22/2024 • 13 minutes, 3 seconds
New independent candidate to challenge Jason Clare over Gaza policy
‘The Muslim Vote’ which launched earlier this year promised to back at least three independent candidates in safe Labor seats at the next federal election.
10/22/2024 • 10 minutes, 51 seconds
Iconic Mount Isa Rodeo hits trouble
The largest rodeo in the southern hemisphere has entered voluntary administration.The Mount Isa rodeo is the latest outback event to run into troubles as fallout from the pandemic and the cost of living continues to see iconic outback events bite the dust. So, is the end for this community festival, or is there still hope for its future?
10/21/2024 • 4 minutes, 44 seconds
Revised death tolls announced by authorities in Gaza and Lebanon
Dozens of people have been killed in northern Gaza and southern Lebanon over the weekend, and into this morning local time, as Israel intensifies its air strikes against Hamas and Hezbollah.The UN meantime has condemned attacks on civilians after an air strike in the north of Gaza which Hamas officials say killed more than eighty people.Israel has described the strike on the city of Beit Lahia as a "precision" attack against a Hamas terror target.
10/21/2024 • 11 minutes, 32 seconds
Qantas to pay millions in compensation to sacked workers
Qantas has been ordered to pay compensation to 17 hundred baggage handlers it made redundant during the Covid19 pandemic.Last year the airline was found guilty of illegally outsourcing baggage handlers in 2020, and today's Federal Court ruling could see the airline payout in excess of 85 million dollars, pending further mediation between Qantas and unions.
10/21/2024 • 6 minutes, 10 seconds
Will offshore wind make it in the clean energy future
Soaring costs and community objections are already threatening to scuttle the government’s ambitions for offshore wind, with two major players recently declining to apply for feasibility licences for the Illawarra zone south of Sydney.
10/21/2024 • 5 minutes, 13 seconds
Calls for crackdown on online trade of human remains
South Australian Police have launched an investigation into an antiquities seller after receiving information last month about the sale of skeletal remains at an Adelaide auction house.
10/21/2024 • 8 minutes, 35 seconds
How the NF1 gene holds the key to our humanity
What does a gene, that mutates easily and can cause both physical and cognitive deficiencies have to do with the very thing that makes us human?
10/21/2024 • 14 minutes
How easy is it to access medicinal cannabis?
Thousands of Australians are using medicinal cannabis to help with conditions such as chronic pain, anxiety and insomnia.But with the rise of online cannabis clinics can we be confident that medical cannabis is being prescribed correctly and that the correct checks and balances are in place?
10/21/2024 • 13 minutes, 27 seconds
Tougher rules recommended on guidance for PFAS in drinking water
The National Health and Medical Research Council has recommended cutting the safe amount of PFAS chemical allowable in drinking water.
10/21/2024 • 6 minutes, 50 seconds
King Charles vs low energy Republicans and can flipping the bird win you votes?
10/18/2024 • 22 minutes, 24 seconds
Fight club set to hit Sydney
Mixed martial arts has enjoyed a boom in recent years, driven largely by the UFC, or Ultimate Fighting Championship.It’s an incredibly violent spectacle with fighters using hands and feet to beat their opponent, in contests that are bloody and brutal.NSW Premier Chris Minns is a fan - so much so he’s committed 16 million tax payer dollars to bringing the UFC circus to Sydney early next year.
10/18/2024 • 5 minutes, 36 seconds
Rufus Wainwright on the benefits of contentment
Rufus Wainwright talks about his ambitions, losing a GRAMMY to Joni Mitchell, and his one-time friendship with Jeff Buckley.
10/18/2024 • 14 minutes
EV sales in Australia struggle as hybrids boom
The evolution of Australian motoring from petrol to electric cars continues, but the future is far from clear.The Labor government has set a target of 50 percent of new car sales to be electric by 20-30 but that is looking increasingly aspirational as sales of EVs slump. Despite heavy discounting, demand for electric vehicles has slowed, with sales of Tesla’s down 49 per cent in September and 19 per cent year to date. Some of this slack is being picked up by new entries … but it’s Hybrids that are really turning heads in the car yard.
10/18/2024 • 7 minutes, 13 seconds
Award winner investigates efficiencies in dairy goat production
Dr Kristy DiGiacomo from the University of Melbourne has taken out the Award for Excellence in Agrifoods at the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Awards.
10/18/2024 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
What does Yahya Sinwar's death mean for the War in Gaza?
One year on from the single largest loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust … the mastermind behind the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel has been killed.
10/18/2024 • 14 minutes, 12 seconds
Proposed changes to abortion law being debated in two states
South Australia's Upper House has narrowly voted down proposed changes to the state's abortion laws, after more than three hours of at times heated debate in state parliament yesterday.Those in support argued the proposed changes would have balanced the rights of women and children, but opponents said it would have caused suffering to women and interfered with their access to healthcare. Abortion has also emerged as an election issue in Queensland, with the state opposition being forced to deny it will wind back abortion access should it win the state election on Saturday week.
10/17/2024 • 10 minutes, 13 seconds
Authorities still trying to find source of mysterious tar balls on NSW beaches
Authorities investigate if toxic tar balls could affect the food chain
10/17/2024 • 7 minutes, 44 seconds
Is it unethical to own multiple investment properties?
Australian Tax Office data obtained exclusively by the ABC under Freedom of Information laws has revealed at least 2,500 investors in Australia own or part-own 10 or more rental properties.
10/17/2024 • 13 minutes, 51 seconds
Should the Tasmanian tiger be brought back from the dead?
There is a multi-million dollar push to bring the Tassie Tiger back from the dead by using RNA.
10/17/2024 • 6 minutes, 44 seconds
Memories and memorabilia from 1970s Carlton
The Victorian suburb of Carlton became the epicentre of counterculture in the 1970s and artist, activist and musician Eve Glenn shares her memories and memorabilia of the time.
10/17/2024 • 14 minutes
BIG TECH - Google turns to nuclear energy to power its AI needs
BIG TECH - Google turns to nuclear energy to power its AI needs
10/16/2024 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
Bringing together the science of climate and weather
You might be surprised to learn that the study of weather and climate are not part of the same field of research.But a new centre officially launched today will bring those two fields together, with climate and weather specialists collaborating to investigate how Australia’s weather is being reshaped by climate change.
10/16/2024 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
What does the Biden administration's 30-day aid ultimatum say about US-Israel relations?
The United States has drawn another red line in the conflict in the Middle East with the State Department, issuing a warning to the Israeli government that if it does not allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza within 30 days, it could suspend military aid to Israel.
10/16/2024 • 20 minutes, 4 seconds
Rethinking the clean energy transition with traditional knowledge
While the energy revolution happening across the world is complex, could infusing traditional knowledge spur better change?
10/16/2024 • 14 minutes
Killer music: How to score a thriller movie
Composer Jed Kurzel is the name behind some of Australia's most scary and creepy films - Snowtown and Alien: The Covenant he shares how he translates that feeling into the music accompanying the film.
10/16/2024 • 16 minutes
Dynamic pricing on the chopping block as government reins in 'unfair trading'
Is dynamic pricing any different from surge pricing used by airlines or hotels during peak holiday season?
10/16/2024 • 12 minutes, 8 seconds
The push to bring high speed rail to Australia
Forty years after it was first proposed, Australia must hold some kind of record for high-speed rail studies that go nowhere.
10/16/2024 • 11 minutes, 22 seconds
The Indian gang accused of assassinations in Canada
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are alleging Indian officials employed the services of a crime syndicate known as the Lawrence Bishnoi gang to carry out the hit.
10/16/2024 • 6 minutes, 5 seconds
Kamala Harris to break media tradition and appear on Fox News as polls close in
After months of little media, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris seems to be on a blitz, and for the first time will sit down with Fox News.
10/15/2024 • 10 minutes, 28 seconds
Chinese economy struggles despite stimulus
China's economy continues to look increasingly frail despite moves by Beijing to boost growth.
10/15/2024 • 6 minutes, 52 seconds
Stillbirth rates remain stagnant as 2025 reduction target looms
Every day, about six babies are lost to stillbirth in Australia, impacting around 2,000 families every year.
10/15/2024 • 8 minutes, 44 seconds
David Droga is the 'Wombat of Wall Street'
From the Snowy River to New York, successful adman David Droga on the advertising business and how Australia presents itself to the rest of the world.
10/15/2024 • 20 minutes
Government flags wiping your debit card surcharges, but what's the real plan?
Card surcharges are estimated to cost Australians about a billion dollars a year and the government has today flagged banning the extra fees for debit cards by 2026.
10/15/2024 • 8 minutes, 30 seconds
"He was on a mission" — Kerry O'brien remembers George Negus
Veteran journalist and broadcaster George Negus has died at the age of 82 following a battle with Alzheimer's disease.
10/15/2024 • 8 minutes, 36 seconds
How do we fast-track the transition to rooftop solar?
Analysis by the Climate Council shows rooftop solar has been fitted to less than 20 per cent of homes in wealthy inner-ring suburbs. That compares with more than 30 or 40 per cent in many outer suburbs.
10/15/2024 • 12 minutes, 57 seconds
Pulp Fiction turns 30
You will probably find this hard to believe, but it's 30 years today since Pulp Fiction first hit our screens.Released on this day way back in 1994, it was a genre defying film - part black comedy, part drama, part splatter.
10/14/2024 • 6 minutes, 6 seconds
US election race heats up, while man arrested near Trump rally on firearm charges
The election race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is heating up with just three weeks of campaigning left.
10/14/2024 • 8 minutes, 22 seconds
Financial bosses to snub upcoming climate finance talks
Thousands of international leaders and experts will soon converge on the small volcanic nation of Azerbaijan, this year's meeting place for the COP29 climate summit.
10/14/2024 • 8 minutes, 59 seconds
Federal government commits $96 million to H5N1 bird flu preparedness
The deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza has spread rapidly across the globe, killing around 280 million birds in the last three years, including in Antarctica. But the deadly strain of bird flu is yet to hit Australia.
10/14/2024 • 6 minutes, 43 seconds
Maria-Anna Mozart: The Missing Mozart
A new documentary explores the life of Maria-Anna Mozart, who some argue was just as musically gifted as her brother and may even have had a hand in some of his work.
10/14/2024 • 13 minutes
How rugby league became a political bargaining chip
Papua New Guinea's dream of joining Australia's National Rugby League is inching closer to realityBut the price of entry could involve PNG agreeing not to sign a security deal with China.The ABC can reveal security is at the heart of negotiations between the two countries.
10/14/2024 • 9 minutes, 31 seconds
One year on Geoff Scott is clear why the Voice referendum failed
When Anthony Albanese officially launched his election campaign in Perth on May Day 2022, he was clear that a voice to parliament would be a landmark event for Australia.
10/14/2024 • 8 minutes, 47 seconds
Is Australia ready to become a republic?
With the King and Queen set to visit Australia this week some are asking if it's time Australia re-considered becoming a republic.
10/14/2024 • 12 minutes, 25 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Fatima Payman launches her new party, Anthony Albanese's tough week and the LNP plays the abortion card ahead of Queensland state election.
10/11/2024 • 23 minutes, 8 seconds
Do you get enough sunlight? Maybe you're deficient in Vitamin D.
Australia has seen a surge in vitamin D testing of children who are deficient in this crucial vitamin and many older Australians are needing to take supplements and eat a more Vitamin-D rich diet.GUEST: Professor Elina Hypponen, Professor of Nutritional and Genetic Epidemiology, University of South Australia
10/11/2024 • 7 minutes, 28 seconds
How getting an MBA helped Nicole Zuraitis win a GRAMMY
GRAMMY award-winning Jazz singer, Nicole Zuraitis talks about her love of coffee, her wide range of musical influences and performs her song 'Twenty Seconds'.
10/11/2024 • 13 minutes
Should Australia introduce progressive tax breaks for young people?
Portugal has just announced it will offer young people a decade of progressive tax breaks that would see them paying nothing at all in their first year of work.GUEST: Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, The Australia Institute
10/11/2024 • 15 minutes
The violence problem inside women’s sports
In Australian sport 2024 has been the year that our women have shone. Of the 18 golds won at the Paris Olympics 13 belong to female athletes.
10/11/2024 • 6 minutes, 50 seconds
Are social media age bans the right way to reduce risk?
The Federal Government is set to push ahead with a controversial move to ban children as old as 16 from using social media.
10/11/2024 • 7 minutes, 33 seconds
Palestinians prepare for the second year of a brutal war in Gaza
It’s been one year since Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced a "total" blockade of the Gaza Strip, cutting off electricity and blocking the entry of food and fuel in response to the October 7 Hamas attacks which killed more than 1200 Israelis.
10/10/2024 • 9 minutes, 12 seconds
State governments defy deadline for Commonwealth public school funding
It’s been more than a week since Federal Education Minister Jason Clare set a deadline for the State Governments to join his Commonwealth funding agreement or make do with the funding they have and the country’s biggest states are refusing to budge.
10/10/2024 • 8 minutes, 25 seconds
Hurricane Milton could turn electric vehicles into "ticking time bombs”
As Hurricane Milton devastates the coast of Florida, another storm is playing out on social media with claims that electric vehicles in the region will explode after being submerged in saltwater for extended periods.GUEST: James Purtill, ABC Technology Reporter
10/10/2024 • 4 minutes, 27 seconds
How the worlds most popular instrument came to be
The guitar has far older origins than just the baby boomers and their love for rock and roll. HP Newquist has brought some of the National Guitar Museum of America's collection, to Australia.
10/10/2024 • 14 minutes
Hurrican Milton's astonishing force
The so called ‘storm of the century” Hurricane Milton has slammed into the coast of Florida, knocking down traffic lights and sending water surging through neighbourhoods.
10/10/2024 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
Is the Big Box store take over inevitable?
A senate inquiry is exploring the market power of large chain stores like Bunnings, Petstock, Chemist Warehouse and even IKEA to see if they’re price gouging.
10/10/2024 • 13 minutes, 35 seconds
Hugh Sheridan spreads the word on prostate cancer
Four time Logie winner and Packed to the Rafters star Hugh Sheridan lost his father, Denis, to prostate cancer 3 years ago.
10/10/2024 • 6 minutes, 46 seconds
Destructive Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida
The storm comes a fortnight after Hurricane Helene flooded streets and homes in western Florida leaving at least 230 people dead across the country’s south
10/10/2024 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
'Storm of the Century' Hurricane Milton slams into Florida coast
Hurricane Milton has slammed into the coast of Florida with 200-kilometre-an-hour winds, flash flooding and four-meter storm surge warnings now current across the state’s central belt. GUEST: Ron Magill, Communications Director, Zoo Miami, Florida, USA
10/10/2024 • 8 minutes, 8 seconds
How to train your brain to get into 'the zone'
You know that feeling when you’re lost in a creative moment and you lose all track of time? That's the flow state and you're about to meet a neuroscientist who’ll tell you how you can better access it.
10/9/2024 • 17 minutes
Is there life on Europa?
This week NASA is launching the largest planetary exploration spacecraft it’s ever made, the Europa Clipper.
10/9/2024 • 8 minutes, 16 seconds
Small business insolvencies hit record highs
Insolvencies are at record highs with more than 11,000 companies faltering in the last financial year.
10/9/2024 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
Victorian family sells Mona Lisa copy for $200,000 in London auction
An animal sanctuary in Victoria has received a sizeable cash injection from the sale of a 17th-century copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa at a London auction.
10/9/2024 • 6 minutes, 16 seconds
Is your car spying on you?
An new investigation by consumer advocacy group Choice has found most of Australia’s popular makes of car collect and share data about the driver and passengers, ranging from fuel usage to driving locations and video footage. Some cars are even listening to and sharing what you say in the car.
10/9/2024 • 15 minutes, 1 second
Australian Universities plunge in international rankings
The Times Higher Education world university rankings for 2025 has been released and shows a concerning trend for Australian universities, with 17 institutions slipping down in the global standings.GUEST: Phil Baty, The Times Higher Education Chief Global Affairs Officer
10/8/2024 • 7 minutes, 39 seconds
Human trials begin on spider venom heart drug
On average, every nine minutes in Australia, someone will have a heart attack and seven thousand Australians die from them every year. Human trials are set to begin on the use of a particular K'gari funnel web spider venom that could soon be used to save your life in the event of a heart attack..GUEST: Nathan Palpant, Associate Professor with the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland
10/8/2024 • 4 minutes, 35 seconds
High Court precedent could see corporate executives face more prosecutions
Five years ago, the banking royal commission exposed an astonishing range of scandals that saw loses of more than $4.6 billion for millions of Australians - and yet very few individuals faced prosecution for their involvement.
10/8/2024 • 6 minutes, 9 seconds
Activate Australia Skills campaign launches to unlock the skills of 600,000+ migrants
A new alliance of more than 50 business groups, unions and community organisations has today launched the ‘Activate Australia’s Skills’ campaign at Canberra Parliament House. GUEST: Dane Moores, Campaign Director, Settlement Services International
10/8/2024 • 6 minutes, 7 seconds
Dark Tourism: Why are war zones becoming tourist hot spots?
A growing phenomenon known as “Dark Tourism” is seeing thousands of people travel to the sites of atrocities, massacres, war zones and disasters for guided tours.GUEST: Juliet Rogers, Associate Professor Criminology, The University of Melbourne
10/8/2024 • 12 minutes, 29 seconds
Bruce Beresford — Australian film industry at risk due to copyright law
Australian film directors say the local film industry is at risk, warning that antiquated copyright laws are driving creative talent overseas.They're calling for copyright law to be overhauled to give directors equal footing with producers for copyright ownership of creative work.GUEST: Bruce Beresford, film director
10/8/2024 • 8 minutes, 17 seconds
Fixing Child Support
Single parent households in Australia are three times more likely to be living in poverty than two parent households. Imagine then if there was a way of unlocking the estimated $3.7 billion owed or unaccounted for in child support payments? Researchers and campaigners have travelled to Canberra today to deliver a new report by Swinburne University which identifies a solution and a way to stop support payments from ‘being weaponised’ by parents. You can find the report hereGuest: Terese Edwards, CEO of Single Mother Families Australia
10/8/2024 • 9 minutes, 25 seconds
Could going 'nature positive' be the solution to deforestation?
Alongside the push to reach 'net zero' emissions, there's another drive for companies and banks to promote 'nature positive' projects and products. So what impact can this push really have on the environment and efforts to end deforestaion? GUEST:Dr Ken Henry, chair, Nature Finance Council
10/8/2024 • 9 minutes, 19 seconds
A Century of Satire: The Australian Cartoonist Association at 100
Award-winning political cartoonist Cathy Wilcox has been skewering the great and powerful for a generation. Today, she turns her gaze to our very own Andy Park.
10/8/2024 • 17 minutes
Will AHPRA’s fast-tracking of overseas-trained doctors put patient care at risk?
The ongoing shortage of GPs and specialists has seen the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency leading the implementation of a federal proposal to fast-track registration for overseas-trained anaesthetists, GPs, obstetricians, gynaecologists and psychiatrists.But two of Australia’s leading medical colleges are urging them to slow down, amid concerns the quality and safety of patient care could be put at risk. GUEST: Professor David Story, Anaesthetist and Head of Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, and President of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
10/7/2024 • 6 minutes, 44 seconds
Is the hydrogen hype fading in the face of high costs?
When the The Future Made in Australia package was announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the 2024-2025 Budget, hydrogen was the star player in the energy mix.But late last week, Australia’s second-largest power producer Origin Energy announced it will exit its project in the Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub in New South Wales, and cease all hydrogen development opportunities. GUEST: Mick Liubinskas, Climate Technology Advisor and Investor, and CEO of Climate Salad, Australian Climate Tech Community
10/7/2024 • 3 minutes, 39 seconds
Cyclone Tracy: The last bulletin out of Darwin
Former ABC journalist Richard Creswick was stationed at the Darwin bureau during Cyclone Tracy, he reflects on the events before and after and plans for the 50th anniversary commemoration.
10/7/2024 • 20 minutes
Pope Francis chooses Melbournian Bishop Mykola Bychok as youngest ever Cardinal
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in Melbourne, Bishop Mykola Bychok, will soon become the youngest member of the College of Cardinals after Pope Francis named him and as one of 21 new cardinals set to receive their red hats in early December.
10/7/2024 • 3 minutes, 55 seconds
Former Israeli PM calls for peace through two-state solution
It’s a year to the day since Hamas militants stormed Israel’s border, killing 1200 people and taking hundreds hostage.
10/7/2024 • 12 minutes, 49 seconds
Family of hostage killed in Gaza will 'never forgive' Israeli PM Netanyahu
Gil Dickmann's cousin Carmel Gat was among 6 hostages killed in the Gaza Strip in August. She was 40 years old.
10/7/2024 • 16 minutes, 29 seconds
Penrith chase history in the rugby league grand final
The competitions best teams will face off in Sundays NRL grand final.But is the dominance of Melbourne and Penrith undermining the salary cap, and its aim of keeping all sides competitive?
10/4/2024 • 8 minutes, 13 seconds
Coeliac disease on the rise
Symptoms for coeliac disease can be as vague and broad as feeling tired, having low iron or even issues with fertility, so it's not surprising that many people living with the autoimmune disorder don't even know they have it.
10/4/2024 • 8 minutes, 21 seconds
Dan Kelly on his adventure music
Singer/songwriter Dan Kelly explains the inspiration he gets from early mornings and country living.
10/4/2024 • 16 minutes
What's in a name?
Unusual birth names are often given to children today, sometimes as a grand gesture, a bold statement or a nod to a favourite celebrity. But names can also end up being a life-long load for a child to carry.GUEST: Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
10/4/2024 • 8 minutes, 21 seconds
National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children established
A major milestone has been reached today in the journey to establishing the first National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People.GUEST: Catherine Liddle, CEO, SNAICC - National Voice for our Children
10/4/2024 • 11 minutes, 31 seconds
Fat Bear Week
Anyone who spends anytime on the interweb will have seen or read about Fat Bear Week. Now in its 11th year, the curious competition sees people all over the world judge Alaskan bears via web cams before casting a ballot for the beast that has enhanced their frame enough to prepare for the winter hibernation. The video cameras are set up along the Brooks River in the Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska., where the bears hunt for salmon. But earlier this week these cameras captured something pretty gruesome when a male bear, number 469, killed a female number 402.
10/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 7 seconds
Former US State Department official calls for new diplomatic strategy in Middle East
Has the US lost its power rein in its ally or deter other major belligerents in a fast-worsening regional crisis?
10/3/2024 • 19 minutes, 2 seconds
Century old Sydney boarding houses facing closure
In Paddington in Sydney’s inner east, the housing crisis is being felt acutely right now by a group of mostly elderly men.A row of four terraces have been used as boarding houses for over a century, and some of the current residents have been there for more than 50 years.But an eviction order is looming , with the developer who bought the houses in 2022 seeking to convert them into luxury homes.
10/3/2024 • 6 minutes, 16 seconds
Origin Energy pulls plug on green hydrogen plans
Has Australia fallen at the starting line in the global race to turn water into hydrogen?
10/3/2024 • 8 minutes, 31 seconds
Lael Wilcox's race around the world
Find out what possesses someone to cycle 29,169km, across 22 countries, in 108 days.
10/3/2024 • 16 minutes
Could long and complicated passwords leave you more vulnerable?
Research suggests the harder password requirements are, the more likely humans are to cut corners.
10/3/2024 • 14 minutes, 10 seconds
Australia bracing for H5N1 arrival
H5N1 is wreaking havoc around the world and authorities here predict H5N1 will be devastating to Australia’s birds and mammals and our economy.
10/3/2024 • 9 minutes, 48 seconds
Female jockeys surge to the front in the apprentice ranks
It’s fair to say that horse racing has long had a reputation as a bit of a bloke's world - the horses are trained by men, and ridden by men.Back in 2015, jockey Michelle Payne became the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup, aboard Prince of Penzance, and after the race gave a short speech about what she saw as racing’s inherent chauvinism.Well things have changed a bit since that famous speech - statistics from racing NSW reveal that this year the majority of apprentice jockeys in the state are women.
10/2/2024 • 5 minutes, 10 seconds
The VP debate in the shadow of Harris V Trump
U-S Republican J-D Vance and Democrat Tim Walz have faced off in the only Vice Presidential debate of the US election.The candidates faced questions on gun violence, the situation in the Middle East, and the state of the U-S economy, moderated by the CBS network in New York. This may be the final debate of the campaign, with the teams of the presidential candidates unable to agree on another meeting before the 5 November election.
10/2/2024 • 5 minutes, 51 seconds
Authorities grapple with looming protests, vigils on October 7 anniversary
Vigils and protests are planned across the country this weekend as Jewish and Palestinian communities reflect on a year of violence and division both in the Middle East and within their own neighbourhoods here in Australia.
10/2/2024 • 11 minutes, 31 seconds
Kashmir polls close in first election in a decade
Kashmir polls close in first election in a decade
10/2/2024 • 5 minutes, 10 seconds
'All the Rage': Why anger is everywhere
The new book 'All the Rage' by Josh Cohen looks at how and why anger is so prevalent in the world today.
10/2/2024 • 10 minutes
Lebanon faces extended power vacuum as war erupts in Middle East
After 12 months of escalation, it appears that a regional war is now erupting in the Middle East as Israel continues its incursion on Lebanon while Iran and Hezbollah forces fire missiles towards Israel.
10/2/2024 • 14 minutes, 42 seconds
Are you being harassed by companies contacting you?
Are you being harassed by companies contacting you?
10/2/2024 • 9 minutes, 15 seconds
1 in 3 Australian's bin unwanted clothes - here's how to dispose of them properly
A new report from RMIT reveals 1 in 3 Australian's are putting their unwanted clothes in the bin. The report also reveals that this could be prevented if people knew about available recycling schemes and they were made more accessible.
10/2/2024 • 10 minutes, 48 seconds
Majority of pharmacists opposed to selling vapes
As of today pharmacies can sell vapes containing nicotine to anyone over 18 years old, although it could be difficult finding one who stocks them.The government's national vaping reforms have been rejected by Tasmania and Western Australia, as well as Australia's peak pharmacy body.
10/1/2024 • 8 minutes, 25 seconds
Qatar Airways makes surprise play for Virgin Australia
A lot going on in business and finance today, including some major news in the aviation and building sectors.
10/1/2024 • 6 minutes, 30 seconds
Steven Miles fires the starting gun for the Queensland state election
The polls indicate it will be an uphill battle for Labor which has been in power in the state for close to a decade.
10/1/2024 • 9 minutes, 14 seconds
Anna Maria della Pietà — from orphan to Maestra
How did one girl go from being an orphan to the greatest violinist of the 18th century?
10/1/2024 • 15 minutes
Why the media needs to do better when reporting on older Australians
Why the media needs to do better when reporting on older Australians
10/1/2024 • 11 minutes, 31 seconds
ABC accepts racism report recommendations
ABC accepts racism report recommendations
10/1/2024 • 11 minutes, 22 seconds
Do 'blue zones' produce centenarians or is it all a myth?
Blue zones have long been thought to create some of the world oldest and healthiest populations.
10/1/2024 • 5 minutes, 26 seconds
Why senior staff are walking out of Australia’s leading cultural institutions
There’s something going on behind closed doors at Australia’s most prestigious cultural institutions.
10/1/2024 • 7 minutes, 32 seconds
UK becomes first G7 country to phase out coal power
UK becomes first G7 country to phase out coal power
9/30/2024 • 4 minutes, 44 seconds
Classic FMs live concert series
There's nothing quite like the thrill of hearing a live concert on the radio.Now you can hear two concerts on ABC Classic, with concerts set to air every weeknight, to go with the lunchtime series that is already on your radio.
9/30/2024 • 6 minutes, 21 seconds
'I love Australia more' — Lebanese community responds to backlash over protests
The AFP says it is expecting at least six referrals from Victorian Police relating to protests allegedly involving prohibited symbols and chants for potentially breaching Counter-Terrorism laws on Hate Symbols
9/30/2024 • 11 minutes, 38 seconds
Fifty years on: The ever-expanding universe of 'Dungeons and Dragons'
Celebrating the enduring appeal and the 50th anniversary of the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons.
9/30/2024 • 12 minutes
Remembering Kris Kristofferson
Is there an artist whose music speaks to you more than any other?Who gets to you in a way that makes you stop and think, or just strikes an emotional chord whenever a particular song comes on the radio or on your playlist?We’re asking you this as we mark the death of a creative icon - the singer, songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson who’s passed away at the age of 88.
9/30/2024 • 12 minutes, 58 seconds
You're not imagining it. Your GP appointment is getting more expensive
You're not imagining it. Your GP appointment is getting more expensive
9/30/2024 • 8 minutes, 44 seconds
Australia's first solar farm co-op ready to plug into grid
Solar power isn't an option for everyone for example renters, apartment and heritage home owners are some of the people who might not be able to put panels on their roofs.
9/30/2024 • 5 minutes, 25 seconds
How a new drug could change lives for people with schizophrenia
Schizophrenia was first identified almost 140 years ago, affects around 24 million people worldwide but remains one of the most poorly understood mental disorders.
9/30/2024 • 8 minutes, 38 seconds
How a new drug could change lives for people with schizophrenia
Schizophrenia was first identified almost 140 years ago, affects around 24 million people worldwide but remains one of the most poorly understood mental disorders.
9/29/2024 • 8 minutes, 38 seconds
Century old Sydney boarding houses face closure
In Paddington in Sydney’s inner east, the housing crisis is being felt acutely right now by a group of mostly elderly men.A row of four terraces have been used as boarding houses for over a century, and some of the current residents have been there for more than 50 years.But an eviction order is looming , with the developer who bought the houses in 2022 seeking to convert them into luxury homes.
9/27/2024 • 7 minutes, 28 seconds
Hurricane Helene sweeps across Florida coast
Hurricane Helene has hit Florida and the results have been devastating. Lev Looney from the National Ocean Atmospheric Administration flew through it on a plane just before it made landfall to study its size and structure.
9/27/2024 • 6 minutes, 32 seconds
Caravan and motorhome travel in Australia at record high
Caravans, campervans and motorhomes are becoming increasingly popular with Australians looking to explore the remote corners of our country. There are a record breaking 850,000 recreational vehicles registered around the country, mostly owned by grey nomads.Guest: Richard Barwick, CEO of the Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia
9/27/2024 • 9 minutes, 44 seconds
Double bassist Maxime Bibeau tells Sophia's story
The Principal Double Bass player for the Australian Chamber Orchestra Maxime Bibeau tells us the tale of his beautiful instrument.
9/27/2024 • 17 minutes
Netanyahu rejects ceasefire proposal as he prepares to address the UN
Netanyahu has touched down in New York for a speech to the UN General Assembly. But even as he hits the runway he has given a statement rejecting the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon proposed by the White House and it's key allies. Guest: Suzanne Lynch, Associate Editor at Politico, covering the UN General Assembly meeting, and author of Politico’s Global Playbook.
9/27/2024 • 11 minutes, 55 seconds
Remembering Kris Kristofferson
Is there an artist whose music speaks to you more than any other?Who gets to you in a way that makes you stop and think, or just strikes an emotional chord whenever a particular song comes on the radio or on your playlist? Something to consider as we mark the death of a creative icon - the singer, songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson who’s died at the age of 88.
9/27/2024 • 29 minutes, 13 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Wrapping up the week in news with National Affairs Editor for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald James Massola and executive creative director with Campaign Edge, Dee Madigan.
9/27/2024 • 21 minutes, 20 seconds
Is Australia safer with AUKUS?
Australia and its future with AUKUS
9/26/2024 • 23 minutes, 30 seconds
Melbourne Lord Mayor's AI fail
As the Artificial Intelligence boom continues to sweep all before it, we’re rapidly finding out all the downsides that come with it.
9/26/2024 • 7 minutes, 13 seconds
Aboriginal community takes lead on out-of-home care for Indigenous children
Just 6 per cent of Australian kids are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, yet they make up almost half of all children in out-of-home care.
9/26/2024 • 6 minutes, 3 seconds
Behind the scenes with costume designer Deborah L. Scott
Deborah L. Scott on the glitz, glamour and grunt work of being a costume designer for some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters.
9/26/2024 • 12 minutes
Would changing negative gearing or capital gains help the housing market?
Would changing negative gearing or capital gains help the housing market?
9/26/2024 • 9 minutes, 8 seconds
Are our attitudes towards nudity changing?
Sydney’s Griffin Theatre has just released its 2025 catalogue including a play called Naturism, a comedy which pitches Boomer naturists in a face off with a gen-Z influencer, featuring an almost entirely nude cast.
9/26/2024 • 13 minutes, 26 seconds
Qantas faces two-week national strike by engineers over wage dispute
Qantas is denying the cancelled flights and delays seen today are the result of industrial action, blaming the disruption on bad weather in Sydney.
9/26/2024 • 5 minutes, 51 seconds
Conservation groups devastated over federal mine approvals
Conservation groups devastated over federal mine approvals
9/25/2024 • 6 minutes, 8 seconds
UN meets as Middle East crisis worsens
World leaders have gathered in New York for the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly, with efforts to prevent a wider regional war in the Middle East high on the agenda.But with the conflict now concentrated in Lebanon, how does the Arab world assess what’s unfolded in the region since the crisis began on October 7 last year?
9/25/2024 • 13 minutes, 36 seconds
Chinese government takes evasive action to ward off economic crisis
Chinese government takes evasive action to ward off economic crisis
9/25/2024 • 7 minutes, 7 seconds
Friends of Australian woman detained in Türkiye deny she is associated with Kurdish separatist group
The health educator and single-mother of two was returning home to Australia after visiting family when she was detained.
9/25/2024 • 6 minutes, 40 seconds
How the son of a German confectioner changed the study of science in Australia
Gerard Krefft steadfastly stood by his conviction and vision for what science and zoology could be in Australia, to his own detriment.
9/25/2024 • 18 minutes
Malapropism or unfortunate mistake? UK PM accidentally calls Gaza hostages ‘sausages’ in major speech
Is it fair to call out malapropisms and mispronunciations or just a bit of nit-picking?
9/25/2024 • 12 minutes, 22 seconds
Calls for labelling clarity to distinguish 'Australian-owned' from 'Australian-made' products
Two Australian companies, Sanitarium and Norco, are urging consumers to look beyond 'Australian-made' products and support companies that are Australian-owned.
9/25/2024 • 7 minutes, 29 seconds
Aboriginal police officers lodge human rights complaint against NT government
The complaint also confirms a practice which has previously been denied by the NT police of indigenous people being removed from public places before the arrival of dignitaries.
9/24/2024 • 6 minutes, 1 second
Taiwan's push for UN recognition
Taiwan is calling on Penny Wong to commit Australia to a push for it to be granted UN membership.The Foreign Minister has arrived in New York for a meeting of the UN General Assembly, with the war in the Middle East top of the agenda.But Taiwan’s representative in Australia, Douglas Hsu has put Taiwan’s sovereignty on the table, and linked it to calls for the Palestinian Territories to be granted UN recognition.
9/24/2024 • 7 minutes, 45 seconds
Human Rights Watch calls for international independent investigation into Lebanon attacks
Human Rights Watch calls for international independent investigation into Lebanon attacks
9/24/2024 • 8 minutes, 18 seconds
RBA leaves rates on hold
The Reserve Bank has, as predicted, left official interest rates on hold, but widespread calls for a rate cut continue to grow louder.The cash rate will remain at 4.35 per cent for another six weeks, until the RBA Board's next meeting in early November.Governor Michelle Bullock reaffirmed the board’s view that inflation remains its sole focus.
9/24/2024 • 6 minutes, 13 seconds
US looks to ban Chinese-made smart car software
US wants to ban Chinese-made smart car software
9/24/2024 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
Shaun Micallef's Origin Odyssey
Shaun Micallef discusses the humorous and heartfelt moments he experienced filming his new documentary series Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey.
9/24/2024 • 13 minutes
Why nostalgia is good for your mental health
Do you find yourself switching on a tv series or movie you’ve seen a million times before to escape?
9/24/2024 • 12 minutes, 40 seconds
Helen Haines: NACC has 'important work to do'
After operating for more than a year the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has delivered just three convictions.
9/24/2024 • 8 minutes, 52 seconds
Tony Popovic appointed new socceroos coach
Tony Popovic has been named new coach of the Socceroos, replacing Graham Arnold who resigned last week after the team’s lacklustre performances in world cup qualifiers earlier this month.Popovic's contract will see him lead the Socceroos at the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico, should they qualify.And on that note, there is still a lot of work to be done.
9/23/2024 • 5 minutes, 58 seconds
Israel conducts airstrikes into Southern Lebanon
Israel has issued a rare warning to residents of Southern Lebanon to leave their homes signalling widespread air strikes targeting Hezbollah infrastructure. The strikes appear to have already begun, with live shots of the region showing plumes of smoke rising over Lebanon in the dawn light. There have already been days of continued exchanges of fire between the IDF and the Iranian backed Hezbollah, after last week's pager and walkie talkie attacks, which killed dozens and injured thousands.
9/23/2024 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Global emissions could be trending down
Global emissions could be trending down
9/23/2024 • 7 minutes, 25 seconds
50 years on, is community radio more important?
50 years on, could community radio be more important?
9/23/2024 • 10 minutes, 30 seconds
Chef Kimberly Tang plates up her family favourites
Chef Kimberly Tang takes us on a culinary journey from her family's kitchen in Singapore, to competition kitchens around the world.
9/23/2024 • 9 minutes
Draft mandatory grocery code to force supermarkets to act in 'good faith'
Will the code see the supermarkets on the ropes for bad behaviour or simply ducking and weaving the penalties?
9/23/2024 • 8 minutes, 35 seconds
Record number of Australians raid super to fund medical treatments
The number of people taking out their superannuation early for medical expenses - things like weight loss surgery, dentistry and IVF - has skyrocketed, up 50 per cent since 2019.
9/23/2024 • 13 minutes, 4 seconds
Supermarkets could face 'hundreds of millions' of dollars in fines
Former head of the ACCC, professor Allan Fels believes Coles and Woolworths could face hundreds of millions of dollars in fines as a result of legal action taken by the competition regulator.
9/23/2024 • 9 minutes, 6 seconds
The Friday Wrap on Libertarians, cranky Albo and the housing bill that wasn't
Wrapping up the week in news with Guardian senior correspondent Sarah Martin and ABC political reporter Brett Worthington
9/20/2024 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
Are dating apps changing our relationships?
New research coming from the Australian Study of Health and Relationships suggests that more than 50% of Australians aged 20-39 met their current partner via a dating app, and over 40s aren’t far behind, with 21% of 50 to 69-year-olds meeting online.
9/20/2024 • 12 minutes, 39 seconds
Charlie Musselwhite ain't lying!
Legendary musician Charlie Musselwhite on the past, present and future of the blues.
9/20/2024 • 12 minutes, 37 seconds
Report warns nuclear will add $665 a year to power bills
The Coalition has for past few months been promoting a plan to build seven nuclear power stations around Australia.
9/20/2024 • 7 minutes, 18 seconds
Rex Patrick vows to 'clean up' Canberra in Senate run with Jacqui Lambie Network
Former senator Rex Patrick will make another tilt at federal parliament, announcing he will run for a South Australian seat as a member of the Jacqui Lambie Network.
9/20/2024 • 8 minutes, 39 seconds
How gambling reshaped the sports we love
It is finals time in the major football codes, with finals in the NRL and AFL being played across the weekend.And if you’re watching on there will be no escaping the constant ads for betting companies, such as Sportsbet and the TAB, offering you odds on who will win, who will score the first try or kick the first goal or who will lead at half time - the list of betting options is endless.But the proliferation of gambling ads and what to do about them is only part of the story.
9/19/2024 • 8 minutes, 12 seconds
Australian scientist wins prestigious award
Australian Oceanographer Matthew England is the first Australian winner of the American Geophysical Union Climate Communications Prize.The prize recognises science communication that helps us better understand the impacts of climate change.
9/19/2024 • 4 minutes, 17 seconds
UN Rapporteur says explosive attacks on Hezbollah likely a war crime
UN Rapporteur questions if international law was breached with attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon
9/19/2024 • 11 minutes, 57 seconds
How well will the new privacy laws protect you?
How well will the new privacy laws protect you?
9/19/2024 • 5 minutes, 44 seconds
Recycled paper packaging among the worst for leaching chemicals into food
A recent study published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology has found that of the roughly 14,000 known chemicals in food packaging, around 25 per cent have been found in the human body, in samples of blood, hair or breast milk.
9/19/2024 • 9 minutes, 33 seconds
From monster trucks to musicals to Mozart: How Jack Lyle found opera
Baritone opera singer Jake Lyle, talks about his upbringing in Gladstone, QLD and his decision to pursue a career in opera and musical theatre.
9/19/2024 • 11 minutes
Is it ever ok to lie on your resume?
Lying on your resume might seem like a quick way through the door for some jobs but you could risk being fired, banned from the industry or even liable for civil or criminal penalties.
9/19/2024 • 10 minutes, 2 seconds
Pressure grows on RBA after US rate cut
Analysts labelled it one of the most important meetings in the history of the Federal Reserve, and the US central bank didn’t disappoint.Overnight the ‘Fed’ cut official interest rates by a half of one percent, the first rate cut since March 2020, right at the start of the pandemic.The cut comes as Australia’s central bank continues to ponder the next move on interest rates here at home.
9/19/2024 • 12 minutes, 5 seconds
Can South Australia's first home buyer scheme work elsewhere?
The Federal Government’s Help to Buy housing scheme remains stuck in the senate with the Opposition the Greens both refusing to pass it.
9/19/2024 • 6 minutes, 46 seconds
Pagers blown up in Lebanon in apparent attack by Israel
Analysts are still scrambling to understand how and who launched a massive attack targeting messaging pagers used by Hezbollah members in southern Lebanon and Syria.At least nine people including a young girl died and thousands more are reported to be injured.The Pagers exploded simultaneously late yesterday as part of a coordinated operation, possibly carried out by Israel’s spy agency Mossad.
9/18/2024 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Federal government is holds firm on social media ban as Meta unveils plans for 'teen accounts'
Are the big tech companies finally listening to the Australian government’s threats or is this simply another way to keep children hooked to their screens?
9/18/2024 • 14 minutes, 46 seconds
Dozens killed in PNG amid wave of tribal violence
Tribal violence has again erupted in Papua New Guinea with at least 30 people killed in gun battles between rival tribes in PNG's remote central highlands.The unrest started in August when ‘illegal miners’ attacked a landowner in the Porgera Valley, which is home to one of Papua New Guinea's largest gold deposits.Local police had been holding peace talks but the dialogue broke down over the weekend with gunshots ringing out for the past few days.
9/18/2024 • 7 minutes, 8 seconds
Government forced to publish review of Australia's military justice system after Royal Commission leak
A sweeping review into Australia’s military justice watchdog kept secret for the last six months has finally been tabled in the Senate after the report was accidentally published on the website of the Royal Commission into Veteran and Defence suicides on Tuesday.
9/18/2024 • 8 minutes, 22 seconds
About Time, a newspaper for those on the inside
'About Time' is a new nationally distributed newspaper helping connect and inform those on the inside.
9/18/2024 • 13 minutes
Would the new childcare recommendations help you and your career?
Would the new childcare recommendations help you and your career?
9/18/2024 • 12 minutes, 17 seconds
Opposition defends possible Israeli pager attack on Hezbollah
Opposition defends possible Israeli pager attack on Hezbollah
9/18/2024 • 8 minutes, 27 seconds
If Australia introduced nuclear power, would it compromise your solar?
If Australia introduced nuclear power, would it compromise your solar?
9/17/2024 • 11 minutes, 2 seconds
Australia signs first free trade agreement with the Middle East
After months of talks, Australia has hammered out a new free trade deal with the Middle East that will eliminate tariffs on nearly all Australian products entering the United Arab Emirates.
9/17/2024 • 14 minutes, 10 seconds
US Federal Reserve to decide next move on interest rates
The US Federal Reserve Board to meet to decide next move on interest rates, as recession risk grows.
9/17/2024 • 6 minutes, 23 seconds
Musician Nikodimus on sharing a Spotify account with a priest
Genre-bending multi-instrumentalist composer, Nikodimos talks about the influence of his Greek heritage and the importance of improvisation on his music.
9/17/2024 • 20 minutes
Housing legislation stalls in the Senate
The program, which was approved by the House in February, would see the government co-purchase homes with up to 40-thousand first home-buyers, reducing the size of the deposit and mortgage required.
9/17/2024 • 8 minutes, 9 seconds
New NSW National Park provides home to threatened species
Cuttaburra National Park, located 150 km north-west of Bourke, has just been officially gazetted, providing protection to one of Australia's most important wetlands and an array of threatened species.
9/17/2024 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Do Australians care more about US politics than our own?
As the US elections continue to heat up, attention in Australia is turning to the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
9/17/2024 • 13 minutes, 23 seconds
Greenland landslide caused mega-tsunami, nine-day earthquake in 2023
Researchers are now warning we could see similar activity occur more often as climate change impacts the Arctic landscape.
9/16/2024 • 4 minutes, 34 seconds
Fears for future of critical Whyalla steelworks
Fears for future of critical Whyalla steelworks
9/16/2024 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
Tanya Plibersek orders fresh scrutiny of Beetaloo fracking water extraction
Environment Minister calls on experts to scrutinise water impacts of major NT gas projects
9/16/2024 • 5 minutes, 4 seconds
Health insurers warn covering cost of private hospital crisis could see premiums rise
As we await the federal government’s financial health check of Australia’s $22 billion private hospital sector, is it possible to put a price on your health?
9/16/2024 • 7 minutes, 48 seconds
Griffin Dunne's life among the stars
Griffin Dunne's new memoir 'The Friday Afternoon Club' tells the story of his family's life and losses in Hollywood.
9/16/2024 • 22 minutes
Libertarian's record haul at NSW council elections
Local Government elections generally don’t generate a lot of media coverage, but the drama that surrounded the weekend’s NSW council elections was hard to ignore.The failure of the Liberal party to formally nominate candidates in many regions became a big story … AND a big opportunity. As counting continues it’s pretty clear the Libertarian Party have been the beneficiaries of the Liberals administrative failures, winning a host of council seats and likely control of one LGA.
9/16/2024 • 9 minutes, 48 seconds
Family of pilot facing 65 years in jail seeks to halt extradition to US
The family of Dan Duggan, a former US fighter pilot accused of illegally training Chinese pilots, has called on the Attorney General to halt his extradition to the United States.
9/16/2024 • 9 minutes, 39 seconds
NSW school shifts to four day face-to-face teaching week
A Catholic high school in New South Wales will permanently adopt a flexible timetable that allows senior students to learn remotely one day a week following a year-long trial.
9/16/2024 • 11 minutes, 26 seconds
The Political Wrap
The wrap of the week that was in Australian politics.
9/13/2024 • 19 minutes, 49 seconds
Animal Attraction with Dr Ann Jones from 'What the Duck!'
Sexual attraction can feel like a very human experience but if you think that you’d be wrong - attraction in the animal world is arguably more nuanced and ritualised than our own bizarre dating games. Dr Ann Jones, the host of the ABC podcast 'What the Duck' joins RN Drive to discuss the world of animal magnetism.
9/13/2024 • 10 minutes, 23 seconds
Sex, death, betrayal and Puccini
Whether you’re seasoned opera aficionado or an amateur when it comes to arias, chances are you have been moved by Puccini’s works.
9/13/2024 • 15 minutes, 11 seconds
Should we be weighing children in school?
Childhood obesity is an increasing problem in Australia, but the proposal from the Australian College of Nurses to weigh children at school has been met with objections from multiple public health groups. Is the proposal as problematic as it is being made out to be? And what are the options for helping reduce childhood obesity in this country?
9/13/2024 • 10 minutes, 30 seconds
Government's proposed scam code could open door to compensation
According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Australians reported more than six hundred thousand scams last year— at a cost of more than two-point seven billion dollars.
9/13/2024 • 11 minutes, 16 seconds
Are the Taliban about to ban cricket in Afghanistan?
In the three years since taking back control of Afghanistan, the Taliban have gradually imposed a form of Sharia Law that’s seen girls banned from school, and most cultural and social pursuits outlawed.From sport, to music, film and TV, the arts, even hobbies, Afghanistan has been dragged back to something akin to a dark age.Cricket has been the one pursuit that has, so far, survived the regime, although women’s cricket has been banned in accordance with the Taliban's total prohibition of women’s sportBut there is now speculation that factions within the Taliban are pushing to ban all forms of cricket inside Afghanistan.
9/13/2024 • 5 minutes, 57 seconds
What the new aged care reforms mean for you or your loved ones
What the new aged care reforms mean for you or your loved ones
9/12/2024 • 9 minutes, 22 seconds
Federal government to outlaw doxxing, cracks down on disinformation
A new criminal offence for the malicious release of personal data online, known as doxxing, will come with a maximum penalty of seven years' jail, following the personal details of hundreds of Jewish Australians being published online.
9/12/2024 • 9 minutes, 58 seconds
New disinformation laws, Meta taking your data for AI
New disinformation laws, Meta taking your data for AI and Pacific Islands Forum hacked
9/12/2024 • 5 minutes, 37 seconds
Australian private hospitals on verge of collapse
Tensions between health insurers and hospitals are continuing to boil as we await the findings of the government's review in the private hospital sector.
9/12/2024 • 6 minutes, 27 seconds
The Australian artist showing her glass art in Venice
Sabrina Dowling Giuduci is the only Australian exhibiting at Venice Glass Week - a prestigious international exhibition of glass artists from around the world.
9/12/2024 • 16 minutes, 1 second
The Australian artist showing her glass art in Venice
Sabrina Dowling Giuduci is the only Australian exhibiting at Venice Glass Week - a prestigious international exhibition of glass artists from around the world.
9/12/2024 • 16 minutes, 1 second
E scooters: A transport solution or a problem to be fixed
An unregulated public hazard, an accident waiting to happen, an enabler of bad behaviour on our roads and footpaths.
9/12/2024 • 9 minutes, 40 seconds
War medals stripped from senior military commanders in Afghanistan
Defence Minister Richard Marles has stripped the war medals from commanding officers who held senior roles during the war in Afghanistan.
9/12/2024 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
The families banding together to stop the smartphone spiral with their kids
The families banding together to stop the smartphone spiral with their teens
9/11/2024 • 8 minutes, 41 seconds
Greens MP slammed for attending Melbourne anti-war protest
Dozens of police injured in protests in Melbourne as Greens call for inquiry into police force
9/11/2024 • 7 minutes, 22 seconds
"Owner of the Universe" arrested in the Philippines
For decades, Apollo Quiboloy enjoyed evangelical status, phenomenal wealth and political power in the Philippines - including close allies with the Marcos and Duterte families.But last week, his divine run from authorities came to an end after months of evading police on charges of sexual abuse, child abuse and human trafficking
9/11/2024 • 6 minutes, 59 seconds
Why are so many of us still dying from asthma attacks?
Almost 3 million Australians are today living with asthma, a chronic lung disease that makes it harder to breathe, and kills more than 460 Australians each year, with elderly women accounting for almost half of asthma deaths.
9/11/2024 • 7 minutes, 51 seconds
Henry V, England's greatest warrior king
King Henry V's survival on the battlefield and weeks of agonising surgery without anaesthetic would become a critical chapter in his life as he went on to become one fo England's greatest warrior kings. Renowned author and historian Dan Jones tells his remarkable story.
9/11/2024 • 16 minutes, 7 seconds
70 per cent of all homes in Australia have major building problems
Have you noticed your house overheats in summer and freezes in winter? At worst you might have found cracks running along your balcony or dense patches of mould growing in your walls.
9/11/2024 • 8 minutes, 1 second
Harris, Trump and the great debate
Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump took to the stage in Philadelphia, for a 90 minute debate moderated by ABC America.
9/11/2024 • 11 minutes, 13 seconds
Gold medals stolen from Australian rowing legend
Let’s turn our focus back to the Olympics for a moment, and a very sad story that’s unfolding in Melbourne involving a clutch of Olympic medals.
9/10/2024 • 6 minutes, 40 seconds
NT Opposition Leader Selena Uibo becomes first Indigenous woman to lead a major Australian political party
Territory Labor was whittled down from fourteen seats to just four with the majority of former chief minister Eva Lawler's frontbench given their marching orders by voters.
9/10/2024 • 7 minutes, 4 seconds
Why the supermarkets gave home brand a makeover
Once upon a time the likes of Black and Gold, No Frills and Home Brand were instantly recognisable as the budget version of a host of supermarket product lines from pasta to pet food, from biscuits to breakfast cereal and a whole lot more
9/10/2024 • 5 minutes, 34 seconds
Bat decline linked to infant mortality
A new study has found infant mortality increases when bat colonies decline.
9/10/2024 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
Just like in ancient times, Hollywood continues to reinvent the story of Zeus
Whether it's Jeff Goldblum's vain and cruel Zeus dripping in gold, Lawrence Olivier as the wrathful and vengeful Zeus in Clash of the Titans, or the Toga-clad angry father in the 1970’s Hercules in New York.
9/10/2024 • 14 minutes, 34 seconds
Has the government jumped the gun on age limits for social media?
Anthony Albanese has today announced an as-yet-undefined ban on younger teenagers and children from accessing social media before the next election.
9/10/2024 • 14 minutes, 22 seconds
RBA reforms at impasse, Greens could join negotiations
RBA reforms at impasse, Greens could join negotiations
9/10/2024 • 8 minutes, 1 second
'Life will get better' — Government persues new suicides prevention strategy
Nine Australians die by suicide every single day. Figures released today show 71per cent of suicide prevention organisations have seen an increase in demand over the last 12 months and 80 per cent are struggling to find the funding to keep up.
9/10/2024 • 16 minutes, 18 seconds
Bridget McKenzie says Qantas and Jetstar should split up, is it a good idea?
Bridget McKenzie says Qantas and Jetstar should split up, is it a good idea?
9/9/2024 • 9 minutes, 12 seconds
Are crematoriums the future of renewable energy?
More than 70 per cent of funerals in Australia involve cremation - an energy intensive practice that results in the release of heavy emissions daily.
9/9/2024 • 4 minutes, 22 seconds
Palau's visitor numbers plummet, President says China is working against it
Palau's visitor numbers plummet, President says China is working against it
9/9/2024 • 7 minutes, 42 seconds
Making the invisible, visible
Author and Professor of Materials and Society at University College London’s Mark Miodownik’s new book is ‘It’s a Gas’ and it highlights the importance of gas and how humans interact with it.
9/9/2024 • 18 minutes, 38 seconds
Why do we have plastic bread ties anyway?
The New South Wales government is calling for feedback on a new plastics strategy, hoping it may help to rid our shops and environment of all those silly little pieces of, often unnecessary, plastic.
9/9/2024 • 13 minutes, 17 seconds
Royal Commission recommends creating new veterans support agency
After a three year investigation, the Royal Commission into Veterans Suicide has handed down its findings today, chief among them that the Department of Veterans affairs isn’t up to the job of supporting ex-service people.
9/9/2024 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide final report published
The long awaited final report from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has today been tabled in Parliament, three years after the inquiry began.
9/9/2024 • 8 minutes, 11 seconds
Elle Macpherson's healing vibes fall flat and the government under siege
Elle Macpherson's healing vibes fall flat and the government under siege
9/6/2024 • 22 minutes, 36 seconds
The dusty glamour and girt of the Birdsville Races
The Birdsville Races, also known as the ‘Melbourne Cup of the Outback’, kicked off this week in Queensland’s Simpson Desert, with a combined prize pool of more that three hundred thousand dollars plus bonuses on offer to the competitors in the 13-race carnival.
9/6/2024 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
The dusty glamour and grit of the Birdsville Races
The Birdsville Races, also known as the ‘Melbourne Cup of the Outback’, kicked off this week in Queensland’s Simpson Desert, with a combined prize pool of more that three hundred thousand dollars plus bonuses on offer to the competitors in the 13-race carnival.
9/6/2024 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Reports of massive looting at Sudan's National Museum
Satellite images taken last year show a large-scale heist at the National Museum of Sudan - with truckloads of artefacts leaving the museum, heading for the south Sudan border.
9/6/2024 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Jordie Lane finds serenity in songwriting and spreadsheets
Folk/country singer Jordie Lane joins Andy in the studio, talks about life in Nashville, his new record 'Tropical Depression' and plays a couple of songs.
9/6/2024 • 17 minutes
Are we doing enough to protect Australia's surf breaks?
It’s been 100 years since Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku brought the art of surfing to Australian shores and since then the sport has become a national past-time.
9/6/2024 • 12 minutes, 8 seconds
$4.7 billion promised for frontline family violence services
A $4.7 billion package for family violence support workers has been agreed to by national cabinet.
9/6/2024 • 10 minutes, 33 seconds
'Hundreds' of Australian apartments wrapped in cladding that fuelled Grenfell Tower fire
'Hundreds' of Australian apartments wrapped in cladding that fuelled Grenfell Tower fire
9/5/2024 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
ASIO boss pushes for access to encrypted chat rooms
Spy agency ASIO pushes for access to encrypted chat rooms
9/5/2024 • 7 minutes, 4 seconds
Bill Shorten to be next Vice Chancellor of University of Canberra
Minister Bill Shorten will soon become Vice Chancellor Bill Shorten.
9/5/2024 • 6 minutes, 7 seconds
Malcolm Knox's new book 'The First Friend' examines friendship and brutality
How author Malcolm Knox took a darkly funny look at one of Stalin's biggest monsters, despite the Soviet's attempt to erase him from history.
9/5/2024 • 18 minutes
Did Brittany Higgins defame Linda Reynolds?
Five week blockbuster trial has wrapped up in WA this week where the Supreme Court is considering whether former political staffer Brittany Higgins defamed her former boss Senator Linda Reynolds.
9/5/2024 • 7 minutes, 42 seconds
Breakthrough water filter converts PFAS chemicals into batteries
Researchers have invented a filter that removes harmful PFAS 'forever chemicals' from water and recycles them in renewable batteries.
9/5/2024 • 7 minutes
Is Australia really facing a gas shortage?
Is Australia really facing a gas shortage?
9/4/2024 • 9 minutes, 38 seconds
Pope Francis warns against religious extremism in his visit to Muslim majority Indonesia
Pope Francis warns against religious extremism in his visit to Muslim majority Indonesia
9/4/2024 • 7 minutes, 6 seconds
Why do so many Chinese students want to learn about Australia?
Why do so many Chinese students want to learn about Australia?
9/4/2024 • 10 minutes, 24 seconds
Hereditary democracy and the danger of political nepo-babies
Nepotism in politics has always been a thing but what about business and the boardroom? What does hereditary democracy mean for our world?
9/4/2024 • 11 minutes
12 questions to help you assess your dementia risk
Looking after your physical health is pretty straight forward, exercise and eat well.But how do you make sure you’ve got a healthy brain?
9/4/2024 • 14 minutes, 9 seconds
Spring fire warnings as warm weather continues
The spring bushfire outlook released today shows increased fire risk for large parts of Queensland and the NT, as well as south-western Victoria and parts of South Australia.
9/4/2024 • 7 minutes, 3 seconds
Why aren't Australian's buying locally made fashion?
The Australian Fashion Council has just released a report into Victoria’s fashion manufacturing industry. The report highlights the need for government support of the sector but can anything be done to make Australian consumers spend their money locally and not on overseas fast fashion? Guest: Melissa Singer national fashion editor for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. Producer: Eddy Diamond
9/4/2024 • 7 minutes, 32 seconds
Australia records weakest rate of annual growth in years
Excluding the COVID-19 pandemic period, annual financial year economic growth is at its lowest since 1991-92.
9/4/2024 • 7 minutes, 46 seconds
Senators urge PM not to water down promised national EPA laws
Senators urge PM not to water down promised national EPA laws
9/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
Elle Macpherson's healing vibes fall flat and the government in retreat
Elle Macpherson's healing vibes fall flat and the government in retreat
9/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
CFMEU launches High Court challenge against administration
The CFMEU has announced it will be taking its fight against the government’s administration of the union to the High Court.
9/3/2024 • 8 minutes, 35 seconds
Behind the camera — getting the shot for National Geographic
Icebergs to Iguanas details just some of the tales and tails from the past 38 years of photographer Jason Edwards' career with National Geographic.
9/3/2024 • 1 minute, 42 seconds
Losing sleep? It could be harming your health
There’s a reason why sleep deprivation is used as torture by some of the world’s toughest interrogation teams.
9/3/2024 • 12 minutes, 56 seconds
Could drones make shark nets obsolete?
Now spring is upon us, shark nets are being re-installed in NSW and Queensland.
9/3/2024 • 4 minutes, 2 seconds
Vision Australia chair responds to pressure to hire first blind CEO
Should the boss of Vision Australia also be blind or vision impaired?
9/3/2024 • 10 minutes, 20 seconds
"Not going to be great" — GDP growth figures released tomorrow
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says that RBA interest rate rises are ‘smashing the economy’. Some may say he did this to get ahead of the bad news coming tomorrow with the release of GDP growth figures.
9/3/2024 • 5 minutes, 30 seconds
Netanyahu faces largest protests since October 7
Israel has been brought to a standstill by large anti-government protests, following the killing of six Israeli hostages in Gaza.
9/3/2024 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
Germany's far-right wins first state election since WWII
The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany won more than a third of the votes in the Thuringia state election and came a close second in Saxony, sending shockwaves through Berlin and Europe.
9/2/2024 • 6 minutes, 35 seconds
Proposed WA offshore wind zone pushed out to sea to win over locals
Proposed WA offshore wind zone area cut in half and pushed further out to sea to win local support
9/2/2024 • 5 minutes, 57 seconds
Microplastics could be in your brain. Where are they in the environment?
Microplastics could be in your brain. Where are they in the environment?
9/2/2024 • 7 minutes, 29 seconds
History for the Future
Historian and author Dennis Glover's new book Repeat: A Warning from History argues that events happening around the world today mirror those leading up to the First and Second World Wars.
9/2/2024 • 17 minutes, 38 seconds
"Hold them captive" is this how to get workers back in the office?
"Hold them captive" and "glued in" are some of the comments Chris Ellison, managing director of mining firm Mineral Resources made last week. The comments were made while discussing some of the schemes the company has implemented alongside banning working from home options.But short of keeping workers captive and banning hybrid options what can workplaces do to entice workers back to the office? Guest: Dom Price, Atlassian Work FuturistProducer: Eddy Diamond
9/2/2024 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
Michael Leunig fired after 55 years of cartooning
Michael Leunig has been dismissed from The Age almost 55 years after he penned his first cartoon for the paper.
9/2/2024 • 12 minutes, 19 seconds
The Greens take a punt with the CFMEU and the de-population time bomb
The Friday Wrap with Tory Shepherd, senior reporter with the Guardian and Judith Sloane, contributing economics editor at The Australian.
8/30/2024 • 22 minutes, 9 seconds
Australia looks to repeat 'best ever' medal haul at Paralympics
It was a cracking first day of the Paris paralympics for Australia with four medals coming in the pool and Grant Patterson firing up for his first event.
8/30/2024 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
Missy Higgins reflects on 'The Sound of White' 20 years on
What's changed and what's remained the same for Missy Higgins in the 20 years since her debut album?
8/30/2024 • 21 minutes
Legal experts call for crackdown on international litigation funders
Legal experts are urging the federal government to crack down on international litigation funders, who they say are exploiting Australia's class action system.GUEST: Xavier Boffa, Executive Director, The Samuel Griffith Society
8/30/2024 • 9 minutes, 17 seconds
Museum responds to family of four-year-old boy who smashed priceless jar
A three-and-a-half thousand year old priceless pitcher which predated King Solomon and King James fell prey to the curiosity of a four-year-old boy, who accidentally knocked it to the ground and smashed it.The museum's response to the incident has been remarkable.GUEST: Dr. Inbal Rivlin, General Manager, Hecht Museum, Israel
8/30/2024 • 11 minutes, 47 seconds
US courts Australia in critical minerals push
The race to secure critical minerals has been dubbed the ‘great game’ of the 21st century. Like all good games there are winners and losers and whilst China currently has the advantage, Australia and the US are teaming up to develop their supply chains.
8/29/2024 • 6 minutes, 37 seconds
Musica Universalis, the silent symphony
Visual artist Matt Clark has used data sets from NASA to reproduce the sound of the planets for his work Silent Symphony
8/29/2024 • 14 minutes
Do renters have a better deal one year into the government's national plan?
One year into the Better Deal for Renter’s national plan and a new report has found that renters across the country are still vulnerable when it comes to bare minimum rental standards and protections.
8/29/2024 • 9 minutes, 57 seconds
Big Tech — Another smackdown for tech billionaire
Tech billionaire Pavel Durov has been charged and online users have raised questions about Australia’s Digital ID Bill.
8/29/2024 • 6 minutes, 39 seconds
Bigger not necessarily better? How our brains compare to chimps
While we have bigger brains than our simian counterparts there might be a downside - the rate that we age.
8/29/2024 • 7 minutes, 4 seconds
Muslim Votes Matter to launch national campaign ahead of next federal election
As discontent continues to grow in the Australian Muslim community over the government's response to the war in Gaza, could we see a similar wave of seats fall to candidates backed by the local Muslim Votes Matter movement?
8/29/2024 • 12 minutes, 34 seconds
SA teens could be used in vape stings under proposed laws
The South Australian Government is proposing a bill which could see teenagers used in sting operations to ensnare illegal vape retailers.
8/28/2024 • 4 minutes, 42 seconds
Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide comes to close
On average over the last ten years, 78 serving or ex-service members have died by suicide each year, equating to three deaths by suicide every fortnight.
8/28/2024 • 8 minutes, 37 seconds
The major supermarkets are posting billion dollar profits but is it proof of price gouging?
Accusations of price gouging have been firmly pointed at the major supermarkets for years now but are these billion-dollar profits the smoking gun or simply the rewards of good business?
8/28/2024 • 13 minutes, 29 seconds
Pacific leaders sign up to Australia's policing plan
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appears to have secured a regional coup with Pacific leaders throwing their support behind a $400 million policing pact designed to counter China’s growing presence in the region.
8/28/2024 • 7 minutes, 3 seconds
Should you perform a citizen's arrest?
What are the rules and risks of performing a citizen's arrest?
8/28/2024 • 5 minutes, 41 seconds
'A little illegal promenade' — Philippe Petit on his famous high wire act
At 75, Philippe Petit is still walking the tightrope. He reflects on a life of artistic rebellion and his daring high wire walks between the Twin Towers and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
8/28/2024 • 15 minutes
Coles plays down $1.1bn profit fearful of court of public opinion
Despite announcing a $1.1bn profit it's clear that Coles is treading a fine line between keeping shareholders happy while not raising the ire of customers or regulators.Whereas in the resources sector, the messaging is very different as mining giant, BHP, announces their annual profits.
8/27/2024 • 7 minutes, 22 seconds
Thousands of construction workers protest CFMEU administration laws
It was tools down across the country today as thousands of construction workers, electricians and plumbers alike walked off worksites and took to the streets of Australia’s capital cities in protest of the federal government’s administration of the CFMEU.
8/27/2024 • 6 minutes, 52 seconds
Calls for action to prevent unprecedented opioid overdose crisis
Do you know what to do to save the life of someone who has accidentally overdosed on opioids?
8/27/2024 • 9 minutes, 55 seconds
Fresh warnings of possible famine in Gaza
Nearly eleven months into the war in Gaza Palestinians are experiencing acute hunger, with reports of young children dying from starvation and aid agencies struggling to deliver humanitarian assistance.
8/27/2024 • 11 minutes, 32 seconds
Why the tardigrade deserves to be made into art
Internationally renowned artist Peder Bjurman thinks this micro-organism threatened by climate change deserves our attention.
8/27/2024 • 10 minutes
Amplify — the organisation hoping to start difficult conversations
It feels like we live in an increasingly polarised world with social media feeding off political and social division. But are we as divided as we think we are?A new organisation called Amplify hopes to elevate community voices and open up difficult conversations to find shared solutions to some of our more contentious issues.
8/27/2024 • 13 minutes, 3 seconds
Universities divided on new international student caps
After months of speculation, the Government has revealed that next year's international student intake will be capped at 270,000 students, around 53,000 less than last year.
8/27/2024 • 9 minutes, 4 seconds
Has the United States Fed left it too late to start slashing rates
Central bankers, policymakers and economists from across the globe gathered in Jackson Hole in the United States over the weekend, where it seems there was a resounding consensus that the time has come for the US Federal Reserve to finally cut interest rates.
8/26/2024 • 3 minutes, 51 seconds
Lower speed limits could reduce deaths on our roads
The number of people dying on Australian roads continues to climb. Last month alone 124 people died in road traffic accidents.A group of urban and transport researchers believe that reducing speed limits would help bring down the number of deaths and injuries on our roads.
8/26/2024 • 9 minutes, 18 seconds
Does the government's Aviation White Paper go far enough to tackle competition, consumer rights?
Proposed changes include a Charter of Rights for customers, entitling them to refunds or compensation for cancelled or late flights and reforms to slot management to try and stimulate competition. But is it enough to address consumer concerns?
8/26/2024 • 9 minutes, 40 seconds
Is the Government's climate certification scheme enabling greenwashing?
Carbon Neutral fuel and gas products have gained currency in recent years thanks in part to the federal government's Climate Active program, which is certifying businesses who claim to have reached climate neutrality.
8/26/2024 • 11 minutes, 30 seconds
Rise in congenital syphilis killing babies in Queensland
Queensland is currently facing the highest annual number of congenital syphilis deaths this century with four deaths recorded in 2023.
8/26/2024 • 4 minutes, 40 seconds
What growing up in a utopian community really looks like
Susanna Crossman grew up living with 50 other adults and children in an alternative community on a rambling English estate.
8/26/2024 • 15 minutes
Where are we going wrong with our dogs?
We're a dog-loving nation and for many of us our furry friends are a big part of family life.But despite our love of dogs, are there things we tend to get wrong?For International Dog Day we speak with leading dog trainer Mali Luty about where we are going wrong and how we could do better when it comes to caring for our canine companions.
8/26/2024 • 13 minutes, 14 seconds
Country Liberal Party secures 'landslide' victory in NT election
The Country Liberal Party (CLP) has pulled off a resounding victory in the Northern Territory election.
8/26/2024 • 9 minutes, 13 seconds
More upheaval in the media landscape, the clock ticks down on sitting weeks before the election and an Olympic defection
A wrap of the week's news with senior correspondent with the Financial Review Aaron Patrick and Guardian chief political correspondent Paul Karp.
8/23/2024 • 21 minutes, 48 seconds
'This is agriculture, not romance'— the Black Caviar breeding controversy
In the wake of horse racing champion Black Caviar's death, questions have swirled about whether the breeding practices of the industry are humane.
8/23/2024 • 8 minutes, 29 seconds
Australian hospitality scene rocked by allegations of rape, sexual harassment
The allegations were published in a series of articles by the Sydney Morning Herald and Good Food Guide and included instances of alleged sexual assault, rape and harassment occurring within the company's venues.
8/23/2024 • 8 minutes, 7 seconds
Fanny Lumsden takes her Country Halls tour from Gundy to Glasgow
Country singer Fanny Lumsden joins Andy in the studio for a chat and sings her song 'Great Divide'
8/23/2024 • 10 minutes
When it comes to NAPLAN is the pen mightier than the keyboard?
The latest poor showing in NAPLAN has researchers questioning whether students might perform better if they took tests with a pen and paper instead of on a computer.
8/23/2024 • 10 minutes, 31 seconds
Kamala Harris accepts Democrat nomination for presidential race
The Vice President set the agenda for her presidential campaign in her acceptance speech, hitting on the policy points of abortion, housing and gun reform.
8/23/2024 • 10 minutes, 29 seconds
Queensland's first cross-border commissioner on the beat
Ian Leavers has been appointed by Queensland Police as the state’s first ever Cross-Border Commissioner.
8/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
Big Tech — ASIC playing whack-a-mole with online scammers
Online scams are costing Australians billions of dollars a year but ASIC is stuck playing whack-a-mole with scammers and why has Turkey has banned the kids' online game platform Roblox?
8/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 37 seconds
WA forced adoption inquiry recommends compensation for adoptees
Jennifer was one of 10,000 babies taken from their mothers in 1972 alone, today her fight for justice and recognition was rewarded in the Western Australian parliament.
8/22/2024 • 8 minutes, 55 seconds
What Charles Todd's magnificent obsession meant for Australia
Charles Todd's was the man behind the Overland Telegraph Line, connecting Australian colonies to each other and the rest of the world.
8/22/2024 • 11 minutes
ABC managing director David Anderson resigns
ABC managing director David Anderson has announced his resignation after almost six years at the helm of the national broadcaster.
8/22/2024 • 9 minutes, 19 seconds
Is Elon Musk's big mouth damaging Tesla's reputation?
Tesla's "brand health" in Australia has steadily worsened over the past two years and is now in negative territory.
8/22/2024 • 11 minutes, 14 seconds
Sphen and Magic, the greatest penguin love story ever told
One-half of a famous same-sex penguin couple from the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, Sphen, has died aged 11.
8/22/2024 • 5 minutes, 48 seconds
Records predicted to fall as unseasonably warm weather hits Australia
The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting potentially record breaking winter heat across much of the country over the coming week.
8/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 55 seconds
Leaving MAGA — why former Trump supporters are turning to Team Harris
In 2019, Rich Logis believed that the Democrats were more dangerous to America than ISIS or the Nazis. Today, he is a leading voice in the Republicans for Harris movement.
8/21/2024 • 18 minutes
North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across DMZ
There has been an increase in the number of defections – with 105 defections this year, compared to 99 the previous year.
8/21/2024 • 5 minutes, 54 seconds
Online shopping has been a boon, but the days of free returns maybe dwindling
8 in 10 Aussie households shop online it but the days of free returns and even free deliveries appear to be on the way out.
8/21/2024 • 13 minutes, 4 seconds
Is the NSW liberal party nomination fiasco bad for democracy?
The NSW liberal party has decided to abandon its threats of legal action over last week's council nominations blunder, meaning close to 140 candidates will not be able to contest next month's local government elections.
8/21/2024 • 12 minutes, 9 seconds
National Cabinet agrees on major NDIS reforms to dismay of advocates
Disability advocates are furious with the federal government’s plan to save $14 billion on the NDIS over the next 4 years.
8/21/2024 • 6 minutes, 28 seconds
Is re-defining masculinity key to tackling gender-based violence?
The Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner is warning communities are “angry”, “frustrated” and “distressed” by the lack of progress in addressing gender-based violence.
8/21/2024 • 8 minutes, 23 seconds
Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art
All That Glitters tells the true story of one of the biggest art frauds in history.
8/20/2024 • 10 minutes
Olympian Matthew Richardson's defection to GB sends shockwaves through Australian cycling community
Olympian Matthew Richardson's defection to GB sends shockwaves through Australian cycling community
8/20/2024 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
'Children without hope'—commissioner Anne Hollonds urges urgent reform of child justice system
Today, the commissioner released a landmark report calling for the establishment of a national taskforce to reform child justice systems as well as a federal Human Rights Act and National Children’s Act.
8/20/2024 • 9 minutes, 52 seconds
Future Council: The kids talking truth to power
Damon Gameau's new documentary 'Future Council' brings together a group of eight kids to talk to leaders. It proves these kids aren't falling for 'adult wash' any more.
8/20/2024 • 13 minutes, 54 seconds
No blood, No job - prospective employees subjected to invasive tests
Job candidates are having their blood screened or even being asked to supply hair and urine samples, in order to be considered for some jobs, according to a new report by the Centre for Future Work.
8/20/2024 • 11 minutes, 54 seconds
Australia and Indonesia to begin new defence agreement as Prabowo Subianto visits leaders in Canberra
Australia and Indonesia to begin new defence agreement as Prabowo Subianto visits leaders in Canberra
8/20/2024 • 10 minutes, 3 seconds
Indonesia's President elect Prabowo Subianto in Canberra to finalise new defence pact
Australia and Indonesia to begin new defence agreement as Prabowo Subianto visits leaders in Canberra
8/20/2024 • 10 minutes, 3 seconds
Is a foreign state behind the X bot posts targeting Linda Reynolds and Gina Rinehart?
Senator Linda Reynolds has denied that she has any links to a series of posts on social media site X which describe her as being the subject of “heartless attacks” and bullying.
8/20/2024 • 7 minutes, 2 seconds
'Very concerning'—PFAS chemicals found in Sydney water supply
So-called ‘forever chemicals’ which have been associated with a host of health risks, from cancer, reduced immunity and fertility issues.
8/20/2024 • 6 minutes, 33 seconds
Is a foreign actor behind the X bot posts praising Linda Reynolds and Gina Rinehart?
Senator Linda Reynolds has denied that she has any links to a series of posts on social media site X which describe her as being the subject of “heartless attacks” and bullying.
8/20/2024 • 7 minutes, 2 seconds
Uncertainty reigns at the RBA while banks start cutting interest paid on deposits
The Reserve Bank's most recent board meeting revealed that there's a lot they're uncertain about. But while the RBA seems unable to predict how the economy is going to perform, banks have been taking pre-emptive action cutting the interest they pay on deposits.
8/19/2024 • 6 minutes, 42 seconds
Iron ore slump could wipe billions from federal budget
Plummeting iron ore prices on the back of China's property crisis could wipe $3 billion from federal budget.
8/19/2024 • 8 minutes, 41 seconds
Emerging "vehicle-to-grid" technology could see EVs power homes
As a Australia motors towards its EV future, energy boffins are exploring how they could be used to power homes, appliances and even the grid during emergencies.
8/19/2024 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
How loud is your soil? Scientists find healthy soil makes more noise
Much like our coral reefs, our soil is teeming and new research has found the louder your soil is, the healthier it is.
8/19/2024 • 4 minutes, 32 seconds
David Benatar: Anti-natalism and the case against having children
Philosopher David Benatar is a proponent of compassionate anti-natalism, or the idea that it is immoral to bring children into the world because they will inevitably experience suffering.
8/19/2024 • 14 minutes
$50,000 arts degrees setting students up for a life of debt
The Morrison government's Job-Ready Graduate Scheme has seen the cost of some degrees surge 117%. According to data, its also failing to increase STEM enrolments, whilst saddling young people with debt. Does this approach devalue certain subjects? And what does it mean for student debts?
8/19/2024 • 15 minutes, 21 seconds
Transparency concerns over $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia bill
Independent MP for Indi, Helen Haines is warning the Government's signature $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia Act is at risk of being misspent.
8/19/2024 • 7 minutes, 8 seconds
$135 million 'game-changer' donation to tackle children's cancer
Perth Children's Hospital and the Telethon Kids Institute say the donation of $135.5 million dollars will allow for 'game-changing research breakthroughs' for children with cancer.
8/19/2024 • 8 minutes, 44 seconds
$135 million 'game-changer' donation to tackle children's cancer
Perth Children's Hospital and the Telethon Kids Institute say the donation of $135.5 million dollars will allow for 'game-changing research breakthroughs' for children with cancer.
8/19/2024 • 8 minutes, 44 seconds
The Friday Wrap dives into the 'Raygun' controversy, the plight of Gazan asylum seekers and the Liberal party paperwork debacle
The Friday Wrap with Kerry Chikarovski, former New South Wales Liberal leader now director of Chikarovski and Associates and Industry Professor and Chief Economist at the Institute for Public Policy and Governance at the University of Technology Sydney, Tim Harcourt
8/16/2024 • 21 minutes, 32 seconds
Writers and artists demand action from tech giants as AI hoovers up their work
The Australian Writers Guild is demanding accountability over how tech giants to stop exploiting their work to develop Artificial Intelligence.
8/16/2024 • 7 minutes, 15 seconds
Breaking bread with Khraungbin
Find out how Donald 'DJ' Johnson joined the band Khraungbin and what they the band ate when they had dinner with Childish Gambino.
8/16/2024 • 12 minutes
How old do you feel? Stanford study shows midlife molecule changes at ages 44 and 60
Ground-breaking new research from scientists at Stanford University reveals there are two major periods of rapid molecular transformation that occur around the ages of 44 and 60. These changes can influence how old we feel, affecting everything from metabolism to cardiovascular health. GUEST: Professor Michael Snyder, Chair of the Department of Genetics, Stanford University
8/16/2024 • 10 minutes, 57 seconds
Grieving parents call for NDIS reform after daughter's death
John and Jennie Friebel say their daughter Hannah might still be alive had her case been better managed, over claims she was non-compliant and had spent her NDIS funds inappropriately. GUESTS: John and Jennie Friebel
8/16/2024 • 10 minutes, 9 seconds
Grieving parents call for NDIS reform after daughter's death
John and Jennie Friebel say their daughter Hannah might still be alive had her case been better managed, over claims she was non-compliant - and had spent her NDIS funds inappropriately. GUESTS: John and Jennie Friebel
8/16/2024 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
Raygun speaks out: ‘I worked my butt off preparing for the Olympics’
The athlete at the centre of the Olympic breaking controversy, Rachel Gunn, has released a statement saying she gave it her all is is devastated by the hate she's received.
8/16/2024 • 9 minutes, 4 seconds
Fiji explores constitutional reform to break coup curse
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is set to consult with Fijians about possible constitutional reforms aimed at breaking a coup cycle which has the gripped the island nation for decades.
8/15/2024 • 6 minutes, 7 seconds
Govt review calls for an end to silence over murdered and missing Indigenous women and children
For years a Parliamentary inquiry has been speaking to people from around the country, seeking answers for all the missing and murdered First Nations women and children. Today, that landmark report has finally been tabled in the Senate with 10 recommendations to spark change.
8/15/2024 • 8 minutes, 9 seconds
Australian Olympic Committee threatens legal action over 'Raygun' petition
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has called for the removal of an anonymous online petition attacking Paris Olympics breaking competitor Dr Rachael Gunn, calling it vexatious, misleading and defamatory.
8/15/2024 • 9 minutes, 1 second
ACCC finds half of crypto ads on Facebook are scams or violate Meta’s policies
Recent evidence provided by the consumer watchdog alleges 58 per cent of the ads and landing pages for those ads reviewed violated Meta’s “advertising policies or, potentially, involved scams”.
8/15/2024 • 5 minutes, 39 seconds
New standards for arthritic knees mean you probably won't be going under the knife
Surgery has often been thought of as one of the best treatments for osteoarthritis, but new standards out today seek to change that.
8/15/2024 • 6 minutes, 33 seconds
What is 'originalism' and how is it influencing the US Supreme Court?
You'll likely be hearing more about the Supreme Court in the lead-up to the US Presidential election in November, so what kind of state is it in and what does it mean for Americans?
8/15/2024 • 14 minutes
Sound of silence: Australian students missing out on music education
The issue is currently subject to a parliamentary inquiry in NSW as calls grow for proper accreditation for music teachers and mandatory music classes.
8/15/2024 • 16 minutes, 31 seconds
Fury grows over NSW Liberals local election 'stuff-up'
It’s been deemed a ‘monumental stuff-up’ and ‘the worst act of management’ in the NSW Liberal Party’s history, after the party head office failed to nominate dozens of candidates for next month’s council elections before the deadline.
8/15/2024 • 6 minutes, 33 seconds
Australian children continue poor showing in NAPLAN
Maths and literacy are critical to our daily lives, but new NAPLAN scores show about one third of students across all year levels are not meeting expected benchmarks in reading and maths.
8/14/2024 • 9 minutes, 3 seconds
Asia Edit: Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to step down
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced he will not contest the upcoming election and will step down in September. Guest: Dr Jeff Kingston, professor of Asian studies at Temple University in TokyoProducer: Eddy Diamond
8/14/2024 • 3 minutes, 47 seconds
Asia Edit: Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to step down
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced he will not contest the upcoming election and will step down in September. Guest: Dr Jeff Kingston, professor of Asian studies at Temple University in TokyoProducer: Eddy Diamond
8/14/2024 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
Judges are human too, so should we be allowed to sue them?
Can judges be sued for making a mistake? The High Court of Australia will argue this question over the next few days in what is being considered a landmark case. Guest: The Hon Kevin Bell AO KC Producer: Eddy Diamond
8/14/2024 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
AI doesn't appear by magic, its impacts on the material world are massive
Professor Kate Crawford has mapped every aspect of A.I to better understand the political, social and financial costs on the physical world.
8/14/2024 • 17 minutes
Ukraine puts boots on the ground in Russia for the first time since World War II
For more than two years, the United States and other western countries had a very specific limitation on the military hard wear they provided to Ukraine in its fight against Russia: Those weapons were not to be used to strike inside Russia.
8/14/2024 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
The parallels between Big Tobacco and gambling in the fight to regulate advertising
What can be learnt from the battle waged against Big Tobacco in the lead-up to its outright advertising ban in 1992?
8/14/2024 • 10 minutes, 4 seconds
Parliament holds the future of the CFMEU in its hands
While the Opposition wants new legislation which could force the CFMEU into administration scrutinised, there are concerns of the skills shortage in the construction sector
8/13/2024 • 8 minutes, 1 second
Would free to air TV survive without gambling ads?
Free to air TV is facing many challenges, and with calls now to scrap its gambling advertising, what needs to happen to ensure it's sustainable?
8/13/2024 • 9 minutes, 16 seconds
Job cuts loom as the CSIRO celebrates National Science Week
For close to 100 years, the CSIRO has been on the forefront of research and innovation in Australia.
8/13/2024 • 8 minutes, 17 seconds
Could six-year-olds be the answer to Western democracy's woes?
David Runciman argues that giving children as young as six the right to vote might just be what Western democracy is in need of.
8/13/2024 • 12 minutes
Elon Musk offers full throated endorsement of Trump during X live stream
Elon Musk has hosted a friendly 2-hour chat with Donald Trump on his social media platform X.
8/13/2024 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
Can media outlets survive without gambling ads? This one already does.
Australians currently lose about $25 billion to gambling every year and the government is currently preparing its response to a 2022 inquiry into online gambling harm which recommended, among other things, that the way to tackle the issue is to ban gambling advertising.
8/13/2024 • 12 minutes, 36 seconds
Should palestinians who support Hamas be allowed into Australia?
Thousands of Palestinians have had their visas denied, and pressure is growing on the government to establish an alternative visa pathway.
8/13/2024 • 5 minutes, 37 seconds
Wage growth slows and CBA profits set to fall
Wage growth has slowed in most sectors according to the most recent wage price index. However, the good news is our wages are now keeping up with the cost of living … that’s according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of statistics data. Guest: Nerida Connisbee, Ray White Chief Economist Producer: Eddy Diamond
8/13/2024 • 7 minutes, 41 seconds
Five years on, barriers remain for access to voluntary assisted dying in Australia
This year marks five years since Victoria became the first Australian state to implement voluntary assisted dying (VAD) but the patchwork of different laws across jurisdictions means that not every Australian is given the same access.
8/12/2024 • 16 minutes, 54 seconds
Scientists look to alter burping genes in cows to reduce methane emissions
What if you could tweak particular genes in cows to alter their emissions, or improve the ability of plants to store carbon?
8/12/2024 • 17 minutes, 26 seconds
How to release your inner 'grammando'
Linguist and Professor of English from the University of Michigan Anne Curzan discuss what's hot and what's not in the ever-changing landscape of language
8/12/2024 • 18 minutes
Your child is feeling 'tired' or 'upset': is it OK to let them stay home from school?
Did your Monday morning start off dusting off your negotiation skills with your child as you scrambled to leave the house?
8/12/2024 • 11 minutes, 52 seconds
More women directors but they're still paid less than men
Analysis of public company directors in Australia has revealed that ASX300boards have a greater proportion of independent and female directors than ever before, but remain dominated by male chairs and CEOs.
8/12/2024 • 7 minutes, 22 seconds
Superfund takes on McDonalds over antibiotics use
Australian super fund HESTA is taking on McDonalds for its use of antibiotics in meat production. The super fund has joined an investor movement using the stock market to lobby the world's biggest fast-food chain. Guest: Kim Farrant, General Manager of Responsible Investment with HESTA Super Fund Producer: Eddy Diamond
8/12/2024 • 5 minutes, 42 seconds
What can we learn from the UK riots, Alan 'Icarus' Joyce and Minns WFH edict
The Friday Wrap with Alexandra Smith, state political editor with the Sydney Morning Herald and columnist and shareholder activist Stephen Mayne.
8/9/2024 • 22 minutes, 32 seconds
Just have fun: the strategy that won Arisa Trew gold
Arisa Trew became the youngest Australian woman to win an Olympic Gold this week, in the women's park final in Paris. We chat with her coach, Trevor Ward.
8/9/2024 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
How the traditional Japanese shamisen found an audience with heavy metal fans
Noriko Tadano grew up in the Chiba prefecture of Japan, but is now Australia's foremost proponent of a three-stringed, traditional Japanese banjo-like instrument, called the shamisen.
8/9/2024 • 13 minutes
National Book Lovers Day: In an age of facts and fake news does fiction still matter?
It was W. Somerset Maugham who said: “To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”Today is National Book Lovers Day - a day to celebrate reading, literature and bibliophiles.GUEST: Corrie Perkin, journalist, bibliophile and Director of the Sorrento Writers Festival
8/9/2024 • 14 minutes, 25 seconds
Parents still trading sexualised images of children on Instagram
Instagram is still allowing parents to sell content of their children, including bikini photos and videos, despite claiming it stopped the practice three months ago.
8/9/2024 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Where will Australia store the AUKUS submarine's nuclear waste?
Australia has taken another step in its AUKUS nuclear submarine deal by signing an agreement that would allow the transfer of naval and nuclear technology to Australia.
8/9/2024 • 5 minutes, 48 seconds
Trainee doctors spread their wings with new RFD program
Remote and rural health care is a tough business.For the clinicians who provide care to people outside our cities and big regional centres, the hours can be long, and the work challenging and stressful.One minute, someone requires a standard consultation or treatment, the next minute comes the call for help from someone experiencing a serious medical emergency.But it’s hoped a collaboration between Queensland’s North West Hospital and Health Service and the Royal Flying Doctor Service might help better prepare young doctors for the realities of working in remote Australia.
8/8/2024 • 7 minutes, 34 seconds
'Succulent Chinese dinner' diner Jack Karlson dead at 82
It was a short news clip of a man being arrested outside a restaurant in Brisbane, the sort of minor crime story that makes a headline for a day, but then quickly disappears from our collective memory.
8/8/2024 • 3 minutes, 27 seconds
Big Tech: TikTok and body image, COSMOS using AI to publish articles
An experiment by psychologists at Charles Sturt University has found that watching just eight minutes of ‘thinspiration’ content on TikTok was enough to affect a person’s body image.
8/8/2024 • 9 minutes, 48 seconds
Neel Kolhatkar on coming of age in comedy
In Neel Kolhatkar's comedy no one seems to be safe ... so who is the man behind the jokes?
8/8/2024 • 13 minutes
Are CEOs paid too much in Australia?
Alan Joyce’s fall from grace as CEO of Qantas has come with a hefty penalty today.
8/8/2024 • 14 minutes, 50 seconds
Government commits $3.6 billion for childcare worker pay rise
The Federal Government has announced it will be funding a 15 per cent pay rise for early childhood educators over two years with the proviso that childcare centres limit increases to the fees they charge over the next year.
8/8/2024 • 13 minutes, 53 seconds
Study suggests boys exposed to BPA in the womb more likely to have autism
Scientists at the Florey Research Institute have discovered the mechanism which they believe links the presence of plastic ingredient, bisphenol A (BPA), to an increased risk of autism in young boys.
8/8/2024 • 8 minutes, 46 seconds
Scientists discover tiny fossil arm bone of ancient ‘hobbit’ human
You might be familiar with the hobbits of Tolkien’s Middle Earth but have you heard of the hobbits of Indonesia?
8/7/2024 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
AUSMIN talks cement US 'force posture' in every Australian domain
The move will no doubt be watched closely by China, as will talks happening now in the US between Australia’s foreign and defence ministers and their American counterparts.
8/7/2024 • 8 minutes, 43 seconds
Blowback for Dutton over 'disaster' Muslim candidate comments
Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton is the subject of a complaint lodged with the anti-discrimination board, following a comment he made at a press conference in Queanbeyan, New South Wales last month.The Alliance Against Islamophobia claims Peter Dutton's comments 'reinforced harmful stereotypes about the Muslim community' and 'dehumanises and vilifies Muslim candidates based on their religious beliefs'.
8/7/2024 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
A gun, a fee and Australia’s wheat industry
Award-winning journalist Richard Baker has opened up the vault to return to the key players behind the AWB scandal in which $300 million was funnelled to Saddam Hussein to secure Australia's wheat interests.
8/7/2024 • 14 minutes
Fight or flight: why does fear cause stockmarket crashes?
Fear and panic can be pretty powerful motivators and can often lead to some pretty hasty decision-making.
8/7/2024 • 11 minutes, 28 seconds
"He's authentic": Democrats welcome Governor Walz as Harris running mate
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will run beside Kamala Harris in her bid for the White House, but who is he? And will he resonate with key voters?
8/7/2024 • 10 minutes, 47 seconds
Uncertainty for Bangladesh as Sheikh Hasina flees following weeks of protest
Bangladesh's authoritarian Prime Minister Sheik Hasina has fled the country ending nearly 15 years of rule.
8/7/2024 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
Tourists say 'non' to Paris Olympics
France is the most visited country on earth, and its capital, Paris, is one of the most celebrated cities in the world.
8/6/2024 • 5 minutes, 21 seconds
On a loop: How Nasa astronauts from Boeing’s Starliner ended up stuck in space
The 10 day maiden crewed test mission has blown out to 60 days.
8/6/2024 • 9 minutes, 19 seconds
Calls for clarity over Govt's 'Future Made in Australia'
The Future Made in Australia bill is one of the government’s biggest selling points knitting together the economy, the green future, and our ambition for a competitive edge on the international stage.
8/6/2024 • 9 minutes, 50 seconds
For love and reindeer: The Tundra Within Me
Eallogierdu: The Tundra Within Me explores the challenges faced by the Sámi people in continuing the reindeer herding business in the northern regions of Sweden, Finland and Norway.
8/6/2024 • 11 minutes
Has the era of privatisation run its course?
The Queensland Premier has today made the case for the state to own petrol stations to help keep fuel prices in check.The Federal Opposition is trying to prosecute the case for publicly owned nuclear power plants, and of course there’s the failures of REX and Bonza which has led to calls for Governments to get back in the business of aviation to help keep regional and rural Australia flying.Have we reached a limit with privatisation, with the idea that the private enterprise will always do things better than the public sector, that Governments have no business being in business?
8/6/2024 • 11 minutes, 11 seconds
RBA rules out interest rate cut anytime soon
The Reserve Bank kept interest rates on hold today at 4.35 per cent as the Governor reveals that a rate increase was considered.
8/6/2024 • 6 minutes, 40 seconds
Universities warn of 14,000 job losses due to foreign student crack down
Universities Australia says the Federal Government's push to reduce international students has already had a big impact on Universities.
8/6/2024 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
Google is a 'monopolist': historic US federal ruling against tech giant
A federal court has ruled that Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly and quash its internet search competition.
8/5/2024 • 10 minutes, 6 seconds
Government urged not to scapegoat international students with cap
Government agencies are raising now raising their concerns publicly about federal plans to cap international student numbers.
8/5/2024 • 6 minutes, 9 seconds
Gold medal redemption for a breathless Cameron McEvoy
At 30 years of age, and heading to his fourth Olympic Games, Cameron McEvoy was up against it.
8/5/2024 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
ASX sheds more than $1 billion in a day
If the US sneezes, the world catches a cold or so the saying goes, explaining how vulnerable we are to movements in the world’s biggest economy.
8/5/2024 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
Warning for Woodside's $30b Browse gas project
The EPA does not consider the project to be acceptable, according to new media reporting today.
8/5/2024 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
Caroline Hodgson: The Flash Madame of Melbourne
A new book on Melbourne's famed bordello queen ‘Madame Brussels’ reveals the debauchery and puritanism at the end of the gold rush era.
8/5/2024 • 13 minutes
Terrorism 'Probable': ASIO raises threat level for first time in 10 years
Australia’s top security agency also announced it had disrupted eight incidents in just the last four months that involved alleged terrorism or were investigated as potential acts of terrorism.
8/5/2024 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
The PM has become "very timid": dismay over Makarrata stance
The Prime Minister has appeared to walk back a pre-election promise to create a Makarrata truth-telling commission, a key part of the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
8/5/2024 • 7 minutes, 41 seconds
Why are young Australians so lonely?
Research out today shows that two fifths of young adults between the age of 18-24 feel a sense of long term loneliness.
8/5/2024 • 12 minutes, 52 seconds
Albo cleans out the cabinet, a rough week for Rex and the inflation dilemma
Wrapping up the week in news with editor of the Rear Window column at the Australian Financial Review, Myriam Robin and Saturday Paper investigative journalist Rick Morton.
8/2/2024 • 22 minutes, 16 seconds
The Heart Whispers and Whirls: Telling stories from around the world
Hear traditional Persian and Bosnian stories told through song and poetry from two members of the performance collective, The Resonant Heart.
8/2/2024 • 14 minutes
World-first study finds food can markedly improve mood disorders
A new world-first study finds that making consistent healthy and conscious choices of food can markedly improve mood disorders. Guest: Tara Diversi, President, Dietitians Australia
8/2/2024 • 9 minutes, 26 seconds
Twenty-four prisoners released in the largest swap since the Cold War
Sixteen westerners have been released by Russian authorities in exchange for eight Russian prisoners.
8/2/2024 • 8 minutes
Review finds 'serious' IDF failures led to deadly attack on WCK aid workers
A review into the deaths of seven aid workers in Gaza has found the strikes that killed them were the result of "serious failures to follow procedures" by the Israeli Defence Forces .
8/2/2024 • 7 minutes, 33 seconds
Famine declared in besieged Sudanese camps home to half a million people
Famine has been declared in a Sudanese displacement camp in the besieged city of El Fasher.
8/2/2024 • 5 minutes, 49 seconds
The social media Olympics
The inclusion of new sports in the Olympics like breakdancing, skateboarding, and climbing was aimed at getting a younger audience engaged with the games. However Olympic moments that have gone viral prove you can't predict what will stick with younger generations. Guest: Patrick Lenton, freelance journalistProducer: Eddy Diamond
8/2/2024 • 6 minutes, 58 seconds
Pianist Jayson GIllham claims compensation in order from symphony stoush
Pianist Jayson Gillham claims he was discriminated against after the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cancelled on of his shows following comments he made relating to the war in Gaza.
8/2/2024 • 10 minutes, 16 seconds
More Than 100 Silicon Valley Investors Pledge to Support Kamala Harris
With less than 100 days until the US election, Silicon Valley has begun hedging its bets on who will be in the Oval Office come 2025.
8/1/2024 • 5 minutes, 52 seconds
"Waking in terror": one doctor's experience of quitting antidepressants
Antidepressants are the most commonly prescribed medications in Australia, with more than 30 million prescriptions being filled out each year.
8/1/2024 • 9 minutes, 46 seconds
Neil Mercer on 40 years of reporting on corrupt cops and crims
Crime reporter Neil Mercer talks about his career covering Roger Rogerson and Neddy Smith is the subject of his new book 'The Kingpin and the Crooked Cop'
8/1/2024 • 17 minutes
Should consent education be left to teachers?
Consent education in schools is now mandated.
8/1/2024 • 14 minutes, 37 seconds
Tony Gustavsson moving on after 'worst ever' Matilda's Olympics campaign
Tony Gustavsson's tenure as head coach of The Matilda’s is over.
8/1/2024 • 7 minutes, 8 seconds
Crossbenchers call for infrastructure funding pause over CFMEU saga
The Fair Work Commission is on the brink of appointing administrators to the CFMEU following a series of reports linking the union to criminal gangs and stand over tactics.
8/1/2024 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Is using plastic or products made with PFAS harming your health?
While there is still much we don't know, RN Drive's Andy Park speaks with two eminent experts about the risks, and if there is a connection to cancer and fertility issues.
8/1/2024 • 16 minutes, 29 seconds
Why do people still go missing in Australia?
There were more than 150 missing person events every day in Australia in 2023.
7/31/2024 • 6 minutes, 24 seconds
Rex collapse exposes city country divide, yet again
The company has been forced to stop its capital city routes, with hundreds of jobs now set to go.
7/31/2024 • 6 minutes, 25 seconds
Concerns grow for detained Bangladeshi students
In Bangladesh fears are growing over the fate of hundreds of protesters who were arrested and taken into custody following dramatic nationwide protests last week.
7/31/2024 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
Agent 160: The life and work of Aphra Behn
After returning from spying for king and country in the late 17th century, Aphra Behn became the very first English woman to be a paid playwright under her own name.
7/31/2024 • 15 minutes
A Virgin opportunity from Rex collapse
Hundreds of Rex Airlines workers have been stood down, with administrators telling employees they are unlikely to receive their wages or redundancy payments for months.
7/31/2024 • 8 minutes, 2 seconds
"Devastated": people with disability react to Government response to Royal Commission
People with disability have reacted with shock and disappointment today to the Government’s response to the Disability Royal Commission.
7/31/2024 • 15 minutes, 50 seconds
Bake sales and community grants: how underfunded public schools get by
98% of public schools are underfunded and currently rely on multiple streams of revenue raising to get by.
7/31/2024 • 13 minutes, 8 seconds
Lebanon on edge: bracing for 'severe' retaliation by Israel
The federal government has warned Australians not to travel to Lebanon, and told those in the country to get out, as tensions rise between Israel and Hezbollah.This follows a rocket attack that killed 12 people, including children, who were playing soccer in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.Despite months of cross-border strikes and counter-strikes, there are fears this latest attack could see things escalate into an all-out conflict.
7/30/2024 • 7 minutes, 22 seconds
Is it time for Australia to scrap the 'incoming passenger cards' for customs?
A new report by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is calling for our passenger processing system to be brought into the 21st century by incoming scrapping passenger cards.
7/30/2024 • 7 minutes, 19 seconds
Dozens sick with legionnaires in Melbourne whilst source remains unknown
A number of people are in hospital, some in intensive care, with 33 cases of Legionnaires disease already diagnosed and the numbers expected to climb.
7/30/2024 • 7 minutes, 29 seconds
Turbulence in the air and at the Reserve Bank
Australia's aviation industry is once again having a bumpy ride as Rex Airlines halts trading in its shares raising concerns it's in serious financial strife.And with the quarterly inflation figures due tomorrow, there's speculation around whether the Reserve Bank will be forced to push up interest rates if inflation remains stubbornly high.
7/30/2024 • 5 minutes, 48 seconds
TikTok is making you feel fat, not cortisol
TikTok has seen an explosion of content around hormone balancing through diet and supplements, but is there any truth to these claims?
7/30/2024 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
Dr. Merlin Sheldrake on how fungi weaves the web of life
Dr Merlin Sheldrake enlightens us on the kingdom of fungi and what we know so far, like the fact that some types of fungi can digest motor oil and used cigarette butts.
7/30/2024 • 14 minutes
Most of us trust the police, but courts not so much
A new poll from Resolve out today has found that only a third of Australians have faith in our courts and justice system but nearly 70 percent say they trust the police.
7/30/2024 • 14 minutes, 45 seconds
Paris pooh-poohs Seine swim over pollution concerns
Despite assurances the river would be clean enough to swim in, the men's triathlon at the Paris Olympics has had to be postponed because pollution levels remain too high.
7/30/2024 • 4 minutes, 34 seconds
Sudden warming event over Antarctica brings icy weather to Australia
Have you found yourself starting more mornings than usually by saying “phwwooaaarrr it’s a bit fresh”?
7/29/2024 • 7 minutes, 1 second
How do you revitalise a delapidated tropical island?
Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, and Keanu Reeves once graced its shores, but now Queensland’s picturesque Double Island lies dilapidated and deserted.
7/29/2024 • 8 minutes, 49 seconds
Victorian mother jailed for forcing daughter to marry man who murdered her
A Victorian woman today became the first person to be convicted under Australia’s forced marriage laws.
7/29/2024 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
People worry that Australia's energy transition will push up bills
A new Ipsos study has revealed that while many Australians support a transition towards renewable energy, more of us are worried about how it might impact our bills.What does this mean for current green energy projects and what more needs to be done to reassure people that they won't see a steep increase in energy prices?
7/29/2024 • 5 minutes, 38 seconds
Tax Officer whistleblower Richard Boyle announces High Court appeal
At the same time, legal experts are urging the government to act on its promised second tranche of whistleblower law reforms.
7/29/2024 • 9 minutes, 18 seconds
Learning to rely less on rules and more on each other
Citizen, constitutional academic and author Cindy Skach on how something as simple and universal as food could help us find a way to rely less on constitutions and laws.
7/29/2024 • 14 minutes
The gift of life: What it's like to receive an organ donation in Australia
More than 50 Australians died last year while on the organ transplant waitlist and nearly 1,800 Australians remain on the waitlist for an organ transplant.
7/29/2024 • 11 minutes, 54 seconds
Greens allege military equipment being sent to Israel
The Greens say a photo published in an Australian company's investor presentation shows a soldier from the Israel Defence Force holding an anti-drone weapon system.
7/29/2024 • 10 minutes, 45 seconds
The Wrap: Joe Biden pulls out of US presidential race, the rise of Kamala Harris, a cabinet reshuffle looms and is it ever ok for political parties to use AI?
The wrap of the week in news.
7/26/2024 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
Roy and HG present - People, Medals & Cheese!
People, Medals and Cheese - it’s the holy trifecta that promises to make Paris an Olympic Games like no other.The opening ceremony takes place this weekend, and Rampaging Roy Slaven and H.G. Nelson are on the ground having given the facilities the once-over, and are now awaiting the starter's gun.Over the next two weeks they'll be trackside, Seine side and Pool side, bringing home the highlights of this magical golden fortnight of competition.GUEST:
7/26/2024 • 10 minutes, 47 seconds
What happens when you mix an oil spill with a typhoon?
The Philippines is the latest nation grappling with a large-scale oil spill after Typhoon Gaemi caused a tanker - carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel - to capsize in Manila Bay, leaving an oil slick stretching several kilometres off the coast of the capital.
7/26/2024 • 4 minutes, 25 seconds
A Cartographic Exploration of Melbourne
A new project with the University of Melbourne Map of the Month takes a look at the stories that maps can tell Melbournian's about themselves.
7/26/2024 • 13 minutes
Gladys Berejiklian loses appeal against corruption finding
Former New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has failed to overturn a finding of serious corrupt conduct against her.The Independent Commission Against Corruption released its report last June after hearing evidence about a secret relationship between Ms Berejiklian and former Wagga Wagga M-P Daryl Maguire.It didn't recommend criminal charges be pursued against Ms Berejiklian, BUT it made findings of serious corrupt conduct against the pair.Today the NSW Court of Appeal rejected her appeal against the corruption finding.
7/26/2024 • 6 minutes, 42 seconds
MV Noongah wreck discovered 55 years after ship was lost at sea
For more than half a century, the fate of one of Australia ’s worst maritime disasters has remained a mystery.
7/25/2024 • 5 minutes, 6 seconds
Simon Holmes à Court on nuclear and the election ahead
As the Coalition continues to campaign for nuclear power to be part of our future energy mix, more questions are being raised about the viability of the strategy.Simon Holmes à Court talks nuclear and about his strategy for the upcoming election, with Climate 200 funding more community independents.
7/25/2024 • 8 minutes, 57 seconds
Hong Kong authorities to pursue pro-democracy leader
A Hong Kong court has decided to not drop the case against prominent activist Jimmy Lai over his national security charges under a Beijing-imposed security law. The 76-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, was arrested in 2020 during a crackdown on massive pro-democracy protests that rocked Hong Kong in 2019. He was charged with colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring with others to put out seditious publications. The three judges have today decided prosecutors have sufficient evidence for the trial to go ahead.
7/25/2024 • 7 minutes, 54 seconds
Why is A.I. failing maths class?
Plus, Google has sent tongues wagging in Silicon Valley after it announced it would not be 'deprecating third-party cookies' anymore after spending years pledging to scrap them.
7/25/2024 • 7 minutes
How the Earl of Salisbury began the first British spy network
Long before James Bond and MI6, all the way back in the 16th century, one man was behind the first British spy service.
7/25/2024 • 20 minutes
Reinventing the Olympic Games
The Olympic Games are the pinnacle of world sport, but in an era of fragmented media and shifting generational tastes, have the games lost some of their lustre?TV ratings remain relatively strong, and the IOC has taken steps to remedy any generational drift away from the Olympics by introducing new sports pitched squarely at a younger generation. But what’s the future for an event that's seen a slow but steady decline in global audiences?
7/25/2024 • 10 minutes, 50 seconds
"It's hard to find somebody who's more loved in the Parliament than Linda Burney": Tony Burke
The retirement of ministers Linda Burney and Brendan O'Connor have triggered a Cabinet shuffle to be unveiled this weekend.
7/24/2024 • 13 minutes, 15 seconds
Chimpanzees communicate with gestures - just like humans
The findings are part of a new study from the UK, which has collected the biggest data-set of these kinds of interactions.
7/24/2024 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
What do we need to know about right-wing extremism in Australia?
The federal Senate is looking at right-wing extremism in Australia.
7/24/2024 • 6 minutes, 33 seconds
Life or death: Royal Flying Doctor Service voices concerns ahead of 3G closure
The 20-year old network is set to be switched off in stages from the end of August to make way for 4G and 5G technologies but who could be left behind as this happens?
7/24/2024 • 8 minutes, 41 seconds
Six former cadets sentenced to death in Malaysia
Six former cadets of the National Defence University of Malaysia have been sentenced to death over the murder of a fellow cadet.It's sparked an ongoing debate about capital punishment in a country where a moratorium on executions has been in place since 2018.
7/24/2024 • 8 minutes, 14 seconds
Is the Seine swim-safe in time for the Olympics?
Would you plunge headfirst into a river that’s been historically greyish-brown by sewerage overflow and chemical waste?
7/24/2024 • 6 minutes, 6 seconds
Brutalist Tiramisu: The architecture of Gino Volpato
Architect Gino Volpato's houses have stood out in suburban Australia for decades and now after a period of neglect, his designs are finding favour again.
7/24/2024 • 13 minutes
Big changes coming to the gig economy
The gig economy is about to face a reckoning.From next month the Fair Work Commission’s powers will be extended, allowing it to set minimum standards for what are formally described as ‘employee-like’ workers.
7/24/2024 • 9 minutes, 58 seconds
MONA appeals ruling on the Ladies Lounge
It's designed to provoke, to make you think and to fully engage with art.So it perhaps came as no surprise that an exhibit at MONA sparked a legal challenge about what is considered discrimination, and now a subsequent appeal against a ruling that an installation - known as the Ladies Lounge - did indeed discriminate against men.MONA closed the Ladies Lounge in May after the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal upheld a complaint by a man who was refused entry to the space.
7/24/2024 • 11 minutes, 22 seconds
Australia's road toll soars to highest point in over a decade
Australia has just recorded its deadliest 12 months on the roads in nearly 12 years, according to the Australian Automobile Association.
7/23/2024 • 5 minutes, 43 seconds
What do the polls say about a Harris v Trump showdown in November?
Black American voters are likely to play a significant role in deciding who wins the 2024 presidential election.
7/23/2024 • 9 minutes, 56 seconds
Republicans gear up for election race, with Kamala Harris likely to run against Donald Trump
An Associated Press survey reports that Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough delegates to become the Democratic nominee against Donald Trump.
7/23/2024 • 12 minutes, 8 seconds
Big tech and the AI boom
It has been a very big year in tech - especially for the big tech companies that dominate share markets in the US.The so-called Magnificent Seven - Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Tesla and Nvidia have, with the exception of Tesla, seen their valuations increase by billions of dollars, mostly off the hype around AI.Tonight all the speculation will start to crystallise into something more meaningful when Tesla and Alphabet report second quarter earnings.
7/23/2024 • 9 minutes, 21 seconds
Iceland's burgeoning film industry
With the Scandinavian Film Festival on around Australia, find out about the different idiosyncrasies that each Nordic nation has when it comes to their subgenre of film.
7/23/2024 • 13 minutes
Did your high school qualification get you where you are today?
Is high school and its exams the be-all-and-end-all? What are the options out there?
7/23/2024 • 14 minutes, 14 seconds
Infrastructure review in the wake of the CFMEU scandal
The scandal that engulfed the CFMEU has now prompted a review of Federal infrastructure projects, including major works like the Western Sydney Airport.CFMEU members are a much needed workforce for large-scale projects - like Inland Rail and the Western Sydney Airport … but revelations the union has been allegedly infiltrated by criminals has seen multiple probes launched into the union.RN Drive approached Infrastructure Minister Catherine King - she was unavailable.
7/23/2024 • 9 minutes, 46 seconds
How to fix the housing crisis
Whatever the causes, and there are many, the housing shortage is without doubt the biggest issue currently facing governments of all levels.Today, the crisis was front and centre in NSW, when the state Government sat down with stakeholders to discuss ways of boosting housing supply in the country’s most populous state.Housing Now - an alliance of business groups, unions, local government and the tertiary sector - is calling for the establishment of a state housing coordinator, as a way of overcoming some of the barriers that are currently hampering supply.
7/22/2024 • 6 minutes, 7 seconds
What happens to Biden's campaign funds and can the switch to Harris be legally challenged?
At this stage, Vice President Kamala Harris has the inside lane to the Democratic nomination. But how straight-forward will that run be?
7/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 13 seconds
Joe Biden has endorsed his VP Kamala Harris for President, so now what?
US Vice President Kamala Harris has the inside lane to the Democratic nomination after President Joe Biden announced he is exiting the election race. But how simple would that run be?
7/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
"I wouldn't underestimate her": Democrats say Kamala Harris will energise the campaign against Trump
US Vice President Kamala Harris says she plans to "earn and win" the Democratic presidential nomination after President Joe Biden formally announced today he will withdraw from the presidential race against Donald Trump.
7/22/2024 • 11 minutes, 56 seconds
Cost of living puts pressure on Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels is the backbone of communities across Australia yet the demand is at an all time high.
7/22/2024 • 6 minutes, 28 seconds
Breaking boundaries with Opera Australia's 'Breaking the Waves'
Hear why Lars von Trier's 1996 film Breaking the Waves is ideal for being adapted into an opera.
7/22/2024 • 12 minutes
If local newspapers are dying, will local democracy die with them?
How do you get your local news? Does your town still have a local paper? Or are you at the mercy of the national publications now?
7/22/2024 • 12 minutes, 12 seconds
Calls to reboot building industry watchdog
The scandal that engulfed the CFMEU has sparked calls for the re-establishment of a building industry watchdog, which was abolished by Labor in the wake of winning the 2022 election.Peter Dutton has pledged to reboot the Australian Building and Construction Commission if elected, while Anthony Albanese says the body did little to rein in the CFMEU when it existed.The ABCC was established by Malcolm Turnbull in 2016 after initial reforms were twice rejected by the Senate - triggering a double dissolution election over the issue.
7/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
Changes on the horizon for how you can make and store energy
On Friday the federal government released its Consumer Energy Resources Roadmap, it's basically a plan so that you, the consumer, can better generate and store your own power, and save money and emissions at the same time.
7/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 39 seconds
Australians hit by a worldwide tech outage
The Federal Government has called an emergency meeting of its National Emergency mechanism group in response to a global technical outage.
7/19/2024 • 11 minutes
Prepared piano: Creating sound outside the box
Composer and musician Erik Griswold explains how the Sichuan province in China inspires his experimental work with piano.
7/19/2024 • 17 minutes
Ex-CIA official charged with acting as foreign agent for South Korea
A former CIA employee with a taste for designer handbags and Michelin-starred sushi restaurants turned double agent for Korean intelligence, sounds like a character from a James Bond movie doesn’t it?
7/18/2024 • 5 minutes, 20 seconds
Microsoft pulls its quantum computing out of Australia
Plus, Meta is giving researchers access to Instagram's data.
7/18/2024 • 7 minutes, 13 seconds
Meet Joy Milne, the woman who can smell Parkinson’s
What happened when Joy Milne knew her husband was starting to smell different?
7/18/2024 • 13 minutes
How lights are affecting your sleep hygiene
Melbourne City Council is considering turning off billboards and signage between midnight and sunrise due to the negative impacts on residents' health and the cities biodiversity.
7/18/2024 • 20 minutes, 33 seconds
Is the CFMEU increasing the cost of housing?
As the fallout from the CFMEU saga continues questions are being asked about how the construction union’s alleged efforts to help underworld figures profit from government building projects have affected the economy and the cost of housing.
7/18/2024 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
Commonwealth's billion dollar grant program may have harmed businesses according to new research
In what is believed to be a first of a kind study, researchers at Deakin University have analysed over $4 billion in Commonwealth government grants and found a lot of that money has been wasted.
7/18/2024 • 6 minutes, 23 seconds
ACTU suspends construction and general divisions of CFMEU
The fallout of a series of corruption allegations within the NSW and Victorian branches of the CFMEU continues to unfold today as states and federal governments grapple with the crisis.
7/17/2024 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
Australia's shearing industry looks to entice new generation of clippers
A sweat-drenched shearer in a blue singlet and stubbies, wrestling with a hundred-kilo Merino in a hot tin shed as he swiftly runs a buzzing set of clippers through the sheep's tangled curls - is there a more true blue Australian image?
7/17/2024 • 6 minutes, 15 seconds
Six dead in suspected poisoning in luxury hotel in Thailand
Two Vietnamese Americans and four Vietnamese nationals in a luxury hotel in downtown Bangkok have been found dead today.
7/17/2024 • 6 minutes, 52 seconds
Sounds of the sitar with Dr. Sarita McHarg
One of Australia’s foremost sitar players Dr. Sarita McHarg joins us in the studio for a lesson in classical Indian music.
7/17/2024 • 13 minutes
Why a joke about Donald Trump failed to land
It was a spontaneous and off-colour joke, delivered to a crowd during a rendition of happy birthday, but the gag by musician Kyle Gass about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump has fallen flat.The American comedy-rock group were performing in Sydney when Gass was asked to make that birthday wish.Such has been the outrage that Gass and his more illustrious bandmate, actor and musician Jack Black, have cancelled the rest of "Tenacious D's" Australian concerts.So when is a joke not a joke?
7/17/2024 • 17 minutes, 59 seconds
Ten years on from the downing of MH17
Just months after the disappearance of MH370 the world learnt the devastating fate of another Malaysia Airlines flight.Families and former and serving foreign ministers spoke at today’s memorial in Canberra marking ten years since the downing of MH17, the Malaysian Airlines flight that was shot out of the sky over Ukraine.A decade on, and what was then a regional conflict turned into all out war when Vladimir Putin ordered a full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but Russia has never taken responsibility for the crime, and the families of those who lost their lives have been for the most part left without answers.
7/17/2024 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
NSW and Queensland suspend CFMEU as crisis grows
The Federal Government has confirmed an independent administrator will be appointed to the CFMEU, with the capacity to fire union staff and delegates.
7/17/2024 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
Why people with disability believe sex work should be part of the NDIS
The Federal Government has confirmed people with a disability will no longer be able to access sex workers under the National Disability Insurance Scheme with the minister responsible, Bill Shorten, saying it "doesn't pass the test."Specialised sex services have been available through the NDIS since 2020 when the Federal Court ruled that the Disability Insurance Agency should approve those services where they were deemed reasonable and necessary.Now some people with disability are asking whether able-bodied politicians should be able to make important decisions that affect their personal lives.
7/17/2024 • 5 minutes, 43 seconds
The big banks are funding fossil fuels in the billions according to new research
A new report published by Market Forces has found that Australia's 'big four' banks - ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, and Westpac - have collectively loaned more than $61 billion to fossil fuel companies since 2015.Despite publicly committing to climate goals, these banks continue to pour billions into coal, oil, and gas projects, which are incompatible with a clean future.
7/16/2024 • 3 minutes, 36 seconds
Could novels and plays of the future be written by AI?
Australian writers are increasingly worried about the impact artificial intelligence is having on the creative industries.Today, the Australian Writers Guild gave evidence at the Senate Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence to raise some of these concerns.So what does need to be done to help protect and support Australian writers?
7/16/2024 • 8 minutes, 10 seconds
Banks caught gouging customers with high fees
Australia’s banks are once again in the frame for gouging customers with excessive fees and charges, and it's some of the most financially vulnerable who are being hardest hit.Banks are expected to pay back millions of dollars to customers after an ASIC report found avoidable fees and complicated processes were causing financial harm. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission says four financial institutions including CBA and Westpac will refund more than 28 million dollars.
7/16/2024 • 6 minutes, 59 seconds
The business of books facing economic headwinds
The collapse of Booktopia is reverberating with creditors, publishers and authors owed millions after the popular online bookseller went into receivership earlier this month.The failure has highlighted emerging challenges right across the industry, as the cost of living crisis combined with higher costs for paper and printing put the squeeze on publishers and booksellers alike.But those aren’t the only challenges for those in the business of selling books.
7/16/2024 • 12 minutes, 8 seconds
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan says CFMEU suspension underway
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has confirmed Labor's national executive has begun the process of suspending the state’s construction union over allegations that underworld figures and bikie gang members had infiltrated major construction projects.
7/16/2024 • 10 minutes, 10 seconds
"A good compliment to the ticket": Republican delegates back Trump's new running mate
In years past he was a vocal critic, today Senator JD Vance will stand with former President Donald Trump in his race to the White House.
7/15/2024 • 11 minutes, 14 seconds
Invasive weeds being sold as garden plants
We tightly control our borders, but nurseries across Australia are legally selling plants listed by governments as invasive weeds.It's believed that escaped garden plants have contributed to at least four Australian extinctions, and cost the agriculture industry over $4.3 billion annually. So is it time for the government to step in and regulate what's sold?
7/15/2024 • 6 minutes, 59 seconds
New Four Corners Series Investigates Threats to American Democracy
Donald Trump has called for unity and resilience after surviving an attempted assassination at the weekend, but what could that unity look like as the former president shores up his candidacy at the Republican National Convention this week? In this wave of support for Trump’s re-election, what else is potentially at play? And how likely could a second Trump administration see the rise of autocracy and authoritarianism?They’re the questions a new Four Corners series called Retribution is trying to unpack.
7/15/2024 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Republicans ready to galvanise around Trump at party's national convention
Donald Trump shifting his focus to tomorrow’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where about 2,400 delegates from around the country will meet to officially nominate him for president.
7/15/2024 • 7 minutes, 48 seconds
South Australia's ambition to reach 100% net renewables
The nuclear debate has dominated energy talks here in Australia but one state is powering ahead on a different front.Thanks to funding from the federal government, South Australia is on track to become the first non-hydro grid in the world to reach 100% net renewables. But what challenges still lie ahead?
7/15/2024 • 12 minutes, 21 seconds
Australia has a love for ocean baths, but do you know the stories behind them?
Are you an ocean pool fanatic?
7/15/2024 • 13 minutes, 11 seconds
"There was clearly a security failure": US security expert on Trump assassination attempt
U.S. President Joe Biden has issued an urgent plea for calm to his nation after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on the weekend.
7/15/2024 • 12 minutes, 5 seconds
Almost Half of Young People Feel they are Missing Out on Their Youth
When most generations remember their youth, they think of a glorious, nostalgic, risk-taking, coming of age adventure, wild and free and full of promise and opportunity. But youth today feel they've been cheated on that promise. New research out of Monash University confirms that being young today is not like being young yesterday.
7/15/2024 • 11 minutes, 26 seconds
The Wrap: Joe Biden's presser report card, Russian-born Australians face espionage charges, the NATO Summit and do snap curfews in Alice Springs actually work?
GUESTS:Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Bob Carr, Former NSW Premier and Foreign Minister
7/12/2024 • 22 minutes, 36 seconds
History awaits England at the final of Euro 2024
It’s a redemption story almost 60 years in the making.I’m talking about the quest by England’s men’s football team to win one of world football’s major trophies.We have to go back to 1966 when the Three Lions won the World Cup, but all the heartache that ensued in the years since will be put to rest if England can win the final of the European Championships when they play Spain in Berlin on Sunday night.It’s a tall order. Spain have won two of the last four Euros, and are strongly fancied to claim the title again.
7/12/2024 • 8 minutes, 4 seconds
Joep Beving: Simple music for complex emotions
Joep Beving composition doesn't demand much energy from the listener but aims to evoke an energy. He talks about finding the essence of the instrument and what his daughters think of his work.
7/12/2024 • 13 minutes
Did you know that living with mess and clutter can impact your mental health?
Numerous studies show that a cluttered environment contributes to stress, anxiety and reduced productivity, and that when we're surrounded by chaos and disarray, it becomes harder to focus, and we can feel overwhelmed.GUEST: Dr Libby Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond University, and an expert in the benefits of decluttering.
7/12/2024 • 9 minutes, 48 seconds
Key Takeaways from the 75th NATO Summit
For three days world leaders convened in Washington to discuss the war in Ukraine, air their growing concerns about China's support of Russia and many other issues. But now that the summit has come to a close, what were the key takeaways from the declaration that was today signed by the 32 nations present?
7/12/2024 • 9 minutes, 32 seconds
Biden fights for his political future at NATO Press Conference
Where does Biden stand after another series of gaffes at the NATO summit in Washington? The president held an hour long press conference which seems to have reassured some, though questions still remain about his cognitive capacity as well as his ability to beat Donald trump in November.
7/12/2024 • 10 minutes, 19 seconds
When big tech goes bad
To our regular look at the world of tech, and some big developments in the world of social media as regulators look to crack down on bad behaviour by users of dating apps.
7/11/2024 • 6 minutes, 2 seconds
"We need supplies": doctors in Haiti say most of the health public system has been destroyed amid rampant gang violence
Many children are unable to access enough food and water, while Médecins sans Frontières, reports that only two public hospitals are still functioning in the capital, Port au Prince.
7/11/2024 • 7 minutes, 55 seconds
A gaggle of guitars on the Gold Coast
How composer and musician Tim Munro is translating sunset on the beach into music.
7/11/2024 • 14 minutes
How well are we funding preventative measures to stop people from developing chronic illness?
New data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show $2.3 billion dollars was spent on treating type 2 diabetes in 2020-2021.
7/11/2024 • 16 minutes, 1 second
Younger Australians face being worse off than their parents
Unless you're super rich, or extremely poor, your parents' income doesn't determine your potential earning power.So says a new report into economic mobility from the Productivity CommissionAustralians have more chance at income mobility than many other nations around the world.But younger Australians are at risk of missing out.
7/11/2024 • 8 minutes, 33 seconds
Giant spider crabs gathering en masse off Coffin Bay, puzzling locals and the experts
Thousands of giant spider crabs have been spotted in waters off Eyre Peninsula, near Coffin Bay, surprising locals and experts alike.
7/11/2024 • 5 minutes, 15 seconds
University of Melbourne faces possible investigation over protest surveillance
The Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner says it’s making ‘preliminary enquiries’ into whether the University of Melbourne may have broken privacy laws by using surveillance technology to identify students involved in a sit-in during protests over the war in Gaza.
7/11/2024 • 5 minutes, 51 seconds
Why some US democrats believe Joe Biden is still their best candidate
The fallout from Joe Biden's unconvincing performance in the recent US presidential debate is intensifying with several senior democrats now urging the President to step out of the race.
7/11/2024 • 14 minutes, 1 second
A critical time for the NATO alliance as world leaders meet in DC
Ukraine is top of the agenda, with a commitment to help it enhance its defences against Russia. But looming large over the event is also concern over what a possible Trump presidency could mean for the long-standing alliance.
7/10/2024 • 10 minutes, 19 seconds
A new lexicon for emotion: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
American author John Koenig has written his own dictionary The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, creating and compiling new words for those moments you can't quite find the right word for.
7/10/2024 • 17 minutes
The case for a museum of political scandals and controversies
Australia has a Museum of Democracy in Canberra, it’s a very popular location for school excursions and anyone who’s a bit curious about the history of politics in this country.But should we also have a museum dedicated to the darker side of politics? - To the controversies. To the events where politics and politicians didn’t exactly cover themselves in glory.
7/10/2024 • 13 minutes, 51 seconds
How First Nations superhero ‘Condoman’ became a world leader in HIV prevention
The frightening 'Grim Reaper' ads of the 1980s were widely regarded as a successful tool for public health messaging during Australia's preparation for the unfolding HIV/AIDS crisis.But the grim reaper shouldn’t take all the credit. A comic-style superhero called 'Condoman' was also on the case, specifically for indigenous Australians.
7/10/2024 • 9 minutes, 43 seconds
Report finds one in five Australians have perpetrated sexual violence
Research by the Australian Institute of Criminology has found one in five people - including one in four men - have admitted to perpetrating sexual violence since the age of 18.
7/10/2024 • 6 minutes
Entertainment needed in Alice Springs to prevent youth violence
Residents of Alice Springs are waiting to see whether a three day curfew preventing people entering the CBD after 10pm will be extended beyond tonight.
7/10/2024 • 9 minutes, 15 seconds
Submarine canyons a 'hotbed' for marine species
They’re known as submarine canyons - large cliffs and deep ravines kilometres underwater. Now in a first-of-its-kind survey in waters off Australia's east coast, experts have discovered these deep ravines are a hotbed for marine species.
7/10/2024 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
Domestic violence: what can bystanders do and look out for?
It can be hard to know when someone is being abused in a relationship. So what are the warning signs and is there anything you can do as a bystander?
7/9/2024 • 8 minutes, 9 seconds
End of story as Booktopia shuts up shop
Booktopia, the beloved online Australian bookseller went into administration last week, almost 20 years after it was launched.The country's biggest locally-owned online bookseller built a loyal following over the years, but competition from the likes of Amazon and the broader cost of living crisis have left Booktopia’s owners with no choice but to close down.At its height Booktopia had millions of customers, and a share market valuation in the hundreds of millions - a homegrown success story in what is a notoriously difficult business.
7/9/2024 • 6 minutes, 24 seconds
Where have all the streakers gone?
A flash of flesh dashing across the screen during a game of footy used to be the norm but streaking seems to have gone somewhat out of fashion. We speak to Michael Waters about the history of streaking and where its gone.
7/9/2024 • 12 minutes
Is the act of protesting in peril?
The right to protest, a foundation of democratic tradition, is being undermined and eroded by punitive laws aimed at limiting people’s ability to gather and speak freely on issues they care about.That’s according to a new report from the Human Rights Law Centre called, Protest in Peril, which has analysed changes to protest law across a range of Australian jurisdictions over the past two decades.
7/9/2024 • 16 minutes, 49 seconds
"Australia's economy is being exploited": AUSTRAC reports on scale of money laundering
Financial crimes agency AUSTRAC has released its National Risk Assessments on terrorism finance and money laundering, as the federal government moves to tighten lagging laws in this space.
7/9/2024 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
Australia names special envoy for anti-Semitism
The Prime Minister announced today that Jewish lawyer and business leader Jillian Segal will be Australia's first special envoy for anti-Semitism.
7/9/2024 • 9 minutes, 57 seconds
Could electric vehicles help prevent blackouts?
First of its kind research from the Australian National University suggests the batteries in electric vehicles could be used to prevent or minimise power outages when transmission is disrupted or generators fail.
7/9/2024 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
Study suggest autism can be detected in gut microbes
Research by scientists in Hong Kong shows consistent differences between the gut microbes of children with autism and children without autism.
7/9/2024 • 5 minutes, 16 seconds
How domestic violence is affecting children
Around Australia, thousands of children live with or have witnessed domestic and family violence. And while not all consequences are fatal, the impacts on children are profound and can last a lifetime.
7/8/2024 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
How hundreds of farmers are trying to reduce their emissions
This June has marked the 12th straight month that the world was 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial times putting that Paris Climate agreement in some hot water.
7/8/2024 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Rosalind Croucher AM on how to ‘give’ dignity
The outgoing President of The Australian Human Rights Commission Rosalind Croucher AM, reflects on her seven year tenure in the top job.
7/8/2024 • 22 minutes
Record call volume to debt helpline amid cost of living crisis
Australians are seeking financial counselling in record numbers, and it’s not only single and low income households that are feeling the pinch.Calls to the The National Debt Helpline are up almost 50 percent in the past two years, and are now at levels approaching call volumes received during the Covid pandemic.And the people seeking assistance include a growing number of dual income families as well as people working two or more jobs to make ends meet.
7/8/2024 • 10 minutes, 14 seconds
How can we fix commuting?
A new Climate Council report shows that across most of the state capital cities, less than half of the population lives within reasonable distance of frequent public transport services, with commuters turning more and more to the already clogged up roads.
7/8/2024 • 9 minutes, 52 seconds
Will another curfew really help Alice Springs?
The Northern Territory police commissioner has declared another curfew in Alice Springs for the next three nights, following a string of violent incidents in the town.
7/8/2024 • 12 minutes, 52 seconds
What's next for France? Political Paralysis after run-off Parliamentary Elections.
France is waking up to a hung parliament, after the far right party, National Rally, fell short of expectations, trailing into third place.
7/7/2024 • 8 minutes, 53 seconds
The Wrap: Labour's historic UK win, Senator Fatima Payman walks, the ALP's frustrating sitting week before the Winter break and will President Joe Biden still be the Democrats' candidate?
GUESTS:
7/5/2024 • 21 minutes, 47 seconds
Rugby reset for the Wallabies after the world cup disaster
The reset for Australian rugby begins tomorrow night, nine months after the Wallabies disastrous World Cup campaign that saw them fail to make the knockout stages of the tournament.The Wallabies take on Wales in Sydney, the first of three tests in two weeks, under new coach Joe Schmidt and a new skipper in Liam Wright.Only a handful of players remain from the World Cup squad, and selectors will be hoping tomorrow marks a new dawn for a team that has underperformed for too long.
7/5/2024 • 7 minutes, 19 seconds
Ambulance ramping shows straining health system
Health services are under enormous strain this winter, evidenced by growing cases of Ambulance ramping, with patients waiting even longer to receive care.GUEST: Jonathan Karnon, Professor of Health Economics, Flinders University
7/5/2024 • 6 minutes, 37 seconds
Could you take a flight without any entertainment, digital devices or books? The art of boredom is here
The benefits of boredom are underrated, but a new trend popping on TikTok is seeing people board flights without earphones, music, movies, books, snacks or any distractions to see if they can unplug, unwind and chill out.Guest: Dr Charlotte Keating, Clinical Psychologist
7/5/2024 • 10 minutes, 57 seconds
Labour wins British election in a landslide
As predicted Rishi Sunak and his Conservative government have been annihilated in the British election.Britain is waking up this morning after the general election, and as counting continues we know that Labour is set to win the largest majority of any party in modern British history, and Sir Keir Starmer will be the next Prime Minister of Britain.It brings to an end a Conservative government that's been through five prime ministers in 14 years in power.
7/5/2024 • 9 minutes, 20 seconds
Dalia Stasevska describes the beauty of Finnish classical music
Ukrainian born, Finnish Conductor Dalia Stasevska, is making sure that the music of both her home countries is heard all around the world.
7/5/2024 • 22 minutes
Senator Fatima Payman quits Labor over Palestinian statehood
Not tough enough on white collar crime and too big to operate effectively.The Senate inquiry into Australian Securities and Investments Commission, has found a litany of problems with Australia’s corporate watchdog, going so far as to recommend the organisation be broken into TWO separate regulators.I
7/4/2024 • 7 minutes, 56 seconds
Australian military intelligence to be stored on "top secret" Amazon data cloud
What does this mean for data security?
7/4/2024 • 8 minutes, 47 seconds
What will Labor do now with one less vote in the Senate?
Senator Fatima Payman has quit the Labor Party and will sit on the crossbench as an independent.
7/4/2024 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Oleg Vidov: The Robert Redford of Russia
Russian actor Oleg Vidov’s story sounds like the plot of one of the Soviet-era films he starred in, and now his life has been documented by his widow Joan Borsten Vidov in the new film Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
7/4/2024 • 10 minutes
What do Taylor Swift, Roger Federer, Pope John Paul II, the Queensland Premier and Vladimir Putin have in common?
What do Taylor Swift, Roger Federer, Pope John Paul II and Vladimir Putin have in common? They’ve all cuddled a koala
7/4/2024 • 9 minutes, 36 seconds
"My conscience leaves me no choice": Senator Payman speaks about her decision to quit the Labor Party
WA Senator Fatima Payman will now sit as an independent, saying her principles do not align with those of the Labor Party leadership.
7/4/2024 • 12 minutes, 53 seconds
Does ASIC need to be broken up?
The Senate inquiry into Australian Securities and Investments Commission, has found a litany of problems with Australia’s corporate watchdog, going so far as to recommend the organisation be broken into two separate regulators.
7/4/2024 • 5 minutes, 49 seconds
Iran faces choice between reformer and ultraconservative in election runoff
Iran will tomorrow head to a runoff poll between two candidates after a snap election was held last week following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
7/4/2024 • 8 minutes
The US Supreme court is supposed to ensure equal justice for all. Does it?
While justice is supposed to be blind, recent decisions by the US Supreme Court have brought into question the political leanings of its justices and how that is affecting major rulings.
7/3/2024 • 10 minutes, 6 seconds
More than 100, mainly women and children, killed in stampede in India
The victims, largely women and children, are believed to have suffocated in the crush at a religious event held in sweltering temperatures and packed with devotees.
7/3/2024 • 9 minutes, 5 seconds
How the eyed needle took clothes from function to fashion
How the discovery of tiny slivers of bone has led researchers to pinpoint the time that clothes transitioned from purely functional, to fashionable.
7/3/2024 • 17 minutes
When is it ok to lie to your kids?
Santa Claus. The Easter bunny. The Tooth Fairy. This illustrious trio plays a prominent role in childhood.But their very existence - or not - can expose some pretty tricky ethical dilemmas for the adults who may be willingly to offer any truth answers to little people’s questions.If the story of Santa and his sleigh, or the fairy that leaves money under the pillow for a lost tooth are lies that we accept, at what cost? When is it ok to lie to our kids? Are there limits on those well meaning fibs that can turn into a minefield of ‘please explains’ and awkward conversations?
7/3/2024 • 12 minutes, 11 seconds
Health audit calls for thousands of sperm samples to be destroyed
An audit by the Queensland Health Ombudsman has called for the destruction of thousands of sperm samples over concerns they risk being misidentified.
7/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 17 seconds
Does the ALP need to reconsider its caucus solidarity policy?
For the past ten days ALP senator Fatima Payman has been at the centre of a political hurricane after crossing the floor to vote for a Greens motion recognising the state of Palestine.
7/3/2024 • 8 minutes, 55 seconds
Ants found to carry out life-saving amputations on injured nest mates
German and Swiss scientists have discovered most ant species treat the injured or severed limb of a comrade.
7/3/2024 • 6 minutes, 23 seconds
The trade risks of another Trump presidency
The fallout from last week’s Presidential debate continues to create headlines, but the implications of another Trump Presidency could have major economic as well as political implications.In his first term as President, Donald Trump adopted what were broadly described as ‘America First’ policies when it came to trade relationships famously tearing up the Trans Pacific Partnership within days of his inauguration. And indications are we could see a repeat of that if Mr Trump secures a second term in the White house.
7/2/2024 • 7 minutes, 14 seconds
How to win a US presidential debate
The fascinating history of US presidential debates. Spoiler: this last one was not the only car cash debate over the years.
7/2/2024 • 17 minutes
Are we doing enough to protect frontline staff?
Three hundred cameras will be used by security guards across nine hospitals in a twelve-month trial of their effectiveness in defusing violent incidents.
7/2/2024 • 11 minutes, 5 seconds
Doctor warns Gaza's last two hospitals running out of power
Hundreds of patients and staff have been forced to flee the European Hospital - one of Gaza’s remaining hospitals still functioning - as Israel orders the evacuation of areas east of the city of Khan Yunis.
7/2/2024 • 11 minutes, 14 seconds
"Beauty duper" MCoBeauty expands into the ultra-litigious US market
MCoBeauty has made a name for itself in Australia for “duping” popular cosmetics brands like Charlotte Tilbury and Christian Dior.
7/2/2024 • 8 minutes, 1 second
Coalition calls truce amid squabble over MP's sacking
An ugly fight that had threatened the future of the NSW state opposition appears to have been settled, after a deal was struck between the Liberals, and their National Party coalition partners.
7/2/2024 • 8 minutes
'It is very dangerous': former Watergate prosecutor on Trump immunity Supreme Court decision
If the Supreme Court decision to grant former presidents broad immunity from prosecution were made during the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon would have escaped without consequence, former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks says.
7/2/2024 • 14 minutes, 6 seconds
How come you can legally buy fireworks in the NT today?
Today is the one day of the year people can buy fireworks - legally - in the Northern Territory.
7/1/2024 • 3 minutes, 59 seconds
Indigenous Australians in Victoria given first chance to start negotiating a Treaty
For the first time in Australia, treaty negotiations are “live” in Victoria and Aboriginal nations can request to enter a treaty with an Australian government.
7/1/2024 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
How one bloke electrified his whole farm
On cherry farmer Mike Casey's orchard in New Zealand, it's quiet, but for the sound of birds, even when his farm equipment is running.
7/1/2024 • 4 minutes, 29 seconds
We like to watch: How we see animals on screen
If you are a fan of natural history documentaries from David Attenborough to our own Harry Butler or even Steve Irwin, then you want to hear from the emeritus professor who has studied the ABC's own Natural History archived to inform the new book Making Animals Public
7/1/2024 • 16 minutes
Turmoil over senator's decision to cross the floor
'Disunity is death' is a long-held political maxim, and one which right now is causing much hand-wringing within the Federal Labor Party.The suspension of West Australian Senator Fatima Payman over her threat to again cross the floor over the issue of Palestinian statehood is a rare event in the ALP - such are the strict rules that usually prevent anyone from taking such action.And while the door remains open for the suspension to be lifted, Senator Payman has given no indication she's willing to toe the line, putting her and Labor on a further collision course.
7/1/2024 • 10 minutes, 41 seconds
Stage three tax cuts arrive
As of today all Australian taxpayers will be better off with someone on the average income of about 100-thousand seeing about 40 dollars a week more in their pay packet.Australians on the minimum wage are also getting more in their pay, and there are also energy rebates of 300 dollars a year coming into effect.The question is will you spend or save the windfall, and how will that effect the nation's persistently high inflation rate?
7/1/2024 • 11 minutes, 51 seconds
Foreign student visa fees rise to become the most expensive in the world
Overnight Australia became one of the most expensive countries in the world to get a student visa.
7/1/2024 • 11 minutes, 25 seconds
"Beauty duper" MCoBeauty expands into the ultra-litigious US market
MCoBeauty has made a name for itself in Australia for “duping” popular cosmetics brands like Charlotte Tilbury and Christian Dior.
7/1/2024 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
Joe Biden stumbles during first presidential debate
With just five months to go before the 2024 election, 81-year-old President Joe Biden often struggled with a weak, raspy voice during the 90-minute broadcast, and repeatedly tripped over his words.White House officials have told reporters that the President has a cold. But there's growing speculation that the incumbent may have to step aside as the Democratic nominee before November's election.
6/28/2024 • 10 minutes, 22 seconds
Max Cooper unlocks nature's musical blueprint
If you think about it, genetics are a little bit like music...
6/28/2024 • 17 minutes
Free sports bras for female students sees boost in sport participation at regional high school
Gilgandra High School in the Western Plains of New South Wales used leftover funds to provide free sports bras, properly fitted, for female students and they’ve now seen a 20% boost in their female cohort at athletics carnival.
6/28/2024 • 5 minutes, 30 seconds
The Wrap: The first US presidential debate, Julian Assange's return home, Labor Senator Fatima Payman crossing the floor and inflation
GUESTS:
6/28/2024 • 22 minutes, 52 seconds
Nearl two thirds of aged care homes failing to meet mandated standards of care
A study by the University of Technology Sydney has shown aged care providers are still behind when it comes to meeting mandated levels of direct care.
6/28/2024 • 8 minutes, 20 seconds
Are you suffering from telephobia? New research shows it is on the rise.
Are you one of the growing number of people suffering from what is known as telephobia, which is a fear of telephones? New research shows it is rising amongst young people.GUEST: Narelle Towie, Academic Head of Journalism, Murdoch University
6/28/2024 • 10 minutes, 16 seconds
Nearly two thirds of aged care homes failing to meet mandated standards of care
A study by the University of Technology Sydney has shown aged care providers are still behind when it comes to meeting mandated levels of direct care.
6/28/2024 • 8 minutes, 20 seconds
What happened when a live World War II bomb was found in Darwin
An active, unstable World War II bomb was found at a construction site at the edge of Darwin's CBD this week. Listen to how one of the military's top bomb experts defused the situation.
6/27/2024 • 4 minutes, 56 seconds
Julian Assange's supporters want him to be pardoned, what does that even mean?
While Wikileaks founder Julian Assange slowly settles back into Australian life, he does so as a convicted felon. His supporters want his name cleared with a presidential pardon.
6/27/2024 • 11 minutes, 52 seconds
Eyes, lips, hands and brains: The weird and wonderful work of Salvador Dalí
Which famous artist of the 20th century collaborated with Mae West, Buster Keaton, David Bowie, Alfred Hitchcock, Walt Disney and heavy metal rocker Alice Cooper? That would be Salvador Dalí.
6/27/2024 • 17 minutes
Number of mortgage holders falling behind on repayments hits eight-year high
New figures released by the American credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, show the number of mortgage holders falling behind on repayments has hit an eight-year high.
6/27/2024 • 5 minutes, 43 seconds
Brands are selling skincare routines for newborn babies. Is it time for a beauty industry reckoning?
Online so-called 'Skinfluencers' are fuelling huge demands for luxury products with hype skincare routines on TikTok and Instagram, Mecca hooks in tweens and teens with loyalty and rewards programs, and international brands such as Dior now offer expensive skincare packages for newborn babies.
6/27/2024 • 13 minutes, 5 seconds
What are the ethical or legal risks of using AI to boost drug development?
Formation Bio, a startup with backing from Open AI CEO Sam Altman, has announced a raise of $372 million to boost drug development using artificial intelligence. But what are the potential ethical and legal risks associated with this?GUEST: Emily Casey, self-described Medicine Defector, Head of Community at Tenmile and Founder of ‘What the Health’
6/27/2024 • 5 minutes, 5 seconds
Was Bolivia's apparent coup an 'auto golpe'?
In dramatic scenes today, Bolivia's president Luis Arce has fended off what appears to be an attempted coup by an army commander.
6/27/2024 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
Why is the Coalition opposing Labor's 'build to rent' scheme?
A Labor plan to entice foreign investors to build apartments for renters has run into a roadblock in the Senate, with the Greens and the Coalition teaming up to split up a government bill and single out a key housing measure.
6/27/2024 • 9 minutes, 22 seconds
Does Julian Assange's prosecution set a dangerous precedent for free speech?
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is finally free but some fear his prosecution has set a dangerous precedent that should worry anyone who believes in free speech and democratic accountability.
6/26/2024 • 10 minutes, 39 seconds
Saipan in the spotlight as Assange fronts court
Julian Assange will land in Australia tonight after his plane left the little-known island of Saipan where a few hours ago he pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy.GUEST: Naina Rao, News Director, KPRG public radio, Guam and Saipan
6/26/2024 • 8 minutes, 30 seconds
Hypochondria and the "glass delusion"
Find out why in 1392, King Charles the Sixth was convinced his body was made of class and that he might shatter at any moment.
6/26/2024 • 16 minutes
'I want to see him submerged in the beauty of ordinary life': What Julian Assange's dad hopes for his son
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange officially secured his freedom this morning at a court in the US territory of the Mariana Islands, pleading guilty in a historic plea deal with US authorities that ends a 14 year ordeal.
6/26/2024 • 11 minutes, 39 seconds
Regional universities warn of big funding drops from international student cap
Australia’s regional universities say they’ve seen an almost 50 per cent reduction in international students as the Federal government looks to tighten international migration.
6/26/2024 • 6 minutes, 45 seconds
Could a cap and trade system help fix part of the housing crisis?
Housing economist Karl Fitzgerald is taking his proposal to Airbnb
6/25/2024 • 15 minutes, 7 seconds
World Potato Congress hopes to be a smash
More than a thousand people, from 40 countries, have descended upon Adelaide for the World Potato Congress which runs until tomorrow.It's the first time Australia has ever hosted it.
6/25/2024 • 4 minutes, 48 seconds
New report finds tracking devices being used by DV offenders
One in four people who purchased GPS tracking devices since 2023 have a history of domestic violence, according to a new report from the NSW Crime Commission.An investigation into the criminal use of surveillance devices has found they are being used by organised criminal networks to facilitate organised crime, and extensively by high-risk domestic and family violence offenders.
6/25/2024 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
'It's extraordinary': Monique Ryan on Julian Assange's possible release
After years of imprisonment in the UK, could Wikileaks founder Julian Assange finally be on his way home after brokering a deal with US authorities?
6/25/2024 • 8 minutes, 4 seconds
Jeremy Hearder reflects on a life in diplomacy
Jeremy Hearder has been one of Australia's longest serving diplomats and public servants. He's retiring this week after 65 years, nine postings abroad and a wealth of stories.
6/25/2024 • 16 minutes
Extreme bushfires increasing in intensity and frequency
Extreme bushfires have more than doubled in frequency and intensity over the past two decades, according to a global study from the University of Tasmania.
6/25/2024 • 5 minutes, 3 seconds
New study finds loneliness can increase stroke risk by up to 56%
In a first of its kind study, with 12,000 participants, researchers at Harvard University has found chronic loneliness can increase the risk of suffering a stroke by as much as 56%.
6/25/2024 • 13 minutes, 38 seconds
Great Barrier Reef avoids being added to UNESCO's in-danger list
In what will be a sigh of relief for the Federal Government, and not to mention tourist operators, the Great Barrier Reef has managed to keep off the United Nation's endangered list.
6/25/2024 • 10 minutes, 44 seconds
Is Australia's east coast facing a gas shortage?
Is the east coast of Australia at risk of running out of gas? Australia’s energy market operator says yes, but the resources minister Madeleine King says "there will be sufficient gas available for the community".
6/25/2024 • 6 minutes, 47 seconds
Experts say some of Australia's nuclear waste currently sits in cupboards, can we handle more?
While there are questions around the economics and timing of the Coalition's renewed nuclear policy, a basic question remains: what about the waste?
6/24/2024 • 6 minutes, 15 seconds
Families of victims killed in Boeing 737 MAX crashes seek $US24.8 billion fine
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610 were two of the most deadly crashes in recent aviation history – together they claimed 346 lives.15 families of victims of the Boeing 737 Max crashes are now asking the US government to fine the company $US24.8 billion over the incidents.
6/24/2024 • 8 minutes, 54 seconds
Black Sabbath, Barbary duck and base guitars
Tiffany Murray's new autobiography 'My Family and Other Rock Stars' of her time growing up amongst musicians like Queen, David Bowie and Iggy Pop.
6/24/2024 • 13 minutes
What would you change about Australian supermarkets?
The federal government has announced it will impose a mandatory behaviour code on large supermarket chains if they deal unfairly with suppliers.
6/24/2024 • 11 minutes, 44 seconds
Supermarket giants to be hit with mandatory conduct code
Will it be enough to put the giants back in line?
6/24/2024 • 10 minutes, 50 seconds
Is social media really harmful for children?
Between concerns about mental health impacts and the possibility of dangerous content, we're often being told that social media is dangerous for young people, but is that actually true?
6/24/2024 • 14 minutes, 40 seconds
Independents push for 'right to housing'
ACT Senator David Pocock and Independent MP for North Sydney Kylea Tink plan to introduce legislation in both houses that would require adequate housing to be treated as a human right for every Australian.
6/24/2024 • 8 minutes, 26 seconds
Are car-powered homes the energy solution for the future?
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has just announced $3.2 million dollars in funding to Amber Electric in an Australia-first trial of car-powered homes.If proved successful at scale, it it may have the potential to be one of the most groundbreaking technologies to enter the Australian energy sector.GUEST: Chris Thompson, Co-CEO, Amber Electric
6/21/2024 • 4 minutes, 55 seconds
Alex Hamilton's music is a little bit of the Grateful Dead and a little bit of George Jones
Many musicians can claim that they are a product of the Espy in St Kilda, but not like Alex Hamilton he grew up in the hotel his mum worked behind the bar and he lived out the back.
6/21/2024 • 15 minutes
Is democracy in crisis?
Winston Churchill once said that Democracy "is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried."With EU election gains for the French far-right, and a possible return to Donald Trump's strongman style of leadership in the United States – what is the future for democracy, and liberal democracy in particular?
6/21/2024 • 12 minutes, 47 seconds
The Wrap: Premier Li's visit, the Coalition's nuclear policy, the RBA cash rate decision and the attack on a Jewish MP's electoral office
GUESTS:
6/21/2024 • 22 minutes, 24 seconds
What did the Chinese premier’s visit to Australia achieve?
This week saw the Albanese Government pull off what's been regarded by many as a significant win for the Australia-China relationship with the visit of Premier Li Qiang and significant delegation of Chinese representatives.
6/21/2024 • 8 minutes, 54 seconds
Vandals smash windows and light fires in attack on Labor MP's office
"Premeditated, reckless and dangerous".That's how Federal Labor MP Josh Burns has described an attack on his electoral office in Melbourne.Just before 3:30am on Wednesday, about six people wearing black masks arrived at the Jewish-Australian MP's office. Windows were smashed, and fires were lit.
6/20/2024 • 11 minutes, 59 seconds
Nuclear policy: Malcolm Turnbull says Peter Dutton is operating in a 'Trumpian world of politics'
It’s fair to say Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s proposal to develop Australia’s own nuclear energy industry, has raised many more questions than answers.The Coalition wants two of the reactors to be operational by 2035 - 2037 at the earliest.But the timing remains unclear for the remaining five reactors.There’s also no detail on how much all of this will cost, but the coalition pledges that the whole project would be funded and operated by the Commonwealth.
6/20/2024 • 10 minutes, 40 seconds
David Nicholls Part 2: On screen adaptation, acting and his accomplishments
Part two of our interview with global best-selling British author David Nicholls for the Big Weekend of Books.
6/20/2024 • 14 minutes
UN commission finds both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes
A United Nations report into the October 7 attack and early months of the war in Gaza has found both Hamas and Israel committed war crimes.
6/20/2024 • 8 minutes, 54 seconds
How do we balance privacy with protection from harm on apps?
As tech companies try harder to keep your data and conversations safe, those very platforms are being used to promote extremism, violence, child exploitation and even, according to Australia’s spy agency ‘race wars’.
6/20/2024 • 10 minutes, 33 seconds
Stonehenge falls victim to the Climate Wars
Just a day before the Summer Solstice celebrations, Stonehenge, in the United Kingdom, has been turned orange with spray paint.
6/20/2024 • 16 minutes, 14 seconds
Is Australia's great multicultural experiment over?
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to cut long term net migration in half, to about 235,000 a year, while Peter Dutton wants it as low as 160,000 next financial year leaving many observers wondering if the next election is a vote on migration?The issue was the focus of today’s National Press Club, featuring Melbourne University Deputy Vice Chancellor Michael Wesley, and former deputy secretary of the Department of Immigration, Abul Rizvi.
6/19/2024 • 6 minutes, 25 seconds
Thai politics in chaos - again
It's been a very eventful 24 hours in Thailand. For starters Thailand's senate has voted to legalise same sex marriage.Meanwhile there are three significant court cases underway which could significantly transform the face of Thai politics. The current Prime Minister could be dismissed over his appointment of a cabinet minister, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is facing allegations of defaming the country's monarchy and the main opposition Move Forward Party might be dissolved with its leaders banned.
6/19/2024 • 6 minutes, 22 seconds
A new push to get lawyers to work in the bush
If you're a city dweller - and not one inclined to move anywhere else - what incentive would bring you to the bush?The legal fraternity in NSW is tackling this very question with just one in ten solicitors working outside the cities. The Law Society of NSW wants HECS debt assistance given to those who do go bush.
6/19/2024 • 6 minutes, 50 seconds
Going nuclear: Peter Dutton releases oppositions energy policy
The Coalition's long-awaited nuclear policy has finally been released.They want to build seven nuclear reactors at the sites of existing or retired coal-fired power stations across the country.But costings remain unclear - except that they will be Commonwealth owned.And timing is also unclear, with the opposition leader Peter Dutton saying only two of the seven reactors will be online by 2035 and 2037.
6/19/2024 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
SA Energy Minster slams Coalition's nuclear policy
The Coalition's long-awaited nuclear policy has finally been released.They want to build seven nuclear reactors at the sites of existing or retired coal-fired power stations across the country.
6/19/2024 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Could Koalas be the canary in the mine for detecting extremely hot days?
New research shows this iconic Australian marsupial is able to regulate its own temperature to a greater degree than previously thought. So, what can we learn from this?
6/19/2024 • 5 minutes
The benefits of 'risky play' for our children
If you are a parent or carer, what is the line for you when it comes to risks you’d like your child to take to learn about the consequences of risk?
6/19/2024 • 10 minutes, 48 seconds
Port Augusta MP says locals will be 'quite supportive' of nuclear plant
The federal member for Grey in South Australia, Rowan Ramsey, believes his constituents will welcome the possibility of a nuclear power plant in the region.
6/19/2024 • 10 minutes, 57 seconds
Why some of Australia's richest people pay no tax
In just a couple of weeks from now Australian workers will receive a tax cut - the last of the three stage cuts that began under the Morrison government, back in 2019.But there are a significant number of very wealthy Australians who will see very little difference to their net income, for the simple fact they pay NO tax at all - on incomes of well over ONE million dollars a year.In fact, more than 100 Australians who earned on average 3.8 million a year, paid no tax in the 2021–22 financial year, according to official figures from the Australian Tax Office.
6/18/2024 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Australian business hopes to strengthen relationship with China
Chinese Premier Li Qiang is wrapping up his Australian tour and business are hoping to capitalise on new growth in the relationship.
6/18/2024 • 8 minutes, 38 seconds
Australian ministers head to PNG for high level talks
The ministerial forum comes at a critical time with Australia hoping to maintain its position as a dominant trade and security partner in the Pacific
6/18/2024 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Rates stay on hold
The inflation genie remains out of the bottle.That’s the takeout from today's decision by the Reserve Bank to leave official rates on hold at 4.35 percent, despite mounting evidence that the economy and household budgets are both struggling.RBA Governor Michelle Bullock has been at pains to impress that INFLATION remains the bank’s main focus, and right now the rate of inflation is still above the Reserve’s upper limit of 3 percent.
6/18/2024 • 7 minutes, 15 seconds
A theatrical love letter to the music that set your soul on fire
The new theatre production “Hits” is a theatrical love letter to the music that saved you and set your teenage soul on fire. It aims to capture the euphoria of finding your people and going to your first music festival.
6/18/2024 • 15 minutes
Can we identify men who might kill their partners before it happens?
Researchers have pored over judges comments sentencing 235 men convicted of killing their current or former partner.
6/18/2024 • 8 minutes, 12 seconds
RBA says review needed into hidden credit card fees
In the last financial year Australians paid almost two billion dollars in credit and debit card fees.
6/18/2024 • 12 minutes, 35 seconds
Concerns raised about data privacy with online therapy on the rise
Many people are now turning to online therapy, but there are increasing concerns about what these online providers might be doing with our data.
6/18/2024 • 6 minutes, 18 seconds
Far right politics on the rise in Germany
The rise of far right wing parties in the recent European elections continues to reverberate on the continent.Nationalist parties polled strongly in Italy, the Netherlands, Greece and Austria and of course in France, where Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party trounced Emmanuelle Macron’s centrist alliance, leading to the French President calling a snap national election for early next month.But it was the success of Germany’s far right AFD party that was perhaps of most significance, with the Alternative for Germany polling 16 per cent, second only to the Christian Democrats, the major catch-all party of the centre-right in German politics, on 30 per cent.The question is what sort of a pointer might the European elections be for the next German elections next year?
6/17/2024 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
Panda ambassadors coming to Australia
The pair will replace the the outgoing duo Wang Wang and Fu Ni at Adelaide Zoo.
6/17/2024 • 2 minutes, 36 seconds
Chinese officials accused of obstructing journalist Cheng Lei
While Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Prime Minister Albanese exchanged kind words today, there were tensions in the press gallery.
6/17/2024 • 8 minutes, 6 seconds
China, climate and Australia's critical minerals
Climate is top of the agenda for Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Australian leaders. But with security and sovereignty concerns when it comes to Australia's critical minerals sector, what will that future look like?
6/17/2024 • 8 minutes, 46 seconds
Calls to repeal 'no body, no parole' laws
‘No body, no parole’ laws were introduced in NSW as a way of trying to bring closure to the families of murder victims.But opponents of the law, introduced just two years ago, say they can harm people who are later proven to be wrongfully convicted.The law was supposed to incentivise convicted murderers to reveal the location of their victim's body, in return for favourable parole conditions being attached to their sentence.Two women at the centre of Australia’s most notorious cases of wrongful conviction, Kathleen Folbig and Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, have joined an alliance of lawyers to call on the NSW Government to overturn the laws.
6/17/2024 • 5 minutes, 51 seconds
How a South Australian dentist revolutionised the world of orthodontics
P.R Begg was the South Australian dentist who pretty much single-handedly invented modern orthodontics and the braces we wear today.
6/17/2024 • 14 minutes
New warnings social media is contributing to far-right extremism
ASIO says that ideologically-motivated, violent extremists now account for about a quarter of its priority counter-terrorism work.
6/17/2024 • 6 minutes, 49 seconds
What are the rules for borrowing from the 'bank of mum and dad'?
The impact of the housing crisis on younger people continues to bite with the latest data showing the risk of loan default among Australians under 30 is rising much more quickly than for any other age group.
6/17/2024 • 12 minutes, 9 seconds
Why free speech remains a vexed issue for the Olympic Games
It’s a defining image of the 20th century.American track athletes John Carlos and Tommie Smith, both wearing a single black glove with their fists raised on the Olympic podium in a Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.Australian runner Peter Norman, the silver medal winner in the race, stood in solidarity, not with his fist raised but in support of what was a protest against racial segregation both in America and around the world. He wore a badge with “Olympic Project for Human Rights” written on it.But according to current Olympic rules, all three athletes would have been in breach of the obligations under what is known as Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter - which states that any demonstration of a political, religious or racial nature isn’t allowed in the field of competition, or during medal ceremonies.
6/14/2024 • 6 minutes, 53 seconds
Right-wing infighting kicks off French election campaign
French politics was plunged into chaos this week, when President Macron decided to dissolve parliament and call snap parliamentary elections.But his historic gamble might actually be paying off. Dramatic infighting has now descended upon his right-wing opponents after Republicans leader Eric Ciotti decided to back an alliance with Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally.That's now kicked off a court battle over Mr Ciotti's leadership.
6/14/2024 • 5 minutes, 13 seconds
An afternoon with Small Town Romance
Jim Arneman and Flora Smith of Small Town Romance bring an inherited tradition of love and music - from Australian music royalty. They play one of their songs and a cover of one of their all-time favourites.
6/14/2024 • 17 minutes
Telstra ditches carbon credits
Telco giant Telstra, one of Australia's biggest electricity users, has decided to ditch a carbon credit offset scheme in favour of a new environmental strategy.Instead, the company says it'll strengthen its 2030 emissions reduction targets and directly invest in climate action projects.
6/14/2024 • 7 minutes, 22 seconds
The Wrap: the climate wars reignited, corruption watchdog to be investigated by its watchdog and how to recruit ADF personnel
6/14/2024 • 21 minutes, 19 seconds
Rebuilding Sydney's cultural infrastructure
The NSW government and the City of Sydney will join forces to create a pool of affordable working spaces for artists and creative's who are currently locked out of Sydney by soaring rents.
6/14/2024 • 13 minutes, 49 seconds
Anti-Corruption Commission faces independent probe over decision not to investigate Robodebt scandal
Less than twelve months into operation, the National Anti-Corruption Commission is now facing an independent inquiry over its decision not to further investigate the Robodebt scandal.
6/13/2024 • 10 minutes, 30 seconds
Adobe faces backlash over updated terms-of-use on AI
Design software giant, Adobe, has found itself in hot water after an update to its terms-of-use that appeared to indicate that content created - using its software - like Photoshop could be used to train the company's generative AI models.
6/13/2024 • 9 minutes, 33 seconds
Could housing be the key to getting Gen Z to enlist?
Uncle Sam Wants You!, Your Country Needs you! For King and Country!
6/13/2024 • 12 minutes, 59 seconds
Private hospitals under federal review
Federal Health Minister Mark Butler says he's concerned about reports over the sustainability of some private hospitals.
6/13/2024 • 8 minutes, 32 seconds
House sparrows could help detect lead poisoning in children
Birds have long been considered the reliable creatures to sound the alarm when there’s something unhealthy in the environment.New research has shown a little brown bird, a house sparrow, could help alert experts to lead poisoning in Australian children.
6/13/2024 • 5 minutes, 1 second
Doctors slam decision to allow spinal manipulation for babies
Doctors have today slammed a decision by the Chiropractic Board of Australia to allow spinal manipulation treatments for children and babies.In a big development today, health minister Mark Butler has now decided to intervene, seeking an urgent explanation for the controversial decision.
6/13/2024 • 7 minutes, 14 seconds
A look inside a domestic violence court
Day after day, Magistrate Megan Greenwood presides over an increasing number of domestic violence matters. She must pick her way carefully through entangled traumas, look at the facts and apply the law.
6/12/2024 • 21 minutes, 27 seconds
Want cheap childcare? Here's one plan to get there
Australian think-tank the Centre for Policy Development has charted a path to get to universal childcare
6/12/2024 • 7 minutes, 29 seconds
Senate inquiry calls on PwC to name those involved in the tax leaks scandal
It took a 14 month inquiry, dozens of submissions and multiple hearings, but this afternoon a Senate committee - looking into Australia’s corporate consultancy firms - has tabled its final report.And it’s called on P-W-C to release the names of those involved in the embattled consultancy firm's controversial tax leaks scandal.The inquiry was launched last year when it was discovered P-W-C leaked sensitive Australian government information to large corporations, including Google.
6/12/2024 • 8 minutes, 38 seconds
Rudd accuses China of 'grey zone' agitation tactics
China's Premier Li Qiang will arrive in Australia this weekend, travelling to Adelaide, Canberra and Perth. But it comes at a time of increasing tensions between the superpower and its neighbours – with critics including the Australian ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd, accusing China of deploying so-called 'grey zone' tactics.
6/12/2024 • 6 minutes, 46 seconds
Victorian school targeted with deepfake nudes of students
This week it emerged at least 50 school girls had fake nude images of themselves leaked online.
6/12/2024 • 7 minutes, 51 seconds
How Leandre Sanders became 'Skategoat'
A new documentary tells the story of an 11-year-old from Venice Beach, California, who survived his troubled upbringing to become one of the world’s best skateboarders.
6/12/2024 • 12 minutes
Executive pay rises by double digits
Executive pay has risen by double digits in the last year, according to a new survey by the Governance Institute of Australia.The average pay of CEOs grew by 14 per cent, while for managing directors it was 11 per cent.So why do we value some roles and industries much more than others?
6/12/2024 • 13 minutes, 49 seconds
What makes a good nuclear site?
The Opposition says it will soon announce its suggested sites for nuclear power with Nationals leader David Littleproud saying they will all be in his party’s seats.
6/12/2024 • 9 minutes
A Queensland petition calls for homeowners to be allowed to use lethal force
More than 40-thousand Queenslanders have signed a petition calling for laws to allow them to kill home intruders without legal consequences.The Katter Australian Party says its petition for state parliament to introduce the so-called Castle Law, comes as crime concerns simmer in the lead up to the state election. However, The Queensland Law Society says it would amount to "state sanctioned murder".
6/12/2024 • 5 minutes, 23 seconds
New calls for Australia Post reforms
Australia Post is today facing calls to share its delivery network with private parcel carriers.Partial deregulation could allow community post offices to boost revenue by entering commercial partnerships with companies like Sendle or Team Global Express. The industry lobby group for licensed post offices, LPO Group, says it's just one possible aspect of reforms which are much needed to make post office storefronts more viable.
6/11/2024 • 5 minutes, 23 seconds
Is Australia returning to the climate wars ahead of the next federal election?
Earlier this year, it looked like the next federal election was going to be won or lost by housing policy. Then it looked like migration was going to be the king maker. Now, it’s starting to feel a little bit like back to the future with the dying embers of the Climate Wars reignited.
6/11/2024 • 17 minutes, 12 seconds
Could war in the Middle East spread?
As Israel continues its assault on Rafah, the conflict on its northern border with Lebanon also appears to be heating up.
6/11/2024 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
Is 'Crime and Punishment' the greatest crime story ever written?
Actors Christopher Samuel Carroll and PJ Williams discuss their roles in a new adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment and perform an excerpt.
6/11/2024 • 13 minutes
The Beatles tour of Australia
It was 60 years ago today, in June 1964, that the most famous band in the history of rock and roll arrived in Australia for the first and only tour down under.The version of the Beatles that Australia saw in 1964, with their mop top hair cuts, and neat black suits, took the country by storm, but it almost didn’t happen.In fact it was little more than dumb luck that the Fab Four were ever booked to come to Australia.The tour was a frenzy of teenage energy, swept up in what was known around the world as Beatlemania.But did they also spark the beginning of an overdue generational and social shift in this country?
6/11/2024 • 14 minutes, 11 seconds
Bonza leaves employees stranded
The latest and perhaps final chapter of the saga of Bonza Airways has been written today, with the company’s 320 staff being sacked at a virtual "town hall" meeting.
6/11/2024 • 5 minutes, 16 seconds
Forever chemicals reportedly found in tap water across Australia
There is a push for further testing of Australia's drinking water, after reports of chemicals known as PFAS in water samples across the country. The Nine newspapers report that tap water in parts of Sydney, Newcastle, Victoria and Queensland has been found to contain contaminants that US authorities consider to have "no safe level of exposure".
6/11/2024 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Netanyahu's war-time government cracks as public protests mount over war
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Israel over the weekend calling for a hostage deal and elections just hours after news of the rescue of four hostages.
6/10/2024 • 10 minutes, 29 seconds
The gambling reform you most likely don't know about
Australians are, per capita, the biggest gamblers in the world, losing around 25 billion dollars a year to pokies, online and sports betting and lotteries.
6/10/2024 • 8 minutes, 11 seconds
Why scientists are trying to grow rocks
Scientists in Tasmania are hoping to grow rocks as part of the solution to bring down carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
6/10/2024 • 5 minutes, 26 seconds
Emmanuel Macron calls snap French election after EU vote
French voters are waking up in a bit of a shock, following President Emmanuel Macron's surprise decision to call a snap parliamentary election later this month.It followed significant gains by Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party in EU elections overnight.
6/10/2024 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
The science of taste and art of belonging
The way we taste - what comfort foods we love and what vegetables we can’t stand to eat - can tell us a lot about who we are and even who we love.
6/10/2024 • 19 minutes, 19 seconds
The science of taste and art of belonging
The way we taste - what comfort foods we love and what vegetables we can’t stand to eat - can tell us a lot about who we are and even who we love.
6/10/2024 • 19 minutes, 19 seconds
Has children's cinema lost it's way?
While some recent films like the Super Mario Brothers film and the Frozen franchise have found box office billions, others have flopped.
6/10/2024 • 14 minutes, 12 seconds
Coles limiting egg purchases as bird flu hits another chicken farm
It brings the total of impacted farms in that state to five, with nearly half a million chickens euthanased so far…and strict quarantine zones restricting the movement of birds and equipment.
6/10/2024 • 7 minutes, 27 seconds
Rugby Australia CEO says code seeks financial stability
What is the future of rugby in Victoria, and how is Rugby Australia managing the long-term financial viability and survival of the code in an increasingly competitive sporting market?
6/7/2024 • 7 minutes, 55 seconds
Is the Sydney council workers cancer cluster pure chance?
Liverpool City Council has confirmed that five staff working within five metres of each other at its Moore Street office building in Sydney’s south-west have all developed thyroid cancer.
6/7/2024 • 8 minutes, 9 seconds
Molly Lewis is bringing the glamour back to whistling
Meet a professional whistler - Australian Molly Lewis. She's created a niche for herself and is whistling with the big guns now.
6/7/2024 • 18 minutes
Laura Jones wins the Archibald Prize with portrait of Tim Winton
Standing at just under 2 metres tall, beneath his weather-beaten brow and a mop of gold and silver hair, the soulful eyes of Tim Winton stare out from the wall of the NSW Art Gallery.
6/7/2024 • 10 minutes, 32 seconds
The Wrap: The Greens feel the heat, Immigration Minister Andrew Giles's new directive, an alleged physical altercation and coffee snobbery
GUESTS:
6/7/2024 • 22 minutes, 33 seconds
New guidelines issued for when non-citizens can be deported
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has issued a new directive he says will make it "clearer" that non-citizens with a history of family or sexual violence should be deported, even if they have lived most of their lives in Australia.
6/7/2024 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
Nvidia outsripts Apple's market value at US$3 trillion
The firm's market value surged past US$3 trillion overnight, overtaking Apple and nipping at the heels of the world’s most valuable company, Microsoft which is valued at $3.15 trillion.
6/6/2024 • 9 minutes, 46 seconds
Australia moves to warm relationship with the Solomon Islands
It's a critical relationship to nurture, with Australia hoping to ensure itself as the Pacific Nation's main security partner, as China seeks to bolster its presence in the region.
6/6/2024 • 7 minutes, 41 seconds
Whatever will be, will be: Our changing attitudes to fate
It’s written in your fate that today you are to learn more about the concept of fate - philosophically, morally and practically. A new book exploring fate promises to teach you just how universal it is.
6/6/2024 • 12 minutes
Whatever will be, will be: Our changing attitudes to fate
It’s written in your fate that today you are to learn more about the concept of fate - philosophically, morally and practically. A new book exploring fate promises to teach you just how universal it is.
6/6/2024 • 12 minutes
CSIRO set to slash hundreds of jobs
CSIRO points to “a need to simplify” its corporate functions “to reduce costs, complexity and duplication to support the delivery of research”.
6/6/2024 • 7 minutes, 25 seconds
NACC decides not to investigate Robo-debt referrals
In a sealed chapter of the Robodebt Royal Commission Commissioner Catherine Holmes recommended the referral of individuals for civil action or criminal prosecution. That was given to a number of agencies, including the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
6/6/2024 • 10 minutes, 14 seconds
Robodebt victims still looking for justice
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has decided not to go ahead with an investigation into six officials referred to it by the Royal Commission into Robo-debt.
6/6/2024 • 8 minutes, 34 seconds
Australian Olympic Committee will have three baristas serving coffee to our athletes in Paris
The Australian Olympic Committee has revealed that they will have three baristas serving up flat whites to our athletes while they’re in Paris. Have we gone too far? Or is this understandable?
6/6/2024 • 12 minutes, 18 seconds
NSW Government apologises for laws criminalising homosexual acts
NSW Premier Chris Minns has formally apologised on behalf of the government to people convicted of homosexual acts, 40 years after the state decriminalised gay sex.
6/6/2024 • 4 minutes, 13 seconds
Three young boys discover T-rex fossil in North Dakota Badlands
In 2022, two young brothers and their cousin stumbled across a chunk of bone protruding from a rock while hiking through Marmath, North Dakota.
6/5/2024 • 10 minutes, 20 seconds
Why inflation remains the RBA's main focus
13 interest rate rises since May 2022 have, it seems, taken their toll on the national economy.Figures out today show Australia’s economy grew at just point-one-of-a-percent from January to March, and one-point-one percent over the year.That's Australia's lowest annual economic growth rate since the start of the pandemic.The GDP number coincided with RBA Governor Michelle Bullock fronting up to a senate committee hearing earlier in the day to answer questions on how the central bank proposes to nurse the economy through what is a challenging time.
6/5/2024 • 6 minutes, 47 seconds
How do the e-Safety Commission's powers stack up?
Australia’s e-Safety Commissioner has announced today she is abandoning a Federal Court fight against social media giant X, after it refused to take down violent footage of a stabbing at a church in Sydney.
6/5/2024 • 7 minutes, 46 seconds
A victory that feels like a defeat? What India's election result means
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has technically won his country’s gruelling weeks-long national election, but support for the once seemingly invincible leader has fallen, which means he’ll now be forced to rely on his coalition partners.
6/5/2024 • 6 minutes, 44 seconds
Does democracy begin with children's rights?
Should the voting age be lowered to battle the nihilism and the impending sense of doom in today’s younger generation coming of age?
6/5/2024 • 13 minutes
Australia's universities rise in global rankings - could migration cuts see them fall again?
Almost half of Australia ’s Universities have risen in the QS World University Rankings for 2025
6/5/2024 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Bulk billing rate increases but GPs say more funding is needed
The Government has been trying to increase the number of doctors willing to bulk bill by increasing the Medicare payment for doctors who see children, concession card holders or people in regional areas.
6/5/2024 • 8 minutes, 5 seconds
How spending cash can help you save
With only 13 per cent of all transactions being cash, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia, there's increasing pressure on us to turn to cashless payments.
6/5/2024 • 11 minutes, 11 seconds
Rare earths company involved in government ruling targeted in suspected cyber attack
A company that runs a strategically crucial heavy rare earths project has been targeted in a suspected cyber attack.
6/4/2024 • 3 minutes, 51 seconds
Industrial manslaughter laws set for NSW
Up to 200 people are fatally injured at work each year in Australia, but NSW is the only mainland state without an industrial manslaughter offenceLegislation aimed at addressing workplace deaths was introduced in the parliament today.Patrizia Cassaniti was at NSW parliament today for the introduction of the bill.Her son Christopher was killed in a worksite accident in Sydney in 2019.
6/4/2024 • 8 minutes, 50 seconds
'Sobering statistic': do you know if your home is in a disaster risk area?
Real estate company Domain today reports that millions of homes are at risk of natural disasters but that most home-owners and tenants are unaware, leaving them vulnerable and potentially uninsurable.
6/4/2024 • 10 minutes, 20 seconds
Is cash still king?
When was the last time you paid cash?It's becoming less common across Australia and globally, a trend that has accelerated in the wake of the Covid pandemic when cashless transactions boomed.But not everyone's happy about it.Federal Independent MPs Dai Le, Andrew Gee and Bob Katter are pushing a private members’ bill that would make it illegal for businesses not to accept cash.
6/4/2024 • 6 minutes, 13 seconds
Nigel Farage returns to campaign trail with Reform UK
His seven previous attempts at winning a seat in the House of Commons failed, will the eighth time be the charm?
6/4/2024 • 8 minutes, 58 seconds
An autograph book, an artist and the Australian Army
Sir John Monash's great-grandson shares some of his family's favourite stories of the Lieutenant General through some of his personal belongings.
6/4/2024 • 16 minutes
Key tradespeople not on draft list of prioritised skilled migrants
The proposed list of occupations that the government agency Jobs and Skills Australia says should be prioritised currently doesn't include key trades such as plumbers, bricklayers, painters and roof tilers with these professions instead being listed as 'requiring consultation’.
6/4/2024 • 6 minutes, 32 seconds
Young Australians delaying having children due to cost of living pressure
New data from political research organisation RedBridge Group has found 54 per cent of 18-34 year olds are delaying having kids, as a result of the current economic conditions.
6/4/2024 • 12 minutes, 41 seconds
Do you really know what the long-term impact of your tattoo is?
Research out of Sweden suggests that there could be a link with having a tattoo and cancer, raising questions about what we really know the effects of getting inked.
6/3/2024 • 6 minutes, 26 seconds
Strong rise in minimum wage
It's set to be a big week on the economic front with the Reserve Bank meeting tomorrow to decide the next move on official interest rates.The feeling is that the cash rate will remain unchanged at the current 4.35 per cent.Ahead of that meeting, the Fair Work Commission has today delivered some good news for Australians on minimum wage and award rates.The Commission has ruled the national minimum wage increase to $24.10 per hour, which means around two-point-six million workers on the minimum wage will see a pay increase of around 33 dollars a week.
6/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 39 seconds
Could bacteria help drive down farming emissions?
Without farms, most of us would go hungry. But the way we grow food with fertilisers mean that farms also produce greenhouse gases like nitrous oxide.
6/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 11 seconds
Nelson Mandela's ANC party loses majority for first time in 30 years
Almost thirty years to the date when a then victorious Nelson Mandela claimed a landslide majority in the first mixed-race election in South Africa’s history the decades-long majority-rule of the African National Congress has come to an end.
6/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 17 seconds
Brain Power: Exploring the purpose and the possibilities of brain-computer interfaces
Elon Musk's company Neuralink is in a race with China to dominate the next frontier of artificial intelligence - a brain-computer interface or BCI.
6/3/2024 • 17 minutes
Consumers angry at mysterious power charges
An ABC investigation has today revealed that thousands of Australian households are being charged electricity prices based on their single biggest point of usage across an entire month. That means you could be charged high rates even if most of the time you use very low amounts of power.
6/3/2024 • 12 minutes, 2 seconds
Immigration minister clarifies drones aren't being used to track released detainees
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has admitted he was wrong to claim that immigration detainees released from indefinite detention were being monitored by drones.
6/3/2024 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
House prices continue to rise
The latest data on house prices has revealed the cost of buying a home has risen yet again.That was not unexpected, but you might be surprised to learn there's been a significant changing of the guard when it comes to which capital cities are the most expensive.Sydney remains our most expensive city in which to buy a house.But Brisbane and Canberra can now both claim to be more expensive than Melbourne - the Victorian capital is now fourth on the list.
6/2/2024 • 6 minutes, 53 seconds
Fever Pitch: Matildas warm up for Olympics showdown
Ahead of the Olympics the Matildas will play two friendlies against China, the first of which will be played at the Adelaide Oval tonight.
5/31/2024 • 7 minutes, 1 second
SA Opposition Leader says "people will die" in state-wide health crisis
A system-wide code yellow has been declared on South Australia's entire public hospital system.
5/31/2024 • 7 minutes, 57 seconds
Marlon Williams on free will and certainty
New Zealand singer-songwriter Marlon Williams joins the show to discuss how he incorporates Maori into his songs, his views on free will and certainty and how they've changed since we last spoke to him pre-pandemic.
5/31/2024 • 13 minutes
Can Boomers and Zoomers work together well?
With Generation Alpha about to finish high school some companies will soon be managing a workforce spanning five generations, so how will we adapt our workplaces, attitudes and skills to bridge this divide?
5/31/2024 • 13 minutes, 25 seconds
Donald Trump Guilty
It’s been an extraordinary day in the United States in the wake of that historic verdict handed down overnight, a jury finding former US President Donald Trump guilty in his hush money trial in New York.Mr Trump has become the first former US President to be convicted of a felony crime - The jury reached a unanimous verdict on all 34 charges.The conviction stemmed from charges of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments made to former adult film star Stormy Daniels, during the 2016 election campaign.
5/31/2024 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
The Wrap: Trump's guilty verdict, can Andrew Giles stay as immigration minister? Heat on Aunty and News Corp restructuring
5/31/2024 • 22 minutes, 27 seconds
Street artist Matt Adnate wins Archibald Packing Room Prize
World renowned street artist Matt Adnate’s murals are hard to miss as he captures his subjects with such precision and intensity it’s hard to look away.
5/30/2024 • 7 minutes, 55 seconds
Australian government using drones to track individuals released from immigration detention
The disclosure comes as the government is facing immense criticism over its handling of immigration detention and a ministerial direction on visas and deportations.
5/30/2024 • 9 minutes, 41 seconds
AI-generated image of Gaza refugee camp: performative activism or genuine advocacy?
Social media feeds have been overtaken this week by an artificial image of refugee tents in Gaza shaped in the words ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ which has been reshared by more than 40 million users on Instagram.
5/30/2024 • 6 minutes, 34 seconds
The Australian facility researching some of the most dangerous infectious agents in the world
The centre run by the national science agency in regional Victoria is key for disease preparedness for the entire country.
5/30/2024 • 7 minutes, 27 seconds
Jury duty unpacked
Have you ever been called up for jury duty? What was the experience like, and was it what you expected?If not, is it something you’d feel happy to do. A civic duty to perform willingly, or even begrudgingly?It’s fair to say it’s a pretty arcane process, unless of course it’s something you’ve experienced first hand.
5/30/2024 • 12 minutes, 23 seconds
Beef ban lifted
Years of stress and uncertainty for Australian beef producers looks to be coming to an end, with the news China has given the green light for five major beef producers to resume exports to the country.The suspensions were lifted overnight, meaning a total of eight processors can resume exporting to China, after three others were given approval late last year.
5/30/2024 • 9 minutes, 46 seconds
‘It’s very dangerous’ deepfake warnings from India's election
India will wrap up the world’s largest display of democracy this weekend and while the BJP’s Narendra Modi is all but certain to return to power, one aspect of the election which has drawn global interest is the explosion of AI-generated deep fake videos.
5/30/2024 • 14 minutes, 21 seconds
Did Ayn Rand ruin Lexi Freiman’s attempt at enlightenment at an ego-killing sect on Lesbos?
Our culture’s hyper-sensitivity, cancel culture and the fine line between altruism and narcissism are ripe for satire in Lexi Freeman’s new book The Book of Ayn
5/29/2024 • 16 minutes
How to stop the trap of fast fashion
Australians buy more clothes per person than any other country, according to new data from progressive think tank The Australia Institute.
5/29/2024 • 4 minutes, 44 seconds
Thousands protest as Taiwan's parliament passes controversial reform bill
The opposition-controlled parliament passed legislative amendments 58 votes to 45 that could see lawmakers handed greater powers to scrutinise the government.
5/29/2024 • 6 minutes, 25 seconds
Could a peanut a day keep allergies away in infants?
Allergies are one of Australia’s greatest public health challenges, with one in 10 children developing a proven food allergy in their first year of life.
5/29/2024 • 6 minutes, 1 second
Jennifer Croft: The art of translation
What does it mean to translate another person's work? Are you translating just the words or the meaning? Jennifer Croft, a prize-winning translator shares her thoughts.
5/29/2024 • 15 minutes
Kids are still struggling with science at school, how do we improve?
Nearly half the kids in year ten aren’t meeting proficiency standards when it comes to science literacy. The numbers are better, but not by much, for year six children, according to new data from the National Assessment report on science literacy.
5/29/2024 • 13 minutes, 52 seconds
Birth Trauma Inquiry
If you’ve experienced traumatic childbirth - you know it can have some lasting effects as you come to terms with what you experienced, often with a young baby to care for at the same time.A NSW inquiry into birth trauma has made sweeping recommendations as to how the birth experience for women can be improved. The Select Committee on Birth Trauma's made 43 recommendations after receiving four-thousand submissions and holding six hearings.
5/29/2024 • 7 minutes, 17 seconds
What is 'Direction 99' and why is the Government in hot water over it?
The Federal Government has been under sustained criticism over the last fortnight, after revelations a direction issued by the Immigration Minister in January last year had resulted in convicted criminals being allowed to stay in Australia.
5/29/2024 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
NSW government offers $200 million incentiive for housing construction
Councils in NSW will be given additional incentives to build new houses with the state government creating a $200 million grant program for LGAs which meet their housing targets.
5/29/2024 • 10 minutes, 29 seconds
Are you being sold fake flake? New study finds threatened species on the fish and chip menu
A new study which has dug into the DNA of fish being sold has found that one in ten fillets bought at takeaway shops and markets is actually from a threatened species.
5/28/2024 • 4 minutes, 34 seconds
Working toward reconciliation by remembering the past
In a project which has brought together many people from different backgrounds, a memorial telling the past history of first contact with the Butchulla people on the Fraser Coast in Queensland has won the Premier's Reconciliation Award.
5/28/2024 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
Universities to hold talks over caps on foreign student numbers
Australian university chiefs are set to hold talks with their Chinese counterparts as tensions simmer over the Federal Government’s proposed cap on foreign students.International students have become a key source of revenue for Australian universities, as federal funding for the tertiary sector continues to decline.But foreign student numbers are in both the federal government and coalition’s sights, with both proposing a significant cut to migration numbers - a move the tertiary sector says is the wrong call.
5/28/2024 • 10 minutes, 36 seconds
The Canva Rap Fail
It’s one of the rising stars of global tech, but the online design firm Canva has been making headlines around the world for a publicity event that made headlines for the wrong reasons.Canva is an Australian made success story, and the company’s founders have been in the US spruiking the business to investors ahead of a possible sharemarket listing.But at an investors’ session in LA, Canva’s road show fell a bit flat, thanks to a particularly bad bit of in house rap music.
5/28/2024 • 7 minutes, 19 seconds
Claudia de Rham's life in pursuit of gravity
A person or a planet, a black hole or a balloon, a hammer, a feather, a piece of cheese, or a pumpkin seed… everything and everyone experiences gravity in the same way. Theoretical physicist Claudia de Rham is excited about the future of gravity.
5/28/2024 • 17 minutes
Should corporate taxes be lower in Australia?
Federal Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic, has today flagged it’s on the table for Labor to free up investment capital for the Future Made in Australia Act.
5/28/2024 • 11 minutes, 32 seconds
What would it take for Australia to recognise the state of Palestine?
The UN Security Council will tonight hold an emergency meeting to discuss a devastating Israeli air strike on a camp which killed at least 45 displaced Palestinians in the Gazan city of Rafah.
5/28/2024 • 9 minutes, 38 seconds
Does Australia need to introduce national service?
Less than a week into an election campaign, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s first major election policy has drawn attention from around the world.
5/28/2024 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
What you need to know about this flu season
It's that time of the year when your breath turns to steam the moment you go outside in the morning and your house windows are taken over by condensation. Yes, we're on the cusp of winter, and that means flu season but what do you need to know this season?
5/27/2024 • 7 minutes, 58 seconds
WA property boom
Australia’s housing market continues to boom, despite high interest rates and signs of a slowing economy.And it’s not just capital cities prices that are on the move.According to the latest data from Corelogic, the price of housing in regional Australia has picked up pace, rising more than 2 percent in the three months to April - the fastest quarterly growth in almost two years.And in parts of regional Western Australia the rate of growth is more than four times the national average.GUEST: Joe White President Real Institute of Western Australia
5/27/2024 • 5 minutes, 20 seconds
How much plastic can a microbe munch?
There is hope that plastic eating microbes could be a way forward in our plastic dependent world. But how do you make the leap from research to real-world use?
5/27/2024 • 7 minutes, 29 seconds
Can industry influence what a doctor prescribes?
Australian researchers report that drug companies are paying Australian doctors millions of dollars every year to fly to overseas conferences and meetings, give talks and serve on advisory boards.
5/27/2024 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
500 years on: Uncovering the life and work of Vicente Lusitano
Find out how a name on a protest sign sparked a whole line of inquiry into classical music's first published Black composer from the 16th century, Vicente Lusitano.
5/27/2024 • 12 minutes
Cost of living crisis now seeing the cost of dying soar in Australia
According to the insurance group, Australian Seniors, funeral costs have increased by 20 per cent in five years with a basic burial costing up to $18,600 and cremations can cost up to $6000.
5/27/2024 • 13 minutes, 6 seconds
Death toll from PNG horror landslide expected to rise
The United Nations estimates that around 675 people are likely to have been killed in the disaster while PNG's disaster agency believes that more than 2000 people could be buried under the rubble.
5/27/2024 • 9 minutes, 15 seconds
Queensland trials 50 cent fares for public transport from August
The Queensland government is betting the idea of cheap public transport will be a winner, with a six month trial of 50 cent fares for trains, buses and ferries beginning in August.
5/27/2024 • 9 minutes, 23 seconds
How should we better support carers?
It's an issue many Australians are experiencing, with a parliamentary inquiry into the recognition of unpaid carers tabling its final report this year, with 22 recommendations.
5/24/2024 • 12 minutes, 24 seconds
Freya Hollick and The Counterfeit on the guts and glory of Spaghetti Western music
Spaghetti Westerns films are full of strong tropes but none are as strong as the dramatic music that underpinned them, you'll learn and hear more with Freya Hollick and The Counterfeit.
5/24/2024 • 16 minutes
Why are swimmers talking about Gina Rinehart's portrait?
Gina Rinehart's attempts to get Vincent Namatjira's painting removed from the National Gallery of Australia seem to have only encouraged a worldwide media storm.
5/24/2024 • 7 minutes
The Wrap: Coalition's migration figures, Assange's last bid, funeral held for the Iranian president and the ongoing nuclear debate
GUESTS:
5/24/2024 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
Senate committee recommends fund to support community banks in regional Australia
A senate report into regional banking has recommended that a fund be created to support the establishment of community bank branches and that the Government consider whether a publicly owned bank should be created to address the issue.
5/24/2024 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
US Department of Justice sues Live Nation, Ticketmaster over alleged monopoly
The US Department of Justice along with 30 state and district attorneys-general across the country has filed an antitrust lawsuit seeking to break up Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster.
5/24/2024 • 8 minutes, 54 seconds
Why aren't small businesses protected under consumer and lending laws?
Facing increasing financial strain, some small business owners are getting so desperate they are signing contracts with online lenders that land them in so much more debt that they're being forced to sell the family home.
5/23/2024 • 9 minutes, 12 seconds
News Corp inks deal with OpenAI
It gives OpenAI permission to display content from publications like The Australian, the Wall Street Journal and The Times.
5/23/2024 • 7 minutes, 19 seconds
United Kingdom heading to the polls July 4
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced the UK will be heading back to the polls on July 4.
5/23/2024 • 9 minutes, 12 seconds
'Flathead', a depiction of the man you recognise from the end of the bar
'Flathead’ is a love letter to regional working-class Australia - a work of docufiction that cleverly weaves its redemption narrative, using its septuagenarian lead and the great real characters of Bundaberg, Queensland.
5/23/2024 • 12 minutes
Is reducing migration the best way to fix the housing crisis?
Migration is fast shaping up to be an election issue with the opposition saying it will reduce Australia’s net intake by 25 per cent if elected in an effort to take the pressure off the housing system.
5/23/2024 • 13 minutes, 56 seconds
Young people feeling cost of living squeeze while boomers spend up
Data out today from CommBank iQ shows that younger people are cutting back on not just discretionary items like meals out or a gig, they’re also spending less on essentials like food, utilities and insurance.
5/23/2024 • 10 minutes, 9 seconds
Australia's biggest coal-fired power station to stay open longer - what does that mean?
Eraring will now stay open for an additional two years to 2027, with the NSW Government securing a profit sharing deal with Origin Energy after weeks of speculation.
5/22/2024 • 11 minutes, 56 seconds
Does charity fundraising go too far?
Have you ever opened your heart, and your wallet, to one charity... only for multiple other charities to then never leave you alone?
5/22/2024 • 15 minutes, 17 seconds
Is the Yakuza losing power in Japan?
The Japanese mafia, known as Yakuza, have long been at the top of Japan’s criminal chain, but with declining membership, younger disorganised criminals are filling the gap in the market.
5/22/2024 • 5 minutes, 56 seconds
Israel reacts to the ICC prosecutor requesting warrants for PM, Defence Minister
Monday’s announcement that the ICC Chief Prosecutor would be pursuing warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for actions taken in the conflict in Gaza comes after months of public protests against Netanyahu’s policies.
5/22/2024 • 8 minutes, 33 seconds
Piracy in the Caribbean and the tale of Mary Read
The (mostly) true untold story of the female pirates of the Caribbean, with author Francesca De Tores.
5/22/2024 • 16 minutes
Is aircraft turbulence getting worse?
Eight Australians are among dozens hospitalised in Bangkok, after yesterday’s Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore was hit with turbulence and made an emergency landing in the Thai capital.
5/22/2024 • 5 minutes, 57 seconds
Hundreds more Australians preparing to be evacuated from New Caledonia
The situation has become so serious that French President Emmanuel Macron is set to arrive in the French territory soon, in an effort to allay tensions.
5/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 7 seconds
Regional cancer patients struggling to access vital clinical trials
For many cancer patients, clinical trials of new medication offer the best options for treatment. But for people in regional Australia, accessing those potentially life-altering treatments can be expensive and take hours if not days of travel to major cities.
5/22/2024 • 16 minutes, 23 seconds
How the 'German' cockroach took over the world
New research has now helped solve a 250-year-old mystery into the origins of the so-called 'German' cockroach.
5/21/2024 • 4 minutes, 13 seconds
Assange granted leave to appeal US extradition
With the likelihood of just days remaining before Julian Assange was to be extradited on espionage charges to the United States, a last ditch attempt at reprieve has been granted by the High Court in London.
5/21/2024 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
ICC warrants requested for Israeli and Hamas leaders
Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are among the names listed in the Chief Prosecutor's request for their role in alleged war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
5/21/2024 • 11 minutes, 19 seconds
Telstra slashes its workforce by 9 per cent
The union representing Telstra workers says they weren't given prior notice the company was set to slash 2800 jobs, equivalent to about 9 per cent of its workforce.
5/21/2024 • 6 minutes, 52 seconds
Caliban Shrieks: A Story of Two Jacks
World War Two and his publisher going bust almost ended Jack Hilton's promising career, long forgotten until a curious reader rediscovered and revived Hilton's work Caliban Shrieks
5/21/2024 • 16 minutes
Are mass police arrests against alleged domestic violence offenders effective?
Was the police blitz targeting more than 550 alleged domestic violence offenders in NSW about addressing the crisis or reassuring the public?
5/21/2024 • 9 minutes, 6 seconds
Is it getting harder to find a job?
Employment website SEEK's measure of job advertisements fell by 4.7 per cent in April. And in the past 12 months, they fell by almost 19 per cent.
5/21/2024 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
Electoral Commission warns it cannot stop AI deepfake misinformation
The Australian Electoral Commission has warned it has limited scope to protect voters from deepfake videos and phone calls imitating politicians in upcoming elections.
5/21/2024 • 8 minutes, 29 seconds
Federal Government and the NRL agree to framework for $600m expansion to PNG
The NRL could soon see an 18th team join the competition as the sport looks to expand to Papua New Guinea in 2027.
5/20/2024 • 5 minutes, 51 seconds
One in seven developments in breach of environmental offsets scheme
A further one in four had potentially failed to secure enough environmental credits to offset the damage they were doing.
5/20/2024 • 7 minutes, 6 seconds
Will your future plane flights be powered by 'renewable fuels?'
The federal government is looking to support efforts to commercialise low carbon fuels and has promised as much in the latest federal budget with part of its Future Made in Australia endeavour.
5/20/2024 • 8 minutes, 36 seconds
Are wombats bushfire heroes?
During the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-2020 a story went viral on social media about how hero wombats were courageously herding other animals to shelter in their fireproof burrows.
5/20/2024 • 5 minutes, 14 seconds
What's behind the Coalition's push towards nuclear energy
Investigative journalist Marian Wilkinson sheds some light on a possible source behind the Coalition’s enthusiasm for nuclear energy.
5/20/2024 • 18 minutes
Is the Australian hospitality industry broken?
Sydney's Lucky Kwong is just the latest in an avalanche of restaurant closures across the country.
5/20/2024 • 12 minutes, 50 seconds
What is social media doing to your child's brain?
You have to be at least 13 to sign up to most social media platforms and now the premiers of NSW, Queensland and Victoria have united today in a bid to increase that legal age.
5/20/2024 • 8 minutes, 29 seconds
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister confirmed dead in helicopter crash
Iranian state media has confirmed the deaths of both the country’s President and its Foreign Minister, following a fiery helicopter crash in East Azerbaijan.
5/20/2024 • 9 minutes, 24 seconds
Eric Bibb on making music with his father and his friends.
Blues and Roots artist Eric Bibb plays for us live in the studio. He’ll speak about his blues heritage - his father, Leon Bibb and godfather Paul Robeson - and play songs close to his heart.
5/17/2024 • 21 minutes
The cost of living budget, a Future Made in Australia and does Peter Dutton's housing policy make sense?
Greg Jericho, chief economist at The Australia Institute and Dr Leonora Risse, associate professor in economics at University of Canberra, talk through the big issues of the week.
5/17/2024 • 22 minutes, 29 seconds
Not so strange bedfellows - Donald Trump and Scott Morrison talk AUKUS in New York
It’s been an interesting week in US-Australian relations, with two former leaders of both countries getting together in New York.
5/17/2024 • 6 minutes, 43 seconds
GPs raise concerns over urgent care funding
The Australian Medical Association has argued funding for urgent care clinics could be better spent on GPs.
5/17/2024 • 8 minutes, 23 seconds
Police charge three A-League players over betting scandal
The three players were allegedly involved in the manipulation of yellow cards during A-League games.
5/17/2024 • 10 minutes, 54 seconds
Will the Net Zero transition provide energy equity?
The government made a push to lower everyone’s energy bills this week with a Budget $300 rebate for all households.
5/16/2024 • 13 minutes, 49 seconds
Pro-Palestinian students continue protest at University of Melbourne as Vice Chancellor calls for disbandment
Protests at Australian Universities in support of Palestinians are now into their third week as students at four universities have been threatened with disciplinary action including suspension or expulsion over the encampments.
5/16/2024 • 9 minutes, 4 seconds
E-script provider MediSecure says ransomware attack could also involve third-party vendor
MediSecure, a private electronic prescription provider, has been named as the company at the centre of a major ransomware attack.
5/16/2024 • 10 minutes, 34 seconds
Federal Court dismisses 'Living Wonders' appeal
The Federal Court has ruled that Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek does not have to consider the environmental impacts of emissions when approving coal and gas projects.
5/16/2024 • 6 minutes, 6 seconds
Bad behaviour: How should teachers reclaim control of the classroom?
Australia ranks below average in classroom orderliness compared to fellow OECD countries, so how can teachers take back control, and is that really what kids need?
5/16/2024 • 18 minutes
New warning over scam texts
The scam text problem has gotten so bad that this week the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) put out a warning telling Australians to watch out for loyalty points scams.
5/16/2024 • 11 minutes, 33 seconds
New study links low testosterone in men with early death
A major new study led by researchers at the University of Western Australia has found that low testosterone in men is associated with higher mortality and an elevated risk of death from cardiovascular disease.
5/16/2024 • 3 minutes, 41 seconds
Senate condemns 'from the river to the sea' as internal Labor part row breaks out
Labor senators have joined the opposition to condemn the controversial pro-Palestine “from the river to the sea” slogan, seen by many as a rebuke to their colleague Fatima Payman.
5/16/2024 • 10 minutes, 12 seconds
Should we go back to CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays?
Can we ever 'own' a movie if we don't have the physical disc?
5/16/2024 • 7 minutes, 8 seconds
Little fish finds its way back home after 170 years
The Southern Pygmy Perch used to be a familiar face in Bendigo Creek in Victoria until the 19th century gold rush and invasive species wiped them out.
5/15/2024 • 3 minutes, 35 seconds
Your power bills and a muti-billion dollar bid to create a more independent Australia
The budget promises hundreds of dollars in energy bill relief for every household and support for Australia’s ambition to become a renewable superpower.
5/15/2024 • 11 minutes, 27 seconds
Cold lava mudslides kill dozens in Indonesia
At least 57 people lost their lives during the flash flooding event, and 22 are still missing.
5/15/2024 • 4 minutes, 25 seconds
US slugs China with high tariffs as EV trade war heats up
The green technologies trade war between the US and China is heating up with Washington announcing overnight it would be quadrupling electric vehicle tariffs to over 100 per cent.
5/15/2024 • 9 minutes, 9 seconds
Paul Keating: The politics and the person
Jonathan Biggins reflects on PJK, the politics and the person, in The Gospel According to Paul.
5/15/2024 • 13 minutes
Budgeting
As Canberra pours over the winners and losers of last night's federal budget, there's no better time than now to reassess your household budget.
5/15/2024 • 13 minutes, 6 seconds
Proposed defamation laws introduced by Victoria 'won't be effective', says legal expert
The Victorian Government has announced new laws which would protect victims of sexual assault making a complaint to Police, from defamation action.
5/15/2024 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Will the federal budget solve Australia's housing crisis?
The housing spend has had a mixed reception, with the Property Council labelling it a "silver medal budget", and others like the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) are calling for much bolder action to be taken on social housing
5/15/2024 • 8 minutes, 2 seconds
Budget to deliver relief for energy bills
The Federal Budget is set to include relief for energy bills for every household in Australia while Commonwealth Rent Assistance will increase.
5/14/2024 • 4 minutes, 41 seconds
Blockout 2024: The digital activist movement sees celebrities lose millions of followers
An influencer uttering the words "Let them eat cake" in a TikTok video at this year’s Met Gala has resulted in the establishment of what’s known as a ‘digitine’ or digital guillotine.
5/14/2024 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
Ireland: The land of saints, scholars, storytelling and the supernatural
Irish novelist Sinéad Gleeson explores the supernatural and creates new lore by weaving in folklore through her new book Hagstone.
5/14/2024 • 12 minutes
Renting or looking for place? What changes could help the squeeze
Housing will be a key feature of the budget, with reports the government will spend more than $11 billion over the next five years, including a more than nine billion dollar national agreement on social housing and an increase to the Commonwealth Rent Assistance
5/14/2024 • 13 minutes, 35 seconds
Anglo American rejects revised takeover bid from BHP
Mining giant BHP has run into yet another hurdle in its attempt to takeover its rival Anglo American, while GAMESTOP is back in the news, three years after the youtuber disappeared almost without a trace.
5/14/2024 • 6 minutes, 59 seconds
Government's wellbeing framework likely to be absent in Federal Budget
There's no hiding it now, it's definitely budget day and if you haven't already you'll be hearing a lot about housing and cost of living, the scourge of inflation and the magic of a back-to-back surplus.
5/14/2024 • 8 minutes, 50 seconds
Ankle monitors and bail crackdown amongst proposed domestic violence reforms for NSW
New South Wales has announced sweeping reform's to state bail laws, which will require alleged offenders to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet if they are granted bail.
5/14/2024 • 8 minutes, 26 seconds
Former Qld Premier joins renewable energy sector
Former Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk hopes to help Australia become a renewable and critical mineral powerhouse in her new role with the Smart Energy Council.
5/13/2024 • 8 minutes, 38 seconds
University sector seeks urgent clarity over plans to cap international student numbers
The changes proposed by the federal government would potentially clamp down on the sector's critical revenue stream.
5/13/2024 • 7 minutes, 51 seconds
Arbour Love: The trees that shape us
How one council's idea of giving every tree an email address led to “treemails” and an outpouring of love and prose to their city's 77,000 trees.
5/13/2024 • 12 minutes
Will a blanket ban on kids using social media keep them safe online?
Whether you have teenagers in your life or you simply remember being one, you'll know that teenagers like to break rules.
5/13/2024 • 12 minutes, 17 seconds
Putin removes Sergei Shoigu as Russia’s defence minister
Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to move his long time defence minister, Sergei Shoigu into a new role as secretary of the Kremlin’s security council.
5/13/2024 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
The Lullaby Project
The Lullaby Project sees pregnant women and new mothers and fathers collaborate with professional artists, as they write and sing personal lullabies for their babies.
5/13/2024 • 4 minutes, 6 seconds
How to cut through the spin in Tuesday night's budget
Governments have long used the pomp and ceremony of the budget speeches to sell us stories about resilience in hardtimes and prosperity in goodtimes.
5/13/2024 • 8 minutes, 12 seconds
Do lobbyists unduly influence political decision-making and is it time for transparency?
Politicians and the media pack have descended on Canberra for the Federal Budget announcements on Tuesday night. Over recent weeks lobbyists have walked the corridors of Parliament House, knocking on doors or attending private events and closed door meetings to put their funding case to ministers.
5/13/2024 • 9 minutes, 20 seconds
The Wrap: Australia's gas strategy, pre-budget drops, the Rafah offensive and the Qantas settlement
GUESTS:
5/10/2024 • 22 minutes, 45 seconds
The teen prodigy turning the world of darts on its head
Burly Englishman drinking pints, while throwing darts at a board in smoky venue to the cheers of a small but faithful crowd of fans. That was, for a long time, the popular image of professional darts.But that stereotype has been turned on its head with the arrival of a 17 year old darts prodigy who's put a rocket under the sports popularity in the UK, the spiritual home of the game.
5/10/2024 • 5 minutes, 30 seconds
Heroin-related deaths rise 40% in Australia
Just weeks after the Victorian state government scrapped plans for a second supervised injecting room in Melbourne, a new report has found drug deaths are on the rise in Australia.
5/10/2024 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Checkerboard Lounge: From seven hour sessions in Melbourne to Sun studios in Memphis
In the nineties, the place to be in Melbourne was the Great Britain Hotel in Richmond for a parma and a beer as local blues and roots band Checkerboard Lounge played into the evening.
5/10/2024 • 13 minutes
Could you kick your driving habit and walk more?
A new global study called the ‘ABC of Mobility’ has just been released and shows the world just can’t seem to kick the driving habit.
5/10/2024 • 13 minutes, 44 seconds
High Court dismisses ASF17 migration case
The High Court has delivered a win for the Government today in a ruling which effectively allows for the indefinite detention of non-citizens where they refuse to cooperate with their own deportation.
5/10/2024 • 7 minutes, 46 seconds
"There are no people born for war": the women telling the stories of Ukraine at war
As men have been mobilised for war in Ukraine, women are running newsrooms across the country and reporting from the frontlines.
5/9/2024 • 6 minutes, 20 seconds
When domestic violence is also be a form of slavery
Recent state and federal funding initiatives to combat rising rates of domestic violence have been welcomed, but are only the start of dealing with what is a very complex problem.So complex that you might be surprised at the scope of behaviour or actions that fit the broad definition of domestic violence.And many forms of domestic violence even fit within modern definitions of slavery.
5/9/2024 • 6 minutes, 50 seconds
New AI model developed to predict behavior of human molecules
We’ve seen the ways AI can assist in the restoration of archival pieces and reduce repetitive workloads and now it’s also being used to accelerate efforts to understand the human body and fight disease.
5/9/2024 • 10 minutes, 49 seconds
Controversial ex-Fijian Prime Minister jailed for corruption
Fiji's former prime minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a year in prison in the wake of his conviction for attempting to pervert the court of justice.Fiji’s High Court sentenced the one time military dictator, along with his former police commissioner, after the pair were found to have interfered with a police investigation into financial mismanagement at the University of South Pacific.
5/9/2024 • 4 minutes, 8 seconds
Eurovision at 68: Power ballads, politics and pyrotechnics
It's been 68 years of boycotts and controversies, highs and lows. We speak to the world's foremost Eurovision academic and dig into the socio-political history of the famed song contest.
5/9/2024 • 19 minutes
The rise of regional cities
Regional cities like Newcastle, Wollongong, Geelong, Cairns and Townsville are, according to consultancy KPMG, playing a big role when it comes to economic growth in Australia.
5/9/2024 • 11 minutes, 35 seconds
Biden threatens to stop arms to Israel if Raffah assault continues
US President Joe Biden has reaffirmed what seems to be his red line in Gaza, telling Israel he will no longer provide offensive weapons if an all-out ground assault on Rafah goes ahead.
5/9/2024 • 8 minutes, 8 seconds
Senate tables second interim report on cost of living crisis
With just days to go before the Federal government unveils its May budget, many are keenly watching to see how the government plans to help everyday Australians.
5/9/2024 • 8 minutes, 42 seconds
Is your phone bill being hiked in the middle of your contract?
Some telco customers have been getting some nasty surprises lately, with changes to their bill mid contract.
5/8/2024 • 4 minutes, 33 seconds
How can we manage overcrowded schools and other that are disappearing?
Schools around the country are overcrowded or losing students. How does this affect students and teachers, and what can be done about it?
5/8/2024 • 7 minutes, 51 seconds
Tuvalu in focus amid climate and security concerns
Australia’s relationship with its pacific neighbours is again in the spotlight with a bi-partisan delegation flying to the remote island nation of Tuvalu today, for talks after the two nations signed a migration and security pact.
5/8/2024 • 4 minutes, 55 seconds
Stormy Daniel has her day in court
The New York hush money trial of former President Donald Trump has finally heard from the prosecution's star witness.
5/8/2024 • 9 minutes, 32 seconds
What if police and acute mental health care worked together?
How do other countries respond to mental health callouts? One US state is leading the way - now with police but with mental health first responders.
5/8/2024 • 11 minutes
Should banks be more lenient when factoring in HECS debts to home loan applications?
Australians saddled with mounting HECS debts have found their borrowing power diminished in recent years. So should banks be more lenient on young Australians seeking home loans?
5/8/2024 • 9 minutes, 19 seconds
What tax changes would you like to see in the budget?
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has already indicated next week's budget will do what it can to take the pressure of inflation, with tax reform on the agenda.
5/8/2024 • 11 minutes, 54 seconds
Is Israel about to cross President Biden's 'red line' in Gaza?
For months now the US has been saying that a ground invasion on Rafah without a plan to deal with the million or so people sheltering there would be unacceptable.
5/8/2024 • 9 minutes, 19 seconds
Israeli tanks take Rafah crossing in Gaza
Israel’s military has taken control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing in Gaza.
5/7/2024 • 9 minutes, 7 seconds
Senate committee into supermarkets recommends new price gouging laws and divestiture powers
The recommendations call for the government to forcibly break up the major supermarkets if they engage in anti-competitive behaviour, establish a commission on pricing and make the food and grocery code of conduct compulsory.
5/7/2024 • 9 minutes, 8 seconds
Anaplastology: Helping people feel whole again
Sometimes in life you pick up a skill in one place and years later it remerges in a totally different field. Take Anaplastologist Sophie Fleming; she spent her early career working on Hollywood special effects making prosthetics from silicone on the set of blockbusters like Wolverine and Star Wars. Now she’s one of the foremost experts in reconstructing people's faces after they lose a nose or an ear to cancer.
5/7/2024 • 19 minutes
Fewer than 1 in 10 professionals artists making full-time living in Australia
Many of our greatest artists have found odd jobs to make ends meet before getting their big break. But for the next generation of Australian artists, that break is getting further away and harder to make a living from.
5/7/2024 • 10 minutes, 11 seconds
Should police be given more powers to combat knife crime?
After a spate of deadly knife attacks in NSW, the state government is proposing new laws which would give police powers to stop and scan anyone for a knife without a warrant, mimicking legislation already in place in Queensland.
5/7/2024 • 8 minutes, 28 seconds
As RBA holds rates are their other inflation levers the Government should consider?
The Reserve Bank has kept interest rates on hold at 4.35 per cent.
5/7/2024 • 8 minutes, 39 seconds
Opposition raises concerns over travel ban bill
The Coalition has called for extensive amendments to Labor’s deportation bill, including mandatory consideration of the best interests of children before exercising new ministerial powers.
5/7/2024 • 9 minutes, 40 seconds
Sleeping beauties reawakened at this year's Met Gala
As it always does, this year’s Met Gala in New York brought the weird, the wonderful and the downright wacky together.
5/7/2024 • 4 minutes, 46 seconds
Jurassic Park comes down under
Hard to believe it’s been 30 years since Jurassic Park first hit our screens.It was a big budget classic, and yet another box office hit for its creator Steven Spielberg.But now a group of diehard Jurassic Park super fans are slowly but surely recreating the film, using a combination of ingenuity and sheer determination to recreate an altogether different version of Spielberg’s 1993 hit film.
5/6/2024 • 6 minutes, 6 seconds
"Like a dog being moved from cage to cage": Special Inquiry into emergency care
An investigation by the Advocate for Children and Young People in NSW has uncovered harrowing experiences by children and young people in emergency accommodation.
5/6/2024 • 8 minutes, 38 seconds
Australia could play a key role: what a key Paris Agreement negotiator thinks about our climate future
What does one of the key negotiators of the 2015 Paris agreement think about where we are and where we could be?
5/6/2024 • 12 minutes
IDF begins to evacuate Palestinian civilians out of Rafah
Israel’s military has started moving Palestinian civilians out of Rafah in southern Gaza, ahead of an expected ground invasion.
5/6/2024 • 9 minutes, 35 seconds
Aliens on Earth: Secrets of the Octopus
Humans have always been fascinated by Octopus. They're littered through cultural history and yet we still don't fully understand them and their intelligence. A new docu-series aims to understand a little bit more.
5/6/2024 • 11 minutes
The growing power of the youth vote
Changes to HECS and more financial support to some university students are among the latest round of budget pre-announcements unveiled by the Treasurer Jim Chalmers this week.Payments to help students with so called 'placement poverty' are aimed at addressing a chronic shortage of teachers, nurses and social workers.But there's plenty of politics behind the policy ahead of a federal election next year
5/6/2024 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Qantas agrees to $100 million fine but has it learnt its lesson
Qantas has reached an agreement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to settle a lawsuit against the airline for selling seats on flights that had already been cancelled.
5/6/2024 • 8 minutes, 4 seconds
$3 billion in student debt 'wiped out' in HECS overhaul
Changes to HECS and more financial support to some university students are among the latest round of budget pre-announcements unveiled by the Treasurer Jim Chalmers this week.
5/6/2024 • 13 minutes, 58 seconds
David McBride sentenced to almost six years jail
Former military lawyer David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months in jail for sharing classified military documents with journalists.
5/6/2024 • 8 minutes, 38 seconds
The wrap: the national conversation on domestic violence, ongoing university protests and the real inflation figures
The wrap of the week in news.
5/3/2024 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
The NFL looks to Australia for new players
American football, or gridiron is not exactly a front page sport here in Australia, although the annual Superbowl does create a bit of a stir every January.But the sports governing body in the US clearly sees potential in Australia, because the NFL has announced it will build a player academy here in Australia dedicated solely to identifying home grown gridiron talent.
5/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 37 seconds
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt on his favourite questions to ask other musicians
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt has interviewed today's crop of top black jazz musicians, repeating an experiment by drummer Art Taylor in the 70s.
5/3/2024 • 13 minutes
Is handwriting redundant in the digital age?
In this screen-obsessed digital age when kids are taught to tap, swipe and scroll on smartphones and tablets from birth, is the “hand” in handwriting about to become redundant?
5/3/2024 • 12 minutes, 35 seconds
Queensland decriminalises sex work
Queensland has this week passed laws to decriminalise sex work, making it the fourth jurisdiction in the country to do so after NSW, Victoria and the NT.
5/3/2024 • 6 minutes, 40 seconds
Landmark case tests whether Commonwealth has 'duty of care' to prevent climate harm
Does the Australian Government have a legal responsibility to protect communities in the Torres Strait from climate change?
5/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 9 seconds
Man arrested over alleged data breach of more than a million ClubsNSW customers
Cybercrime Squad detectives are investigating the alleged breach of more than a million customers - including senior politicians - who have visited several NSW club venues.
5/2/2024 • 7 minutes, 43 seconds
Federal Court hears closing arguments in case against Pauline Hanson
Deputy Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi alleges One Nation leader Pauline Hanson breached the Racial Discrimination Act through a social media post on the day Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022.
5/2/2024 • 5 minutes, 45 seconds
Women's shelters teaching young men to Walk the Talk when it comes to domestic violence
In communities across Australia, there are groups of people working day in and day out to protect women from harm, help men change their ways and teach children how to break the cycle of violence.
5/2/2024 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
Could the government's age verification pilot face the same fate as the Clubs NSW breach?
More than one million customer records, including senior government officials from at least 16 licensed NSW clubs have been released online in a potential data breach.
5/2/2024 • 9 minutes
Political Reset for the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands has today marked a major political reset with the election of a new Prime Minister, and the departure of one of the Pacific’s most enigmatic and powerful leaders.
5/2/2024 • 7 minutes, 34 seconds
So you want to write True Crime? A lesson with Mark Dapin
If you’ve ever fancied yourself as a crime writer, exploring crime scenes, jailhouses and courthouses, crime writer Mark Dapin can teach you a thing or two.
5/2/2024 • 12 minutes
How do we improve medical care in regional Australia?
For many people in rural Australia the wait times can be long, if you’re even lucky to have a doctor at all.
5/2/2024 • 9 minutes, 58 seconds
Is the cost of living worse than we think?
Over the past 18 months inflation has dropped from a peak of 7.8 per cent down to 3.6 per cent.
5/2/2024 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
'Let's light this candle': Rocket fueled by candle wax set for launch in South Australia
The eyes of the global space industry will be on a small Aboriginal community in the far west of South Australia tomorrow as researchers prepare to launch the largest ever commercial rocket.
5/1/2024 • 5 minutes, 26 seconds
Queensland plans to detain child offenders as necessary instead of as a last resort
The Queensland government is planning to rewrite its laws to remove 'detention as a last resort' from its youth justice principles.
5/1/2024 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
Pro-Palestinian protests spread across Australian universities
Pro-Palestinian protests have spread rapidly across university campuses right around the world, but most potently in the US.Students are demanding their colleges divest funds from companies and individuals with ties to Israel.Here at home pro-Palestinian rally’s have been peaceful, but no less passionate.
5/1/2024 • 9 minutes, 31 seconds
Dangerous heatwave sweeps south east Asia
Heat indexes across the region are near the limit of human survivability with Thailand’s Health Ministry recently reporting that between January and mid-April of this year nearly as many people had died of heat stroke compared to all of 2023.
5/1/2024 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Paradise Lost: The shuttered resorts of the Great Barrier Reef
The Barrier Reef is a jewel in the crown of Australian tourism, but a handful of islands on the reef that once boasted opulent resorts now lie abandoned, with decrepit villas, hotels and empty pools lined with sludge.Lindeman Island, Brampton Island, Great Keppel and Dunk Island are among a group of island resorts, former household names of Queensland tourism, that now lie neglected, but not forgotten.The Queensland Government has begun a process of trying to get the owners to take responsibility for the islands, some of which have been damaged by a record run of cyclones in recent years.
5/1/2024 • 6 minutes, 52 seconds
The Australian's who changed the course of the Korean War
With the reunification of the two Koreas further away than ever, you might not know that Australian soldiers were there in a key battle when they first broke apart in the 1950s.
5/1/2024 • 12 minutes
'Unjustified intrusion on grief': how the media needs to do better
The mother of a woman killed in the attack in Bondi last month says the media must do better. So what needs to change?
5/1/2024 • 13 minutes, 6 seconds
What will the government's $925 millon 'Leaving Violence' package achieve?
It’s been a terrible few weeks when it comes to women being killed in Australia, 28 women have allegedly died due to domestic violence so far this year, according to Counting Dead Women.
5/1/2024 • 9 minutes, 17 seconds
Katherine teenager wins million dollar barra
What if you won a million dollars...and all becuase you caught a fish?19-year-old Murrumburr man Keegan Payne from the Northern Territory town of Katherine has become the first person to win the NT’s Million Dollar Fish competition.
4/30/2024 • 3 minutes, 48 seconds
International Criminal Court considers arrest warrants for Israel, Hamas
As the war in Gaza edges towards the seven month mark it appears the clock has started for arrest warrants to be issued by the International Criminal Court.
4/30/2024 • 9 minutes, 6 seconds
Sexual assault services call to be included in Australia's domestic violence response
12 women have been killed in April alone this year. That’s one woman every two and half days.
4/30/2024 • 9 minutes, 57 seconds
Coles reports a jump in revenue but consumers will be better off
Coles has released quarterly sales, with some good news for consumers, and the prospect of interest rates going up, not down now are a real possibility according to analysis from our biggest bank.GUEST: James Thomson; Columnist Australian Financial Review
4/30/2024 • 7 minutes, 27 seconds
What chaos and risk means to Dominic Gordon
Dominic Gordon's memoir Excitable Boy charts how a loved, middle-class boy went so far off the rails, a cautionary tale for anyone dealing with a teenager’s appetite for danger and mischief.
4/30/2024 • 15 minutes
Passengers stranded as budget carrier Bonza goes bust
Bonza Airlines customers are being told they can fly home on Qantas and Virgin airlines, after the budget airline suddenly cancelled all flights earlier today, with passengers only finding out on arrival for their flights this morning.Following an emergency board meeting Bonza has now gone into voluntary administration. Bonza was launched in Australia early last year by a US private equity firm - 777 Partners - but today the company that leased its jets to Bonza moved to repossess the planes in Australia.
4/30/2024 • 11 minutes, 17 seconds
Australian scientists take first steps in developing universal flu vaccine
Scientists at Melbourne’s Doherty Institute have identified a crucial part of the flu virus which could allow for the development of what’s being termed a ‘universal flu vaccine’, which won’t need to be changed every year as the virus evolves.
4/30/2024 • 5 minutes, 35 seconds
40 years of Mr Squiggle captured in National Museum collection
With a grumpy blackboard, a riddle-loving steam shovel and a curiously long pencil for a nose, Mr Squiggle wowed and entertained for more than 40 years.
4/30/2024 • 10 minutes, 20 seconds
Asbestos related disease found in teenagers
The Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia knows of at least three current cases around the country of people being diagnosed as young adults or teenagers.
4/29/2024 • 7 minutes, 7 seconds
Regulators worried about growth of online medical certificates
Seeking certificates for medical leave from work can be a costly and time consuming business, particularly as demand for doctors grows, and access to bulk billed appointments becomes more limited.But the arrival of an online medical certificate industry, where doctors notes are issued with little to no consultation has alarmed our medical regulators.Bension Siebert is an investigative journalist with The Briefing podcast, part of the digital audio network Listnr.
4/29/2024 • 7 minutes, 7 seconds
Looking for a life beyond utopia
The documentary Beyond Utopia follows the harrowing journey of several families trying to find a better life for themselves in a world they can't even really comprehend.
4/29/2024 • 16 minutes
Has the fizz gone out Australia's craft beer industry?
After more than a decade of what can only be described as a boom, Australia’s craft beer sector is going through some tough times. From modest beginnings the boutique beer industry has grown rapidly to number more than 600 independent or craft brewers in cities and towns right across the country.But rising costs, a saturated market, and the cost of living crisis has seen brewers close down or be taken over by a bigger player - and the power of the big supermarket chains is also weighing heavily.Kylie Lethbridge is CEO of the Independent Brewers Association of Australia
4/29/2024 • 9 minutes, 36 seconds
Is Germany's support for Israel cooling?
Germany has been an unwavering supporter of Israel since the Hamas-led attacks back in October.
4/29/2024 • 8 minutes, 32 seconds
$2.74 billion lost as scam reports rise
The number of Australians reporting being scammed is on the rise, with more than 600,000 people seeking support for scams in 2023, up from 500,000 the year before.
4/29/2024 • 9 minutes, 55 seconds
Conversations about respect aren't stopping domestic violence, is it time we rethink our approach?
Among the placards and anguished chants decrying gendered violence over the weekend, there was a consistent message: “Not all men … but why aren’t all men here?”
4/29/2024 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
Does the National Energy Market need to be redesigned?
The Grattan Institute has released new research saying Australia’s great energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables isn’t going well, and governments must design a new National Electricity Market to avoid blackouts in the post-coal future.
4/28/2024 • 5 minutes, 23 seconds
The Friday wrap: X v Australia and calls for a roundtable to address domestic violence
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4/26/2024 • 23 minutes, 37 seconds
Why the sports bra is more than just a piece of underwear
Is an ill-fitted sports bra standing between you and your sport?! That’s the question Deirdre McGhee wants all women to ask themselves, whether they are playing social sport or exercising for fitness, and certainly if they are an elite athlete.
4/26/2024 • 9 minutes, 23 seconds
Haiti transitional council sworn in amid rising gang violence
After months of escalating gang violence, Haiti's beleaguered Prime Minister Ariel Henry has officially stepped down paving the way for a new government. A transitional council is now in operation and it faces the mammoth task of organising elections and restoring order in a nation where a coalition of armed gangs have been looting banks, hospitals and homes with hundreds of people killed or kidnapped.
4/26/2024 • 8 minutes, 18 seconds
Rallies planned across the country to protest gendered violence
Rallies calling for government action on violence against women are set to take place in a dozen locations across the country in coming days, starting with Ballarat and Newcastle this afternoon.The protests have been sparked by a series of alleged violent crimes against women with the latest incident involving the alleged murder of 28 year old Molly Ticehurst in the central west NSW town of Forbes on Monday.
4/26/2024 • 5 minutes, 6 seconds
Family of surgeon missing from Gazan hospital demand answers from Israeli military
4/26/2024 • 9 minutes, 15 seconds
A Still Small Voice: A film of faces
The documentary A Still Small Voice follows Mati, a chaplain in residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and the highs and lows of providing support and care for those in hospital.
4/26/2024 • 18 minutes
Are moths losing their attraction to light?
Since the dawn of science, researchers have wondered about moths' tendency to fling themselves at light sources.
4/25/2024 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
Rescuers save large group of stranded whales in Western Australia
In what has become an all too familiar sight along Australia’s coastlines, yet another group of pilot whales has become stranded on the shores of Western Australia.
4/25/2024 • 10 minutes, 18 seconds
US Congress orders Tiktok to sell or be banned
Tiktok has nine months to divest its app before it's blocked in the US.
4/25/2024 • 8 minutes, 35 seconds
Could the scent of cigarette smoke be confined to the history books?
The UK Parliament is looking at strict new laws that would see anyone born from 2009 unable to legally buy cigarettes.
4/25/2024 • 8 minutes, 13 seconds
Long way to the middle: Fred Smith on his sky rocketing career as a folk singer
Diplomat and singer-songwriter Fred Smith on what music means and gives to him, and how his time in Afghanistan informs his music today.
4/25/2024 • 21 minutes
Icons and eyesores: The buildings that provoke us
The Sirius apartments at Sydney’s Circular Quay have been refitted, marking the end of a long and controversial process that saw a 1980s era block of one-time public housing being turned into homes for the very wealthy.It’s always sparked debate as to its architectural merit, and that conversation has continued as people dissect the renovation of the block that sits in the shadow of the harbour bridge.
4/25/2024 • 10 minutes, 24 seconds
Do we need a national roundtable on women's deaths?
In the wake of the death of 28-year old childcare worker Molly Ticehurst this week, there have been a lot of questions being asked about whether our processes for dealing with domestic violence are sufficient and what more can be done.
4/25/2024 • 10 minutes, 8 seconds
As Australians honour those who served how has military recruitment changed?
The story of Australia at war has of course been marked this ANZAC Day, as service personnel, gathered in towns and cities across the country to march and remember fallen comrades.But the story of how Australians have been recruited to our armed forces is as different over time as the conflicts themselves.
4/25/2024 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
e-Safety commissioner granted a further legal injunction for X to hide posts
"Should Australia's e-Safety commissioner have authority over all countries on Earth?" That's how tech billionaire Elon Musk has characterised the legal battle his social media platform X is waging to be able to keep footage of the violent stabbing of a Sydney bishop online.
4/24/2024 • 4 minutes, 53 seconds
UN calls for independent probe into reports of mass graves in Gaza
The UN says there are reports of some bodies apparently being bound and stripped of their clothes.
4/24/2024 • 11 minutes, 5 seconds
US Secretary of State in China for key talks
With the rift between the US and China growing, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Beijing and Shanghai for critical talks.
4/24/2024 • 8 minutes, 7 seconds
Crunch time for UN talks on plastics
More than 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced globally each year and the UN has warned - on numerous occasions - that there could be more plastic in our oceans than fish by 2050, if nothing is done to reduce plastic waste. But there are high hopes UN talks in Ottawa this week could be the circuit breaker.
4/24/2024 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Is 25 the new 45 when it comes to life crises?
You might be familiar with the age-old trope of the midlife crisis; the swanky new car or motorbike, perhaps a bad hair dye job or a desire to quit your job, leave your marriage and start all over.
4/24/2024 • 10 minutes, 19 seconds
Border Force Commissioner apologises following 'concerning' review of workplace culture among marine ranks
A secret report into workplace culture in the Australian Border Force’s marine unit has found that 100 per cent of women who responded to a survey witnessed “sex discrimination, sexual … and/or sex-based harassment”.
4/24/2024 • 9 minutes, 47 seconds
NSW requests urgent review of bail laws following alleged killing
The NSW government has requested an urgent review of its bail laws following the alleged murder of childcare worker Molly Ticehurst by a man who was on bail for several serious offences.
4/24/2024 • 7 minutes, 37 seconds
How to heal and reconcile Australia's history of blackbirding
Australia’s history of blackbirding - the practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders and using them in forced labour is a lesser-known part of our story.
4/23/2024 • 13 minutes
Skateboarding teen Arisa Trew wins global sport prize
Arisa Trew, a teenage skateboarding sensation with her eyes set on the Olympics, has been awarded one of world's sports top honours.Arisa claimed the Laureus Action Sportsperson of the Year overnight, at a ceremony in Madrid.
4/23/2024 • 8 minutes, 10 seconds
Kokoda Track in worst state in decades
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has embarked on a historic two day hike on the gruelling Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea ahead of Anzac Day.
4/23/2024 • 5 minutes, 56 seconds
Business and finance with Shane Wright
The Federal Treasurer has kicked off his campaign to sell this year’s Federal budget, due in just under three weeks from now.Jim Chalmers yesterday gave a wide ranging press conference, where he was at pains to point out the ongoing risks from inflation, and global economic uncertainty caused by the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
4/23/2024 • 8 minutes, 27 seconds
Historic criminal trial opens against former US President Donald Trump
The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump opened in a Manhattan courtroom overnight where Trump stands accused of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree relating to a hush-money payment to a porn actress, Stormy Daniels.
4/23/2024 • 9 minutes, 9 seconds
Beth Orton on the joy of collaboration in music
For the past three decades, UK Singer-Songwriter Beth Orton has refused to be boxed in or bow to commercial binaries.
4/23/2024 • 21 minutes
Homelessness rising amongst employed Victorians
You might think that being employed would be enough to protect you from becoming homeless … but as the cost of living crisis maintains its tight grip on the country and affordable housing stock plummets … you might actually be closer to homelessness than you think.
4/23/2024 • 9 minutes, 45 seconds
Legal Aid NSW reports increase in people seeking DV support
It’s been revealed today that a western New South Wales man charged with murdering childcare worker Molly Ticehurst was on bail for several violent charges against her at the time of her death.
4/23/2024 • 9 minutes, 56 seconds
Choice warns supermarket sales tags confusing and often meaningless
Consumer group Choice is warning that commonly used sales tags found in supermarkets are making it difficult to work out if a discount is actually on offer.
4/23/2024 • 9 minutes, 39 seconds
Is a 2-for-1 deals on federal MPs constitutionally viable?
It's not uncommon for workforces across the country to split roles between staff that might be going on leave, retiring or having kids - but could it work for elected members of parliament?
4/22/2024 • 11 minutes, 34 seconds
Where to for Australia's relationship with Papua New Guinea
The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to walk the Kokoda Track and discuss Australia's future relationship with Papua New Guinea.
4/22/2024 • 6 minutes, 27 seconds
Do childfree spaces exclude young parents from having a social life?
Should there be child free zones? And is a Saturday night out at a comedy performance one of them?
4/22/2024 • 6 minutes, 22 seconds
The ambition to refreeze the Arctic to fight climate change
Andrea Ceccolini has endured such cold temperatures he thought he was going to die...all in an attempt to refreeze the Arctic and preserve critical ice shelves.
4/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 6 seconds
You can expect more than Swan Lake from the new Australian Ballet Resident Choreographer Stephanie Lake
Stephanie Lake might have failed third year ballet but that hasn't stopped her becoming one of the nation’s most exciting choreographers, for The Australian Ballet.
4/22/2024 • 18 minutes
How does misinformation and disinformation online affect our health?
Online misinformation and disinformation is a pressing challenge and it can have real world consequences including on health messaging and your health directly.
4/22/2024 • 14 minutes, 20 seconds
Human Rights Commission warns detention facility 'not fit for purpose'
The Australian Human Rights Commission has released a damning report into an immigration detention centre in Western Australia, labelling it "no longer fit for purpose" and saying a majority of detainees and staff feel unsafe.
4/22/2024 • 9 minutes, 39 seconds
Can social media site X be forced to take down violent content?
The owner of the social media platform, X, Elon Musk is refusing to comply with the e-Safety commissioner's order to take down videos of last week's Sydney church stabbing.
4/22/2024 • 11 minutes, 50 seconds
Can Australia force X to block content all over the world?
The eSafety commissioner has been granted a two-day legal injunction to compel social media site X to hide posts featuring footage of the stabbing of a Sydney bishop.
4/22/2024 • 6 minutes, 27 seconds
Friday Wrap: Lehrmann loses and terror troubles for New South Wales
Tens of thousands of people glued to their screens to watch Federal Court Justice Michael Lee deliver his verdict in the defamation trial brought by former Liberal party staffer Bruce Lehrmann against Channel Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson.
4/19/2024 • 22 minutes, 49 seconds
Agtech startup is saving farmers lives
Out on the land, life-threatening accidents can happen in seconds so James decided to change the terrible statistics on farming fatalities, and is on a mission to bring more Aussie farmers home at the end of the day,
4/19/2024 • 7 minutes, 57 seconds
Why are Australians having fewer babies?
20 years ago the federal treasurer Peter Costello became an 'honorary minister' for procreation you might say.He had just announced the "baby bonus" — a controversial $3,000 lump sum payment to new parents to incentivise Australians to prioritise having children at a time when the country was under pressure to find a way to push up our rapidly falling birthrate.20 years on, Australia is experiencing a near-record low fertility rate.
4/19/2024 • 11 minutes, 55 seconds
Security concerns with 100 days to Paris Olympics
It’s now less than 100 days to the Paris Olympics but questions are being raised about how safe the athletes will be at these games.
4/19/2024 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
Agatha's Cantata
What did an orphan in Venice with no fingers on her left hand, have to do with the great composer Antonio Vivaldi?
4/19/2024 • 13 minutes
US officials say Israel is behind explosions in Iran
Iranian state media has reported there's been a series of explosions near the central city of Isfahan. Iran has suspended flights over several cities including the capital, Tehran. A US official has told CNN Israel was behind the attacks. Israeli officials have yet to comment.
4/19/2024 • 9 minutes, 12 seconds
Psychiatrists urge for more support ahead of May budget
In the wake of the Bondi Junction stabbing attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that government "could always do more" to address Australia's mental health crisis.Last month more than 500 members of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists signed an open letter to the federal health minister urging the government to address workforce shortages.
4/18/2024 • 5 minutes, 54 seconds
Unpicking the government's National Defence Strategy
Depending on where you sit the government’s National Defence Strategy - announced yesterday - is an indecipherable piece of puffery or transformational reforms designed to protect us in a much less certain world.
4/18/2024 • 10 minutes, 45 seconds
Concerning spike in celebrity endorsement scams
Celebrity endorsement scams have been around for years but as the latest generative AI blurs the line between fact and fiction, scammers are being given a shiny new toolbox of tricks to try and lure us in.
4/18/2024 • 7 minutes, 35 seconds
Should we be playing God to save a species from extinction?
What is assisted evolution or genetic rescue and could it save the projected one-third of plants and animals that face extinction by 2070.
4/18/2024 • 12 minutes
Would a sugar tax have a significant health impact in Australia?
The amount of sugar in some of the most common soft drinks has increased in recent years by as much as 60 per cent.This is despite a pledge in 2018 by the Australian Beverages Council to reduce sugar in drinks by 20 per cent by 2025.
4/18/2024 • 11 minutes, 43 seconds
Can Australia learn from Auckland in bringing down housing costs?
In New Zealand’s biggest city, Auckland, house prices are in decline and while rents are on the rise, they’re increasing at a much slower rate than the rest of the country.
4/18/2024 • 8 minutes, 54 seconds
Australia falling behind on aid spending according to leading agency
Australian aid organisations are calling on more federal investment in foreign aid following the announcement of a $50 billion increase to defence spending.
4/18/2024 • 8 minutes, 28 seconds
Is the HECS system fair on debt-ridden students?
The Federal Government’s biggest review of the sector in decades is signalling a radical reshaping of the tertiary education sector, with potential changes to University course fees and more support provided to students to pay down their burgeoning HECS debts.
4/17/2024 • 16 minutes, 57 seconds
Polls close in Solomon Islands high stakes election
The Solomon Islands is facing a crossroads today as polling closes in what has been described as the country’s most important election since independence.
4/17/2024 • 8 minutes, 18 seconds
Queensland cattle station bought to save Night Parrot after $21m donation
A Queensland outback cattle station which includes key habitat for the elusive and endangered Night Parrot has been acquired for conservation after an anonymous donation of $21 million by a philanthropist.
4/17/2024 • 5 minutes, 51 seconds
Shaken not stirred: The history of the Martini
The martini a drink that never seems to go out of style. It’s tuxedos, sophistication, it’s the Great Gatsby … and of course James Bond. How has this drink managed to retain its iconic status after all this time?
4/17/2024 • 12 minutes
Is social media tearing at our social cohesion?
In the wake of the brutal attacks in Sydney, federal Minister Tanya Plibersek today suggested we all think seriously about logging off social media - but will it help?
4/17/2024 • 12 minutes, 45 seconds
Defence spending to reach $100 billion in ten years
The Defence Minister says "Australia no longer has the luxury of a 10-year window of strategic warning time for conflict".
4/17/2024 • 10 minutes, 3 seconds
Doctors encourage prostate tests as cancer prevalence set to rise
Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer for men in many countries including Australia and a recent article in the Lancet warns that its incidence is set to double globally in the next two decades.
4/17/2024 • 6 minutes, 33 seconds
'Sleeping giant' black hole discovered in the Milky Way
Scientists from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have detected a sleeping giant hiding in the constellation Aquila, less than 2,000 light-years from Earth.
4/16/2024 • 4 minutes, 44 seconds
Iran takes lessons from Russia's war in Ukraine
For many watching Israel over the weekend, Iran’s attack seemed unprecedented. But for Volodymyr Zelenskyy the type of weapons used and the barrage style of attack were all too familiar.
4/16/2024 • 10 minutes, 34 seconds
Australian experts say our fear of Artificial Intelligence is holding our economy back
Artificial Intelligence experts say the federal government is approaching the technology with a fear mentality and needs to do more to help integrate it into the economy.
4/16/2024 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
Rhetoric Rules: The art of arguing
Where arguing was once an art form, today it seems more like a free-for-all pub brawl. So is it time we go back to basics? Can ancient rhetoricians teach us how to get along again? Professor Robin Reams on 'The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself '
4/16/2024 • 25 minutes
Finding love in unlikely places
Having lost his wife to cancer, now retired 75-year-old farmer David Morris had given up on love. Then Shirley came into his life.
4/16/2024 • 8 minutes, 16 seconds
What happens now a terror-related incident has been declared?
Authorities have declared a violent attack at a church last night a terror-related incident. What does that mean and what happens from here?
4/16/2024 • 9 minutes, 16 seconds
Woolworths CEO threatened with jail time over Senate appearance
A fiery senate inquiry has seen the head of Woolworths, Brad Banducci, asked multiple times about his company's financial figures as part of an investigation into the supermarket sector.
4/16/2024 • 10 minutes, 41 seconds
Australia set for new Environmental Protection Agency
As the Great Barrier Reef succumbs to one of the worst coral bleaching events on record today the environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has unveiled details of a much anticipated national, independent environment watchdog.
4/16/2024 • 7 minutes, 25 seconds
Parents of Bondi killer speak of devastation and a long struggle with mental illness
The parents of a man who killed six people at a Sydney shopping centre at the weekend say they're devastated by the tragedy. 40-year-old Joel Cauchi fatally stabbed five women and one man at Bondi Junction in eastern Sydney on Saturday.
4/15/2024 • 9 minutes, 38 seconds
Iran's first direct attack on Israel
Iran called it 'Operation Truthful Promise'.In the first ever direct attack on Israel, Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles overnight but almost all the inbound weapons were shot down. At one point, at least 100 ballistic missiles from Iran were in the air simultaneously with just minutes of flight time to Israel.
4/15/2024 • 9 minutes, 56 seconds
Everything you didn't know about Dr. Kerryn Phelps
Did you know Dr Kerryn Phelps was an aerobics instructor? … or that such was her voracious appetite for learning, her favourite school holiday reading was the World Book Encyclopedia? Her new memoir Power of Balance reveals all.
4/15/2024 • 16 minutes
How do you talk to your kids about the big things?
What happened in Bondi over the weekend is having a rippling effect around the country, so how do you talk to your kids about it?
4/15/2024 • 11 minutes, 18 seconds
Concerns raised about 'Trump-style' immigration bill
Human rights groups have slammed the a bill the Government hopes will give it the power to jail non-citizens who fail to comply with their own deportation.
4/15/2024 • 8 minutes, 42 seconds
Bruce Lehrmann loses defamation suit against Network Ten
The Federal Court has found, on the balance of probabilities, Bruce Lehrmann did rape Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019.
4/15/2024 • 9 minutes, 32 seconds
How do we ensure an ethical green future?
Around the world, the thirst for products needed for our green future, like lithium-ion batteries and solar panels, has seen demand surge for minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite.
4/14/2024 • 6 minutes, 35 seconds
Friday Wrap: Making Australia Make Again and do public schools have a PR problem?
The Prime Minister's bold new plan for boosting green industries has been met with mixed reaction from heads of industry with Productivity Commissioner Danielle Wood warning that without an exit plan, protectionist policies could see these new industries reliant on government subsidies perpetually.
4/12/2024 • 20 minutes, 54 seconds
Fears bird flu could infect backyard chooks
With the risk of migrating wild birds spreading the bird flu across continents, Australian bird owners are being urged to remain vigilant, particularly those with chooks in the backyard.
4/12/2024 • 7 minutes, 45 seconds
Jess Ribeiro thinks we need a summer of love
Jess Ribeiro grew up in country Chinese restaurants where her father socialised and she uses memories of these times to inform her songwriting and music videos.
4/12/2024 • 13 minutes
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, recovered from small rural town in NSW
For thirty years … Australian cinephiles have been searching high and low for the iridescent silver bus from Stephan Elliots’ iconic 1994 film Priscilla Queen of the Desert - only for it to be found in the backyard of a town of just 67 people in Northern New South Wales.
4/12/2024 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
Is the 'Future Made In Australia Act' magical thinking?
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s impassioned clarion call for a proposed ‘Future Made In Australia Act’ so we can stand on our own two feet has had at best a lukewarm response.
4/12/2024 • 11 minutes, 51 seconds
What does it take to run 100m in less than 10 seconds?
In 2021 Australian sprinter Rohan Browning ran the second best time ever by an Australian for the 100m sprint at 10.01 seconds.
4/12/2024 • 6 minutes, 22 seconds
How the government plans to keep Australia in the "global race" for jobs and competition
The prime minister has today unveiled mammoth plans to reshape the country’s manufacturing landscape, keep production here and compete with global competition.
4/11/2024 • 11 minutes, 18 seconds
Israel has "iron-clad" US support says Biden
US President Joe Biden has promised Israel "iron-clad" US support, amid fears that Tehran could launch reprisals for an attack that killed senior Iranian military leaders.
4/11/2024 • 8 minutes, 25 seconds
Big Tech: Big money for Canva employees and streaming farms rigging algorithms
Australian design software company Canva has had a bit of a fairytale run in recent years.
4/11/2024 • 7 minutes, 3 seconds
Feminism in the Algorithm Age
It used to be said that men were from Mars and women were from Venus. Well, in the digital age perhaps it’s more like men are from YouTube and women are from Instagram. So what do our different digital habits mean for feminism and sexism in the algorithm age?
4/11/2024 • 14 minutes
How can you help your child stop vaping?
As a parent or carer what should you do if your child is vaping?
4/11/2024 • 15 minutes, 11 seconds
Great Barrier Reef mass bleaching reaches unprecedented depths
Marine biologists say they’re currently observing the most severe coral bleaching on record in the Great Barrier Reef and that some coral is now dying.
4/11/2024 • 7 minutes, 17 seconds
Sydney pumped hydro scheme in the pipes
A pumped hydro scheme large enough to generate electricity for 500,000 homes is proposed for Sydney’s water supply, Warragamba Dam.
4/11/2024 • 5 minutes, 13 seconds
Federal government looks to screen for criminals accessing NDIS
“The NDIS cannot be the dumping ground for state justice systems to keep Australians safe from violent criminals,” that’s according to Bill Shorten who today has raised concerns over former criminals accessing the disability scheme.
4/10/2024 • 5 minutes, 43 seconds
Coalition slams discussion of Palestinian statehood as "dangerous"
Could Australia one day be joining 140 other UN General Assembly member nations and formally recognise the occupied Palestinian territories as the State of Palestine?Just over six months into the Israel-Gaza war, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, appears to be opening the door to this possibility.
4/10/2024 • 9 minutes, 37 seconds
Korean elections: how the price of spring onions became a gotcha moment
South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world with the population expected to halve by 2100. That means it has a drastically ageing population. This challenge along with a slowing economy and the growing nuclear threat from North Korea are just some of the big issues for voters as they head to the polls today for the parliamentary elections.
4/10/2024 • 6 minutes, 21 seconds
Is ‘progressive separatism’ just ‘woke’ segregation?
Identity labels are often a way for people to find community, but is there a downside to these otherwise good intentions? And how has identity politics been conflated with social justice?
4/10/2024 • 16 minutes
Australia tops the world in number of sexual partners
Australia is the second-most promiscuous country on Earth, according to the World Population Review, which drew from two longitudinal surveys.
4/10/2024 • 11 minutes, 41 seconds
"In the public interest": new powers for ACCC in proposed merger law shake up
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled the biggest changes to Australian merger laws in half a century which would force major merger and acquisition proposals to first get approval from the competition regulator.
4/10/2024 • 12 minutes, 1 second
Does the Coalition have a 'man problem'?
In 2015 the Coalition and Labor both set a target of gender parity in parliament by 2025.
4/10/2024 • 7 minutes, 25 seconds
Why are the Matildas plagued with injuries?
On the eve of its friendly against Mexico, the Matildas have yet another injury to add to its growing list. There have now been eight injuries within the squad. So how will this affect Australia's chances at the Paris Olympics in three months' time?
4/9/2024 • 5 minutes, 57 seconds
March becomes 10th consecutive hottest month on record
The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service has declared March the tenth consecutive hottest month on record, shattering climate prediction models worldwide.
4/9/2024 • 8 minutes, 16 seconds
Alice Springs curfew extended as NT Police review is released
The Northern Territory government has pushed back the end date of a curfew in Alice Springs to next week, with authorities saying the ban has reduced youth crime.
4/9/2024 • 8 minutes, 53 seconds
JP Morgan boss sounds alarm over greatest economic risks since Second World War
Just three months into the year and JP Morgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon has warned in his annual letter to shareholders that current global economic risks ‘could eclipse anything since the second world war.
4/9/2024 • 7 minutes, 11 seconds
Why are more younger people getting shingles?
Shingles cases are increasing, including in younger people who aren't eligible for the scheduled vaccine.
4/9/2024 • 7 minutes, 5 seconds
Shooting the storm
How far would you go to get the shot? Would you … climb a rock face … learn to base jump … run towards the eye of a storm? Photographer Krystle Wright is willing to go to extremes for her art.
4/9/2024 • 12 minutes
Things to know before you make that tree or sea change
Be it a tree change or change, the cost of living and the housing crisis are driving people out, but there are hidden traps you may not have thought about; healthcare, childcare, education - even the cost of petrol.
4/9/2024 • 14 minutes, 46 seconds
Will AUKUS become JAUKUS?
Japan could soon be joining Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States for some parts of the pact's second pillar - which involves advanced military technology cooperation.So why Japan, and who will this benefit?
4/9/2024 • 8 minutes, 35 seconds
FEWS Net: the agency behind famine calculations in Gaza speaks
Famine is imminent in northern Gaza, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network - which was set up by the United States Agency for International Development.But Israel doesn't accept these projections. So what is behind FEWS Net's calculations?
4/8/2024 • 9 minutes, 15 seconds
Can microorganisms be used to trap carbon?
One company in regional NSW is looking at microorganisms to trap carbon in soil, and has attracted a few billionaires to help them do it.
4/8/2024 • 7 minutes, 17 seconds
Ukraine officially lowers conscription age
With the harsh Eastern European Winter fading into whispers, Ukrainians fear Russia will launch a new offensive in the coming weeks.During his nightly video address on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded with Western partners to provide Ukraine with more air defence systems as soon as possible.And just last week Ukraine officially lowered the minimum conscription age from 27 to 25 as the country's forces continue to be outnumbered and outgunned by Russia.
4/8/2024 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
The ordinary couple behind the extraordinary art heist
Imagine cleaning out the house of a loved one after their death and finding a priceless famously stolen artwork amongst their things. This is how a 35 year old mystery was solved ... or was it?
4/8/2024 • 14 minutes
Charity or big business? A spotlight on the tax free status of religious organisations
Are you turned off by the idea of donating to a charity run by a religious organisation? Do you question why some big churches even enjoy tax free status, despite generating millions of dollars in profit?
4/8/2024 • 8 minutes, 47 seconds
Calls for greater military presence after more asylum seekers found in WA
The boat of more than a dozen men is the third to arrive in the Kimberley since November, so should Australia beef up its operations in West Australian waters?
4/8/2024 • 8 minutes, 49 seconds
Will the threat of billions in fines for supermarkets provide a better deal for shoppers?
Australia's supermarket giants face multi-billion dollar fines under a mandatory code of conduct being proposed to protect suppliers and consumers.
4/8/2024 • 6 minutes, 58 seconds
Searching for totality: Aussie eclipse chasers travel to Mexico
From around the world, peolpe have travelled to Mexico, the US and Canada to stake out spots to witness the striking spectacle of total solar eclipse.
4/8/2024 • 6 minutes, 58 seconds
Friday Wrap: Australian killed in Gaza and the Lehrmann defamation trial starts again
The war in Gaza reached a new nadir this week after an Israeli air strike killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom. And in a last-minute plot twist in the years-long Lehrmann legal saga, Network Ten made a successful bid to reopen the defamation trial to present fresh evidence to the court.
4/5/2024 • 22 minutes, 49 seconds
Saudi Arabia to host WTA finals for next three years
After months of speculation, Saudi Arabia has pulled off a major sporting feat in the world of tennis. It will host the WTA finals for the next three years, offering prize money worth a record $15.25 million this year with further increases in 2025 and 2026.
4/5/2024 • 8 minutes, 50 seconds
NSW residents warned to stay indoors as heavy rains fall
An East Coast low is dumping heavy rainfall across NSW, causing traffic and commuter disruptions, school closures, flash flooding events and more than 100 flights cancelled.The NSW State Emergency Service is advising people to stay indoors and to avoid any unnecessary travel.
4/5/2024 • 5 minutes, 56 seconds
Claire Anne-Taylor on loosing her marbles
Claire Anne Taylor’s voice grew out of the Tarkine region of Tasmania. It has a deep raspy, woody texture just like the Huon pine trees or myrtle beech trees that grow there.
4/5/2024 • 19 minutes
Tasmanian election comes down to single seat
A fisherman with a distaste for Salmon farming and the two major parties, is in a close battle with the Liberal party for the final seat in the Tasmanian parliament.
4/5/2024 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
'A tsunami of disinformation': how AI could shape elections
More people will head to the polls this year than ever before - around 4 billion people.
4/5/2024 • 12 minutes, 5 seconds
Why do women pay more out-of-pocket medical costs than men?
New data shows women in Australia spend more on pay more out-of-pocket medical costs than men.
4/4/2024 • 10 minutes, 53 seconds
Could Australia open legal proceedings against alleged Israeli war crimes?
Israel has maintained that the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom was a “mistake” and a case of “misidentification” but those excuses are beginning to wear thin with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stating it "isn't good enough" to say that "this is just a product of war."
4/4/2024 • 10 minutes, 51 seconds
Is it time for big tech to slow down?
Will continued monopolisation of markets by big tech companies have implications for Australian startups with aggressive growth strategies?
4/4/2024 • 5 minutes, 57 seconds
Who is served by Australia's defamation laws?
In recent years, Australia has become known as the defamation capital of the world, at times recording 10 times as many libel claims as the UK on a per-capita basis.
4/4/2024 • 8 minutes, 43 seconds
How much is your life worth?
The brutal calculations of the value of your life are happening all around you every day - from the cost of lifeboats to the cost of IVF. Jenny Kleeman has investigated how much we're worth.
4/4/2024 • 18 minutes
Do you really know how to use salt?
It's been an ingredient used by humans for thousands of years. It has served as a preservative, ending civilisation's dependence on fresh produce, and it's also played a critical role in geopolitics - even prompting Ghandi to lead a 24-day march in India against British taxation. Most importantly, it tastes very good: Salt!
4/4/2024 • 11 minutes, 24 seconds
The company that knew PFAS was toxic in 1978
PFAS chemicals, have proven incredibly useful to humans in a whole range of household items due to their non-stick qualities. But they’ve also been linked to cancer, weakened immune systems and a wide range of other health conditions.
4/4/2024 • 10 minutes, 39 seconds
Cocaine bricks washing up on Sydney beaches
Millions of dollars worth of barnacle-covered cocaine bricks have been steadily washing up on beaches along the New South Wales Coastline since Christmas leaving the state’s organised crime squad searching for answers about their origin.
4/3/2024 • 5 minutes, 10 seconds
How unusual is Subianto's meeting with the Chinese President?
Former Indonesian military strongman-turned politician Prabowo Subianto has met the Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Subianto overwhelmingly won the Indonesian presidential elections in February but he won't be taking over from Joko Widodo until October. So, just how unusual was this meeting with President Xi?
4/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 25 seconds
'This happens in wartime' says Netanyahu following aid workers' deaths
'This happens in wartime' - these were the words uttered by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Israeli airstrikes killed seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen charity, including Australian Zomi Frankcom. Prime Minister Netanyahu says it was a "tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people in the Gaza Strip".
4/3/2024 • 9 minutes, 55 seconds
Will everyone in Japan have the same surname in 500 years?
According to a new study from Tohoku University's Research Centre for Aged Economy and Society, it is projected that every person in Japan will have the same surname in just over 500 years’ time unless the law changes to allow married couples to have separate surnames if they want to.
4/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 6 seconds
Australia on track for megadroughts lasting more than 20 years
The millennium drought is considered by some to be Australia’s worst drought since European settlement, rivalled only by the Tinder box drought of 2017-19 which created the deadly conditions for the Black Summer Bushfires.
4/3/2024 • 8 minutes, 21 seconds
Whats behind the beady eyes of those swoopy boys?
Did you know that new research has indicated one of those Magpie population’s is smarter than the other? And that the more aggressive the swooping the less intelligent the bird?
4/3/2024 • 17 minutes
Taiwan hit by major earthquake
An earthquake reportedly measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale struck Taiwan early this morning, killing at least four people and causing widespread damage.
4/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 34 seconds
Why you'll get less pension if you're single and renting
New analysis of the asset threshold for the Age pension shows that Australians who are single and renters are the most vulnerable in retirement… and that they’re effectively paying a financial penalty for not owning their own home because of income and assets testing.
4/3/2024 • 10 minutes, 34 seconds
Friend pays tributes to Zomi Frankcom
Just last month Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom shared a video of herself smiling as she gave an update from the cockpit of a plane bound for Gaza. Two weeks later she was dead. The charity she worked for - World Central Kitchen - has confirmed seven of its team members were killed in an apparent Israeli airstrike in central Gaza.
4/2/2024 • 8 minutes, 41 seconds
Taxation Ombudsman calls for interest to be wiped from historic ATO debts
The ATO is trying to claw back $15 billion dollars in debt, but has engaged in what the Taxation Ombudsman calls "poor practice", failing to adequately inform and communicate with taxpayers.
4/2/2024 • 8 minutes, 20 seconds
House values and insurance premiums on the rise
Home values and insurance premiums are going up yet again.
4/2/2024 • 7 minutes, 42 seconds
A clan of rebels: Impressionism celebrates 150 years
The marvellous art critic and curator Julie Ewington regales us with tales of those artists who began the Impressionist art movement and the women and Australians among their ranks.
4/2/2024 • 15 minutes
Is pampering your pooch ever worth the price tag?
There’s one thing that currently outnumbers humans in Australia, it’s not pubs, it’s not pokies - it’s pets.
4/2/2024 • 8 minutes, 53 seconds
PM says Australian aid worker's death in Gaza is unacceptable
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the killing of an Australian aid worker in an apparent Israeli airstrike in central Gaza as "completely unacceptable".Zomi Frankcom and at least six colleagues from the World Central Kitchen charity were killed - after delivering aid in Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces has told RN Drive that it's "conducting a thorough review at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident". Meanwhile Anthony Albanese has confirmed the Government has demanded an explanation from Israel.
4/2/2024 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
Should the Alice Springs curfew be extended?
The chief minister of the Northern Territory has welcomed any potential legal challenge to the Alice Springs two week youth curfew, saying anyone who wants to test its validity can "bring it on".
4/2/2024 • 9 minutes, 2 seconds
Were the fierce, formidable Amazon women real?
In Greek legend, the Amazons were a group of feared and formidable women warriors who closed off their society to men and undertook extensive military expeditions into the far corners of the ancient world.
4/2/2024 • 5 minutes, 12 seconds
Australia isn't the only country tackling a housing crisis, what is happening overseas?
Finland has slashed the number of homeless through radical change, while Paris has aggressive plans to keep lower income Parisians in the city.
4/1/2024 • 15 minutes, 50 seconds
Yindjibarndi community paves the way for Pilbara green energy race
Western Australia’s Pilbara region holds close to 4 billion years of natural history and in more recent times has been a hub for Australia’s petroleum, natural gas and iron ore industries.
4/1/2024 • 5 minutes, 1 second
Where are you more likely to see a UFO?
Scientists in the US dive into why and where you might be more likely to see a UFO.
4/1/2024 • 8 minutes, 46 seconds
Should we change Australia's public holiday dates?
For many of us, these Easter holidays are a welcome chance to go slow for a few days. But for others, they are steeped in religious significance, and an important part of the Christian calendar.The question is, should these Holy Days still be holidays?
4/1/2024 • 10 minutes, 21 seconds
Israelis take to the streets in biggest protests since October 7
Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets at the weekend in what's been described as the biggest anti-government protests since the October 7 Hamas attacks. Demonstrators called on the government to reach a cease-fire deal to free dozens of hostages still held in Gaza by Hamas militants.
4/1/2024 • 9 minutes, 13 seconds
Can Saudi Arabia really build a 170km long eco-topia?
A zero-carbon city that Saudi Arabia plans to build in the kingdom's north-west, will vertically layer homes, offices, public parks and schools within a mirrored facade stretching over 170 kilometres with a width of just 200 metres.
4/1/2024 • 8 minutes, 44 seconds
Can Saudi Arabia really build a 170km long eco-topia?
A zero-carbon city that Saudi Arabia plans to build in the kingdom's north-west, will vertically layer homes, offices, public parks and schools within a mirrored facade stretching over 170 kilometres with a width of just 200 metres.
4/1/2024 • 15 minutes, 44 seconds
The Wrap
Alice Springs finds itself back in the national spotlight after a violent riot sparks calls for federal 'intervention', meanwhile the government has failed in its bid to pass a tough immigration changes potentially barring people from entire countries, such as Iran.
3/28/2024 • 22 minutes, 55 seconds
Big Tech: what will the new Digital ID law mean for you?
Online fraud and scams are a growing risk putting pressure on the government to tackle identity theft.This week, a new Digital ID law has passed which the government hopes will help keep our personal information safe. We look at how it will work and what it will mean for you. Also, can Trump's social network really be worth over $9bn?
3/28/2024 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
PJ Morton on soul, sermons and Stevie Wonder
With five Grammy awards under his belt, he’s written music for Disney and sung and performed with Stevie Wonder … New Orleans-born PJ Morton drops by on his way to play the Byron Bay Blues Festival.
3/28/2024 • 15 minutes
'Politicians...should hangs their head in shame': Indigenous leader slams governments over NT unrest
Indigenous leader Olga Havnen says authorities should have foreseen this week's violence in Alice Springs.
3/28/2024 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
As fertility rates drop what should we do about Australia's population?
Fertility rates are declining around the world, but in some Australian states it’s gotten to the point that we are not having enough kids to keep the population stable.
3/28/2024 • 15 minutes, 25 seconds
Fiji removes Chinese officers from its police force
China’s increasing influence in the Pacific has been a point of concern for many in foreign affairs circles.
3/28/2024 • 6 minutes, 21 seconds
NSW Coroner releases 28 recommendations into Black Summer
After more than two years of hearings, 190 witnesses and 44,000 pages of evidence, an inquiry into the deaths of 25 people in the Black Summer bushfire disaster in NSW has finally handed down its findings.
3/27/2024 • 7 minutes, 34 seconds
Is Japan walking away from its pacifism?
With Japan looking to build up its arms industry, is Tokyo walking away from its pacifism?In the latest development, Japan's cabinet has approved a plan to sell fighter jets to other countries. The approval is expected to help secure Japan's role in a project to develop new fighter jets together with Italy and the U.K.
3/27/2024 • 7 minutes, 17 seconds
"We are heartbroken": organisers cancel Splendour in the Grass
It's one of the country's largest music festivals, but organisers have pulled the pin on Splendour in the Grass just a week after general tickets went on sale.
3/27/2024 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Is the whole housing system a hoax?
One of Australia’s leading housing economists has taken a deep look at the way we do housing and believes the whole system is a hoax and a myth.
3/27/2024 • 16 minutes
Youth curfew in Alice Springs after violent scenes
The Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler has declared an "emergency situation" in Alice Springs and has announced a two-week youth curfew. This comes after the Alice Springs mayor called for the federal government to take control of the Northern Territory after violence outbreaks in the town.
3/27/2024 • 8 minutes, 1 second
Why is the Government in such a rush with it's immigration deportation bill?
The Government’s attempt to rush through another change to its immigration bill has failed after being blocked by the Greens and Coalition in the Senate.
3/27/2024 • 10 minutes, 10 seconds
Australian researchers discover cause of psoriasis
It's hoped the discovery could lead to better treatment options and eventually a cure for the common and sometimes debilitating auto-immune condition.
3/26/2024 • 3 minutes, 52 seconds
Israel responds to UN Security Council ceasefire resolution
In a rare rebuke of Israel, the United States chose to abstain from a vote demanding a ceasefire in Gaza in the United Nations Security Council.
3/26/2024 • 9 minutes, 22 seconds
Mikac and Howard Letters Displayed at Australian Parliament House
In the days following Australia's worst mass killing in history at Port Arthur in Tasmania, a letter written by a grieving father landed on the desk of then Prime Minister John Howard imploring action on gun reform.
3/26/2024 • 8 minutes, 53 seconds
New series celebrates Bush Tukka cuisine in FNQ
Bush food is diverse and plentiful in Far North Queensland, and in a new series premiering on SBS, Samantha Martin, the Bush Tukka Woman, embarks on a hunt and forage through this extraordinary region for fresh local ingredients from the sea to the trees and the land.
3/26/2024 • 12 minutes
Till death do us part? The rise of grey divorcees
How many have uttered those words or a similar vow with someone you thought would be your lifelong partner? And have those words started to ring hollow? According to the Australian Institute of Family Studies, older Australians are calling time on their marriage more than ever before.
3/26/2024 • 11 minutes, 30 seconds
UN Security Council passes ceasefire resolution
For the first time since the October 7 Hamas attacks and Israel's retaliation in Gaza, the UN Security Council has adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire.The 15-member council approved the resolution with 14 votes after the U.S. decided not to use its veto power on the measure, which also demanded the release of all hostages held by Hamas.
3/26/2024 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Government looks to rush through deportation legislation for non-citizens
In November the High Court found that indefinitely detaining asylum seekers in Australia who have no prospect of being returned to their home country was illegal, resulting in around 150 detainees being immediately released into society.
3/26/2024 • 8 minutes, 40 seconds
As cash gets more expensive, how long will it last?
The major banks and some of the country’s largest retailers have extended a last-minute lifeline to Armaguard to keep the cash transport firm alive.
3/26/2024 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Young drivers more likely to be injured or killed if they're in their own car: research
New research shows young drivers are 30 percent more likely to crash in their first year on the road and twice as likely to be injured or killed than those who borrow the family car.
3/25/2024 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Community legal centres at breaking point amid funding and workforce shortfall
Australia’s legal aid system is on the verge of collapse, with community legal centres turning away more than 1,000 people each day across the country.
3/25/2024 • 6 minutes, 16 seconds
Will religious freedom reforms secure bipartisan support?
In late 2017 - just months after the same-sex marriage plebiscite - the Federal Government commissioned an Expert Panel into Religious Freedom to examine whether Australian law adequately protected the human right to freedom of religion.Fast forward to 2024 and this issue is still unresolved in the federal parliament.
3/25/2024 • 10 minutes, 21 seconds
WA emissions surging, will other states have to pick up the slack?
There are questions if Australia will be able to meet its net zero target as emissions in Western Australia increase.
3/25/2024 • 9 minutes, 47 seconds
Deadline looms for Trump's $695 million fraud fine
Former US President Donald Trump is fast approaching a deadline to pay a $695 million fine, handed down by a New York Court in February, or face the seizure of a large portion of his assets.
3/25/2024 • 6 minutes, 53 seconds
Kyle Chayka: How the algorithm filters our world
Kyle Chayka's new book Filterworld asks the question, are you really thinking for yourself or are the algorithms doing it for you?
3/25/2024 • 16 minutes
Where does all the lost property from trains go?
Where does all the lost property go, when a harried parent misses that teddy bear left behind on a train, or when the hundreds of umbrellas, books, musical instruments, backpacks and treasured jewellery go astray?
3/25/2024 • 9 minutes, 19 seconds
Who is ISIS-K, the group who killed more than 130 Russians?
A branch of Islamic State, the militant group that once sought control over swathes of Iraq and Syria, has claimed responsibility for a deadly terrorist attack at a Moscow concert hall.
3/25/2024 • 11 minutes, 15 seconds
Can Brisbane put on a world class Games and save money?
The Queensland government this week opted to redevelop the Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre rather building new state-of-the-art stadium at Victoria Park.But can Brisbane deliver a world class Olympic Games and save money?
3/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 14 seconds
Is West Side Story just an opera with dancing?
Soprano singer Nina Korbe is playing Maria in Opera Australia's production of West Side Story, she speaks with us about what the character means to her.
3/22/2024 • 12 minutes
10 months without a brain tumour: Richard Scolyer's astonishing journey
Two Australian doctors turned a diagnosis of advanced melanoma from a death sentence into a curable disease for many.In January, they became Australians of the Year for their efforts.Now the same two doctors - Professor Georgina Long and Professor Richard Scolyer - are racing against time to apply the knowledge they've gained in their field to find a cure for an otherwise incurable brain cancer.
3/22/2024 • 10 minutes, 13 seconds
Could prefab houses solve the housing crisis?
Prefab houses are often associated with the post-war period. Utilitarian homes that were cheap but not very cheerful.However, there's a new generation of modular or prefab homes that are sleek and stylish, while also being quick to design and construct. So could they offer an off-the-shelf solution to the current housing crisis?
3/22/2024 • 9 minutes, 36 seconds
Australia pays UK nearly $5 billion in AUKUS deal
Australia will hand almost $5 billion to British industry over the next decade for design work and to expand production of nuclear reactors that will eventually be installed on AUKUS submarines constructed in Adelaide.
3/22/2024 • 8 minutes, 38 seconds
Why this weekend's Tasmanian election is a vote on housing
Government funded 'no deposit' home loans, a ban on new Airbnb listings, 12,000 more social and affordable homes by 2032, and $200 a week cash incentive to landlords if they cap their rents. These are just some of the policies on offer at this weekend's Tasmanian state election. But can you guess which of these policies belong to which party?
3/21/2024 • 10 minutes, 18 seconds
No ballot, no vote. What happened to Queensland's local elections?
Queensland's attorney general has promised a review after hundreds of people were turned away from voting in the state's council elections.
3/21/2024 • 11 minutes, 27 seconds
Mona Lisa: Representation of a mother
You may have seen The Mona Lisa, but few have been as up close and personal as Optical Engineer and consultant to The Louvre Museum, Pascal Cotte who was given unprecedented access to the painting by the French Ministry of Culture.
3/21/2024 • 12 minutes
Strata fees: what are your horror stories?
2.5 million Australians live in an apartment, according to the last census. That's more than the entire population of Brisbane. It also means a lot of you are paying strata.
3/21/2024 • 12 minutes, 26 seconds
Baby platypus discovery marks success of relocation project
A six-month-old baby platypus named Gilli is the first-known animal of its kind to be born in Australia's oldest national park in more than 50 years.
3/21/2024 • 7 minutes, 29 seconds
Big Tech: Credit card scams on the rise with 1.8 million people affected
Australians lost an estimated $2.2 billion to card fraud last year, according to new data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics .
3/21/2024 • 8 minutes, 25 seconds
Unemployment rate drop risks delaying interest rate cuts
Australia has seen the biggest drop in the unemployment rate outside of the pandemic since February 2002.
3/21/2024 • 8 minutes, 41 seconds
Chinese Premier to visit Australia says Penny Wong
It was a high stakes 90-minute meeting aimed at further stabilising Australia's relationship with China. But what did discussions between Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi achieve today? There's no word yet on when the final trade sanctions on beef and lobsters - imposed by China - will be lifted. However, Senator Wong has indicated Premier Li Qiang would later this year make the first high-level visit to Australia by a Chinese leader in seven years.
3/20/2024 • 8 minutes, 58 seconds
Hong Kong passes tough new security law fought by protesters for years
Since coming into force in 2020, Hong Kong’s national security law has seen civil society groups shut down, newspapers disbanded, activists flee the country and hundreds of dissidents arrested.
3/20/2024 • 5 minutes, 16 seconds
86% of young men viewed pornography by the age of 20: new study
How often are young people consuming pornography? According to the violence prevention organisation Our Watch, by the age of 20, four in five young men and two in three young women have been exposed to pornography.
3/20/2024 • 9 minutes, 59 seconds
Baroque and beyond!
The Baroque opera movement had it all celebrity, money and bad behaviour. Find out more about the origins of this era of opera.
3/20/2024 • 18 minutes
Beyond 2064: What will the future look like?
With the explosion of artificial intelligence already changing the way we live, what will life look like in another few decades?
3/20/2024 • 12 minutes, 6 seconds
Could Donald Trump's legal woes make him a national security risk?
Thirty surety companies have rejected Donald Trump's efforts to secure a bond to cover a $US454 million ($690.86 million) judgement in a New York civil fraud case, bringing him closer to the possibility of having his properties seized.
3/20/2024 • 13 minutes, 20 seconds
National Imams Council concerned by decision to shelve religious discrimination reforms
The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the Labor party room yesterday he would not proceed with an election promise to reform religious discrimination laws unless he could guarantee the Coalition's support for the bill.
3/20/2024 • 9 minutes, 28 seconds
Farming lobby group launches legal action against Great Artesian Basin carbon capture scheme
One of the largest and deepest underground freshwater resources in the world could soon be used as a dump for waste carbon dioxide from a coal-fired power station in southern Queensland.
3/19/2024 • 5 minutes, 44 seconds
The Nationals back the Greens on 'big stick' competition powers
The Nationals have voiced their support for the Greens’ “big stick” legislation that would grant powers to break up Coles and Woolworths if they were found to be misusing their market dominance.
3/19/2024 • 10 minutes, 11 seconds
Got a receipt? Vic government plans to make crime bosses pay back wealth they can't explain
Senior crime figures in Victoria would have to prove they acquired assets legitimately, even if they’re in someone else’s name, or they’ll be seized.
3/19/2024 • 7 minutes, 11 seconds
RBA keeps cash rate on hold
For a lot of you, it's music to your mortgaged ears.The Reserve Bank has decided to leave interest rates on hold for the third month in a row, with the cash rate paused at 4.35 per cent.
3/19/2024 • 7 minutes, 5 seconds
How the World Made the West
What exactly is the West? Is it a Big Mac, the Magna Carta, the Christian cross, or the Statue of Liberty? One Professor of Classics at Oxford University argues the West is a sum of its parts, borrowed, stolen and traded from the East.
3/19/2024 • 15 minutes
Can Australia build 1.2 million new homes by 2029?
The federal government wants to build two more Brisbane's worth of homes by 2029.That's 1.2 million homes. It's an ambitious target but can the federal government meet it?
3/19/2024 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
Should Australian police be able to use facial recognition technology?
Police in the UK have been rapidly deploying facial recognition technology to combat crime. Crowds at the King’s Coronation, the British Formula One Grand Prix and a Beyonce gig have all had their faces scanned by police as part of these operations.
3/19/2024 • 14 minutes, 22 seconds
How long can Ukraine hold out against Russia if the US won't send more weapons?
Starved of ammunition and losing ground, Ukraine has gone months without receiving weapons from the United States.
3/19/2024 • 7 minutes, 6 seconds
With three deaths linked to lithium-ion battery fires, why do they have such little oversight?
Every year there are hundreds of fires linked to lithium-ion batteries in Australia, but there remains no nationally consistent requirements for testing, certification, or labelling.
3/18/2024 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
'Not a fair compromise': Lambie laments block on small business carve out to paid parental leave scheme
New parents in Australia will soon be able to spend extra time getting into the swing of midnight feeds and nappy changes with the government’s extended paid parental leave passing through the Senate earlier today.
3/18/2024 • 10 minutes, 46 seconds
Calls for a carbon border tax to level the playing field for domestic emitters
Australia’s largest industrial facilities might be working hard to help meet our 2030 emissions target. But they remain at a distinct disadvantage when competing with cheaper imports without the same carbon obligations.
3/18/2024 • 8 minutes, 56 seconds
US citizens evacuated from Haiti as gang violence continues
More than 30 US citizens have been evacuated from Haiti in a government-chartered flight today as the Caribbean nation spirals into chaos. Government and aid agencies were looted over the weekend amid warnings a million Haitians are on the brink of famine. Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has pledged to resign once a transitional council is appointed, a key demand of the gangs now ruling large swathes of the nation.
3/18/2024 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
From shipwreck to shore: Maritime archaeology with Maddy McAllister
There are around 900 shipwrecks off the east coast of Australia and it's Maddy McAllister's very job as a Maritime archaeologist to find and study them.
Uber has agreed to pay almost $272 million to compensate thousands of taxi and hire car drivers and operators.
3/18/2024 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
Can 'social prescribing' cure ills a pill cannot?
How would you feel if instead of your GP prescribing a course of medication for your borderline high cholesterol they referred you to a Parkrun?
3/18/2024 • 13 minutes, 55 seconds
Is there any end in sight to high power prices?
Electricity prices have risen 40 per cent in the past two years. As wholesale prices drop, is there any respite ahead for in our power bills?
3/18/2024 • 4 minutes, 18 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Who should pay for aged care? Should we ban TikTok, and who cares about the Royal photoshop fail?
3/15/2024 • 21 minutes, 58 seconds
Too hot to handle: community sporting organisations failing to adapt to climate crisis
A new report from the Environmental Defenders Office and FrontRunners found Australian sport is failing to engage with or adapt to the climate crisis, leaving sporting organisations open to legal and financial risks.
3/15/2024 • 6 minutes, 46 seconds
Aged care workers to get up to 28 per cent pay rise
In a historic moment for the aged care sector, aged care workers will receive a pay rise of up to 28 per cent following a decision by the Fair Work Commission.The Health Services Union launched the case in 2020, and the commission had already granted an interim wage increase of 15 per cent to direct employees in the sector.
3/15/2024 • 6 minutes, 4 seconds
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon on wearing pajamas in church, ABBA and the power of Opera
The renowned opera singer is giving talks on selected works and she revives her love of the alternative lyrics for the Australian anthem, which she wrote with Judith Durham.
3/15/2024 • 20 minutes
Should Australia redesign democracy?
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for four-year election cycles so governments can focus on policy not party politics.
3/15/2024 • 12 minutes, 32 seconds
CSIRO hits back at Peter Dutton's 'unfounded' nuclear criticism
The nation's leading science institution, the CSIRO, has defended its research into energy generation following comments from Opposition Leader Peter Dutton disparaging its findings that nuclear power would be the most expensive source of new energy for Australia.
3/15/2024 • 6 minutes, 51 seconds
Get rid of stamp duty says Allegra Spender
Bring on tax reform and get rid of stamp duty.That was the key message when Teal Independent, Allegra Spender, addressed the Tax Institute's financial services taxation conference in Sydney today.
3/14/2024 • 11 minutes, 37 seconds
Longtime friend remembers the man in the iron lung
The man known as Polio Paul, who spent nearly seven decades living in an iron lung has died.
3/14/2024 • 10 minutes, 50 seconds
Fiji chief justice overturns not guilty verdict in Frank Bainimarama case
Fiji's former Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice by Fiji's high court.
3/14/2024 • 5 minutes, 20 seconds
Meta and Australian government play hardball over News Media Bargaining Code negotiations
Tech giant Meta has fired another salvo in the wake of its decision to pull out of its commitment to pay for Australian news content claiming that the value of its click-throughs from Facebook is worth $115 million in free distribution value to publishers like the ABC.
3/14/2024 • 7 minutes, 53 seconds
US bill to ban TikTok passes House of Representatives
Tension between the United States and China has ratcheted up a notch with US legislators looking to ban popular social media site TikTok.
3/14/2024 • 11 minutes, 3 seconds
The AHRC has "gone AWOL" says Julian Leeser
The Australian Human Rights Commission has quote "gone AWOL" in acknowledging and speaking out against anti-semitism in Australia. Those are the words of Liberal MP Julian Leeser who today delivered a speech - on social cohesion - to the Cook Society in Melbourne.He also said if the Human Rights Commission, an institution quote "charged with protecting Australians from racism and hate, is not fulfilling its mandate" then its funding should be in question.
3/13/2024 • 10 minutes, 15 seconds
Circa: What Will Have Been
Contemporary circus is no longer about animals, strongmen and clowns. It's a new kind of tradition, one that comes with arguably more intellectualism.
Around 9 million Australians have a Flybys card in their wallet, while Woolworth’s reward program boasts more than 14 million members.
3/13/2024 • 12 minutes, 12 seconds
NSW prepared to play hardball after GST carve-up
A budget surplus in NSW will now be "a miracle".That's according to the Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, with the state set to receive its lowest share of GST revenue since its introduction more than 20 years ago. New South Wales and Queensland are the only two states to lose money, while Victoria and Western Australia are the biggest winners.
3/13/2024 • 7 minutes, 48 seconds
Concerns over women pulling out of Solomon Islands' elections
Solomon Islands will go to an election next month, but there are growing concerns about the number of women on the ballot.
3/13/2024 • 5 minutes, 57 seconds
Renewables roll-out lagging
This week has not brought good news for clean energy targets with the Green Energy Market reporting on Monday that New South Wales was less than halfway to its emission reduction goal for 2030.
3/13/2024 • 10 minutes, 12 seconds
500 experts sign open letter to French President that claims appetite for frogs’ legs is endangering species in Asia
More than 500 experts from around the world have called on French President Emmanuel Macron in an open letter, to “end the over-exploitation of frogs” used in French cuisine.
3/12/2024 • 5 minutes, 14 seconds
'Devil' Comet currently passing across the Australian night sky
A comet the size of Mount Everest branded the "devil" comet is set to streak across our night skies in the coming weeks.
3/12/2024 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
How a US defence spending slow-down could affect AUKUS
With the US Defence budget just one per cent higher than last year, defence spending has drastically slowed down. That means the US Navy is expected to order just one Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine in the next fiscal year, instead of two. That's not good news for Australia which, under the AUKUS security deal, is expected to receive three second-hand Virginia-class submarines throughout the next decade. So will these boats arrive in time?
3/12/2024 • 7 minutes, 26 seconds
Boeing plane suffers fault mid-air in latest trouble for aviation company
It sounds like something out of a nightmare - two hours into a flight over the Tasman Sea the plane you’re travelling in suddenly drops sharply out of the air.
3/12/2024 • 7 minutes, 57 seconds
'Uncuffed': A podcast made on the inside, for the outside world to hear
The California prison system is a tough place, overcrowded and violent, but a small group of prisoners get together and record their stories. Uncuffed is a podcast made on the inside, for the outside world to hear.
3/12/2024 • 15 minutes
The secret to a great cake
There’s something pretty special about freshly baked goods, the aroma of sweet treats filling the air, particularly if they’re homemade and shared across a kitchen table.
3/12/2024 • 13 minutes, 46 seconds
Aged Care Taskforce and Government say no to new levy
Over the next four decades, the number of Australians aged 80 and over is expected to grow to 3.5 million. But here's the problem - over that same period, the number of working Australians aged between 15 and 64 is expected to decline. It begs the question, who will pay for the spiralling aged care costs?
3/12/2024 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Big Tech: Bitcoin reaches new highs, Phillip Lowe charts a new course
As the world's most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, achieves record prices, the ASX is also reaching new highs.
3/12/2024 • 6 minutes, 2 seconds
$4 billion agreement for remote indigenous housing
The Federal Government has today announced a $4 billion agreement with the NT government to try to tackle overcrowding and homelessness in indigenous communities.
3/12/2024 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Road tolls: why toll charges never drop
Privatised roads and hefty road tolls - this is often described as a Sydney problem.But with 90 per cent of Australians living in cities, is this an issue we should all be thinking about? What role should private networks play in our growing cities in the future? Sydney motorists are expected to fork out $195 billion in tolls between now and 2060, with more than half of the burden coming from the WestConnex project.
3/11/2024 • 9 minutes, 42 seconds
Australia's cow count could be off by 10 million
Having accurate numbers of cattle is critical so we know the amount of emissions the sector is producing. But one researcher thinks our estimates could be out by millions.
3/11/2024 • 5 minutes, 9 seconds
Ondara finds pockets of home all around the world
Ondara joins Andy in the studio for a chat about the reason he listens to songs without words, and his use of falsetto in his music. He plays his songs 'Seminar in Tokyo' and 'Lebanon'.
3/11/2024 • 15 minutes
Is shrinkflation behind the lighter cereal boxes?
When it comes to household staples, you tend to be a creature of habit - the same biscuits bought for decades or perhaps the same cereal. But over time have you noticed a change in these products? Do things seem a bit smaller in size?It's called shrinkflation - where manufacturers reduce the size or quantity of a product for short-term financial benefits.
3/11/2024 • 12 minutes, 25 seconds
Hundreds of 'nuisance' tariffs abolished as government looks to get business moving
From toothbrushes to menstrual products…from maple syrup to tyres for farming vehicles…these are just a number of everyday products expected to soon become cheaper with federal plans to abolish hundreds of 'nuisance' tariffs.
3/11/2024 • 9 minutes, 4 seconds
Friday Wrap: Cranbrook's headmaster resigns and Sam Kerr faces court
The headmaster of Sydney's prestigious Cranbrook School, Nicholas Sampson, has resigned following revelations he kept a teacher on staff after discovering he sent multiple graphic emails to a former female student.
3/8/2024 • 22 minutes, 39 seconds
'We're more than just football players': Eels star Shaun Lane on the mental game
After a series of devastating on field injuries Parramatta Eels star second-rower embarked on a pilgrimage of self-discovery, speaking with fellow athletes and elite sports psychologists. He's captured this very personal journey in a new documentary, Out of my Lane.
3/8/2024 • 6 minutes, 6 seconds
Kristian Bezuidenhout on what Beethoven might have been like to work with
Ludwig van Beethoven was in the middle of composing some of his most popular works and those works provide the score to wartime. Find out his work reflected the time he lived in.
3/8/2024 • 18 minutes
She's Back! Elle Magazine returns to news stands in Australia
If you’re planning on strolling down to your local newsagent over the weekend you might recognise a familiar cover with Elle Australia returning to shelves for the first time since 2020.
3/8/2024 • 11 minutes, 22 seconds
National summit to examine gender discrimination in healthcare
Two in three women say they’ve experienced bias and discrimination in healthcare, particularly when it comes to pain.
3/8/2024 • 8 minutes, 1 second
Polestar and Tesla quit automotive peak body after claiming it's misleading the public
According to two electric vehicle companies the transition to EVs is being held up by none other than the peak body of car manufacturers, the Federated Chamber of Automotive Industries.
3/8/2024 • 10 minutes, 14 seconds
Are we living in the Anthropocene? Not yet, geologists say.
As the age of technology and industrialisation rolls on scientists have been debating whether we’re entering into a new geological period - the Anthropocene?
3/7/2024 • 8 minutes, 50 seconds
Will the makers of Oppenheimer acknowledge the victims they didn’t include in the movie?
You’ve seen Oppenheimer the movie about the Manhattan Project and the creation of the world’s first atomic bomb, known as the Trinity test. What you didn't see was that the desert where the bomb was detonated was not deserted.
3/7/2024 • 21 minutes
Hate sports? You're not alone, 20 per cent of Australians do too
With the NRL and AFL both kicking off in full this week, you might find yourself on one of two teams: sports lovers or loathers.
3/7/2024 • 10 minutes, 57 seconds
"I want change": Indigenous groups appalled at Australia's failure to meet Closing the Gap targets
Australia is only meeting five of its 19 Closing the Gap targets. So with all the money and resources being poured into these efforts, why aren't we any closer?
3/7/2024 • 7 minutes, 47 seconds
Special forces soldiers say they're being ignored in veteran suicide Royal Commission
The Australian Special Air Service Association (ASASA) representing SAS soldiers has expressed "extreme disappointment" that its request to give evidence at the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has been ignored.
3/7/2024 • 9 minutes, 5 seconds
Ceasefire talks stall as Ramadan deadline for Rafah offensive nears
After more than one hundred and fifty days of war, Israel and Hamas are still no closer to reaching an agreement on a pause in hostilities.
3/6/2024 • 8 minutes, 49 seconds
China accused of maritime aggression as ASEAN leaders gather for talks
The Philippines is accusing China of “dangerous manoeuvres” in the disputed South China Sea which it says have damaged one of its vessels and hurt four of its crew.
3/6/2024 • 7 minutes, 46 seconds
Konstantin Kisin: Why the West is a bigger threat to itself than Putin is
Russian-born British satirist and author, Konstantin Kisin is in Australia for the first time.
3/6/2024 • 15 minutes
How to say goodbye to childhood belongings
Unless your Marie Kondo instincts were already thriving in the late twentieth century, chances are you have a few such boxes of prized childhood possessions cluttering your garage or attic.
3/6/2024 • 9 minutes, 1 second
Is the Greens idea of a public property developer 'whacky'?
The Greens ambitious new housing policy, which suggests the government become a property developer, has been labelled "wacky" by some. But is the idea that unique?
3/6/2024 • 11 minutes, 40 seconds
The Coalition considers re-opening the Nuclear power discussion
Aside from the costs, the safety issues and the concerns about radioactive waste, where to put nuclear power stations has always been one of the major sticking points which has prevented them being built in Australia.
3/6/2024 • 13 minutes, 2 seconds
Almost 100 people die as summer drownings rise
Across Australia, 99 people lost their lives at beaches and in rivers, pools, and other waterways between December 1 last year and February 29 this year, a 10 per cent increase on the previous summer.
3/6/2024 • 7 minutes, 3 seconds
First lithium-ion battery fire deaths recorded in NSW
Lithium batteries have revolutionised the way we power our world but they also come with a deadly risk.
3/5/2024 • 5 minutes, 49 seconds
Hearing loss is hitting Australia's poorest the hardest
Hearing loss affects around one in six Australians but it's been found to disproportionately impact those from low socio-economic backgrounds.
3/5/2024 • 6 minutes, 49 seconds
What a 2,000 year old papyrus scroll said
Over two thousand years ago Mount Vesuvius destroyed everything in its path, including a town called Herculaneum. Miraculously papyrus scrolls in a library survived enough to be read by new A. I technology.
3/5/2024 • 18 minutes
Fake food: are you dishing up what you think you are?
As global supply chains get longer and more complicated, it’s harder to track exactly what's in our food and where it's come from. The problem of food fraud is so big, it's estimated to cost the Australian economy $3 billion every year. So how worried should we be about what we’re putting on our plate?
3/5/2024 • 14 minutes, 4 seconds
NBN speeds set to increase five fold ‘at no extra cost’
Around 9 millions Australians will see their broadband speed increase by up to five times under a proposed plan by NBN Co.
3/5/2024 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
Albanese commits to $2bn fund to stimulate trade with South-East Asia
The government has signalled that it wants to expand its economic relationship with the region, both to bolster Australia's prosperity but also to reinforce its strategic position in major emerging economies like Indonesia and Vietnam.
3/5/2024 • 6 minutes, 30 seconds
World leaders, China tensions and Taylor Swift: ASEAN unpacked
The last couple of days of the summit of the Association of South East Asian Nations - or ASEAN - in Melbourne have been jam-packed.
3/4/2024 • 15 minutes, 51 seconds
Australia looks to Belgium on gambling ad bans
Australians lose approximately $25 billion on legal forms of gambling each year, representing the largest per capita losses in the world, that’s according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
3/4/2024 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Could your car be spying on you?
US President Joe Biden has launched a probe into the potential security risks of Chinese-made “smart cars”, and issued an executive order to improve cybersecurity at American port, including new regulations for Chinese-made cranes.
3/4/2024 • 9 minutes, 50 seconds
Will the billions of dollars needed for the energy transition affect inflation?
How you get your power today…will be vastly different to the future and there are some who believe the renewable transition will impact inflation, in part because of the huge amounts of investment needed.
3/4/2024 • 8 minutes, 17 seconds
Shane Drumgold successfully challenges findings of inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann prosecution
The ACT's former top prosecutor has succeeded in his challenge to the findings of an inquiry into the prosecution of former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann.
3/4/2024 • 10 minutes, 9 seconds
Australians lose almost $1 billion a year in bank card surcharges
Analysis based on data from the Reserve Bank reveals Australians are losing $960 million a year in surcharges when they pay with their cards instead of using cash.
3/4/2024 • 13 minutes, 35 seconds
Tim Thomas: The benefits of breathework
Former Australian Special Forces Commando Tim Thomas knows all too well the devastating lived experience of PTSD - having been debilitated for years by distressing symptoms, sleeplessness and a reliance on pills to simply function.
3/3/2024 • 16 minutes
Friday Wrap: ASIO stays mum on MP spy and Mardi Gras uninvites uniformed cops
Tinker, tailor, Australian MP, spy … this week we’ve been rocked by the news that a former Australian politician was recruited by spies for an unnamed foreign regime.
3/1/2024 • 22 minutes, 14 seconds
PJ Harding on Paul Kelly and preferring not to perform
Some people are born to be stars ... but what happens if you climb the ladder in your chosen performative field and suddenly realise you don't want to be the leading light? That happened to Australian singer-songwriter PJ Harding.
3/1/2024 • 18 minutes
Meta says Facebook will no longer pay news outlets to display their content
Facebook owner Meta says it won't renew commercial deals with Australian news media companies worth millions of dollars.
3/1/2024 • 11 minutes, 51 seconds
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3/1/2024 • 5 minutes, 4 seconds
Meta says Facebook will no longer pay news outlets to display their content
Facebook owner Meta says it won't renew commercial deals with Australian news media companies worth millions of dollars.
3/1/2024 • 11 minutes, 52 seconds
Back-to-school feelings ahead of the first weekend of Formula 1
We cross to Bahrain ahead of the first race of the season to find out how the paddock is looking.
3/1/2024 • 6 minutes, 10 seconds
What influence can international leaders have on the Israel-Hamas conflict?
There's been another day of devastation in Gaza with more than 100 Palestinians dead after Israeli soldiers allegedly fired upon Palestinians swarming an aid convoy.
3/1/2024 • 12 minutes, 48 seconds
Where's your money going when you buy fake fashion?
Bought a new designer handbag lately? Or maybe a new high end pair of pants. Can you tell if it's fake or not?
2/29/2024 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
The dangers of parents sharing their children's lives on social media
One in every eight Australians on dating apps has received a request to facilitate child sexual exploitation or abuse, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Criminology.
2/29/2024 • 13 minutes, 49 seconds
Northern Territory contemplating country's most liberal euthanasia laws
The Northern Territory and ACT are the last remaining jurisdictions in Australia without voluntary assisted dying laws.
2/29/2024 • 9 minutes, 57 seconds
Gillian Triggs on her life, her legacy and Australia's legal landscape
What do you think of when you hear the name Gillian Triggs? On her return to Australia, she takes a moment to reflect on her career.
2/29/2024 • 13 minutes
Australia has no laws against traitors, why Mike Burgess didn't name the MP spy
The political and media class is tittering over the identity of the former MP who has been accused of betraying Australia to foreign spies by ASIO boss Mike Burgess, but it's unlikely they broke any laws at the time.
2/29/2024 • 9 minutes, 34 seconds
US Supreme Court set to hear Donald Trump immunity claims
The US Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can face prosecution on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, or whether he has presidential immunity.
2/29/2024 • 10 minutes, 51 seconds
Big job cuts in the video games industry
Sony has shut video game developer the London Studio – part of 900 jobs now cut from the Japanese firm's gaming division, PlayStation.
2/29/2024 • 6 minutes, 26 seconds
The bats helping farmers with pest control
A citizen's science project is revealing just how vital bats are to keeping pests down for farmers. These insect-eating bats can consume their entire body weight in cockroaches, mosquitoes and agricultural pests every night. To try and find out more about these bats, researchers have extended their Bats in Backyard project, enlisting farmers and land owners to help track their movements.
2/28/2024 • 5 minutes, 29 seconds
Tuvalu's leader signals changes to security pact with Australia
The deal, which new Tuvalu PM Feleti Teo helped negotiate last year effectively gives Australia veto power over Tuvalu’s security arrangements with other countries.
2/28/2024 • 9 minutes, 49 seconds
Falling birth rate a 'national emergency' in South Korea
South Korea already has the lowest birth rate in the world but the number of women having babies is still falling. Politicians there have called it a 'national emergency' as concerns grow for the country's economy, pension pot, and security. So why are so many women choosing to prioritise education and career over starting a family?
2/28/2024 • 5 minutes, 15 seconds
Private childcare provider accused of 'absurd' price hikes
The nation’s largest private childcare provider has hiked its fees by 4.5% and given it’s boss a record, multi-million dollar pay package.
2/28/2024 • 8 minutes, 11 seconds
Earless dragon previously thought extinct stalls development of 310,000 homes in Victoria
The pause button has been hit on the future development of up to 310,000 homes after the discovery of a small, earless lizard that until recently was thought to be extinct.
2/28/2024 • 12 minutes, 58 seconds
What the year ahead looks like for news media and journalism
The news business feels like it's at a crossroads yet again, having survived into the digital age, journalism is now facing threats from artificial intelligence and a rising trend in news avoidance.
2/28/2024 • 13 minutes
Calls for a special investigator to examine potential international war crimes
Legal experts have said Australia needs a specialist investigations unit to probe allegations of international crimes such as genocide, or it risks becoming a “safe haven” for individuals alleged to have been involved.
2/28/2024 • 7 minutes, 42 seconds
Supreme Court rules COVID vaccine mandate for some frontline workers was unlawful
There's been a significant ruling in the Supreme Court, in a case funded by Billionaire Clive Palmer, which saw three cases challenging the directive that Queensland police officers and ambulance workers had to be vaccinated to work.
2/28/2024 • 6 minutes, 28 seconds
Alleged murders spark calls for better monitoring of police weapons
The alleged murders of Jesse Baird and his partner Luke Davies by Senior Constable Beau Lamarre have prompted calls for an urgent review of how police weapons are issued and used in New South Wales.
2/27/2024 • 4 minutes, 43 seconds
Voters prepare to head to the polls in weekend's Dunkley by-election
Early polling is underway and the local schools are getting ready to fire up the democracy sausage barbies this Saturday as the electorate of Dunkley heads to the polls for a by-election that is being closely watched in Canberra.
2/27/2024 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
Uniformed NSW Police asked not to march in this year's Mardi Gras
Monday night, the Mardi Gras Board decided to revoke the invitation for the NSW Police to participate in the parade following the alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
2/27/2024 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
Thousands warned to evacuate in Victoria with catastrophic bushfire conditions ahead
“We ask you to leave, leave tonight, or tomorrow morning”...that’s the warning from authorities to thousands of Victorians facing catastrophic fire conditions tomorrow in the state’s north-west and south-west.
2/27/2024 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
What a 135-year-old note, hidden in the pocket of an antique dress said
Find out why this code was considered one of the top 50 unsolvable codes in the world and meet the person who finally cracked it.
2/27/2024 • 10 minutes
$50 million injection of hope to fund breakthrough dementia treatments
The Federal Government is prioritising rapid acceleration of research into dementia’s cause - and hopefully cure - and has just funded a national bio-medical technology incubator $50 million to develop commercial innovations to address dementia and cognitive decline.
2/27/2024 • 12 minutes, 10 seconds
Is China heading for economic collapse?
China is Australia’s largest trading partner, accounting for a quarter of what we sell and a fifth of what we import.
2/27/2024 • 8 minutes, 39 seconds
What will Scott Morrison's legacy be?
Today Australia’s 30th Prime Minister marked his departure from parliament after nearly 17 years, more than three of those in the top job.
2/27/2024 • 9 minutes, 34 seconds
Greens threaten to sink help-to-buy housing scheme over negative gearing reform
The Albanese government’s Help-to-buy scheme is looking like it’s in need of help-to-survive with the Greens threatening today to sink the bill.
2/26/2024 • 9 minutes, 10 seconds
Social media companies battle for right to moderate before US Supreme Court
The United States' Supreme Court will this week hear arguments in what has been dubbed the most important First Amendment cases of the internet era where the right for platforms to moderate disinformation and hate speech could be at risk.
2/26/2024 • 10 minutes, 57 seconds
Has the sun finally set on the British empire?
Sathnam Sanghera's new book Empireword explores the contrasting dichotomies of the empire's lasting legacy.
2/26/2024 • 11 minutes
The places we've gone: ABS data shows change in overseas travel
If you’re lucky to be going on holiday soon, where are you off to? Staying local in Australia or jetting off to some far off adventure?
2/26/2024 • 10 minutes, 44 seconds
Just get on with it: Andrew Forrest on shifting to renewable energy
The former mining magnate turned business leader, Dr Andrew Forrest, has used his speech at the National Press Club to put forward the case that a shift to renewable energy needs to be seized as swiftly as possible saying as it provides a pivotal chance to ensure Australia's prosperity. His message throughout was clear, we must just get on with it.
2/26/2024 • 10 minutes, 12 seconds
Friday Wrap: Woolies CEO heads for the checkout and private schools cash in on funding
The corporate scalpings continued this week with the departure of Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci.
2/23/2024 • 21 minutes, 48 seconds
Historic National Rugby League match to kick off in Fiji
Melbourne Storm players touched down on the vibrant Pacific island nation earlier this week and received a hero's welcome ahead of the first-ever NRL-sanctioned trial match against the Newcastle Knights. The landmark game will play out at Churchill Park in LAUTOKA watched by thousands of local fans.
2/23/2024 • 3 minutes, 37 seconds
Two years on from the Russian invasion of Ukraine
In the two years since Russia launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine more than 8,000 missiles and 4,630 drones have been launched, killing more than 10 thousand civilians. As the war grinds on, we find our what life is like for Ukrainians on the ground and ask what is needed to turn the situation around there.
2/23/2024 • 13 minutes, 6 seconds
Recipe for success: why regional Chinese restaurants are thriving
Walk down almost any regional high street and chances are you'll spot a Chinese restaurant complete with miniature waving cat, beaded curtain and lavish paintings. And many have been there for years. So what is the secret ingredient that keeps regional Chinese restaurants thriving?
2/23/2024 • 12 minutes, 43 seconds
Byron Bay and Northern Beaches set to cop brunt of natural disasters in NSW
Some of Australia's prime coastal communities will cop the brunt of worsening natural disasters, with storm surges, coastal erosion and flood events expected to cost $9 billion a year in NSW alone by 2060.
2/23/2024 • 7 minutes, 56 seconds
Egypt braces for Israeli assault on Rafah
Israel insists that without the release of hostages, it will launch a ground assault into Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah when the Muslim holiday of Ramadan begins on March 10.
2/22/2024 • 12 minutes, 25 seconds
Big tech pushes back against plan to surveil the clouds
The eSafety Commissioner has proposed that tech companies should detect and remove child-abuse and pro-terror material under new mandatory standards. Apple has lashed out against the idea, warning that it could lead to mass surveillance.
2/22/2024 • 8 minutes, 23 seconds
Lawyers say land-clearing loopholes remain in proposed environmental laws
Almost two years ago, the federal government’s state of the environment report found that at least 19 ecosystems in Australia were showing signs of collapse or near collapse.
2/22/2024 • 6 minutes, 13 seconds
Should the right to work-from-home be enshrined in law?
First it was the Right to Disconnect, now the Fair Work Commission is deciding whether millions of Australian workers should be granted the right to Work From Home.
2/22/2024 • 12 minutes, 49 seconds
NT Police say raising the age of criminality is failing without diversion
Federal Labor MP Marion Scrymgour has reportedly said authorities need to stop "pussyfooting around" on juveniles, calling for parents to be held accountable for their children’s actions.
2/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 49 seconds
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2/22/2024 • 14 minutes, 21 seconds
Woolies CEO Brad Banducci steps down after unfortunate Four Corners encounter
Today Brad Banducci announced his retirement, but the company has denied suggestions the decision was linked to the interview.
2/21/2024 • 10 minutes, 15 seconds
Calls grow for Japan to change surname laws
In Japan it’s illegal for spouses to use different surnames. But now there are growing calls for the Japanese government to change the law on married surnames, with big companies saying the policy is an obstacle to doing business.
2/21/2024 • 6 minutes, 11 seconds
Julian Assange makes final attempt at appealing his extradition to the US
Julian Assange's lawyers have accused the US of "state retaliation" and a "truly breathtaking" plot to poison the Wikileaks founder.
2/21/2024 • 10 minutes, 33 seconds
Macquarie Island on the mend after public conservation investment
Macquarie Island is home to som pretty spectacular wildlife but the island’s inhabitants have for centuries been under threat from feral cats, rats, rabbits brought onshore by sealers and whalers in the 19th Century.
2/20/2024 • 4 minutes, 49 seconds
If you don't have children or other family, what happens when you get older?
Fewer people are having children and more people are living alone.
2/20/2024 • 12 minutes, 38 seconds
Business and finance: Hrdlicka resigns from Virgin and ANZ-Suncorp merger given go-ahead
Virgin Australia CEO Jayne Hrdlicka has made the shock announcement that she is stepping down.
2/20/2024 • 7 minutes, 39 seconds
Is what's on your plate today sustainable?
Australia's food guidelines are set for an update, and that could soon include factors on sustainability.
2/20/2024 • 14 minutes, 52 seconds
Queensland's police commissioner steps down
Katarina Carroll, Queensland’s long embattled police commissioner announced she will step down from the role at the beginning of next month.
2/20/2024 • 13 minutes, 29 seconds
Australia's $11bn navy overhaul to double surface fleet and add drone boats
The Albanese Government has today released its blueprint for a “more lethal” Navy with an $11 billion boost over the next decade set to double the Navy’s major surface combatant fleet.
2/20/2024 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
Putin adversary Bill Browder planning 'Navalny Act' to spend frozen Russian assets
Alexei Navalny's family have reportedly been told his body will not be released for two weeks. His widow Yulia has alleged it’s being kept until traces of a nerve agent used to kill him have disappeared.
2/20/2024 • 13 minutes, 29 seconds
Researchers discover fastest-growing black hole ever recorded
The most luminous known object in the universe – 500 trillion times brighter than our Sun – is actually produced by a snappily-named quasar named J0529-4351.
2/20/2024 • 8 minutes
Sydney's Star Casino to face second inquiry
Less than two years after a damning report found it was unfit to hold a casino licence, Sydney’s Star Casino is in hot water once again.
2/19/2024 • 5 minutes, 39 seconds
What Indonesia's new leadership could mean for the environment and climate
Indonesia is key to the world's clean energy transition, but how green are its industries and how will its new leader impact that?
2/19/2024 • 4 minutes, 43 seconds
Is one of our most important strategic agreements putting Australia at risk?
The AUKUS agreement between Australia, the UK and the US, originally announced in 2021, is billed as one Australia’s most important security pacts.
2/19/2024 • 12 minutes, 4 seconds
Who wants to live forever?
The "Don’t Die" longevity movement has now landed in Australia.
2/19/2024 • 13 minutes, 11 seconds
26 killed in Papua New Guinea massacre
There has been a major escalation in tribal violence in Papua New Guinea, with more than 25 people shot dead in an ambush in the country's highlands.
2/19/2024 • 7 minutes, 58 seconds
Questions remain over the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
In recent days one of the Russian president’s fiercest critics, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, died in a prison in the Russian Arctic.
2/19/2024 • 10 minutes, 31 seconds
Friday Wrap: High Court headaches for Labor and Albo proposes
The High Court is continuing to cause headaches for the government this week. Hundreds more long-term detainees, including refugees and asylum seekers could soon be released as the court takes a second bite at indefinite detention.
2/16/2024 • 22 minutes, 21 seconds
Idomeneo: Why you should never make a deal with Neptune
We’ve all looked to the heavens in a moment of panic and made a deal with whoever is up there to get out of a pickle that we’re in. Mozart must've known that feeling when he wrote the opera Idomeneo at the age of 25.
2/16/2024 • 14 minutes
'Humanitarian catastrophe' unfolding as Palestinians have nowhere left to flee
There's now around 1.5 million people in the southern Gazan city of Rafah which Israel previously described as a 'safe zone'.
2/16/2024 • 7 minutes, 22 seconds
How should you deal with asbestos?
We've heard a lot about asbestos in the last few weeks. Apparently you can’t take a walk in a Sydney park without tripping over it.
2/16/2024 • 11 minutes, 38 seconds
Does Australia need an ethics institute?
Australia has been dogged by some pretty serious ethical failuresemanating from our business and government institutions in recent times.
2/16/2024 • 9 minutes, 53 seconds
More investment for women's rugby – but will it move the dial?
Rugby Australia has announced new funding investment in the women's game, tipping in an additional three million dollars ahead of next year’s World Cup.
2/16/2024 • 6 minutes, 19 seconds
Australia warns Israel against military operation in Rafah
“Palestinian civilians cannot be made to pay the price of defeating Hamas.”
2/15/2024 • 5 minutes, 2 seconds
How can you adapt if AI is coming for your job?
Could artificial intelligence do your job well, or maybe even better?
2/15/2024 • 7 minutes, 43 seconds
Tartan: The Cloth of Contradiction
It’s as Scottish as haggis, smoked kipper and single malt whiskey - or is it? You’re about to learn that Tartan has a story far wider and perhaps older than Vivienne Westwood or the Punks, far older than William Wallace and Scotland the Brave as we know it.
2/15/2024 • 15 minutes
Non-compete clauses shackling Australian wage growth and productivity
New research from the e-61 Institute has revealed that Australian workers could be losing up to $7500 a year in wages if they stay in their current roles.
2/15/2024 • 10 minutes
Jobless rate tips over 4% for first time in two years
For the first time in two years the unemployment rate has just risen above four percent, with data out today putting the jobless figure at 4.1 percent.
2/15/2024 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Why Australia's tax system is causing 'tragic intergenerational inequity'
Australia's former Treasury secretary Ken Henry is warning that our tax system is threatening to break the nation's 'social compact'.
2/15/2024 • 12 minutes, 24 seconds
Could Victoria have a solution to tackling youth crime?
Victoria is piloting a new approach to youth crime in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
2/15/2024 • 16 minutes, 3 seconds
Kava...why?
Kava, a sedative and muscle relaxant, has been used by Pacific Islanders in ceremonies and social gatherings for centuries.
2/14/2024 • 6 minutes, 17 seconds
Indonesia hosts the world's largest single-day election
About half of the world's population is heading to the polls this year and today Indonesia hosts the world's largest single-day election with 204 million registered voters.
2/14/2024 • 4 minutes, 33 seconds
Australian universities cancelling international enrolments to protect ratings
As student visa rejections reach a record high, Australia’s Universities are being forced to cancel enrolments or ask students to withdraw or defer.
2/14/2024 • 10 minutes
Island dwelling birds at greater threat of extinction
Australia has more than 750 native bird species but what makes our birdlife so vibrant and unique might also be what puts them at risk.
2/14/2024 • 6 minutes, 9 seconds
An argument for romance novels
A tall, dark and handsome man with his shirt half unbuttoned, stands holding a woman in his muscular embrace. She is also in a state of undress looking up at her saviour, swooning. There’s a rugged landscape behind them …. even the horse is looking lusty and brooding.
2/14/2024 • 15 minutes
The lights are off so resilient is our grid?
More than half a million properties were still without power in Victoria this afternoon and the energy regulator says it could take days if not weeks to fully restore. So is this a failure of the grid and what can we do to make our energy networks more resilient?
2/14/2024 • 6 minutes, 28 seconds
Is private health insurance worth it?
It was originally thought that private health cover could help drive down waiting times in the public system, but is it?
2/14/2024 • 9 minutes, 53 seconds
Call for $100bn a year carbon tax to transition Australia to a renewable 'superpower'
Two of Australia’s most respected economists are proposing that a new form of carbon tax could generate $100 billion a year, lower the cost of living and supercharge Australia’s efforts to reduce global emissions.
2/14/2024 • 9 minutes, 31 seconds
Israel is "on notice" says ICC prosecutor
Two lives were saved but at least 67 lives were taken in the process, according to Gaza health officials. That is the reality this week in Rafah, in southern Gaza, as Israel conducted air strikes to free two Israeli men held hostage by Hamas since the October 7 terrorist attacks. As Israel intensifies its operations in Rafah, the International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan has reiterated that the ICC is "actively investigating any crimes allegedly committed" in Gaza.
2/13/2024 • 10 minutes, 10 seconds
The GDP of a small country: Swiftonomics set to boost Australian economy
Last year we saw Barbie save the movie industry, Beyonce single-handedly raise Sweden’s inflation and the Women’s World Cup inject a whopping $7.6 billion into the Australian economy.
2/13/2024 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
Reports of neglect rising in Australian aged care homes
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has raised concerns over a spike in reports of neglect in the past 12 months as the federal government extends the public consultation period on the draft new Aged Care Act.
2/13/2024 • 10 minutes, 38 seconds
Are grandparents becoming a pillar of the economy?
How much are grandparents leant on in your family to make things work?Perhaps they help mind the kids so you can work, or maybe you need a bit of cash for those ever increasing school fees or a mortgage.
2/13/2024 • 12 minutes
Can you work four days and week and be paid for five?
It would be good to work a four day week, wouldn’t it? Hard to imagine sometimes with finances, but what if you were still paid to work full week?
2/13/2024 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
Sun safety guidelines changed to reflect diverse skin types
The 'slip, slop, slap' campaign is one of the most successful health campaigns in Australia’s history, credited with reducing skin cancer rates for generations of Australians.
2/13/2024 • 4 minutes, 7 seconds
Why WA's GST deal could blow out to $50 billion
The cost of a GST deal negotiated by the Morrison-Turnbull government to shore up votes in Western Australia could blow out to $50 billion over the next decade.
2/13/2024 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
Scott Morrison reckons with legacy in Nemesis final
Close to a decade of backstabbing, mudslinging and Shakespearean-level drama comes to an end in the final episode of Nemesis on ABC TV.
2/12/2024 • 7 minutes, 49 seconds
Negative gearing rules: should they change?
There are no plans to change negative gearing rules.That was the key message from the Prime Minister after changes to the stage three tax cuts prompted critics to ask - what else is in Labor's sights?It's also an issue the Greens' housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather had in his sights during Question Time today.
2/12/2024 • 12 minutes, 55 seconds
Do sheep and solar mix?
Outside Parliament house last week, hundreds of protesters called for a suspension of wind and solar farm and an inquiry into Australia’s rollout of clean energy arguing that renewables and agriculture don’t mix…that farms and land are being damaged by the projects.
2/12/2024 • 6 minutes, 17 seconds
Ukraine left 'speechless' after Donald Trump's latest NATO comments
It's one of Donald Trump's pet topics on the campaign trail: talking about NATO allies and their defence spending.But at a rally in South Carolina at the weekend, Mr Trump went as far as to suggest Russia can 'do whatever the hell they want' if NATO members don't meet their defence spending targets.Watching these comments closely is Ukraine, which has been campaigning to join NATO since Russia's invasion almost two years ago.
2/12/2024 • 8 minutes, 56 seconds
Where in the world is Alexander Campbell?
This time last year Alexander Campbell, walked out his front door and just kept walking. He walked through Sydney to Katoomba, up through Lithgow, Muswellbrook and Toowoomba through to Karumba then Katherine and Darwin.
2/12/2024 • 11 minutes
A third of Australian students can't read properly, what will it take to get Australia on track?
A major review by the Grattan Institute has found that children are being failed by an education system persisting with discredited theories about how to teach literacy.
2/12/2024 • 12 minutes, 4 seconds
Calls for anti-doxxing laws after details of 600 Jewish artists and academics released
Jewish Australians are calling for new laws to outlaw the tactic of “doxxing” as outrage builds following the public release of the private details of 600 Jewish artists and academics last week.
2/12/2024 • 8 minutes, 7 seconds
Friday Wrap: Marape visits parliament and the winner and losers of the first sitting week
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister made history, becoming the first Pacific leader to address a joint sitting of Parliament.
2/9/2024 • 21 minutes, 49 seconds
My memory is fine says US President Joe Biden
"My memory is fine."Those were the words uttered by the US President Joe Biden earlier today as he dismissed the findings of a special counsel report on his handling of classified documents. The report found evidence that the President wilfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including military and foreign policy material in Afghanistan.But it concluded that no criminal charges were warranted because of his age and his quote "significantly limited" memory - including his memory of when his first son died.
2/9/2024 • 9 minutes, 38 seconds
What's needed to ensure housing sustainability in regional Australia?
In Canberra state and federal ministers as well as housing experts are meeting to discuss the issue of how to provide enough safe houses in regional Australia.
2/9/2024 • 10 minutes, 18 seconds
Inquest reveals Manly was warned about heat risk before Keith Titmuss heatstroke death
In 2020 the rugby league community was shocked and devastated when a fit, strong 20-year-old Manly Sea Eagles player, Keith Titmuss collapsed at training and later died in hospital.
2/9/2024 • 5 minutes, 6 seconds
Eve: 200 million years of the female role in procreation
In the beginning, there was Adam and Eve. This is where humans and their reproduction systems began, fully formed and ready to go. So says the big book anyway. Author and researcher Cat Bohannon has other ideas about who Eve is and how her body contributed to the continuation of humanity.
2/8/2024 • 21 minutes
Tasmanian Premier holds urgent talks with independents in a bid to hold power
Jeremy Rockliff is the last liberal leader still in power in Australia. But the Tasmanian Premier is prepared to put his position and minority government on the line. He's written to two former Liberal MPs turned independents, urging them to support a new agreement which would forbid them from supporting Labor and Greens amendments and motions or he'll consider all options, including an early election.
2/8/2024 • 5 minutes, 45 seconds
Nicotine pouches widely marketed to young Australians in wake of vaping crackdown
They're brightly coloured, come in flavours like lemon spritz and tropic breeze, and are marketed by influencers on TikTok.
2/8/2024 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
'We failed you': Victorian Parliament delivers apology to care leavers
Between 1928 and 1990, around 90,000 Victorian children experienced physical, psychological, emotional and sexual abuse while under state care.
2/8/2024 • 10 minutes, 13 seconds
7 Captiva Road: Hell isn’t other people, it’s your family.
Before critically acclaimed actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman died, he developed a play called ‘7 Captiva Road’ and before it’s world premiere in Melbourne, two of the actors will bring a scene to life here in the studio.
2/8/2024 • 11 minutes
Can 'Rugby League diplomacy' counter China in the Pacific?
Rugby League is so revered in Papua New Guinea that it’s not uncommon for people to walk for hours across rugged mountain paths to watch a game.
2/8/2024 • 10 minutes, 1 second
What does it mean to die well?
2/8/2024 • 10 minutes, 47 seconds
Fels report finds "profit pushing" by big companies is driving inflation
The former head of the competition watchdog Allan Fels has found that banks, supermarkets, aviations and energy companies are exploiting their market power in ways that drive up inflation and hurt Australian households.
2/7/2024 • 6 minutes, 50 seconds
Executive Council of Australian Jewry defends Israeli dossier against UNRWA
Britain's Channel Four news is reporting that there is "no evidence" provided in Israel's dossier that staff from the United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency had links to the October 7 Hamas attack.The dossier, which Channel 4 claims to have seen, was circulated late last month, prompting nations like the U.S, the UK, Germany, France and Australia to suspend desperately needed funding for Gazans. 30 Jewish community and business leaders sent a letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong last December alleging that UNRWA had a close association with Hamas and demanded the suspension of funding to the agency.
2/7/2024 • 15 minutes, 17 seconds
Pakistan goes to the polls tomorrow amidst an economic crisis
It's a country with almost ten times the population of Australia and seven times Australia's inflation rate. It's also a country where tensions remain high at its borders. It's safe to say, Pakistan is facing huge economic, security and social challenges as it heads to the polls tomorrow.The headlines - however - have been focused on the personalities.The parties of jailed former prime minister and cricketer Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif - another former prime minister - are the main rivals in the race. But many analysts are expecting a hung parliament.
2/7/2024 • 6 minutes, 33 seconds
Nest of Traitors: Spies, moles and peroshki
Spies, Russian moles, stolen documents, double agents and a case never properly solved - all the hallmarks of your dad's favourite spy novel ... the incredible true story of how ASIO was infiltrated by the KGB in the new podcast 'Secrets We Keep: Nest of Traitors'.Guest: Joey Watson, podcast host
2/7/2024 • 13 minutes, 19 seconds
"People attacked on the way to work": African community reportedly targeted in wake of grandmother's killing
Several teenagers have been arrested, and one charged with murder, after 70-year-old Vyleen White was killed in front of her six-year-old grandchild in a Queensland car park.
2/7/2024 • 8 minutes, 33 seconds
Are books better than screens?
Sometimes it seems like screens are taking over our lives.
2/7/2024 • 10 minutes, 47 seconds
The rude little statue that tells the history of political dissent in Australia
Tasmania’s Maritime Museum has discovered the first freestanding western-style sculpture created in Australia, and it's a bit rude.
2/6/2024 • 5 minutes, 4 seconds
School dropout rates hit 10-year-high, according to Productivity Commission report
One in every five children in Australia are not completing their full 13 years of basic education.
2/6/2024 • 8 minutes, 26 seconds
A million frog calls recorded and a new hope to save the amphibians
Thousands of people around Australia have pitched in to create a million frog call recordings.
2/6/2024 • 7 minutes, 47 seconds
Ludovico Einaudi on what it's like to play the piano on a floating stage in the Artic
Imagine what it would be like playing a grand piano on an iceberg in the Arctic ... composer and musician Ludovico Einaudi can tell you, he's done it.
2/6/2024 • 16 minutes
Are the supermarkets the political trolley of blame?
If you've lost count how many inquiries there are into supermarkets and alleged price gouging, you'd be forgiven. There's currently a senate inquiry, an ACCC inquiry, a review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct by Former Labor Minister for Trade Craig Emerson and even the Australian Council of Trade Unions has commissioned the former chair of the ACCC, Allan Fels, to look at price gouging. It's safe to say, the supermarkets are on the nose at the moment - especially as the government tries to address cost of living pressures. But are supermarkets the low hanging fruit for politicians? Have they been tossed into "the political trolley of blame"?
2/6/2024 • 8 minutes, 34 seconds
The RBA has kept interest rates on hold, but will they stay that way?
The Reserve Bank has decided to keep interest rates on hold at 4.35 per cent again this month, giving some relief to borrowers.
2/6/2024 • 6 minutes, 17 seconds
Who can stand in if King Charles is incapacitated?
While the King has only a few specific duties in Australia, they are important. Who can replace him if he's unable to fulfil them is a complicated question.
2/6/2024 • 8 minutes, 43 seconds
When you die, what's your plan for those you leave behind?
Perhaps you're not worth billions of dollars, but you might have a few assets, children and then there's your super.
2/5/2024 • 11 minutes, 22 seconds
"Doomed": how a 13-year-old autistic boy was investigated by the AFP
A children’s court magistrate in Victoria has blasted the Australian Federal Police for their investigations into a child in 2021, saying it attempted to radicalise the child to gain evidence and “doomed” his rehabilitation efforts.
2/5/2024 • 5 minutes, 35 seconds
Australian writer Yang Hengjun given suspended death sentence in China
After spending more than four years in prison, Chinese Australian writer and blogger Yang Hengjun has received a suspended death sentence by a Beijing court.
2/5/2024 • 8 minutes
UNRWA warns its operations in Gaza could collapse
It started with Israel sending a dossier to the US alleging that 12 employees of the United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency had links to Hamas or were involved in the October 7 attacks in Southern Israel.The response to these allegations was swift with the US and other major funders including France, Germany, Japan and Australia suspending funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.As the UN investigates these allegations, the Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has signalled that she would like to see the funding reinstated.
2/5/2024 • 8 minutes, 54 seconds
What happens when someone else can remote control your appliances?
In Queensland state owned power companies have turned down nearly 170-thousand air conditioners half a dozen times in the past couple of months, accessing the units through special meters which you, the consumer, have installed for a cash rebate.
2/5/2024 • 6 minutes, 53 seconds
'The World is Family': A portrait of a family and a nation
Imagine finding out that your parents, their extended family and friends played a major part in India’s fight for independence and acquaintances of a leader like Mahatma Gandhi.
2/5/2024 • 12 minutes
Why is New Zealand re-examining its treaty with the Māori people?
New Zealand's centre-right Government has caused controversy by suggesting the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi should be re-defined.
2/5/2024 • 9 minutes, 26 seconds
Are your vitamins doing you harm?
2/5/2024 • 12 minutes, 58 seconds
Friday Wrap: Dutton digs in on tax, the trouble with AI and Australia's right to disconnect
Opposition leader Peter Dutton concedes the Liberals won’t be taking the newtax cuts away from people.
2/2/2024 • 21 minutes, 42 seconds
Amanda Palmer on the life changing experience of being stuck in New Zealand
The American singer-songwriter and creative force, Amanda Palmer wears many hats... she's a musician, has presented a Ted talk, she's a New York Times best-seller, and a former street performer.
2/2/2024 • 19 minutes
Aussies might soon get the right to switch off after hours
Do you reply to emails outside of work or is your phone switched to “Do Not Disturb” as soon as you walk out of the office doors?
2/2/2024 • 10 minutes, 29 seconds
Fate of livestock stranded off WA coast remains unclear
There are mounting worries for thousands of sheep and cattle stranded off the coast off Western Australia, in sweltering heat, because of a bio security stand-off.The ship was ordered back by the Federal Department of Agriculture after it diverted off its course to the Middle East due to security concerns in the Red Sea.
2/2/2024 • 9 minutes, 20 seconds
Why the Pipe Pro surf comp is the world's most dangerous
Right now in Hawaii, the world's best surfers are competing in the world's most prodigious surf event, the Pipeline Pro. But already this season, five professional surfers have been seriously injured there raising questions about whether more needs to be done to keep surfers safe.
2/2/2024 • 11 minutes, 41 seconds
Why Thailand's Move Forward Party can't move forward
They were the party for change and were willing to put the institution on notice. The Move Forward Party exceeded expectations at the Thai general elections last May winning the most seats. However they failed to form a coalition government.They had also pledged at the elections to amend the country's lese majeste laws, which carry penalties of up to 15 years in jail for criticising the royal family.But this week the country's Constitutional Court rejected the move, saying the party's policy amounted to an attempt to overthrow the democratic regime of government with the King as head of state.
2/1/2024 • 3 minutes, 54 seconds
Legal advocates warn against defunding Environmental Defenders Office
The Environmental Defender's Office has been under intense scrutiny, after a Federal Court judge accused it's lawyers of coaching witnesses from the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory - and confecting evidence - in an unsuccessful legal battle against Santos's Barossa gas Project. The NT government says it's reviewing its funding of the Territory's branch and the federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has vowed to cut the EDO's funding if elected.
2/1/2024 • 8 minutes, 50 seconds
Can Qatar secure a new hostage-release deal?
Just over two months ago, the Israel Gaza conflict had its first and only temporary ceasefire.During that time more than 100 Israeli hostages - held by Hamas - were freed in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. This ceasefire lasted less than a week. Qatar was the key mediator behind those hostage-release negotiations and there's growing optimism this week that this tiny Gulf nation can help secure a new deal.
2/1/2024 • 6 minutes, 20 seconds
Suite mágica: The heavenly combination of harp and classical guitar
Andrew Blanch and Emily Granger are a pioneering guitar and harp duo. Both celebrated soloists in their own right the two combine forces in this dreamy instrumental album Suite mágica which celebrates Australian composers.
2/1/2024 • 15 minutes
Medicare celebrates 40 years of keeping Australia in good health
Forty years ago today, a little green card entered the life of every Australian, revolutionising the way we access health care.
2/1/2024 • 16 minutes, 43 seconds
Other states won't join WA in signing Federal Government's school funding deal
A deal between the federal government and Western Australia to co-fund public school improvements will not be taken up by other states.Labor intended to roll the same co-funding plan out nationwide but other states want the government to unilaterally lift its funding share to close the public school funding gap.
2/1/2024 • 6 minutes, 12 seconds
Big Tech: Why are people sharing videos of getting laid off on Tik Tok?
2/1/2024 • 6 minutes, 7 seconds
Distillers push for moratorium on spirit excise increases
Distillers say the six-monthly excise increases are crippling the industry but health advocates argue the tax rise is necessary to keep up with inflation and prevent alcohol misuse.
2/1/2024 • 6 minutes, 32 seconds
Inquiry into insurers' responses to 2022 flood claims begins
It's supposed to be simple: If you're insured and your house gets damaged in a natural disaster, you should be able to process a claim in a timely fashion. But as the clean up from ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily continues in North Queensland this week, a parliamentary inquiry into insurers' responses to major flood claims in 2022 has heard the process is anything but simple. In fact, it can be traumatising for flood victims.
1/31/2024 • 6 minutes, 27 seconds
Welfare concerns for thousands of livestock stuck on vessel off WA coast
The fate of thousands of cattle and sheep on board a ship ordered back to Australia amid security concerns in the Red Sea remains unclear, as the vessel now sits off the coast of Western Australia nearly a month after its departure.The ship, operated by Israeli-based Bassem Dabbah Ltd, is facing biosecurity issues as livestock on board cannot be reintroduced to an Australian herd, despite not having docked at any other port.
1/31/2024 • 12 minutes, 5 seconds
The Arch of Reunification is gone so what's next for the two Koreas?
It was a monument that symbolised Pyongyang's dream of the two Koreas one day rejoining. For more than 20 years, the 30 metre high concrete Arch of Reunification stood over the Reunification Highway leading from Pyongyang to the Korean Demilitarized Zone. But new satellite images - analysed by NK News - suggest this huge arch has now been torn down.
1/31/2024 • 7 minutes, 8 seconds
Israeli forces dressed as doctors execute three Palestinian militants in West Bank hospital
Israeli special forces dressed in doctors’ scrubs and women’s clothes infiltrated a hospital on the West Bank yesterday where they carried out executions of three Palestinian militants.
1/31/2024 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Stuart Braithwaite reflects on the past, present and future of Mogwai
Forming in 1995, at a time when Brit Pop was king, Mogwai was an Indie Scottish post-rock band and everything about them was a rebellion - against being considered ‘British’, against pop music, against having lyrics for lyrics sake, and against big record labels.
1/31/2024 • 11 minutes
Why are teachers leaving the profession in droves?
Most Australian children return to class this week, but will there be teachers in their classrooms?In NSW alone the department of education estimates 10,000 classes a day miss out on adequate educational support in public schools.
1/31/2024 • 14 minutes, 55 seconds
Appeal for Australia to negotiate China-US detente
A group of 50 prominent Australians including two former Labor foreign ministers, Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty and two liberal ministers are calling for Australia to take a more active role in heading off a potential war between China and the USA.
1/31/2024 • 8 minutes, 6 seconds
Australian Border Force seizes 13 tonnes of disposable vapes
More than 13 tonnes of disposable vapes have been seized in the first large-scale bust in Australia since import bans took place on January 1. Around 150,000 disposable vapes worth $4.5 million were seized in two shipments in South Australia.
1/30/2024 • 5 minutes, 5 seconds
China approaches PNG with offer of more police and security assistance
Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister said yesterday that China had approached PNG with an offer of more police and security assistance.But the Federal Government says Australia remains PNG's closest security partner.
1/30/2024 • 8 minutes, 21 seconds
Business and finance: rental cliff nears as calls for tax reform grow
There have been growing calls for the government to diversify its tax policy so it isn’t so heavily reliant on income tax.
1/30/2024 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Fijian strongman secures new role in the Australian Army despite ongoing allegations
He was once the right-hand man to former Fiji coup leader and prime minister Frank Bainimarama. Now Colonel Penioni ‘Ben’ Naliva has been appointed as deputy commander of the Australian Army’s 7th Brigade.
1/30/2024 • 6 minutes, 32 seconds
Crime and punishment: Is there still a role for parole?
It’s common to see court cases depicted on TV and in movies or written up in the news; a guilty or not guilty verdict is often where the story ends but we rarely get to see and hear about another part of the prison system... parole.
1/30/2024 • 14 minutes
Ideological divide growing between men and women in younger generations
Generational divides have been as certain as death and taxes but recent data out of the US, UK, Germany and South Korea has revealed that there's a new ideological divide brewing, this time between genders.
1/30/2024 • 13 minutes, 49 seconds
Health minister urges patients to 'ring around' with fewer doctors bulk-billing
Doctors are increasingly turning away from bulk billing with an 11 per cent drop in bulk-billed clinics in the past 12 months.
1/30/2024 • 8 minutes
What can Australia learn from Norway about tackling far-right extremists?
The founder of the successful 'Exit' deradicalisation programs warns a 'naming and shaming' approach to far-right extremists is a risky strategy.
1/30/2024 • 8 minutes, 10 seconds
The 9-month cruise that's captivated the internet
A 9-month-long, 60-plus-stop world cruise has captivated the internet's imagination since it first set sail in early December.
1/29/2024 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
What are 'recovered fines' and how likely is asbestos in them?
20 years ago Asbestos was completely banned in Australia and yet about one in three homes still has the deadly material. Now reports are emerging of asbestos being found in processed soil or sand in landscaping products, sporting fields and residential developments.
1/29/2024 • 5 minutes, 50 seconds
X blocks Taylor Swift searches after millions view fake images
American pop icon Taylor Swift's stratospheric success and popularity has made her the target of dark forces. X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, has temporarily blocked searches of the pop icon, after sexually explicit deep fake images were circulated on the platform. One image was viewed 47 million times before the account was suspended. Even the White House has weighed in on the issue.
1/29/2024 • 7 minutes, 5 seconds
A Compassionate Spy
The documentary A Compassionate Spy explores the life and love story behind the youngest scientist on the team behind the atomic bomb Ted Hall, who risked everything to do what he thought was right.
1/29/2024 • 15 minutes
How to help your child through back-to-school jitters
The 2024 school year kicks off this week much to the relief of parents who have been counting down the remaining days of school holidays like a prison sentence.
1/29/2024 • 14 minutes, 13 seconds
Court orders Chinese property giant Evergrande to liquidate
A Hong Kong court has ordered the liquidation of China Evergrande, a move likely to send shockwaves through China's financial markets as policymakers scramble to contain a deepening crisis.Evergrande, the world's most indebted property developer with more than $450 billion ($US300b) of liabilities, defaulted on its offshore debt in late 2021 and has become emblematic of a debt crisis that has engulfed China's property sector.
1/29/2024 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
Carbon Counter: Why Chinese-made EVs are dominating the Australian market
China already builds around 85 per cent of the electric vehicles sold in Australia including Teslas, Polestars, Volvos and some BMWs.
1/29/2024 • 7 minutes, 57 seconds
Friday Wrap: Australia Day, Scomo scuttles off and tax cut tussles
Anthony Albanese scraps the Stage 3 Tax Cuts in favour of 'middle Australia' and Australia marks its national day with celebration and mourning.
1/26/2024 • 21 minutes, 34 seconds
As Sydney swelters a pop-up cooling hub offers refuge for the city's disadvantaged
There’s nothing that says Australia quite like a sweltering 30-degree day with thick humidity on our national holiday, but a day like today can be more than just unbearable, it can be deadly.
1/26/2024 • 6 minutes, 55 seconds
Oh Lordy! It's Mo Laudi!
When Mo moved across the seas to Europe he brought South Africa’s AfroHouse music with him. Running Afroelectronic club nights and inviting all sorts of African DJ’s to play bringing sounds and communities together in Paris and London.
1/26/2024 • 13 minutes
What Australia Day means for Senator Malarndirri McCarthy
Australia Day means different things for different people.For some of you, it's about becoming an Australian citizen. For others, it's a holiday and a day to celebrate a chapter of this land's history. But for some of you too this is a day of mourning and a reminder that this country's journey to reconciliation with First Nations people is a long one.For Labor Senator Malarndirri McCarthy this day has come to have a new meaning. It's a personal one. She says she feels gratitude today because her son is ok.
1/26/2024 • 9 minutes, 34 seconds
Australian open delights and dismays fans
While there have been some spectacular displays of tennis from the likes of rising Chinese star Zheng Qinwen and Men’s World number one Novak Djokovic, the scheduling of the tournament has left many fans upset.
1/26/2024 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
What are Australia's most painful animals?
Australia is known for its deadly creature, but what are the most painful to be stung by?
1/26/2024 • 12 minutes, 26 seconds
What makes an Australian of the year?
For some, it was their life's work to the sciences or arts that earned them the top honour like plastic surgeon Fiona Wood who invented spray on skin for burns victims.
1/25/2024 • 9 minutes, 17 seconds
How Israel's media is covering the war in Gaza
A free and open press has long been considered essential in holding power to accountability, especially during times of conflict but there’s growing concern about the erosion of these principles in Israel.
1/25/2024 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Employers call on Fair Work Commission to reduce minimum wage rise
The business lobby wants the Fair Work Commission to reduce the size of this year's increase to the minimum wage in response to revised stage 3 tax cuts.Under the revised stage 3 plan, a minimum wage earner will receive a $826 tax cut.
1/25/2024 • 9 minutes, 50 seconds
Is cinema a language about to die, an art about to be lost?
What happens when you sit down with 16 directors and ask them about the future of cinema and do the answers differ when you revisit that same question 40 years later?We speak to the director of a documentary, about a documentary, about film.
1/25/2024 • 10 minutes
Significant increase in prisoners who haven't been convicted
There's been a seven per cent increase in prisoners on remand and an almost 20 per cent increase in women committing burglaries.
1/25/2024 • 6 minutes, 49 seconds
Have you ever broken a promise and why?
It's safe to say you have probably broken a promise at some point in your life. But why did you do it and was it for the right reasons? Fairness can be a rather subjective thing.The Federal Government has today broken an election promise to leave Stage 3 tax cuts - for high income earners - unchanged. But some high income earners say it's the right thing to do.
1/25/2024 • 9 minutes, 42 seconds
We are doing the right thing says PM on Stage 3 tax cut changes
Remember John Howard's famous distinction between "core" and "non-core" election promises?What about Tony Abbott's 2013 election promise of "no cuts to education, no cuts to health and no cuts to the ABC or SBS"? Well today we received confirmation of another policy about-turn with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing changes to the Stage 3 tax cuts at the National Press Club.
1/25/2024 • 8 minutes, 4 seconds
Big Tech: How Artificial Intelligence is interfering in the US election
The US state of New Hampshire is investigating reports that an apparent robocall used Artificial Intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden's voice, discouraging voters from going to the polls.
1/25/2024 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
Cyclone Kirrily upgraded to category 3, North Queensland braces for impact
The mayor of Townsville has foreshadowed that the now category three cyclone could damage thousands of homes in her city, some so badly they could be rendered uninhabitable.
1/24/2024 • 7 minutes, 6 seconds
ACCC to investigate why the price of your food seems so expensive
Australia's competition watchdog will now investigate supermarket pricing, after the prime minister announced a new probe led by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
1/24/2024 • 6 minutes, 26 seconds
United Nations protests use of untested method in pending Alabama execution
On November 17, 2022, Kenneth Smith became the second living person in the US to survive an attempted execution. This Friday, he will face death again via a method that has never been used in a US execution: nitrogen hypoxia.
1/24/2024 • 7 minutes, 32 seconds
Paul Barry on why Kim Williams is 'ideally suited' to be ABC chair
Former News Limited CEO Kim Williams has been announced as the next ABC chair to replace Ita Buttrose when her term expires in March.
1/24/2024 • 9 minutes, 17 seconds
Stage 3 tax cuts to be revised
It was a question that for a very long time got an adamant 'no' from the Albanese government: Would the government break an election promise and revise its Stage 3 tax cuts?As the cost of living crisis continues, the government has started 2024 with a change of heart with stage 3 tax cuts to be made less generous for high-income earners.
1/24/2024 • 8 minutes, 25 seconds
Is India's new temple the beginning of a turning point for the country?
This week Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a new Hindu temple where a sacred 16th century mosque was destroyed decades ago.
1/24/2024 • 7 minutes, 17 seconds
North Queensland prepares for inundation from expected cyclone
In north Queensland, the threat level of a storm developing in the Coral Sea is intensifying, with authorities likely to declare it a cyclone on Wednesday.
1/24/2024 • 6 minutes, 34 seconds
Enjoying a snoop. Why we love looking at 'Other Peoples Homes'
We're a nation obsessed by houses and one woman has tapped into our fascination with ‘other people's homes' with her passion project and new book.
1/24/2024 • 14 minutes
Middle Australia: You'll hear it a lot this year but what is it?
You had "Howard's battlers" and the aspirational voters and you had Morrison's "quiet Australians".Now you have Albanese's "Middle Australia" with the Federal government set to change the Stage 3 tax cuts - something they said they wouldn't do both during and after the last election.
1/24/2024 • 11 minutes, 10 seconds
Donald Trump wins New Hampshire primary as Nikki Hayley vows to continue
Despite being criminally indicted on 91 counts, facing the threat of having his business shut down in New York State over a civil suit and having being barred from the ballot in Colorado, Republican voters it seems just can't get enough of the former President.
1/24/2024 • 8 minutes, 30 seconds
Former ACCC chief calls for in-depth inquiry into supermarket sector
As the supermarket sector continues to haul in super profits to the tune of billions, demands for greater oversight are growing.
1/23/2024 • 4 minutes, 54 seconds
Women faced alleged violence, sexual assaults in evacuation centres during 2022 Northern Rivers Floods
February will mark two years since the devastating Northern Rivers floods saw the Tweed Valley inundated by a wall of water.
1/23/2024 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Russian hacker first to be sanctioned over Medibank hack
The government has named, shamed and sanctioned a Russian hacker over the 2022 Medibank data breach, which exposed the personal details of millions of Australians.
1/23/2024 • 9 minutes, 3 seconds
Once forbidden technology, AI now being embraced in the classroom
Australian education ministers have reversed earlier bans on students using AI platforms like ChatGPT.They’ve set up a framework guiding how the technology can be used and this year it will be formally rolled out in all Australian public schools.
1/23/2024 • 7 minutes, 28 seconds
Surrogacy: Deplorable or desirable?
At a time of growing concern about plummeting birth rates, the number of babies born to surrogates is rising globally.But what kind of woman is willing to give over her body to create another human life out of the goodness of her heart?
1/23/2024 • 12 minutes
The prices of nickel and lithium are crashing, should you care?
Without nickel and lithium, you wouldn’t have that battery in your phone, or in other important things like your smoke alarms. Use cutlery? Nickel is a key ingredient.
1/23/2024 • 6 minutes, 18 seconds
Would you use a tracking app on your family?
Tracking apps are becoming more common, and some people use them to make sure their loved ones are safe.
1/23/2024 • 15 minutes, 1 second
Are stage 3 tax cuts on their last legs?
Scott Morrison is leaving politics. Could his Stage 3 Tax Cuts follow him out the door?
1/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 57 seconds
Law Council warns Labor's legal cost changes could overwhelm courts
Australia’s peak legal body is warning the federal government’s proposed changes to legal costs in sexual harassment and discrimination cases could have consequences for the functionality of the legal system in Australia.
1/22/2024 • 5 minutes, 17 seconds
Are antidepressants being over prescribed?
There's growing concern among medical professions that people with depression are being wrongly prescribed antidepressants or are staying on them for too long.
1/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 52 seconds
Teal Allegra Spender says government should show more ambition on energy solutions
As the government looks to sure up energy supply and keep the lights on, there's growing pressure on Labor to deliver cost of living relief.
1/22/2024 • 9 minutes
Hawai'i fires up mega battery to replace coal power plant
It's a critical step in the island state's transition to renewables with the the project's owner describing it as the "most advanced grid-scale energy storage system in the world".
1/22/2024 • 7 minutes, 54 seconds
Corrupt cop Roger Rogerson dead at 83
The former policeman at the centre of one of New South Wales’ biggest corruption cases, Roger Rogerson, has died aged 83.
1/22/2024 • 3 minutes, 49 seconds
Voice Activated
Imagine trying to use voice activation like Siri with a stutter. It’s just another reminder of the aspects of modern life that aren't made for everyone.
1/22/2024 • 13 minutes
How's the humidity: what it's doing to your body and will it get worse
Humidity levels in eastern Australia have been higher than usual lately, mimicking more traditionally more tropical areas.
1/22/2024 • 13 minutes, 52 seconds
It's back to Canberra early for a government under siege over costs of living
The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called an urgent Labor caucus meeting this Wednesday, recalling his ministers two weeks earlier than normal to brainstorm new solutions to the cost of living crisis.
1/22/2024 • 9 minutes, 49 seconds
Friday Wrap: COP28 'phases out' fossil fuel, QLD swaps premiers and 2023's Naughty & Nice List
GUESTS:
12/15/2023 • 19 minutes, 33 seconds
Some Christmas cheer with the Australian Girls Choir
A selection of the choristers from The Australian Girls Choir joined Andy in the studio to sing some Christmas songs. They sang Jingle Bell Rock, The Man With The Bag and Carol of the Bells.Guests:Tanya RomeoIsabelle OgierMiranda ChargeLucy ChisholmSophie CrookshanksAlannah DundasApril FordSarah FyvieSienna HazellMelanie HigginsLauren HirstEmily LathamIsabelle OgierIsabel OsbonReya Ramanujachari
12/15/2023 • 9 minutes
Australia's coal fired power plants continue to loose their oomph
According to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s latest roadmap Australia’s last coal power plant would shut in 2038, five years earlier than expected.
12/15/2023 • 10 minutes, 41 seconds
Jim Maxwell celebrates 50 years
The voice of summer, Jim Maxwell, has just reached an impressive milestone – 50 years – a half ton on the scoreboard at the ABC.
12/15/2023 • 11 minutes, 18 seconds
Australian wins the 2023 Microsoft Excel World Championship
Sydney-based actuary Andrew 'The Annihilator' Ngai has won the spreadsheet world championship for the third time. Guest:Andrew Ngai
12/15/2023 • 6 minutes, 3 seconds
What's your perfect Christmas lunch?
There's no one way to do it here in Australia, some of us spend the day in the backyard, others BBQ on the beach, from cold lunches to roast dinners.
12/15/2023 • 13 minutes, 34 seconds
Big Tech: The top tech stories of 2023
Hallucinate has been crowned Dictionary.com’s word of the year.
12/14/2023 • 6 minutes, 51 seconds
How copyright law can improve artificial intelligence
In the 1890’s the pianola was the biggest case in copyright law. Musicians and writers were worried it would make them redundant. Well, there’s another similar copyright case underway at the moment that will have a huge effect on the way we use generative A.I platforms from music and art to coding.Guest:Matthew Butterick, lawyer
12/14/2023 • 15 minutes
Is it ever ok to prolong an ailing pet's life?
Would you give your dog a drug if it meant they’d be around for 2-5 years longer?
12/14/2023 • 12 minutes, 56 seconds
New study reveals reason for severe morning sickness
More than two-thirds of women suffer from morning sickness in their first trimester. However, for some women, it’s a much bigger problem that can cause harm and risk to mother and child. Now a new study has confirmed the cause of severe morning sickness or Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG)Guest:Dr Marlena Fejzo, co-author and geneticist at USC Keck School of Medicine
12/14/2023 • 8 minutes, 34 seconds
Kathleen Folbigg's convictions for killing her four children overturned by NSW court
The decision to overturn her conviction has been celebrated by Folbigg’s longtime friends and supporters
12/14/2023 • 9 minutes, 23 seconds
Jim Chalmers: A second surplus is within "striking distance"
There was a mid-year budget update today and Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says a second consecutive surplus is within striking distance.Better than expected tax revenues – particularly from commodity prices and corporate profits – have slashed the budget deficit to just over $1 billion, an improvement of $12 billion.
12/13/2023 • 15 minutes, 39 seconds
Long live The Brutes: Brutalist buildings in Sydney
They’re often derided, ignored, and under-loved. They’re in almost every city, they are buildings in the Brutalist architectural style - affectionately known as 'The Brutes'.A chance encounter outside Sydney’s famous Sirius building, led author Heidi Dokulil to investigate everything about this architectural style for her new book, Sydney Brutalism.Guest:Heidi Dokulil, design writer and author
12/13/2023 • 15 minutes
Australia votes for UN resolution demanding a Gaza ceasefire
Israel says those who voted in favour of today's UN resolution, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, are supporting the survival of jihadist terrorism. 153 members of the United Nations General Assembly backed the resolution -- including Australia -- with the U-S, Israel and eight others voting against it.
12/13/2023 • 10 minutes, 55 seconds
BTS stars join South Korean army
What does the future hold for K-pop's biggest stars?
12/13/2023 • 7 minutes, 19 seconds
Australia bans engineered stone
Federal, state and territory ministers announced the decision today with the ban to take effect from July 1 next year.
12/13/2023 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Tropical Cyclone Jasper makes landfall in Queensland
Tropical Cyclone Jasper has now started to cross the far north Queensland coast, making landfall near Wujal Wujal, north of Cairns.
12/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 27 seconds
Have Christmas beetles made their long awaited comeback?
Where have all the Christmas beetles gone?
12/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 26 seconds
US State Department whistleblower says arms transfers to Israel lack oversight
The United States has long been the biggest backer of Israel’s military capabilities, providing billions of dollars in military assistance every year.
12/12/2023 • 11 minutes, 32 seconds
Track Works: A pastiche of opera's greatest hits
Opera is often as much about the venue and the occasion as the music. Think of the sumptuous opera houses of Europe filled with black ties, dainty ladies with binoculars, and the chink of champagne flutes. But one opera company has broken the rules by performing in the public toilets in the Queen Victoria Building.Their new performance Track Works goes even further, taking up a wonderfully historical building normally associated with death. Very operatic indeed.Guest: Thomas De Angelis, Artistic DirectorEden Shifroni, Soprano
12/12/2023 • 12 minutes
Is demand for our universities falling?
Fewer year 12 students are applying for university with applications through the University Admissions Centre (UAC) at its lowest level in more than a decade.
12/12/2023 • 11 minutes, 10 seconds
Is demand for university degrees falling?
Fewer year 12 students are applying for university with applications through the University Admissions Centre (UAC) at its lowest level in more than a decade.
12/12/2023 • 10 minutes, 42 seconds
Cyclone Jasper to strengthen as it nears Queensland Coast.
Cyclone Jasper is set to gather strength as it moves closer to the north Queensland Coast.
12/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 52 seconds
Cash payments under new threat
Australia's cash payments system could be at risk, with the Reserve Bank Governor warning today that the collapse in cash is starting to strain the entire system.
12/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
'A war zone inside his head': Vic cororner urges concussion changes following death of AFL player Shane Tuck
A Victorian coroner has made a series of recommendations to prevent head trauma in the AFL following the tragic death of former player Shane Tuck, who took his own life after suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
12/11/2023 • 8 minutes, 36 seconds
Federal Government releases its Migration Strategy
Almost nine months after the review into the migration system was handed over to the Federal Government, the migration strategy has finally been released. There are significant changes on the horizon. Visa processes will be tightened in a bid to reduce the migration intake and there will be tougher minimum English language requirements for international students.
12/11/2023 • 12 minutes, 50 seconds
COP28: Chris Bowen urges nations to ‘end the use of fossil fuels’
There is 24 hours lefts in official negotiating time before the United Nations climate summit – COP28 – is scheduled to end.
12/11/2023 • 9 minutes, 13 seconds
Primary school students driving the revival of the Wiradjuri language in central NSW
Kookaburra … billabong … corella … quandong - these words have become quintessential to our language in Australia but do you know which language they come from?
12/11/2023 • 6 minutes, 9 seconds
Where did all the hominins go?
Why have you got a chin? Why can you dance, when other bipeds can’t? Did you know that your DNA has fragments of ghostly code from early hominids for whom we haven't found any other physical evidence?Go back in time to when there were at least nine different hominins roaming the earth at the same time ... Human Origins: A Short History outlines our fellow hominins and thinks about how we became the last ones standing.Guest: Sarah Wild, author and journalist
12/11/2023 • 12 minutes
Heritage or homes: which is more important?
When it comes to choosing between our history and our future, can we be sure we’re making the right choices?
12/11/2023 • 13 minutes, 20 seconds
Queensland's Health Minister throws hat in the ring after Premier resigns
At the height of the pandemic, the premiers were arguably the most powerful leaders in the country.They were your daily constant as they gave updates on the COVID crisis. But one by one they have exited public life, often citing exhaustion. Now the last COVID Premier, Queensland's Annastacia Palaszczuk, has announced her resignation after nine years in the top job.
12/11/2023 • 9 minutes, 25 seconds
Sports and politics: chalk and cheese, or a perfect match?
Sport and politics, who says they never mixed?
12/8/2023 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
The strangest science stories of 2023
2023 has been a year full of science - from the strange to outright concerning.
12/8/2023 • 8 minutes, 20 seconds
Ten Tenors
The Ten Tenors join Andy live in the studio to chat about what makes a Tenor, life with the group, and sing a couple of their favourite tunes. Guests: Michael EdwardsCameron BarclayBoyd OwenJared NewallAdrian LiDonniJoseph NaimAmmon BennettJesse LaytBenjamin Clark
12/8/2023 • 13 minutes
Australian live music venues shutter as post-pandemic punters dwindle
An annual review of the Australian music industry by APRA AMCOS has revealed that we’ve lost 1,300 small and mid-sized live music venues in Australia since the start of the COVID pandemic, one-third of the entire sector.
12/8/2023 • 12 minutes, 12 seconds
Sweltering through this heatwave? Here's how to stay cool
How are you coping? And what can you do now to prepare?
12/8/2023 • 7 minutes, 27 seconds
Settler violence surges on the West Bank as Palestinian Authority's influence wanes
Observers say that settlers have become more emboldened since the election of a right-wing Israeli government in November last year.
12/7/2023 • 11 minutes, 59 seconds
A key architect of the NDIS hands down his review
"No-one wants to go back to the days of the misery Olympics … when Australians were at the mercy of a broken system" and "when Australians with disability were forced to rely on charity to fundraise for wheelchairs, or a place to live".Those were the opening words of the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and government services, Bill Shorten at the National Press Club today as he responded to a long-awaited review into the NDIS.
12/7/2023 • 10 minutes, 58 seconds
Big Tech: QUT releases children's internet manifesto, Meta accused of being 'breeding ground' for child predators
Researchers from Queensland University of Technology have launched a guide aiming at creating an internet more suitable to the needs of kids – called the Manifesto For A Better Children’s Internet.
12/7/2023 • 8 minutes, 28 seconds
Why we find cute things so irresistible
Maybe you’ve heard the expression “being a bit too cute”? Someone pushing the boundaries, going a bit far, maybe even being a bit pushy or cunning.Joshua Paul Dale studies the psychological and biological reactions to cute things like puppies and babies and how the digital world and AI is preying on your very human reaction to these stimuli in his new book Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World'
12/7/2023 • 11 minutes
The do's and don'ts of supporting a loved one with a chronic illness
Watching someone you love struggle with a chronic illness can be tough and often hard to find the right words.
12/7/2023 • 9 minutes, 34 seconds
Labor's IR reforms are a bit like a Christmas carol
On the first day of Christmas, Senators David Pocock and Jacqui Lambie split the legislation with a private Senators' bill.On the second day of Christmas, the Teals said they weren't going to be rushed into reading 100 new amendments.On the third day of Christmas, the Minerals Council and the big lobbyists converged on Capital Hill. And now, on the final joint sitting day of parliament, the Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke gave the crossbench four calling birds.
12/7/2023 • 9 minutes, 9 seconds
NSW council shamed over shoddy Christmas decorating
One council on the mid-north coast of NSW has been shamed for it’s decorating efforts on their town Christmas tree, with locals vowing to take the reins of future decorating for the holiday season.
12/6/2023 • 5 minutes, 48 seconds
Global shipping routes at risk as Israel-Gaza war rages
Earlier this week Houthi rebels attacked a US warship and three commercial vessels off the Yemeni coast.Shipowners are now calling for more military protection.
12/6/2023 • 6 minutes, 5 seconds
Asia Edit: Chinese boats 'swarm' near Philippines reef
The Philippine Coast Guard says more than 135 Chinese vessels "swarmed" a disputed South China Sea reef within the country's exclusive economic zone.
12/6/2023 • 10 minutes, 29 seconds
Australia's only helium plant shuts down
The only helium production plant in the southern hemisphere, located in Darwin, has shut down after its gas supply was exhausted.
12/6/2023 • 5 minutes, 37 seconds
Boris Frankel: From Capitalism to Communism and back again
How strongly do you believe in your political convictions? Strong enough to whisk your family away to the other side of the world to pursue your communist ideals?Boris Frankel was ten when his dad decided to move to the Soviet Union - they were already on an ASIO watch list at the time due to their red-coloured friends in the 1950s. But did the Frankel’s find a perfect communist dream in Russia?Boris tells the tales of the cast of characters and the challenges they came across in his new book 'No Country for Idealists'Guest:Boris Frankel, author
12/6/2023 • 15 minutes
Christmas cards still bringing seasonal cheer to letterboxes across Australia
Do you still send Christmas cards to your loved ones near and far?
12/6/2023 • 10 minutes
It's in the mail, every second day
This Christmas is the last time you can expect daily well wishes - or more costly utility bills - in your letterbox. That’s because from next year, letters will only be delivered every two days.
12/6/2023 • 8 minutes, 57 seconds
Lower House sits to rush through preventative detention laws
The Federal Government warned last week that parliament wouldn't rise until all of the government's immigration laws passed both houses and that's what we're seeing unfold today.In the wake of the High Court ruling - that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful - the government is trying to rush through the lower house legislation that could see some former immigration detainees locked up again.
12/6/2023 • 10 minutes, 13 seconds
Federal Treasurer hosts another Investor Roundtable
Roundtables: they're the corporate versions of experts coming together to put ideas on to butcher paper. And that's how the Federal Treasurer has been tapping into investment. In the past 12 months, Jim Chalmers has been hosting a series of Investor Roundtables and today the focus was on the transformation to net zero, defence and social impact investments. The big end of town was there for the talks - representing $2.5 trillion in capital.
12/5/2023 • 8 minutes, 28 seconds
'Absolutely not': Saudi Arabia refuses to commit to oil phaseout at COP28
"Absolutely not”
12/5/2023 • 8 minutes, 49 seconds
Rates on hold for Christmas as ASX underperforms its global peers
The Reserve Bank of Australia announced earlier this afternoon that interest rates will remain on hold at 4.35% in the final rates decision for 2023.
12/5/2023 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Taking a trip down 'Meth Road'
You’ve probably never heard of Dale Francis Drake. Still, just like in the hit series Breaking Bad, his entrepreneurialism not only went unnoticed by law enforcement but became a blueprint for the methamphetamine business worldwide…Australia's obsession with the drug is the focus of the new book Meth Road.Guest:Conor Woodman, Author and journalist
12/5/2023 • 15 minutes, 44 seconds
Taking a trip down 'Meth Road'
Like in the hit series Breaking Bad, Dale Francis Drake's entrepreneurialism not only went unnoticed by law enforcement but became a blueprint for the methamphetamine business worldwide.Australia's obsession with the drug is the focus of the new book Meth Road.Guest:Conor Woodman, Author and journalist
12/5/2023 • 15 minutes, 44 seconds
AG personally approved HIgh Court intervention challenging lawfulness of indefinite detention
A letter tabled in the senate has revealed that the Attorney General Mark Dreyfus personally approved the Australian Human Rights Commissions intervention in the High Court, challenging the lawfulness of indefinite immigration detention.
12/5/2023 • 7 minutes, 57 seconds
History is officially cool again
From the Roman Empire, to the Pharaohs, to Napoleon Bonaparte – history feels cool again, and it's popping up everywhere in our popular culture.
12/5/2023 • 12 minutes, 7 seconds
World's largest iceberg on the move
The Antarctic iceberg A23a, which is roughly double the size of the Australian Capital Territory, is moving for the first time in 30 years.
12/5/2023 • 7 minutes, 2 seconds
Labor MP Peta Murphy remembered as friend and dedicated public servant
The Federal Member for Dunkley died at the age of 50.
12/4/2023 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Lithuania continues to stand firm against Russian aggression
Squeezed between the heavily militarised Russian enclave Kaliningrad to the south, and the pro-Russian Belarus to its east, the past two years have proven that Lithuania understands bravery better than most.
12/4/2023 • 11 minutes, 6 seconds
Supermarket profits to be interrogated by Senate inquiry
After a year of bumper annual profits, a Senate inquiry will now look at the big supermarkets’ pricing decisions and market power.
12/4/2023 • 9 minutes, 18 seconds
Environmental groups criticize Origin takeover rejection
A bid to take over Origin Energy by Brookfield and EIG has been rejected after narrowly failing to gain the 75 per cent majority required. The ASX is rising strongly on a record gold price.
12/4/2023 • 5 minutes, 49 seconds
Israel obtained Hamas attack plans one year before October 7
Approximately 40-pages long, an intelligence document code-named “Jericho Wall” by Israeli authorities details point by point a hypothetical invasion of Israeli cities and key military bases
12/4/2023 • 9 minutes, 52 seconds
Cracking the glass mystery
Look around you right now ... wherever you are, you're likely to be surrounded by glass ... windows, reading glasses, device screens, drinking glass or maybe a vase.Despite making glass for thousands of years, we still don’t fully understand what type of material it is and what happens to it over time.Guest:Peter Harrowell, Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Sydney
12/4/2023 • 13 minutes
Woodside gets the green light for its Scarborough environmental plan
Just over two months ago the Federal Court ruled that Woodside's environmental plan for its massive West Australian Scarborough gas development should never have been approved. But Woodside has now been given the green light to immediately start seismic blasting and drilling.
12/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 21 seconds
Could artificial intelligence do your job?
We know that right now Australian jobs are being lost to AI, but so far the impact has mostly been under the radar.
12/4/2023 • 13 minutes, 13 seconds
The Friday Wrap
GUESTS:
12/1/2023 • 23 minutes, 7 seconds
Noisycharts turns data into sound
What does Sydney’s record-breaking rainfall sound like? Global emissions casuing climate change? What about the share price of Facebook plummeting?
12/1/2023 • 5 minutes, 18 seconds
Foy Vance finds his guiding light
Foy Vance is known for his gravelly voice and eclectic musical style that blends elements of folk, soul, and blues.His emotive music is regularly used to tug at heart your heartstrings in television and films and you’ll get to hear why when he plays his hits Guiding Light and She Burns live in the studio. Guest: Foy Vance, musician
12/1/2023 • 21 minutes
Detainee 142: Who is Ned Kelly Emeralds?
"Such is life" were the reported last words of bushranger Ned Kelly.But there is another Ned Kelly. Both saw themselves as enemies of the state, even outlaws. Ned Kelly Emeralds is an Iranian national who arrived by boat in 2013 and since then, has been in immigration detention, released this week after the High Court ruled that indefinite detention is unlawful.
12/1/2023 • 9 minutes, 33 seconds
Updated anti-siphoning scheme aims to keep iconic sporting moments on free TV
The federal government is bringing in new laws in order to prevent 'iconic' sport moments slipping behind TV paywalls.
12/1/2023 • 7 minutes, 28 seconds
Do new motorways just create more traffic?
In Sydney, the drivers of the inner-west were met with lengthy delays this week, possibly due to the new Rozelle interchange that opened on Sunday. So what went wrong?
12/1/2023 • 9 minutes, 46 seconds
COP28 conference to begin with agreement on Loss and Damage
It’s hoped this year’s COP28 will see developed countries agree on the details of a long awaited loss and damage fund to compensate poorer countries for the impacts of climate change.
11/30/2023 • 10 minutes, 9 seconds
Violence in the West Bank escalates as ceasefire continues in Gaza
While the world’s eyes remain fixated on Gaza, an escalation in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem has gone largely unnoticed.
11/30/2023 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
US Supreme Court hears case that could uproot American regulators
At the heart of the Securities and Exchange Commission v Jarkesy case is one of the bedrock principles of the American constitution: the right to a trial by jury.
11/30/2023 • 12 minutes, 14 seconds
'Empty Nets': A quiet tragedy
If you know even the slightest thing about Iranian cinema, it’s consumed by love and subtlety … love because, well all cinema is about love, but subtlety out of necessity.Iranian state censors won’t permit anything overt so directors like Behrooz Karamizade need to get creative. He talks about how he got around censorship in his new film Empty Nets.Guest:Behrooz Karamizade, Director
11/30/2023 • 13 minutes
OpenAI founder Sam Altman cagey about reasons he was fired
OpenAI founder Sam Altman says he's "never been more excited about the future", as he returns as CEO after a dramatic few weeks in which he was fired by the tech company’s board and then rehired.
11/30/2023 • 6 minutes, 24 seconds
Saving money at Christmas time
All around the world, people are pulling back on Christmas this year – and two thirds of Australians say they are looking to spend less.
11/30/2023 • 11 minutes, 10 seconds
Henry Kissinger, controversial US statesman, dead at 100
Controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner, statesman and diplomat, Henry Kissinger, who served under two U-S presidents, has died at the age of 100.
11/30/2023 • 9 minutes, 48 seconds
PM Anthony Albanese issues apology for 'thalidomide tragedy'
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has issued a national apology to all Australians affected by the "thalidomide tragedy".
11/29/2023 • 10 minutes, 19 seconds
Minerals Council speaks out against Labor's IR reforms
First it was the Senate giving Labor grief over its industrial relations omnibus bill, with Senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock symbolically splitting the legislation with their private senators' bills. Then five of the teal independents yesterday warned the Government to not try and rush more than 100 new amendments through the lower house this week.Now the big end of town is in the bush capital speaking out against the IR reforms including the CEO of the Minerals Council of Australia, Tania Constable.
11/29/2023 • 4 minutes, 40 seconds
Labor Friends of Palestine call for permanent Gaza ceasefire
A community delegation of Australian Labor Party members from Western Sydney met with government MPs in Parliament House calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
11/29/2023 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
UAE accused of leveraging COP28 climate summit to push fossil fuels
The world's nations will gather in the United Arab Emirates from tomorrow for the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP28.
11/29/2023 • 8 minutes, 7 seconds
Four nights and 15 hours: Performing Wagner's epic 'Ring Cycle'
It's a story based on Norse mythology involving dragons and maidens, Gods and gold. The struggle of choosing between power and love … two human but ultimately incompatible pursuits. It could only be Wagner's The Ring Cycle.Often described using words like epic the roughly 15-hour performance spread over four operas may seem daunting to some, but Opera singer Daniel Sumegi who’s playing the protagonist Wotan or The Wanderer, King of the Gods says not to overthink it.You can see him in Opera Australia's performance in Brisbane.Guest:Daniel Sumegi, Bass-baritone Opera Singer
11/29/2023 • 13 minutes
The Government attempts to send some non-citizens back behind bars following HC ruling
The Federal Government is working to finalise new legislation which could send some non-citizens back behind bars, a day after the High Court published its reasons for ruling that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful.
11/29/2023 • 8 minutes, 41 seconds
Political instability continues in New Caledonia
After three failed referendums in three years on self-determination, New Caledonia's political future is still in doubt.
11/29/2023 • 6 minutes, 5 seconds
What's the point of Expos and World's fairs?
Back in 1988 at Expo 88, the good people of Brisbane showed the world how to put on a grand and beautiful spectacle.
11/29/2023 • 13 minutes, 15 seconds
High Court releases reasons into landmark immigration ruling
All seven justices of the High Court were of the opinion that indefinite immigration detention for people with no prospect of deportation was unlawful.Its reasons were finally reasons today.
11/28/2023 • 8 minutes, 33 seconds
Could the Teals vote aganist Labor's IR reforms?
In the last joint sitting week for the year, Labor's industrial relations program appears to be unravelling. Labor doesn't want to split its omnibus bill. It's now trying to pass more than 100 amendments in the lower house this week. The Teals, however, are not happy.
11/28/2023 • 9 minutes, 31 seconds
New Zealand's new government scraps age-based smoking bans
New Zealand new government will wind back plans for age-based smoking bans to fund income tax cuts.
11/28/2023 • 5 minutes, 18 seconds
Uncovering Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock more than any other auteur in the 20th century understood the combination of sound when paired with emotion and suspense.Added to that was his uncanny understanding of branding and marketing for example he once locked the doors of the cinema during the premiere of Psycho. If you don't love Hitchcock, you're about to, as the new documentary My Name is Alfred Hitchcock explores the sometimes malevolent art of Hitchcockian cinema. Guest: Dr Wendy Haslem, Associate Professor in Screen Studies at the University of Melbourne
11/28/2023 • 16 minutes
Cozzie livs beats outs scrotox, delulu and rizz to take out Macquarie Dictionary's 2023 Word of the Year
If you could sum up 2023 in one word, what would it be?
11/28/2023 • 12 minutes, 10 seconds
Irrigators say water buybacks will have 'irreversible consequences' for river communities
Irrigators say the decision to resume water buybacks in the Murray Darling Basin is a return to 'groundhog day'.
11/28/2023 • 8 minutes, 58 seconds
Bruce Lehrmann tells court he believes Brittany Higgins's fiance sent him threatening email
Speaking today in Federal Court, Mr Lehrmann gave evidence on the fifth day of the defamation trial he has brought against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson.
11/28/2023 • 4 minutes, 23 seconds
Rate rise possible as cost-of-living pressures continue to bite
The latest retail sales numbers were released by the ABS today, and they were unexpectedly low.
11/28/2023 • 8 minutes, 12 seconds
'There are no jobs on a dead river' says the Greens as they secure a deal with Labor
It's considered the food bowl of eastern Australia and a precious ecosystem with its 25,000 wetlands but the Murray Darling Basin has also been the battleground for the states and the Commonwealth over water allocations.In a significant development today, the federal government has struck a deal with the Greens that could see hundreds of gigalitres of water used for farming in the Basin, returned to the environment through Commonwealth buybacks.
11/27/2023 • 17 minutes, 28 seconds
New South Wales to become the final state to provide access to Voluntary Assisted Dying
From 6am tomorrow morning, New South Wales will begin receiving the state’s first applications from terminally ill people wanting to legally end their lives.
11/27/2023 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
It's the hackers versus the hunters in the ransomware war
Right now, a secretive war is being waged, pitting hackers against their hunters, in a game in which no one fully knows the true cost, but it's likely in the tens of billions of dollars.The world's most sought-after ransomware hunter gets more requests than the FBI each day, and it turns out he lives in relative poverty in the town of Normal, Illinois, with 8 cats, two dogs and a bunny rabbit.Welcome to the world of The Ransomware Hunting TeamGuest:Renee Dudley, author
11/27/2023 • 25 minutes
Taste test: Can you learn to love the flavours you hate?
Is there one food that induces dry retching any time you think of it?
11/27/2023 • 12 minutes, 25 seconds
Home Affairs Department Secretary Michael Pezzullo sacked
The Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs Michael Pezzullo is officially out of work after he was found to have breached the Australian Public Service Code of Conduct on at least 14 occasions.It comes two months after Nine Newspapers alleged that the senior public servant sent a series of messages to Liberal party powerbroker Scott Briggs, including disparaging comments about members of the former Coalition Government and advice on ministerial appointments over a number of years.The Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil promptly referred the allegations to the Public Service Commissioner and an independent inquiry recommended his appointment as a Secretary be terminated.
11/27/2023 • 8 minutes, 21 seconds
The Friday Wrap
GUESTS:Kerry Chikarovski, former New South Wales Liberal leader and director of Chikarovski and Associates
11/24/2023 • 21 minutes, 49 seconds
Anxious wait as Gaza ceasefire comes into force
A ceasefire has come into effect for the first time in Gaza since the conflict began on October 7.In the coming hours, Hamas is set to return 13 of the more than 230 hostages it has been holding in the enclave.
11/24/2023 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
A German composer writes an Italian opera for an English stage
Rinaldo by Handel tells the story of love, war and redemption, set at the time of the First Crusade.It was the first Italian language opera written for the London stage and enjoyed great popularity until it was forgotten for two hundred years. It is the latest offering from Pinchgut Opera. Guests:Alexandra Oomens, SopranoErin Helyard, Artistic Director
11/24/2023 • 13 minutes
Banks crackdown on scams
Last year alone, Australians lost a record $3.1 billion to scams and the banks have pledged to do more. Today they've launched a new Scam-Safe Accord.
11/24/2023 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
What's next for Aussie F1 drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Oscar Piastri?
The long Formula 1 season will draw to a close in Abu Dhabi this weekend.
11/24/2023 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Australian crew first to row across the Torres Strait
More than 250 kilometres of rough, shark-infested waters and perilous reefs separate the tip of Cape York and Papua New Guinea.
11/23/2023 • 6 minutes, 47 seconds
Government aims to meet renewables target with scheme expansion
The Federal Government wants more than 80 per cent of Australia's power to come from renewables by 2030. But with renewables currently only making up 35 per cent of the market, it's safe to say we're not on track. This has prompted the Energy Minister Chris Bowen to look for a circuit breaker. He's now expanding a taxpayer-funded scheme to subsidise and underwrite new renewable energy projects - including batteries, pumped hydro, wind and solar.
11/23/2023 • 7 minutes, 8 seconds
Israel-Gaza ceasefire deal delayed
The wait for families of hostages held by Hamas militants in Gaza has been dragged out another day with Israel's national security adviser saying the planned exchange won't happen before Friday. The ceasefire has also been delayed, which means the bombs will continue to fall on Gaza. At least 15 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks overnight, according to Palestinian media. Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire yesterday in Gaza - for at least four days - to let in humanitarian aid and free at least 50 of the more than 230 hostages in exchange for at least 150 Palestinian women and children jailed in Israel.
11/23/2023 • 9 minutes, 16 seconds
Sam Altman reappointed CEO of OpenAI
After plunging itself into days of utter chaos… artificial intelligence pioneer Open AI has added yet another twist to its ongoing farce.
11/23/2023 • 10 minutes, 53 seconds
Scientists scratch an itch and make a breakthrough in eczema research
New research out of Harvard Medical School is showing promising signs of soothing this itch once and for all.
11/23/2023 • 5 minutes, 9 seconds
Michael McQueen on the art of changing hearts and minds
Do you sometimes wish you could be more persuasive in the workplace ... or the family home?The art of persuasion is often painted as Machiavellian but author Michael McQueen's new book Mindstuck: Mastering the Art of Changing Minds argues that in our ideology-driven and polarised age, certainty has taken the place of curiosity and open-mindedness has given way to stubbornness. Guest: Michael McQueen, Author
11/23/2023 • 15 minutes
FOI data reveals taxpayer largess for private schools
New data released under Freedom of Information, from the Department of Education shows private schools received more than 760 million dollars in government money in 2021.This comes as advocates for public schools claim a ‘shortfall’ of four point five billion dollars.
11/23/2023 • 12 minutes, 53 seconds
Perth bushfire rages through northern suburbs with 10 homes destroyed
Bushfires have destroyed ten homes in Perth's north… with authorities warning it could be days before the situation is under control.
11/23/2023 • 6 minutes, 24 seconds
Hamas-Israel agree to ceasefire and hostage exchange
The Israeli government has voted to back a deal that secures the release of dozens of hostages held in Gaza in exchange for a four-day ceasefire.
11/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 9 seconds
IR bill breakthrough raises hopes of a home run before parliament rises
The Federal Government remains hopeful the Senate will still accept the Industrial Relations Omnibus bill after making some concessions this week. Following talks with the Australian Resources and Energy Employers Association, the government will exclude service contractors from the “same job, same pay” laws applying to labour hire workers.
11/22/2023 • 8 minutes, 51 seconds
Antimicrobial resistant atmosphere: Superbugs found in clouds
Each year, antimicrobial resistance kills more people than malaria and HIV/AIDS combined.
11/22/2023 • 11 minutes, 46 seconds
Jana Monroe on dealing with sexism and serial killers in the FBI
There's one industry that has been portrayed in film and books more than any other and yet very few people ever have first-hand contact with it. Jana Monroe is a trailblazing female agent and criminal profiler of serial killers in the famous behavioural science unit at the FBI.She is also the one who trained Jodie Foster in her role for The Silence of the Lambs to understand what it's like to deal with serial killers as your day job. She's written about her experiences in Hearts of DarknessGuest:Jana Monroe, Author
11/22/2023 • 13 minutes
Blacktown to wrap garbage trucks in anti-domestic violence messaging
What use is public policy research if it doesn't have a sticky ad campaign - like sip slop slap, or stop revive survive, to actually change behaviour?
11/22/2023 • 11 minutes, 42 seconds
E-Safety review promised in wake of rising antisemitism and Islamaphobia online
Australia's communications minister Michelle Rowland is planning an overhaul of esafety measures citing a ‘rise in antisemitic and Islamophobic rhetoric on X’.
11/22/2023 • 9 minutes, 48 seconds
Trapped Indian construction workers finally get a hot meal
41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for 10 days are now finally able to eat hot meals, of rice and lentils, provided through a steel pipe.
11/22/2023 • 7 minutes, 19 seconds
'Call It Out': new report document shocking racism directed towards First Nations Australians
An elderly indigenous woman being pepper sprayed as she was called racist slurs. A bus driver refusing to let four indigenous people get on a bus, and a shop banning an entire family from entering the store.These are just some of the shocking accounts that have been reported to the first online racism register for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people.
11/21/2023 • 6 minutes, 47 seconds
New funding model launched for the financial counselling sector
With cost of living pressures biting, have you had to seek advice from a financial counsellor? The Federal Government is hoping to make financial counsellors more accessible after launching an industry funding model with banking, insurance, energy, telco and gambling companies contributing $30 million to the sector over three years.
11/21/2023 • 6 minutes, 3 seconds
Federal government looks to overhaul secrecy laws, promises greater protections for whistleblowers
Australia has more than 800 separate secrecy and non-disclosure laws that criminalise the release of vast swathes of information held by the federal government.
11/21/2023 • 8 minutes, 34 seconds
Australia’s climate goals among weakest heading into COP28 summit
The United Nations is warning countries' current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century.
11/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 26 seconds
Celebrating a brilliant life
There’s a certain mystery that parents have. Who were they before you? What did they do? How did they think?Journalist Rachelle Unreich thought she knew her mother Mira’s life well - her upbringing in Czechoslovakia, her time in concentration camps during World War 2 and the life she created after migrating to Australia. She ended up finding out much more through interviews with her shortly before her death which formed her book A Brilliant Life. Guest:Rachelle Unreich, Author
11/21/2023 • 13 minutes
From war-torn Japan to the pantries of uni students worldwide: Instant noodles turn 65
The humble two-minute noodles, or the original brand “cup noodle” is 65 years old and is having something of a revival in these uncertain economic times.
11/21/2023 • 12 minutes, 5 seconds
Government falling behind on EV sales targets
Electric vehicles are a key pillar of the federal government’s plans to significantly reduce the nation's carbon emissions, but it appears the wheels are starting to fall off Labour’s EV strategy.
11/21/2023 • 9 minutes, 55 seconds
Reserve Bank explains latest interest rate hike
Minutes released today from the RBA's November meeting show that the central bank lifted interest rates to their highest level in 12 years partly because of evidence that businesses have been passing higher inflation costs onto their customers.
11/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 29 seconds
How Qatar is playing a key diplomatic role in the Israel-Gaza conflict
Qatar is a tiny Gulf state. In fact, it's barely half the size of Australia's largest cattle station. But oil and gas reserves have made it a very rich nation. And with this wealth, Doha has become ambitious on the world stage - in sport as well as diplomacy. Currently it's playing a significant role as negotiations continue between Hamas and Israel for the return of 230-or-so hostages.
11/20/2023 • 7 minutes, 42 seconds
Lawyer for Palestinian victims urges ICC to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials over Gaza conflict
As the death toll in Gaza soars beyond 13,000 in just 6 weeks and with millions more facing a slow death by hunger and thirst, could we be watching another genocide unfold?
11/20/2023 • 16 minutes, 37 seconds
What role does insecurity play in democracy?
What does democracy mean to you? It's a simple enough question but the answer is often a lot more difficult. Astra Taylor realised that looking at insecurity within the American democratic system could be a way of uniting people and co-founded The Debt Collective. Her new book The Age of Insecurity explores that idea in detail.Guest:Astra Taylor, Author and Organiser
11/20/2023 • 18 minutes
Black Friday sales overtake Boxing Day as consumers look to nab a bargain during a cost of living crisis
Are we really saving our wallet or are we just burning a bigger hole in it?
11/20/2023 • 10 minutes, 20 seconds
Optus CEO resigns but is the crisis over?
First it was the mass outage affecting 10 million Optus customers, quickly followed by public anger and a very frustrated communications minister taking questions from the media. Now the Optus CEO, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, has resigned just three days after fronting a grilling Senate inquiry into the outage.
11/20/2023 • 8 minutes, 21 seconds
Argentina's 'Trump' wins presidential election
Overnight Argentina lurched to the right, with conservative strongman and self-described 'anarcho-capitalist' Javier Milei declaring victory in the country's presidential election.
11/20/2023 • 8 minutes, 33 seconds
Katie Noonan on playing poetry
There was a time when you could not walk past a work desk or notice board, nor newspaper or wall calendar, without seeing simple squiggly in cartoons, perhaps a little man with a curly head, tenderly cradling a duck. Such was the pervasiveness and power of Micheal Leunig's drawings.Singer-songwriter Katie Noonan is also connected with Leunig’s cartoons and has now made a new album with her band Elixir based on Leunig’s poetry. She’s here in the studio to play On a Hill and Boyhood Poem from that new album A Small Shy Truth.Guest:Katie Noonan, Musician
11/17/2023 • 15 minutes
Optus CEO says media appearances were not her priority during last week's outage
'Floptus', 'Optus No', 'Optus-Fail' - the telco has been called quite a few things since last week's mass outage left 10 million Australians and 400,000 businesses unable to make phone calls or access mobile internet. Today Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin fronted a Senate inquiry and faced tough questions on how the telco responded to the outage.
11/17/2023 • 5 minutes, 53 seconds
The Friday Wrap
11/17/2023 • 22 minutes, 12 seconds
Adelaide teen football prodigy's big move to Bayern Munich
17-year-old Nestory Irankunda started life in a Tanzanian refugee camp, born to parents originally from Burundi before they sought asylum in Perth and then Adelaide.
11/17/2023 • 9 minutes, 13 seconds
Ankle monitoring & mandatory sentences as part of rushed immigration bill
The Federal Government hopes to rush through emergency legislation after the High Court ruled that indefinite immigration detention is illegal, prompting the release of 84 non-citizens, with no prospect of deportation.
11/16/2023 • 10 minutes, 15 seconds
Big Tech: AI medical misinformation and generated white faces more convincing than photos
Australian public health experts have set out to prove just how easy it is to mass produce misinformation.
11/16/2023 • 6 minutes, 32 seconds
Head injuries on the rise in Australia with hospitalisations occuring every four minutes
A report out today from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has revealed that head injuries have increased by 7 percent following a drop during COVID-19 lockdowns.
11/16/2023 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
'Shot': Australia through a camera lens
You carry around a camera in your pocket every day. Documenting both the important and mundane moments - from weddings to a receipt you might need later. It’s your story but also our story.Now, these collections are digital, but over the last decades, people have donated their photos from shoe boxes, mantel pieces, photo albums and negatives to the New South Wales State Library.The library’s new ‘Shot’ exhibition showcases 400 photos taken between 1845 and 2022 giving us a history of Australia and the art form itself.Guest:Geoffrey Barker, Curator of 'Shot'
11/16/2023 • 15 minutes
Councils cry foul over infrastructure funding shortfall
Some local governments are calling foul over multi-million dollar bills for infrastructure projects with limited funding from state and federal governments.
11/16/2023 • 11 minutes, 43 seconds
'Tassie devil' space explosion baffles scientists
Burning 100 times brighter than a supernova, a series of giant space explosions dubbed 'Tasmanian Devil' is confusing a global team of astrophysicists.
11/16/2023 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
NSW Government wants emergency services levy cut from home insurance premiums
With El Niño in full swing and the drought conditions likely to trigger a tough bushfire season, home insurance policies are in focus.
11/16/2023 • 9 minutes, 42 seconds
Government to consider "legislative options" following High Court ruling
The federal government is considering bringing forward "legislative options" after the High Court ruled that indefinite immigration detention is illegal. The landmark ruling last week resulted in 81 non-citizens being immediately released, including some with murder and sexual assault convictions.The Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says while the ruling has forced the government's hand, community safety remains a priority.
11/15/2023 • 6 minutes, 35 seconds
Government takes aim at carbon leakage through carbon tariff
The federal government is looking at implementing a carbon tariff to prevent the import of goods from countries with weaker emissions standards.
11/15/2023 • 8 minutes, 21 seconds
Al Shifa hospital raided by Israeli Defence Forces
The IDF have confirmed that they have raided al Shifa in search of Hamas militants allegedly operating beneath the hospital compound.
11/15/2023 • 8 minutes, 13 seconds
Bill introduced as the Redress Scheme backlog grows
Five years since the National Redress Scheme was launched, the backlog of claims for survivors of child sexual abuse has grown significantly. There's more than eight thousand applications waiting to be processed, that's almost double what was reported in January. Now the Federal Government is introducing amendments into parliament, in a bid to make the scheme more accessible and transparent.
11/15/2023 • 6 minutes, 45 seconds
Linguist Rob Drummond on why our attitudes to accents matter
Studies show that we really do like the sound of our own voice, with people rating the sound of their own accents highly on a list of ‘social attractiveness’, but it also helps us project our sense of identity and relate to others.Rob Drummond’s own accent has been described as ‘vanilla’ - an admission he makes in his new book You’re All Talk: Why We Are What We Speak.Guest:Rob Drummond, author and linguist
11/15/2023 • 16 minutes
Is Australia's rate of immigration too high?
Australia’s net migration is the highest on record… with more than 317,000 new migrants entering the county this year as of September.
11/15/2023 • 12 minutes, 50 seconds
Can Joe Biden and Xi Jinping heal old wounds on the sidelines of the APEC Summit?
The path to the summit has been awash with diplomatic gamesmanship as the pair jostle for the seat at the head of the table.
11/15/2023 • 9 minutes, 49 seconds
India looks to 'cloud seeding' to solve toxic air pollution
Some of the region's 33 million residents have started sarcastically referring to the annual smog event as 'pollution season'
11/15/2023 • 5 minutes, 39 seconds
Al-Shifa hospital becomes focal point in Israel-Gaza war
Health officials in Gaza say while thousands have fled amid fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants outside the enclave's largest hospital, hundreds of others remain inside.
11/14/2023 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
Greedflation: inquiry into price gouging to report by Christmas
'Greedflation', 'price gouging', 'unfair pricing practices' - call it what you will, concerns are mounting that the cost of everything isn't always down to stubbornly high inflation figures. There's even an independent inquiry underway into the issue, the former consumer watchdog boss, Professor Allan Fels, is leading that inquiry.
11/14/2023 • 8 minutes, 29 seconds
Australia to gain veto power over Tuvalu's security arrangements
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a new pact with the low-lying island Pacific nation of Tuvalu, allowing residents facing displacement from climate change the chance to resettle in Australia.
11/14/2023 • 7 minutes, 11 seconds
Iceland shaken by more than 20,000 earthquakes as volcano threatens to erupt
Noxious fumes released by lava-induced wildfires and the threat of an ash cloud large enough to close down Europe’s airspace are looming over the small Nordic island.
11/14/2023 • 10 minutes, 56 seconds
How Dara Ó Briain learnt to speak Spanish
In 2009 comedian Dara Ó Briain was described as “television broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan's heir apparent as Britain's favourite Irishman…”Conversely, and as a testament to his own modesty, he once described himself as looking like "one of Tony Soprano's henchmen, on a bad day"... I don’t know which one comes with more pressure.He is in Australia on tour at the moment and he’s picking up where he left off before the pandemic with his show ‘So Where Were We’.Guest:Dara Ó Briain, Comedian
11/14/2023 • 17 minutes
Business & Finance: Bank profits and Optus CEO to front inquiry
Year on year profits to the tune of $7.4 billion for ANZ and quarterly profits of $2.5 billion for the country's biggest lender, the Commonwealth Bank have been some of the eye-watering headlines this week in the world of business and finance.Meanwhile Optus continues to feel the heat with its CEO, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, expected to front a Senate inquiry later in the week.
11/14/2023 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
Science academy raises concerns over new AUKUS research rules
As Australia increasingly finds itself drawn into a struggle for dominance in the Pacific between the United States and China, a premium is being placed on the sharing of everything from critical minerals to sensitive technology. This is prompting concerns about ongoing collaboration between Australian researchers and their Chinese counterparts.
11/14/2023 • 7 minutes, 35 seconds
Why do school students walk out and protest?
Students have always been good at protesting – but do you feel like protests have gotten younger and louder in recent years?
11/14/2023 • 12 minutes, 6 seconds
'Idiot international posturing': Foreign Minister Wong and French President Macron criticised over call for ceasefire
Protests in support of Palestinians and vigils calling for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas were held across Australia over the weekend.
11/13/2023 • 10 minutes, 33 seconds
Teal independent cracks down on lobbysists
"Politicians are outnumbered by lobbyists 15 to one".
That's according to the federal independent member for Kooyong Monique Ryan, who in parliament today, pushed for lobbying rules to be tightened.
11/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 49 seconds
Small modular nuclear reactor project cancelled over rising costs
Small modular nuclear reactors have been touted as an affordable replacement for the nation’s ageing coal-fired power plants.
11/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 13 seconds
David McBride on his belief in democracy
David McBride was a lawyer in the Australian army who leaked classified information to the ABC that revealed allegations of war crimes by special forces in Afghanistan.
But who was he before that? and what makes a man willing to risk everything, to tell the truth. His autobiography ‘The Nature of Honour’ is out now.
Guest:
David McBride, Author
11/13/2023 • 13 minutes
Are selective classes the best place for gifted students?
Thousands of families across NSW are anxiously waiting to hear if their child is bright enough to join an elite class of year 5 and 6 students.
11/13/2023 • 9 minutes, 59 seconds
'I doubt there's anything left to govern in Gaza' says Palestinian human rights lawyer
Five weeks into the Israel-Gaza war and Gaza's main hospital is now officially out of fuel with no generators running and - according to the local health ministry - it's led to the death of at least three premature babies.
The Israeli military says it delivered 300 litres of fuel to a location close to the hospital but Hamas says the fuel would only last for 30 minutes and is a mockery to the sick and wounded.
Meanwhile Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has continued to dismiss calls for a ceasefire, unless it includes the release of all the nearly 240 hostages captured by Hamas in the October 7 attacks.
11/13/2023 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
Medicinal marijuana industry split over Greens legal cannabis bill
The medicinal marijuana industry is currently split over a proposal from The Greens to legalise Australia's most commonly used illicit drug.
11/13/2023 • 5 minutes, 20 seconds
Attenborough's echidna rediscovered in remote mountains after more than six decades
A long-lost species of echidna, named after Sir David Attenborough, has been rediscovered using remote cameras in the Cyclops Mountains of Indonesia’s Papua province, more than 60 years after it was last recorded.
11/13/2023 • 9 minutes, 50 seconds
The Wrap: Optus outage, Tuvalu climate refuge deal and the Israel Gaza war continues
GUESTS:
11/10/2023 • 22 minutes, 49 seconds
From sea to shining sea with Charley Crockett
American blues country Americana man Charley Crockett last came by in January and spoke about growing up in a trailer park in South Texas … about country music being exclusionary at its worst and unifying at its best. You can listen to our previous interview with Charley here.
He's back to talk about his favourite parts of the American landscape and his passion for telling the story from Osage County. He'll be back here in Australia touring next year.
Guest:
Charley Crockett, Musician
11/10/2023 • 11 minutes
Queensland schools to trial new hours, four-day week
Queensland has updated its school policy which would allow state primary and secondary schools to trial flexible class schedules including four-day weeks and shorter days from next year.
11/10/2023 • 11 minutes, 3 seconds
Australian visas for Tuvaluans displaced by climate change
The federal government is set to offer Tuvalu's 11,000 residents the chance to live in Australia as climate change ravages their nation.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the announcement at the Pacific Islands Forum.
11/10/2023 • 10 minutes, 3 seconds
Indigenous medicine used to soothe croc bite could help Olympic athletes
West Kimberley elder John Watson once used mudjala mangrove bark to soothe a wound after a crocodile bite.
11/10/2023 • 7 minutes, 19 seconds
Aussie surfer smashes big wave world record
Aussie pro-surfer Laura Enever has smashed the existing world record by surfing a 13.3m monster wave in Hawaii.
11/10/2023 • 7 minutes, 27 seconds
High Court ruling on indefinite detention 'very disturbing,' says Coalition
At least a majority of the High Court ruled the detention of the stateless Rohingya man was unlawful because there was “no real prospect of his removal from Australia becoming practicable in the reasonably foreseeable future”.
11/9/2023 • 6 minutes, 24 seconds
Senate unravels Labor's program by splitting its IR bill
The federal government's attempt to make a raft of major changes to industrial relations laws this year looks set to fail after Crossbench Senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock successfully split up the bill, with just four measures passing in the upper house.
11/9/2023 • 7 minutes, 5 seconds
Australian lawyers call for ceasefire as Israel's siege on Gaza continues
Calls for a ceasefire are growing louder with both the United Nations and Human Rights Watch alleging Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to crimes against humanity.
11/9/2023 • 9 minutes, 40 seconds
Big Tech: MyGov looks to forgo passwords for face and fingerprint recognition, Meta whistle blower testifies
The government is looking to introduce face and fingerprint recognition to access MyGov online services as part of an overhaul to stop billions of dollars being lost to scammers.
11/9/2023 • 7 minutes, 22 seconds
Return to the simple life with Mother the Mountain
Cottagecore is an aesthetic that celebrates simple living … an escapist movement that developed a following during the pandemic.
Anastasia Vanderbyl and her sister Julia have tapped into this movement by documenting their life living on a rural property in Northern NSW with a new book Mother the Mountain.
Guest:
Anastasia Vanderbyl
11/9/2023 • 10 minutes
Behrouz Boochani welcomes High Court ruling
Indefinite immigration detention is unlawful.
That ruling by the High Court was made late yesterday afternoon in a case centering on a Rohingya man from Myanmar, who had been in immigration detention after serving a prison sentence for child sexual offences.
11/9/2023 • 8 minutes, 52 seconds
Republican candidates clash at latest presidential debate
Republican presidential candidates (minus Donald Trump) have clashed at a fiery debate in Miami.
11/9/2023 • 11 minutes, 1 second
Scouting movement reckons with its colonial past
Scouts Australia is considering changing the name of its most prestigious youth award, the Baden-Powell Award.
11/9/2023 • 10 minutes, 54 seconds
Maxwell's double ton sends Australia through to the World Cup finals
Is this the greatest ODI innings of all time?
11/8/2023 • 4 minutes, 49 seconds
Pakistan deports hundreds of thousands of Afghan asylum seekers
Global NGO Human Rights Watch says the Pakistani government is using threats, extortion, beatings and detention to coerce Afghan asylum seekers without legal status to return to their country of birth.
11/8/2023 • 6 minutes, 22 seconds
Chris Taylor on making Australian stories into musicals
Were you watching when Steven Bradbury came from the back of the pack to win gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics? I remember the story absolutely gripped Australia and we've seen countless retelling of that moment both in musical and documentary forms. Still, I haven't even seen it as a combination of both…
Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen decided it was long overdue and have written a new musical-comedy-docuseries that looks at six critical events in recent Australian history and re-tells them through interviews and songs in Australian Epic.
Guest:
Chris Taylor
11/8/2023 • 15 minutes
Who was the guest speaker at your school?
Instead of shouting down colleagues and bringing order to Parliament, the House of Representatives Speaker Milton Dick is this week visiting real classrooms, to talk about democracy.
It begs the question, who do you remember visiting your school? What impression did it leave?
11/8/2023 • 9 minutes
Shadow Communications Minister on the Optus outage
There are few answers yet on what's behind today's mass Optus outage.
It's only increased the questions. Among them asking is the federal opposition.
11/8/2023 • 6 minutes
Optus services gradually restored after millions lose connectivity
Optus services are gradually being restored after millions of people's devices lost connectivity in the early hours of this morning.
11/8/2023 • 11 minutes, 25 seconds
Will Ukraine hold elections in 2024?
Elections are due in Ukraine next year, but with so many people displaced and with the country still under Marshall Law most expect them to be delayed.
11/7/2023 • 3 minutes, 16 seconds
Albanese Beijing visit seen as harmony not uniformity, step forward in relations
Bilateral ties between Australia and China are ‘on the right path’ according to Chinese President Xi Jinping.
11/7/2023 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
Australian lamb prices tanked by up to 80 per cent.
Not every business can deal with fluctuations in the cost of their product by as much as 80 per cent.
11/7/2023 • 8 minutes
Andrew Kerec and the spine-tingling ride
What would you be willing to do to raise money for charity? Share a post on Facebook? Door knock? A fun run?
How about a solo bike ride of thousands of kilometres across Australia … twice. Andrew Kerec has done exactly that to raise money for charities supporting people with spinal cord injuries after his father Ludvig became a quadriplegic. Andrew has just completed his second solo trip The Spine-tingling Ride
Guest:
Andrew Kerec
11/7/2023 • 13 minutes
Pacific Islands Forum meeting kicks off in Cook Islands
The idyllic Cook Islands is playing host to high-level diplomacy and multilateral wrangling this week as the Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting gets underway.
11/7/2023 • 9 minutes, 1 second
Greens call for new reforms following inquiry into ADHD
A Senate inquiry is calling on the Albanese Government to urgently develop a national framework to better support the 1.2 million people living with this disability.
11/7/2023 • 11 minutes, 23 seconds
Interest rates hit 12-year high as hikes resume
Interest rates have hit a 12-year high, as the Reserve Bank resumes its cycle of hiking, with a quarter of a percentage point rise taking the cash rate to 4.35 per cent.
11/7/2023 • 9 minutes, 16 seconds
Libbi Gorr on her controversial character Elle McFeast
Elle McFeast was a trailblazing character who burst into football locker rooms and onto TV screens in the early 90s on the ABC’s Live and Sweaty program.
11/6/2023 • 5 minutes, 52 seconds
On the up, Anthony Albanese cements China relationship recovery
Gough Whitlam became the first Australian Prime Minister to visit China in 1973. Since then, China has become our largest trading partner but not without some diplomatic hiccups and indeed, freezes along the way.
With Anthony Albanese being the first Prime Minister to visit in seven years, there are high hopes the 50 year old relationship will now stabilise.
11/6/2023 • 12 minutes, 8 seconds
Libbi Gorr on her controversial character Elle McFeast
Countries have agreed on key measures to pay poorer countries for damage from climate breakdown.
11/6/2023 • 5 minutes, 53 seconds
Countries agree on key measures to pay poorer countries for climate change damage
Countries have agreed on key measures to pay poorer countries for damage from climate breakdown.
11/6/2023 • 5 minutes, 53 seconds
How to rebuild a French Château
What does retirement look like to you? Is it putting your feet up, and enjoying the fruits of your labour by travelling or spending time with your grandkids?
What about buying and restoring a French Chateau that has fallen into disrepair and will probably cost millions and never be quite finished? Well, former Victorian labour water and tourism minister Tim Holding has done precisely that and written a book about it - Château Reawakening.
Guest:
Tim Holding, author
11/6/2023 • 12 minutes
Melbourne Cup struggles to stop the nation as brands pull the pin
The race that stops the nation is beginning to look like the race the nation forgot.
11/6/2023 • 12 minutes, 59 seconds
'A human tragedy': Craig Foster on the plight of the Rohingya people
In an area of 24 square kilometres, around one million Rohingya live in the world's largest refugee camp at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
11/6/2023 • 9 minutes, 38 seconds
How low can the unemployment rate go?
She's been an insider in the world of economics, rising to one of the Reserve Bank's most senior positions in her three decades at the institution.
11/6/2023 • 11 minutes, 3 seconds
The Friday Wrap
11/3/2023 • 23 minutes, 2 seconds
85 years ago, War of the Worlds terrified listeners. Today, the lessons still stand
With misinformation rapidly spreading across social media as the world makes sense of the violence unfolding in Ukraine and Gaza, we might not be so far removed from those listeners in 1938.
11/3/2023 • 8 minutes, 29 seconds
Jeff Tweedy on what he's learned from having migraines
Grammy award-winning band WILCO's music is characterised by lead singer Jeff Tweedy's introspective, poetic and heartfelt vocals. Again a signature on their new record “Cousin” as they prepare to tour Australia early next year.
Guest:
Jeff Tweedy, Musician WILCO
11/3/2023 • 16 minutes
Pacific Island elders want Australia’s UN climate summit bid paused
Former Pacific leaders say the region should demand Australia “stop approving Pacific-killing coal and gas projects” as a precondition for approving a joint bid to host a UN climate conference.
11/3/2023 • 7 minutes, 33 seconds
Is the new AI-enhanced Beatles song ethical?
Beatlemania has swept the world again today with the release of 'Now And Then' - The Beatles' first new music in almost 30 years. But is the use of AI to create new music unethical?
11/3/2023 • 11 minutes, 50 seconds
Where did it all go wrong for the Wallabies and Eddie Jones?
Eddie Jones was sold as a great coach, the saviour of rugby, who would revitalise the sport while bringing success to the Wallabies.
11/3/2023 • 7 minutes, 54 seconds
Federal Court rules against Santos in Tiwi Islands push to stop gas project
Santos's five-point-seven-billion-dollar Barossa gas project has been delayed yet again... just hours before the company was set to start building an underwater gas export pipeline north of Darwin.
11/2/2023 • 7 minutes, 13 seconds
Big tech: Aus joins UK, US, EU and China in declaration on AI’s danger
28 nations - including Australia - and the European Union have signed an agreement aimed at boosting global efforts to cooperate on the regulation of Artificial Intelligence.
11/2/2023 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
Extreme weather causing more injury, hospitalisations and deaths
The number of hospital admissions for injuries associated with extreme weather has increased over the past decade, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
11/2/2023 • 6 minutes, 59 seconds
How Bollywood taught Australia to embrace joyful chaos
The colour and movement of Bollywood seem almost the antithesis of Australia's smaller, perhaps more serious film industry.
Anupam Sharma's new documentary Brand Bollywood Downunder explores the links between the two nations' film industries.
Guest:
Anupam Sharma, Filmmaker
11/2/2023 • 15 minutes
Monet masterpiece in Murwillumbah
An original Claude Monet worth nearly $200 million is now hanging in the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre in Murwillumbah.
11/2/2023 • 6 minutes, 4 seconds
Relief as Australians evacuated from Gaza after weeks of terror
For a brief moment overnight in Gaza, fear gave way to relief for 335 foreign and dual nationals who were allowed to flee the war-ravaged territory via the Rafah crossing into Egypt.
11/2/2023 • 10 minutes, 56 seconds
High Court rules tenants have rights to compensation for inadequate housing
rights of tenants to compensation for disappointment and distress when a rented house does not meet legal standards.
11/1/2023 • 4 minutes, 59 seconds
Landowners protest Humelink transmission project
More than a hundred landowners in rural New South Wales are now going on strike in protest of the Humelink transmission project.
11/1/2023 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
Albanese must walk and chew gum on security and economic issues in Beijing
As Anthony Albanese packs his bags for a much anticipated trip to China, the first by an Australian Prime Minister since 2016, what should be at the top of his ‘must do’ or hot topics’ list?
11/1/2023 • 9 minutes, 53 seconds
Small homes seen as solution to housing crisis
A 69-square-metre home in Sydney's Surry Hills has won the highest honour from the Australian Institute of Architects -- the 2023 Robin Boyd Award.
11/1/2023 • 11 minutes, 49 seconds
Juan Diego Flórez from singing in a pub to the Opera House
You might be familiar with Rossini’s charming opera The Barber of Saville or the dramatic overture in William Tell but listen a little closer and you might notice the wit and humour of the characters he paints in his opera and his expert use of crescendo to build tension and excitement...
Everywhere you look there’s more to be found in Rossini… Peruvian Tenor Juan Diego Flórez is a fan and will be singing his music on his tour of Australia.
Guest:
Juan Diego Flórez, Singer
11/1/2023 • 12 minutes
Antimicrobial resistance brings next global health crisis to Australia's doorstep
A new study published today in the Lancet South East Asia journal has revealed that antibiotic resistant bugs are on the rise in the Asia-Pacific.
11/1/2023 • 7 minutes, 54 seconds
AI under spotlight as venture capitalists fuel boom
Governments around the world are meeting to discuss the regulation of runaway AI. But can we put the genie back in the bottle?
11/1/2023 • 10 minutes, 47 seconds
Is Joko Widodo setting up a political dynasty?
'Jokowi' is already making moves to sure up his legacy, with the news that his son has been chosen as running mate for presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto.
11/1/2023 • 6 minutes, 35 seconds
Does Australia need more transparency over deployment decisions?
The Albanese Government announced late last week that it would be deploying additional ADF personnel and aircraft to the Middle East as a precautionary measure.
10/31/2023 • 5 minutes, 51 seconds
Elizabeth Day talks about the 'F' words
Friendship and failure are the two big “F words” that loom large in the work of podcaster and writer Elizabeth Day.
In her podcast How To Fail she interviews successful, high-profile people about how they’ve overcome failure and she talks about the complexities of friendship in modern life in her book Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict
Guest:
Elizabeth Day, Podcast host and author
10/31/2023 • 17 minutes
Is Australia suffering from rollout rage when it comes to clean energy?
It's often said personal sacrifices are needed for the greater good and that couldn’t be any truer when it comes to tackling the climate crisis.
10/31/2023 • 8 minutes, 12 seconds
Rates of violence against women continues to rise
Dr Hannah Tonkin has just been appointed Australia’s first stand alone women’s safety commissioner in NSW.
10/31/2023 • 10 minutes, 54 seconds
Will there be a Melbourne Cup day interest rate hike?
Many senior analysts are forecasting rates to rise next Tuesday.
10/31/2023 • 6 minutes, 44 seconds
Antony Green on redrawing the federal electoral map in NSW
Could Prime Minister Anthony Albanese lose his seat of Grayndler, in Sydney’s inner-west?
10/31/2023 • 10 minutes, 16 seconds
EU trade talks collapse in Osaka
Australia has walked away from negotiations for a free trade deal with the EU in Japan.
10/30/2023 • 9 minutes, 5 seconds
Journalists in Gaza struggle to report during ongoing seige, bombardment
With power supplies dwindling and communications infrastructure becoming a target in the ongoing conflict in Gaza, it has become increasingly difficult not just for news organisations to contact sources and fellow journalists on the ground but for families and friends to reach the ones they love.
10/30/2023 • 7 minutes, 49 seconds
Andrew Quilty captured the fall of Kabul
When photographer Andrew Quilty landed in Kabul for the first time in 2013 to cover the Afghanistan cricket team as they prepared for the cricket World Cup, he admits his motivation at first wasn't noble story-telling, but more ‘ego-driven’... being able to say he’d worked in a ‘conflict zone’.
His two-week stay finally ended nearly a decade later, his new book of photographs “This is Afghanistan” captures the country during the draw down and withdrawal of Allied troops and the return of the Taliban. Welcome to you, Andrew
10/30/2023 • 17 minutes
Is our obsession with sleep hygiene stopping us from getting the rest we need?
How tired is too tired?
10/30/2023 • 13 minutes, 9 seconds
Almost 50 homes destroyed in Queensland bushfire
46 homes have been destroyed in a huge bushfire that has been burning in Queensland's Western Downs for more than a week.
10/30/2023 • 6 minutes, 9 seconds
Australian doubling their recommended daily intake of salt
A new report from the Grattan Institute sounding the alarm about our salt intake, with Australian adults doubling their recommended daily intake of salt, leading to serious health issues.
10/30/2023 • 6 minutes, 37 seconds
Betting logos reportedly coming off sports team jerseys
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland is reportedly poised to announce new curbs on TV, online and outdoor betting promotions.
10/30/2023 • 8 minutes, 10 seconds
The Friday Wrap
10/27/2023 • 22 minutes, 27 seconds
'Minor Gold' have a way with words
You often hear interviews with bands that are well-established … that have been on tour a couple of times … they have a trademark ‘sound’. But it’s rare to witness the unfurling of something new.
Officially formed last year in August, Minor Gold has just returned from touring in the US and they are now on their Australian tour having just released their self-titled debut album.
It’s certainly been a busy first year.
Guests:
Tracy McNeil, Musician
Dan Parsons, Musician
10/27/2023 • 14 minutes
Australia's growing spending needs: How to find the money?
With the latest figures showing inflation bouncing back up in the three months to September, the odds of a Melbourne Cup Day interest rate rise are around 50/50.
And as people feel the economic pinch, the public purse is also facing greater scrutiny.
Today the independent think-tank, The Australia Institute, held a special Revenue Summit, in a bid to explore Australia's growing public spending needs over the coming decades.
10/27/2023 • 8 minutes, 51 seconds
Acapulco faces long recovery process following Hurricane Otis
Shocking videos and images are being posted online revealing the devastation left by Hurricane Otis in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco.
10/27/2023 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
What age should adult children move out of the home?
An Italian woman has won a court case giving her the right to evict her two sons, aged 40 and 42, from her home.
10/27/2023 • 8 minutes, 26 seconds
With the world's attention diverted Russia pushes nuclear buttons
While the world’s focus has shifted towards the war between Hamas and Israel Russia’s offensive in Ukraine continues to grind on.
10/26/2023 • 11 minutes, 21 seconds
Calls grow for 'killer stone' ban
A stoush is brewing between governments and the CFMEU over the use of what the union has dubbed the ‘killer stone’.
10/26/2023 • 8 minutes, 53 seconds
Concerns over brain privacy as neurotechnology nears 'tipping point'
What happens if neurotechnology learns to read our minds?
10/26/2023 • 7 minutes, 18 seconds
Shareholders revolt against executive pay increases at Australia's top companies
There’s a few CEOs around Australia who must be quaking in their boots today.
10/26/2023 • 5 minutes, 45 seconds
How to heal humans and horses
Humans and horses have shared a special connection for thousands of years. More recently, their calming nature has been shown to be beneficial for our mental health.
Scott Brodie knows this well working to rehabilitate both ex-servicemen and servicewomen and ex-racehorses. His program is the focus of the new documentary The Healing, directed by Nick Barkla.
10/26/2023 • 14 minutes
Australia's armed forces 'struggling' to meet recruitment targets
Earlier this year the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide heard that in the 12 months to May 2022, the Australian Army lost 13 percent of its workforce.
10/26/2023 • 14 minutes, 8 seconds
Earthquake strikes Acapulco
A category five hurricane has smashed the Pacific coast of Mexico, striking with winds of up to 265 kilometres an hour near the resort city of Acapulco.
10/26/2023 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Is your fish and chip shop serving endangered species?
School sharks are on Australia's endangered species list but may also be sold as flake in fish and chip shops.
10/25/2023 • 6 minutes, 52 seconds
United Nations divided over response to Israel-Gaza war
Nearly five thousand eight hundred Palestinians are reported to have been killed since the fighting began, while Israel is reporting a death toll of fourteen hundred.
10/25/2023 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
What's pushing inflation back up?
Consumer prices rose 1.2 per cent in the September quarter, an acceleration from the 0.8 per cent increase in the June quarter.
That leaves the annual rate of inflation at 5.4 per cent, lower than the 6 per cent recorded in June but slightly above what most economists' had expected.
10/25/2023 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker
U.S. Republicans have nominated Mike Johnson to lead the House of Representatives.
10/25/2023 • 9 minutes, 34 seconds
'Love Police' will hold your hand through a musical journey
If you’ve been to a concert in the past 20 years and bought a T-shirt then chances are it was Brian Taranto’s (BT) business that you bought it off.
As a one-man band, BT’s company, Love Police, also organises tours - in fact, he’s been involved behind the scenes with many of the artists who have appeared in our very own Studio 240.
Guest:
Brian Taranto
10/25/2023 • 14 minutes
Sisterhood of the global cities: One rural city looks to support Ukraine in wartime
From a Second World War battleground to the modern warfronts of Ukraine, sister cities seek to heal wartime wounds.
10/25/2023 • 9 minutes, 1 second
Australia joins the critical minerals race
The critical minerals sector is currently dominated by China but Australia wants a bigger stake in the game.
Overnight in Washington, the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the government will pump another $2 billion into the sector through low-interest loans for miners and processors.
10/25/2023 • 13 minutes, 22 seconds
PNG say they need more money to keep refugees
There are 64 refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea. Most of them have been there for more than ten years as a result of Australia’s offshore detention policy.
10/24/2023 • 6 minutes, 37 seconds
Is an EU trade deal on the horizon?
It's one thing to spend endless hours trying to make a deal work but sometimes you just have to walk away.
That's exactly what the Trade Minister Don Farrell did in July when he left Brussels without an EU deal. But with trade ministers now heading to the G7 Summit in Osaka, could a deal be on the horizon?
10/24/2023 • 9 minutes, 34 seconds
United Nations grapples with human rights abuses and war crimes in Israel-Gaza war
Newly appointed UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter terrorism condemns failure to equally value civilian lives on both sides of the Israel-Gaza conflict.
10/24/2023 • 17 minutes, 23 seconds
Chevron to buy Hess for $52b US in latest oil mega-merger
Chevron has announced it is buying rival oil producer Hess for $53 billion.
10/24/2023 • 6 minutes, 30 seconds
The comedy and the tragedy of British humour
When it comes to humour do you prefer the simplicity of slapstick … Mister Bean fiddling with the reclining chair at his dentist.
Or the biting political satire of The Thick of It that perfectly skewers the business of politics?
Or maybe it's following the ludicrous escapades of Edina and Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous.
Whatever you prefer there's a British comedy for everyone. The new book Different Times chronicles the history of the television genre.
Guest:
David Stubbs, author
10/24/2023 • 17 minutes
Wildlife injuries on the rise as fires, floods and storms wreak havoc
Do you know what to do if you come across an injured possum or a window-struck lorikeet?
10/24/2023 • 9 minutes, 14 seconds
The AI and cyber security gold rush: how Microsoft is helping Australia
When it comes to artificial intelligence, cloud computing and cyber security, there's a gold rush at the moment and Australia has now secured a significant piece of the action.
Tech giant, Microsoft, is committing $5 billion to expand infrastructure and skills in Australia.
10/24/2023 • 13 minutes, 38 seconds
Snowy 2.0: The Cost Blowout
Snowy 2.0 was billed as the national building project which would help meet Australia’s emission targets.
Tonight on Four Corners, Angus Griggs has a story on this project and all’s not well, with cost blowouts in the billions of dollars.
10/23/2023 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
Service Provider for online hate site to pay $400,000
A company which helped a online hate site to remain live has been ordered to pay $400,000 by Victorian Supreme Court.
10/23/2023 • 5 minutes, 29 seconds
Former Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo remains on full pay while under investigation
Acting Home Affairs Secretary Stephanie Foster found herself squarely in the hot seat over former department secretary Mike Pezzullo
10/23/2023 • 8 minutes, 50 seconds
Ben Folds does indeed play piano
Mention Ben Folds to most people and they might know ‘Rocking The Suburbs’ or maybe ‘Brick’.
But mention Ben Folds to a true music nerd and they’ll tell you about the acoustic version of Emaline and how it was one of the first songs he was proud of writing … or the fact that the gentle love song The Luckiest was originally written for a scene in the teen movie ‘Loser’ which incredibly ended up being cut.
Whatever you do know about Ben Folds, I can guarantee there is always more to find out. The new documentary directed by Scott Hicks is 'MY NAME'S BEN FOLDS I play piano'
Guest:
Ben Folds, Musician
10/23/2023 • 13 minutes
What are you doing to save water?
Remember the buckets in the shower and the restrictions and the sprinkler police? Takes you back to 2020, our last dry summer.
There's warnings we are headed that way again unless we start thinking about saving water now. Residents in Sydney are being told the region could be forced onto water restrictions around this time next year.
10/23/2023 • 11 minutes, 51 seconds
Should City of Sydney fly an Israeli flag?
The City of Sydney is this evening debating a motion as to whether the Israeli flag should be flown outside the Town Hall - with the building coloured blue and white after the Opera House turned blue and white earlier this month.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore wants to stop this from happening.
10/23/2023 • 8 minutes, 11 seconds
The Friday Wrap
The US President Joe Biden has delivered an Oval Office address pledging ongoing moral and material support for the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. And we discuss the fallout from the failure of the Voice Referendum and how the world see's Australia's NO vote.
10/20/2023 • 22 minutes, 57 seconds
Australian Cricketers Association supports netballers in pay dispute
Netballers locked in a bitter pay dispute have found an unlikely ally in cricketers.
10/20/2023 • 5 minutes, 28 seconds
Feeling digitally illiterate? There's help for you
With a senate inquiry looking into the closure of bank branches, you can appreciate the growing need for digital literacy - especially if online banking is your only option.
Needless to say, if you're an older Australian you're not a digital native and might not have the eye for spams and scams and that can cost you a lot of money.
But the Federal Government has announced it will spend $42 million to extend the Be Connected program.
10/20/2023 • 10 minutes, 7 seconds
Year one at The People's House: Mr Universe, Les Girls and ACDC
In early 70’s Australia, Gough Whitlam was elected riding a wave of protest and demands for change.
We withdrew from Vietnam … removed The White Australia policy … Germaine Greer published The Female Eunuch.
We were grappling with our sense of identity and needed something to unify us and represent our diverse cultural and national identity.
We found it in The Opera House. It turns 50 today.
10/20/2023 • 15 minutes
What happened to all the beautiful public architecture?
Can you remember the last public building that made you stop and say “wow” in the same way that the Sydney Opera House has done for the past 50 years?
10/20/2023 • 8 minutes, 37 seconds
US President Joe Biden announces emergency spending for Israel-Gaza war, calls for restraint
The Oslo Accords have failed, so where does the Middle East go next?
10/20/2023 • 11 minutes, 22 seconds
Parents to get extended paid parental leave, superannuation excluded from legislation
Don't book date night just yet, the recommendation to include superannuation payments in paid parental leave is noticeably absent from the draft legislation.
10/19/2023 • 11 minutes, 13 seconds
Save the Children calls for a ceasefire in Gaza
Israel says it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
10/19/2023 • 8 minutes, 55 seconds
Big Tech: Sydney hosts SXSW, video game industry's carbon impact
For the first time in its 36-year history, creative arts festival South by Southwest (SXSW) is being hosted in Sydney instead of its home in Austin, Texas.
10/19/2023 • 7 minutes, 46 seconds
Dan Box and 'The Man Who Wasn't There'
From the sea to the spinifex, the Northern Territory is a kaleidoscope of colour. The weather isn’t just experienced- it is lived. The heat and humidity can be oppressive… stifling… maddening... a place described as a law unto itself.
12 years ago, in Katherine, a murder was committed. The motive was clear and so was the method but was Zak Grieve also there, or did he pull out? Either way, the Northern Territory Mandatory Sentencing laws meant that Zak was locked up with a life sentence.
Award-winning journalist Dan Box examines the case and his own response to it, in his new book The Man Who Wasn’t There.
10/19/2023 • 18 minutes
Do you know how to spot a lemon in a caryard?
Have you ever bought a lemon and do you know how to spot one next time?
10/19/2023 • 9 minutes, 39 seconds
The path to peace between Palestinians and Israelis was blown off course years ago
Australians are being urged not to travel to Lebanon amid growing unrest in the region over the Israel Hamas war.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has upgraded its travel advice, warning terrorist attacks could occur anytime and anywhere, including in the capital Beirut.
10/19/2023 • 10 minutes, 39 seconds
Mt Isa copper mine to close
Mining company Glencore announced today it will close it's copper mine at Mt Isa in two years.
10/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Unprecedented level of intellectual property theft: ASIO accuses China
There have been some frank discussions at the spy summit in Silicon Valley overnight with the ASIO boss revealing a Chinese national was removed from Australia after a foiled attempt to infiltrate a prestigious research institution.
In the first ever public gathering of the Five Eyes intelligence partners, Mike Burgess has revealed the spying plot against an unnamed Australian organisation was disrupted last month - before any damage was done.
During the meeting, Mike Burgess also accused the Chinese government of an "unprecedented" level of intellectual property theft.
10/18/2023 • 11 minutes, 2 seconds
Israeli Defence Force announces humanitarian zone in southwest Gaza
As many as 500 people may have been killed in last night's strike on al-Ahli hospital in Gaza, according to local health authorities.
10/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 39 seconds
Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka visits Australia
Fiji’s Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka is in Australia right now, and met with Prime Minister Albanese this morning.
10/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 22 seconds
Non-fatal strangulation to become stand-alone offence in Victoria
The Victoria government has become the last state to introduce a bill into parliament which toughens penalties for non-fatal strangulation.
10/18/2023 • 6 minutes, 12 seconds
Humans have survived climate change before and can do it again
There’s nothing like history and science to remind us just how precarious our existence on this rotating rock we like to call home, really is.
There were many points in human history where things were touch-and-go for humanity, yet here we are, and this time we’re facing another challenge… this time, of our own creation.
Climatologist and author Michael E. Mann's new book Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis aims to dispel the narrative of despair, by reminding you that humans have survived changes to our climate before and we can do it again.
10/18/2023 • 17 minutes
'Eyes, look your last!' … because Shakespeare is leaving our stages
Around a decade ago, William Shakespeare was the most performed playwright in Australian theatre but next year no mainstage theatre company performing his work.
10/18/2023 • 13 minutes, 22 seconds
"Urgent Action" required to control feral horses
There’s one invasive species which is a bit of a sacred cow in this country; horses.
When you see them running in the snow capped ridges of the high country you immediately start humming Bruce Rowland’s theme for The Man from Snowy River. But a recent Senate committee report has called for an urgent cull.
10/17/2023 • 9 minutes, 50 seconds
ASIO boss warns of "spontaneous violence" in Australia
The national terrorism threat level currently stands at 'possible'.
There is no indication that will change anytime soon however as the death toll climbs in the Israel-Gaza war, ASIO's director general says his agency is expecting "spontaneous violence" to break out in Australia in response to the conflict.
Mike Burgess made the comments overnight ahead of a meeting of Five Eyes intelligence partners in California
10/17/2023 • 11 minutes, 10 seconds
Business & Finance: RBA minutes released, Israel-Gaza war hits commodities and Australia's super struggles
After four consecutive months of interest rates on hold, there could be plenty more pain in store for mortgage holders before the year ends.
10/17/2023 • 5 minutes, 48 seconds
How disinformation is being spread about the Israel-Gaza war
Social media has seen a surge in misinformation related to the conflict following the militant group Hamas's attack on Israel.
10/17/2023 • 13 minutes
Competitive Eating: Execrable or Elite Sport?
Humans really do have a bizarre relationship with food. We’re obsessed with talking about food, cooking food, buying food, and eating food.
Some love watching people eat spectacular amounts of food in record time and yes, some like competing in these feats. Why?
Is it a symbol of modern gluttony or is it a sport that requires endurance and training just like any other?
Guest:
James Webb, Competitive Eater
10/17/2023 • 10 minutes
GetUp CEO urges politicians to get on with Treaty
While indigenous leaders mark a week of mourning in the wake of the failed Voice referendum, the Prime Minister says now is not the time to ask the question: what's next?
Meanwhile the Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy says there's a lack of community understanding about why First Nations people called for a Voice to Parliament in the first place.
10/17/2023 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
GetUp CEO urges politicians to get on with Treaty
While indigenous leaders mark a week of mourning in the wake of the failed Voice referendum, the Prime Minister says now is not the time to ask the question: what's next?
Meanwhile the Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy says there's a lack of community understanding about why First Nations people called for a Voice to Parliament in the first place.
10/17/2023 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
Centre-right National party ousts Labour in New Zealand election
New Zealand’s Labour party was riding high on “Jacindamania” after winning more than 50 per cent of the vote in the 2020 election.
10/16/2023 • 8 minutes, 54 seconds
Abattoirs overwhelmed as farmers prepare for difficult El Nino season
As farmers prepare to head into potentially years of El Nino weather, wait times to offload livestock to feedlots and abattoirs are blowing out.
10/16/2023 • 3 minutes, 46 seconds
Federal Parliament condemns Hamas attacks
A motion has been passed in the House of Representatives condemning Hamas' attacks on Israel.
The Greens voted against the motion after trying to substitute support for Israel's right to self-defence with a call for an immediate ceasefire. However this amendment was heavily defeated.
Greens leader Adam Bandt says the motion implied support for a looming Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza strip.
10/16/2023 • 12 minutes, 24 seconds
Carbon Counter: Calculating the carbon footprint of war
A report by carbon accounting experts has found war is deepening the climate crisis at time when global greenhouse gas emissions are already at a record high.
10/16/2023 • 10 minutes, 37 seconds
Caroline O'Donoghue is sincere about 'Sentimental Garbage'
Sinéad O’Connor, James Joyce, U2, Oscar Wilde … even Derry Girls
For such a small population Ireland has provided some real heavy hitters, culturally speaking…
Some of these could be written off as just pop culture but writer and podcaster Caroline O’Donoghue wants people to embrace the popular, and not just from Ireland.
Her hugely successful podcast Sentimental Garbage takes a deep dive into themes and references from across the pop cultural landscape to find out why they mean so much to us.
Her latest book The Rachel Incident is set in 2009… a time ripe for these sorts of cultural references.
10/16/2023 • 13 minutes
Springtime jacarandas are in bloom but is the South American tree suited to Australian streets?
Just how did this South American interloper become the symbols of the Australian springtime?
10/16/2023 • 11 minutes, 25 seconds
Peter Dutton backs away from commitment for another referendum
As with any national vote, a political post-mortem ensues. It's also a time for voters to ask: what's next? And that's where Australia finds itself today after a resounding 'No' vote in the weekend's Voice Referendum.
The Federal Opposition leader Peter Dutton says the Prime Minister is to blame for the failed 'Yes' campaign and again demanded an apology during Question Time today.
Mr Dutton also seems to have walked away from his commitment to hold a second referendum on Indigenous recognition. He says he believes the Australian public is done with the referendum process for some time.
10/16/2023 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
The Friday Wrap
GUESTS:
10/13/2023 • 22 minutes, 34 seconds
Indigenous leaders prepare to care for their communities when the referendum dust settles
As the final ballots are tallied and Australia’s answer to the Voice rolls in on Saturday evening, nowhere will the result be more keenly watched than by First Nations Australians.
10/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
Hang ten with Ash Grunwald
Why is there such a strong connection between surfing and music?
Is it the downtime waiting for the swell to pick up that gives you time for jotting down sandy lyrics? Is it the rhythm and timing needed to ride that wave?
The Beach Boys sang about surf culture. Jack Johnson started out as a competitive surfer. Jimmy Buffett even enjoyed a surf.
Blues and roots musician Ash Grunwald has thought about this deeply - writing, podcasting and singing about it.
10/13/2023 • 24 minutes
History courses in higher education under threat as student and academic numbers shrink
A recent survey has found twenty three percent fewer students are studying history at the university level in the last five years.
10/13/2023 • 11 minutes, 27 seconds
Israel urges Palestinians in Gaza City to move south
The United Nations says it has been told by Israel that everyone in north Gaza should relocate to the south within the next 24 hours.
Israeli tanks are reportedly amassing at the border almost a week after Hamas launched a series of surprise terror attacks, killing at least thirteen hundred people.
10/13/2023 • 10 minutes, 39 seconds
Does Australia have too many football codes?
Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou says that association football will never reach its full potential in Australia, as NRL and AFL are too dominant, with too much power over decision-makers.
10/13/2023 • 8 minutes, 44 seconds
NASA finds Bennu asteroid contains 'building blocks of life'
Scientists have discovered water, carbon and organic materials in samples collected from an asteroid called Binnu by Nasa’s OSRIS-REx spacecraft.
10/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Yes campaign makes final hour pitches to undecided voters
Today the Co-chair and Members of the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria joined forces with the Yes23 campaign, to make their last pitches to undecided voters ahead of the Voice Referendum.
10/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
"I am sorry": current and former PwC CEOs front Senate inquiry
The new head of consulting giant PwC Australia has effectively thrown his predecessors under a corporate bus today.
Kevin Burrowes has told a Senate inquiry "past leadership" is to blame after confidential information was used to help clients get out multinational tax avoidance laws.
10/12/2023 • 10 minutes, 31 seconds
Big Tech: EU warns social media over spread of Israel-Gaza war misinformation
Social media firms have seen a surge in misinformation related to the conflict following the militant group Hamas's attack on Israel.
10/12/2023 • 8 minutes, 44 seconds
Australia's natural wonders could be at threat following Federal Court ruling
Australia has a wealth of natural wonders but are we doing enough to protect them?
10/12/2023 • 5 minutes, 41 seconds
Battler Literature: A poetry movement started by factory workers
A tired, lonely Chinese worker labours on the factory line inserting tiny screws into what will become the smartphone in your pocket.
The unrelenting work conditions have seen 14 of his co-workers die. But in his mind he writes poetry about his life and experience ... a movement is underway
Canadian artist Njo Kong Kie came across the poetry of one such worker Xu Lizhi, and has created a performance called ‘I Swallowed A Moon Made of Iron’
10/12/2023 • 17 minutes
Do we have the 'right to protest' in Australia?
In New South Wales, police have launched an investigation in the wake of a pro-Palestinian rally last Monday night outside the Sydney Opera House, where some people burned the Israeli flag and chanted anti-Jewish slogans.
10/12/2023 • 10 minutes, 41 seconds
Israel forms emergency unity government as Gaza faces a sixth consecutive day of airstrikes
The IDF says it is preparing for a ground offensive when quote, ‘opportune and fit for our purposes’. It comes amid reports of growing anger over the government’s handling of the crisis.
10/12/2023 • 10 minutes, 53 seconds
Palestine Red Crescent Society warns of humanitarian crisis, medics targeted
At least six healthcare workers have been killed in alleged targeted attacks according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
10/11/2023 • 5 minutes, 28 seconds
Cheng Lei freed and repatriation flights out of Israel to begin
After spending more than three years in a Chinese prison, Australian journalist Cheng Lei has flown home to her family in Melbourne.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the announcement as he also confirmed that the federal government will be assisting Australians stranded in Israel to return home.
10/11/2023 • 10 minutes, 25 seconds
Building a case of ecocide against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine
Alongside the human catastrophe, an environmental catastrophe is occurring in Ukraine. it's not because of climate change or the extreme weather, but allegedly being committed by the hands of invading Russian forces.
10/11/2023 • 9 minutes, 47 seconds
Air Alan: Joyce's leadership and legacy at Qantas examined
Peter Harbison's new book ‘Alan Joyce and Qantas: The Trials and Transformation of an Australian Icon’ examines Joyce's time in the top job.
The clean out of the top echelons of Qantas leadership today appears almost complete with the chairman of the board, Richard Goyder announcing he’ll retire before the end of next year.
It follows the departure of Alan Joyce last month after 15 years as CEO a difficult tenure filled with challenges
Guest:
Peter Harbison, author
10/11/2023 • 14 minutes
How are younger Australians voting in the Voice Referendum?
Latest Polling suggests that around 60% of young Australians - those under the age of 34 - back the Voice to Parliament. But like all other demographics that number has been sliding.
10/11/2023 • 13 minutes, 23 seconds
Can you learn how to sing?
Singing, is it nature or nurture?
10/11/2023 • 9 minutes, 35 seconds
'Love machine' helps re-colonise NSW little penguin population locally extinct for 30 years
An invention known as the 'love machine' is helping recolonise a population of little penguins which has been extinct for 30 years in the NSW far south coast town of Eden.
10/11/2023 • 6 minutes, 59 seconds
Labour makes gains days out from New Zealand's election
As Australians head out to polls this Saturday to vote in the Voice to Parliament referendum, across the ditch in New Zealand, the kiwis will be doing the same but for their general election.
10/10/2023 • 9 minutes, 23 seconds
Playful whales engage in 'kelping' to pass the time during migration season
A new study has revealed that playful splashes and dives aren’t the only way whales breakup the boredom of a long commute.
10/10/2023 • 4 minutes, 8 seconds
Running towards danger: how one retired major general took on Hamas
When Yair Golan received a desperate plea for help as fellow Israeli's came under attack from Hamas the retired major-general and former MP put on his uniform and drove into besieged villages on the Gaza border to rescue captured civilians.
10/10/2023 • 10 minutes, 57 seconds
Running towards danger: how one retired major general took on Hamas
When Yair Golan received a desperate plea for help as fellow Israeli's came under attack from Hamas the retired major-general and former MP put on his uniform and drove into besieged villages on the Gaza border to rescue captured civilians.
10/10/2023 • 11 minutes, 6 seconds
Why your immune system is the nightclub bouncer for your body
About 30-40% of the world’s population and five million Australians are dealing with food or environmental allergies.
Despite this, not a whole lot is actually known about them, in fact, their definition can’t even be agreed upon.
A new book, Allergic: How Our Immune System Reacts to a Changing World breaks down the complicated way allergies and the immune system work.
Guest:
Dr. Theresa MacPhail, author
10/10/2023 • 19 minutes
'They have no where to go': Palestinian citizens bear the brunt of Israel's wrath
The United Nations estimates close to 200,000 people have been displaced as communities attempt to escape the missile strikes on Gaza.
10/10/2023 • 12 minutes, 11 seconds
Netanyahu: Israel's offensive has "only started"
Israel's offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip has "only started". They're the words of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the country grapples with the surprise terrorist attacks committed by Hamas at the weekend, with a full fledged war now underway.
The hostilities so far have killed around 900 people in Israel and more than 680 people in Gaza, according to authorities on each side.
10/10/2023 • 11 minutes, 45 seconds
NSW drug reforms to see people fined for minor possession, avoiding criminal conviction
Those caught with drugs for personal use will be fined $400, though the fine can be waived if the person undergoes a drug and alcohol treatment program.
10/10/2023 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
Why are men paid more than women?
Important research on the gender pay gap has resulted in Harvard Professor Claudia Goldin being awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics.
10/10/2023 • 6 minutes, 43 seconds
Four Corners: Inside Disrupt Burrup Hub's climate protest at the home of Woodside Energy boss Meg O’Neill
It was 6.45am on a frost August morning when four young climate protestors were handcuffed and read their rights by anti-terrorism police in front of the home of Woodside boss Meg O'Neill.
10/9/2023 • 9 minutes, 12 seconds
A power playbook for Australia's clean energy transition
The peak body for the clean energy industry in Australia has today released its Power Playbook which lays out 45 recommendations to the Federal Government to ensure Australia's goal gets back on track.
10/9/2023 • 6 minutes, 18 seconds
Carbon Counter: Climate researcher's job threatened over refusal to fly
A climate scientist is facing the sack by his employer for refusing to fly back to Germany from Papua New Guinea.
10/9/2023 • 6 minutes, 12 seconds
How trustworthy are the Voice referendum pre-polls?
The numbers haven’t been great for the Yes campaign for some time now -- but should we be taking these numbers with a pinch of salt?
10/9/2023 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
Learning linguistic lessons with 'Writely or Wrongly'
How often do you rely on spellcheck… or autocorrect to tidy up those minor errors in your emails, documents or texts each day?
They might do the trick for us mere mortals but for newspapers, it’s a different story.
Joanne Anderson is the chief desk editor of The Age, which means that she is the authority on all the words in all the articles that pass her desk each day.
Such is her knowledge of the English language that she has written us plebs a helpful and humorous handbook ‘Writely or Wrongly: An unstuffy guide to language stuff’
Guest:
Joanne Anderson, author
10/9/2023 • 14 minutes
Palestinian Ambassador condemns civilian deaths in Israel and Gaza
It's been described as the most complex and brazen attack on Israel since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war and yet somehow this surprise attack by Hamas went undetected by Israel's far-reaching intelligence web.
Overnight Israel intensified its bombardments of the Gaza Strip whilst Israeli soldiers fought to dislodge Gaza gunmen from areas of southern Israel.
At least 700 people have reportedly been killed in Israel and more than 400 have been killed in Gaza. Palestinian militant groups claimed to be holding over 130 captives from the Israeli side.
10/9/2023 • 11 minutes, 23 seconds
Israel continues Gaza strikes after Palestinian militants take hostages
As part of the ongoing attacks on Israel, Palestinian militants have reportedly taken more than 130 people to Gaza as hostages.
10/9/2023 • 10 minutes, 42 seconds
What's next for Israel?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is now embarking on the offensive phase of the war and has extended an invitation to opposition leader Yair Lapid and former defense minister Benny Gantz to join an emergency government to manage the conflict.
10/9/2023 • 11 minutes, 20 seconds
Nobel Prizes in medicine, physics and chemistry awarded
The scientists whose research led to the development of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
10/6/2023 • 10 minutes, 27 seconds
Enjoy some sweet synth-wave sounds with Sunglasses Kid
What is it about 80's music that is so recognisable? Is it the pan-pipes, the sax, the synth?
You can almost touch the shoulder pads, feel the Miami humidity and see the Palm Trees. Because it's so visceral, it also holds a special place in film history.
Edward Gamper aka Sunglasses Kid has found a niche with his nostalgic 1980's tunes and movie themes.
10/6/2023 • 16 minutes
Will a ban on breeds stop dog attacks?
The Queensland government is mulling a ban on five breeds after a series of high profile attacks.
10/6/2023 • 10 minutes, 36 seconds
The Reserve Bank identifies risks for Australian households
The Reserve Bank has just released its Financial Stability Review.
It says a small but rising share of mortgage borrowers are "on the cusp, or in the early stages, of financial stress".
10/6/2023 • 6 minutes, 45 seconds
2030 FIFA World Cup to be hosted in 6 countries across 3 continents
It will mostly be played in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, but the South American nations of Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay have also been given hosting rights for the opening three matches.
10/6/2023 • 5 minutes, 10 seconds
Scientists voice funding concerns for the Antarctic Division
"It's dead easy to die; it's the keeping on living that's hard."
Those words in Robert Service's poem, The Quitter, was often quoted by Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson and it's perhaps a poignant comment for the Australian Antarctic Division at the moment, following revelations it's pursuing cuts worth roughly 16 per cent of its operating budget.
10/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 20 seconds
'An angry & aggressive person', Peter Dutton hits back at Clare O'Neil over migration review
A war of words has erupted between Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil and the former minister in charge of her portfolio, now opposition leader Peter Dutton, following yesterday's release of an independent review into Australia's migration system.
10/5/2023 • 9 minutes, 20 seconds
All-a-glow: Study discovers fluorescent mammals are more common than thought
You might be familiar with the bioluminescence that sometimes washes up on the shores of Australian beaches or perhaps you’ve heard of mushrooms that glow in the dark.
10/5/2023 • 5 minutes, 44 seconds
Big Tech: Sam Bankman-Fried goes to trial, MrBeast and BBC presenters used in deepfake scam
Crypto-billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried's highly anticipated trial has begun in Manhattan and he's facing decades in prison after being accused of “committing massive fraud” by prosecutors during his time as CEO of FTX.
10/5/2023 • 9 minutes, 39 seconds
Inside the writers room with Gary Janetti
Gary Janetti has achieved the dream of many - making a successful career creating TV in Hollywood.
Writer, producer, executive producer, creator, voice actor and author he’s worked on Will & Grace, Family Guy, Vicious and The Prince.
He’s here to bring his witty quips and tales from his books to Australia with his show ‘An Evening(ish) in Oz. With Gary Janetti’
10/5/2023 • 13 minutes
Should Australian cities adopt car-free days?
Imagine wandering down your local high street on a Summer's evening and being able to find diverse market stalls, alfresco eats, as well as live music.
10/5/2023 • 8 minutes, 10 seconds
Referendum voting has started. Here's what you need to know before you vote
The AEC tackles some of the myths surrounding the voting process.
10/5/2023 • 10 minutes, 10 seconds
Argentina struggles with 100 percent inflation as election looms
Once renowned as a wealthy country, Argentina is now teetering on the edge of hyperinflation as the country stares down a critical election later this month.
10/4/2023 • 7 minutes, 9 seconds
Wall Street falls sharply following high Treasury yields
Steep falls on Wall Street and the ASX are being blamed in part on the surging yields on US Treasury notes.
The 10-year bond yield reached 4.8%, the highest level since 2007.
10/4/2023 • 9 minutes, 31 seconds
Report finds Indigenous children being removed at 'alarming' rate in South Australia
The interim report has made 17 recommendations to reform the current child protection system.
10/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 30 seconds
Space and Theology: To infinity and beyond
The year is 1963.
Lawrence of Arabia wins the Oscar for Best Picture. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech ... and JFK is shot and killed in Dallas. Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space, returns to Earth, but it will be six years until we land on the moon.
Humanity seems to be largely moving forward… reaching up.
In the wake of these advancements five thinkers were asked ‘Has humanity’s conquest of space increased or diminished our stature?’
Sixty years on, as part of World Space Week, the Wheeler Centre is discussing the question.
10/4/2023 • 16 minutes
Do you have a bushfire plan? Here's where to start
It’s been a tense week for residents in Victoria and New South Wales with a very unsettling sense of deja vu beginning to seep in for those of us who watched and lived through the horrors of the Black Summer Bushfire.
10/4/2023 • 12 minutes, 34 seconds
Press freedom under spotlight in India
Indian police have raided the homes of dozens of journalists, activists and comedians, in what critics have described as an attack on India's independent news outlets.
10/4/2023 • 7 minutes, 47 seconds
Government launches crackdown on visa system
Dysfunctional, poorly managed and exploited by criminals to commit sexual slavery and human trafficking. That’s how Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has described Australia's migration system.
10/4/2023 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
First Nations and culturally diverse leaders join forces for the Yes campaign
2023 Australian of The Year Local Hero Amar Singh has returned to Sydney after driving 25,000 kilometers across the country to promote the Indigenous Voice to Parliament to religious, multicultural and regional communities.
10/3/2023 • 12 minutes, 29 seconds
Scientists label prototype satellite one of the brightest objects in the night sky
Scientists with the International Astronomical Union have announced one of the brightest objects visible in the night sky is a prototype satellite called the BlueWalker 3 – part of an ambitious new 5G communications system.
10/3/2023 • 5 minutes, 54 seconds
Will the Government roll out its 58 urgent clinics on time?
If you've struggled to get urgent healthcare in the past year, you might be wondering where those 50 urgent care clinics the government promised this year have gotten to.
Well, so far, only 24 have been opened, and the majority of those are in metropolitan areas.
Of those that are open, less than half are operating until 10pm as promised, with many closing at 8pm.
10/3/2023 • 9 minutes, 18 seconds
The 'mother of all thinktanks' could be behind disinformation about the Voice referendum
One research paper suggests that the Atlas Network could also have inspired some of the tactics being used in the lead up to next weekend’s referendum.
10/3/2023 • 9 minutes, 55 seconds
'Sweet Mama' takes to space to teach us about Type 2 diabetes
Afrofuturism is a genre of music and art and cultural aesthetic that explores the intersection of the African experience with history, science and technology.
It imagines alternative futures; speculative fiction with a black lens.
Mixing science, and space to explore something that is disproportionately prevalent in African genetics and a possible future without it, ‘Sweet Mama’ is set in an intergalactic game-like scenario where our hero fights the battle of Type 2 Diabetes within the body.
10/3/2023 • 15 minutes
Meat tax proposed to help curb climate change
German and UK scientists say meat taxes and other livestock emissions regulations could be effective in stopping climate change.
10/3/2023 • 10 minutes, 17 seconds
Emergency alerts for fires burning across parts of NSW and Victoria
Authorities are today battling blazes across NSW, Victoria and Tasmania.
Communities in Gippsland, in Victoria's south east, are on high alert and several locations across NSW.
10/3/2023 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
RBA keeps interest rates steady at 4.1%
The Reserve Bank has left the cash rate on hold at 4.1 per cent for the fourth month in a row at a board meeting chaired, for the first time, by Governor Michele Bullock.
10/3/2023 • 5 minutes, 19 seconds
Why Tasmanian politics is in chaos
Late last week, Tasmania's Attorney-General Elise Archer said she was quitting politics after being sacked by the Premier Jeremy Rockliff over a series of text messages.
10/3/2023 • 7 minutes, 2 seconds
Undercover operatives say they've been left behind by Australia's law enforcement agencies
Tonight’s episode of Four Corners explores the relationship between law enforcement and the individuals risking their lives to inform on fellow criminals.
10/2/2023 • 8 minutes, 22 seconds
Pro-China opposition candidate wins Maldives presidential election
Pro-China opposition candidate Mohamed Muizzu has won the Maldives presidential election.
10/2/2023 • 7 minutes, 4 seconds
ACCC releases latest report into childcare
New caps on childcare fees and more support for single parents and unemployed parents.
Those are among the key recommendations by the consumer watchdog this week.
A draft report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has also revealed that Australian parents are paying almost twice the OECD average, despite government investment.
10/2/2023 • 10 minutes, 20 seconds
Australia, France sign critical minerals supply chain pact
Australia and France have signed a pact to work more closely on critical minerals supply chains.
10/2/2023 • 4 minutes, 50 seconds
Should Australian schools be more inclusive?
The segregation of schools has become a hot topic following Friday's findings from The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.
But what do people close to the issue think?
10/2/2023 • 14 minutes, 8 seconds
Hannah Ferguson wants you to bite back
When Hannah Ferguson landed a job with the Queensland Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions … she was 22 years old and full of ambition and hope ... she found herself sitting in an office cubicle for hours on end transcribing police recordings of interviews with victims and accused perpetrators hearing, in detail, stories of trauma, abuse and violence.
It transformed her perception of the justice system and the media’s reporting of it … so she started Cheek Media Co.
She's just written her first book 'Bite Back: Feminism, media, politics and our power to change it all' a scathing critique of the current state of Australian politics, media and feminism… with some ideas on how we might be able to help make change.
10/2/2023 • 17 minutes
Are our phones stealing our attention or is this just normal life?
Are you avoiding that book on your bedside table because you can’t bear the thought of reading something longer than a tweet?
10/2/2023 • 11 minutes, 50 seconds
Early voting in the Voice referendum begins today and tomorrow
Early voting in the Voice referendum has officially started today in Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
But for voters elsewhere, today's public holiday will mean pre-polling booths will open tomorrow.
10/2/2023 • 8 minutes, 46 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Resignations, embarrassing defeats, awkward confrontations and shocking findings following another Royal Commission.
9/29/2023 • 23 minutes, 36 seconds
Indie brewers say they're being squeezed out of pubs by beer giants
Independent brewers say anti-competition tactics by the world’s top beer giants are muscling out Australia’s craft beers from the nation’s pubs.
9/29/2023 • 5 minutes, 37 seconds
Holy Holy live in Studio 241
From meeting at a Thailand Maccas in an age before social media... to having a fan in Liam Gallagher.
Tim and Oscar from Holy Holy have managed to create music across time and space, having never lived in the same city... or state.
They came into the studio and played their songs 'Rosé and 'Ready' from their new album 'Cellophane'
9/29/2023 • 20 minutes
Survey: Queenslanders, Western Australians want daylight saving
A University of Queensland survey has found the majoirity of those in Queensland and Western Australia would support the introduction of daylight saving.
9/29/2023 • 7 minutes, 3 seconds
Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John responds to Disability RC findings
The federal government says it will set up a task force to work out the best way to respond to the 222 recommendations handed down with the Disability Royal Commission.
Meanwhile Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John says segregated settings - like at schools and group homes - should be abolished.
9/29/2023 • 5 minutes, 59 seconds
'The responsibility of all Australians': Disability royal commission hands down landmark report
After four and a half years, almost eight-thousand submissions and more than 800 witnesses, we now have the final report of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.
9/29/2023 • 22 minutes, 59 seconds
Woodside suffers legal blow for WA gas project
In a significant setback for Woodside's massive Scarborough gas development in Western Australia, the Federal Court has today found an environmental plan - for part of the project - should never have been approved.
Woodside was given approval earlier this year to carry out seismic testing off the Pilbara coast, as part of the $12 billion project, provided it consulted First Nations people.
That approval was successfully challenged by traditional owner, Raelene Cooper, who argued she wasn't adequately consulted.
9/28/2023 • 5 minutes, 59 seconds
Just one Australian university remains in the global top 50
Universities across Australia got a rude shock today.
The world's most prestigious academic league table shows every single Australian university in the top 100 have slipped down the rankings for 2024 with the University of Adelaide suffering the biggest drop - going from 88th place to 111th in just 12 months.
Meanwhile the University of Melbourne went from 34th place to 37th, while the University of Sydney dropped six places to 60th.
9/28/2023 • 10 minutes, 3 seconds
Big Tech: Online privacy reforms and X removes misinformation feature
You could soon demand tech companies erase your data, sue them for privacy invasions and even avoid being targeted by businesses using sensitive personal information.
9/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
Could that scam text on your phone be from a victim of human trafficking?
A multi-billion dollar trafficking ring could be behind that scam text on your phone.
9/28/2023 • 9 minutes, 42 seconds
How to navigate parenting when your kids become adults
There comes a point in everybody's life when the relationship between parent and child changes.
When we start to become our own adults, parents no longer need to provide care and advice in the same way.
It used to be when around the age we left school and went to uni but that is beginning to change… which can make the
Dr Laurence Steinberg argues in his new book ‘You And Your Adult Child: How to Grow Together in Challenging Times’ that factors like work and the economy mean that we’re moving through our life stages at about 5 -10 year later than our parents.
9/28/2023 • 15 minutes
Federal government proposes skills passport system
The Federal Treasurer has announced the government is looking at introducing a national skills passport.
9/28/2023 • 12 minutes, 20 seconds
Peak fire authority defends new fire rating system following incorrect 'catastrophic' warning in Queensland
With El Nino nerves settling in over fears of another Black Summer, are our warning systems up for the task?
9/28/2023 • 8 minutes, 33 seconds
More Australians deciding to live in underground homes to escape bushfires and extreme heat
It sounds unorthodox but more and more Australians are opting to live in 'earth-sheltered' homes in order to escape bushfires and extreme heat.
9/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 9 seconds
How to hold an inter-school handball championship when no one agrees on the rules?
A lot of things have changed for school kids throughout the generations, but the game of handball - and the fights which break out over its rules - have remained constant.
9/27/2023 • 5 minutes, 39 seconds
How to protect the public service's independence?
Just hours after Nine Newspapers published reports that the Home Affairs department secretary Michael Pezzullo allegedly sent partisan text messages to a liberal party powerbroker, the public servant stood aside.
Now the allegations have been referred to the public service commissioner. But what needs to be done to keep the public service robust and independent?
9/27/2023 • 4 minutes, 33 seconds
Qantas Chair Richard Goyder says he's staying
Just a day after the Australian and International Pilots Association called for his resignation, Qantas chair Richard Goyder says he's not going anywhere.
He fronted a Senate inquiry into Bilateral Air Service Agreements this afternoon where questions have been asked about the federal government's decision to block Qatar Airways's bid for 28 additional flights into Australia.
The gap between rich and poor Australians has blown out over the past two decades.
9/27/2023 • 9 minutes
Star Trek and Jetpacks: Speculative Design for the future
You may have heard it said… that truly good design is actually design you don’t notice. Clothes that just seem to fit perfectly… the warm invitation of a beautifully lit room… or the ease of comfortable furniture… the natural flow of highly functional architecture.
But some argue that design should also contribute to a bigger conversation… one about ideas… and art... our vision of the future.
Speculation: 8 Billion Little Utopias is part of the Design Fringe program and explores this idea.
Guest:
Dr. Vincent Alessi, Curator and Director of The Linden New Art Gallery
9/27/2023 • 14 minutes
'A continuation of the cover up culture': Senator Deborah O'Neill responds to PwC review
Author of the report, Dr Ziggy Switkowski, named seven key shortcomings ranging from an overly collegial culture inhibiting constructive challenge to an excessively powerful CEO and a lack of independence.
9/27/2023 • 13 minutes, 43 seconds
Just how accurate are TV legal dramas?
An Australian law expert has ranked courtroom TV dramas by their accuracy.
9/27/2023 • 11 minutes, 6 seconds
Australian politicians visit Armenian refugee camp amid Nagorno-Karabakh exodus
A delegation of seven Australian parliamentarians have toured a refugee camp in Armenia, as thousands flee their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh
9/27/2023 • 5 minutes, 41 seconds
How prepared is Australia for the next big dry?
With El Niño upon us and already reports of cattle markets being flooded as farmers look to de-stock, how is Australia preparing for the next drought?
A National Drought Forum is currently underway in Rockhampton as the Productivity Commission hands down its recommendations for the Future Drought Fund.
9/26/2023 • 7 minutes, 6 seconds
Two major airports want Qatar Airways decision reviewed
Both Brisbane and Melbourne Airport executives fronted the Senate inquiry into Bilateral Air Service Agreements today, calling on the federal government to review its decision to knock back Qatar Airways' bid to run more flights into Australia.
They both also argued less competition and higher airfares restrict travel.
9/26/2023 • 9 minutes, 16 seconds
Victoria's business community reacts to Dan Andrews resignation?
The resignation of Victorian premiere Dan Andrews has come as a shock, but how will the state's business community respond?
9/26/2023 • 5 minutes, 49 seconds
RFS volunteer prepares for bushfire season ahead
Last week, there were warnings of extreme and catastrophic fire danger in parts of Queensland and New South Wales. This week, more than 200 organisations including state emergency services and charities are meeting in Canberra for the National Disaster Preparedness Summit. Meanwhile, RFS volunteers are preparing for what might be a tough bushfire season.
9/26/2023 • 9 minutes, 46 seconds
Transhumanism: Would you live forever if you could?
If you knew your body wasn’t going to fall apart and you could live forever with augmented or even improved body parts… with no need to worry about failing eyesight … that bung knee … heart disease … would that make you more interested?
This is Transhumanism … a movement that wants to use science and technology to make humans … better and live forever.
Zoltan Istvan has been a journalist, and science fiction writer, worked in Real estate and has been a political candidate and believes in the transhumanist movement. He even drove a coffin-shaped bus around America to promote the ‘longevity movement’.
9/26/2023 • 17 minutes
Should pets be allowed on public transport?
How would you feel about sharing your morning commute with a furry friend?
9/26/2023 • 9 minutes, 4 seconds
Being gay isn't reason enough to be granted asylum, says UK minister
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman says fear of persecution for being gay isn't reason enough for asylum seekers to be granted asylum.
9/26/2023 • 5 minutes, 57 seconds
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews calls it a day
'Chairman Dan', 'I stand with Dan' … whatever you think about Daniel Andrews, the self-described "kid from the country" is resigning after nine years as the Premier of Victoria.
9/26/2023 • 14 minutes, 24 seconds
Home Affairs department head Michael Pezzullo steps aside
There are allegations one of Australia's most senior public servants, the Home Affairs department secretary, Michael Pezzullo, sent a series of messages to Liberal party powerbroker Scott Briggs - including disparaging comments about senior figures in the former Coalition Government and advice on ministerial appointments.
The Minister for Home Affairs Clare O'Neil has now confirmed Mr Pezzullo has stepped aside while an investigation gets underway into the allegations.
9/25/2023 • 6 minutes, 16 seconds
The Government releases its Employment White Paper
The last time Australia had an Employment White Paper released, Paul Keating was the Prime Minister.
Almost 30 years on, a Labor government has again released an Employment White Paper in a bid to put "full employment" at the heart of Australia's policy frameworks and institutions.
9/25/2023 • 10 minutes, 18 seconds
Carbon Counter: Social enterprise offering EV subsidies in place of state governments
A social enterprise is trying to make the purchase of electric vehicles more equitable by offering means-tested discounts to new buyers.
9/25/2023 • 7 minutes, 2 seconds
Where have all the circuses gone?
When you imagine a circus what do you picture?
A ringmaster … a trapeze artist… Strong-man… clowns… amazing feats of physical stamina and acrobatics... even fleas?
While circus arts have progressed from this, our picture of it might not have caught up with the possibilities of this art form.
The National Institute of Circus Arts is holding a summit on Circus arts and the industry's issues as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
9/25/2023 • 19 minutes
30 years of the internet in Australia
Do you remember those early days? The sound of the old dial-up internet connection via your phone line, the glacial speed of getting a web page up, the really basic, text-heavy websites? Hard to believe, but the "popular internet" is 30 years old.
9/25/2023 • 11 minutes, 21 seconds
Deal reached to end Hollywood writers strike
Hollywood is breathing a collective sigh of relief, with the news that screenwriters and the big studios have reached an historic contract agreement, tentatively ending a writers strike that lasted 146 days.
9/25/2023 • 9 minutes, 46 seconds
NSW government announces vaping crackdown
The NSW state government has announced that nearly $7 million will be spent over three years to crack down on the illegal sale of vapes and help young addicts wean off them.
9/25/2023 • 9 minutes, 7 seconds
Will the Wallabies make a comeback or crash in the World Cup?
The do-or-die match comes after the Wallabies' shock defeat to Fiji in their second game of the tournament which saw the Pacific nation beat the Wallabies for the first time in 69 years.
9/22/2023 • 8 minutes, 42 seconds
COVID-19 inquiry won't consider actions of state and territory governments
The inquiry into commonwealth responses to the COVID-19 pandemic will not consider the actions of state and territory governments.
9/22/2023 • 5 minutes, 48 seconds
Ondara: A Troubadour's Spirit
Born in Nairobi, Kenya in the early 90’s, Ondara listened to the family’s battery-operated radio, devouring any sort of music he could cram into his young ears.
Eventually he came to folk music, after losing a bet, and finding out that ‘Knockin' On Heaven Door’ wasn't in fact a Guns N Roses Song, but by some guy called Bob Dylan.
He won the Green Card Lottery and moved to the States, not LA or New York … but Maple Grove, Minnesota - a place as American as Apple pie and more importantly, Dylan’s home state.
Tour info for Ondara can be found here
9/22/2023 • 11 minutes
Is there an art to a good public apology?
This month alone, Qantas has had to issue a public apology not once … not twice … but three times.
9/22/2023 • 10 minutes, 25 seconds
Rupert Murdoch retires as chairman of Fox Corporation and News Corp
Billionaire Rupert Murdoch has announced he is stepping down as chairman of both Fox Corporation and News Corp.
9/22/2023 • 8 minutes, 10 seconds
The Wrap: Murdoch, COVID, heat and El Niño
There’s been a lot going on this week on many fronts, from the scorching heat, fires and El Nino declaration to a COVID inquiry announced – without Royal Commission powers, and of course Rupert Murdoch's surprise decision to step down as chairman of Fox and News Corp.
9/22/2023 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
Azerbaijan and Armenia reach ceasefire deal for breakaway region
Azerbaijani and Armenian military forces have reached a ceasefire agreement, ending 24 hours of deadly conflict in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.
9/21/2023 • 5 minutes, 55 seconds
AFL faces criticism for taking cuts from dodgy bets advertised during games
Same-game-multi bets advertised by the AFL and Sportsbet have been found to have an 85% fail rate.
9/21/2023 • 5 minutes, 46 seconds
Prime Minister announces inquiry into COVID-19 response
The federal government has announced an inquiry into how the COVID-19 pandemic was handled, headed by a panel of experts.
9/21/2023 • 8 minutes, 56 seconds
Big Tech: Do you follow the trends of AI influencers?
AI influencers, authors take ChatGPT to court and one social media platform is still promoting Russell Brand despite the sexual assault allegations against the comedian.
9/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 55 seconds
World's oldest wooden structure discovered in Zambia
Archaeologists have unearthed a wooden structure in Zambia, dating back nearly half-a-million years, long before the evolution of Homo sapiens.
9/21/2023 • 4 minutes, 19 seconds
Photographer Harry Borden shifts his focus to divorce
Most of us have a connection to divorce. Maybe your parents got a divorce… or you’re supporting a friend through a marriage breakdown ... or perhaps you’ve been through one (or more) yourself.
The narrative surrounding divorce is mostly sad … painful … messy.
Photographer Harry Borden illustrates the ripple effect that the breakdown of marriage creates … including the positive outcomes of peace, reflection and re-creation, in his new book On Divorce.
9/21/2023 • 18 minutes
When it comes to some allergies, skin prick tests might not be best
One in five Australians live with allergies and that number is rising with hospital admissions from such allergies up 350 per cent over the past two decades.
9/21/2023 • 11 minutes, 27 seconds
What is life like inside Alice Springs' rural town camps?
Indigenous Filmmaker and Yes Campaigner Rachel Perkins wants Australians to understand what life is like in some of Australia's most disadvantaged areas.
9/21/2023 • 12 minutes, 12 seconds
Victorian short-stay levy announced, concerns for regions
36,000 Victorian properties, half or which are in regional areas, will be hit with a levy to their revenue from short stay accommodation platforms.
9/20/2023 • 0
Australia gives up on eradicating deadly bee parasite
Millions of bees have been euthanased by authorities in what is now the largest biosecurity outbreak in this country.
9/20/2023 • 6 minutes, 39 seconds
Ukraine's Zelenskyy tells UN Russia has weaponized food, fossil fuels and nuclear energy
Overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took to the podium to implore world leaders to rally behind Kyiv as Russia's war continues to drag on.
9/20/2023 • 10 minutes, 53 seconds
Jacinda Ardern gives NZ election campaign a wide berth
Jacindamania is now most definitely over, in the land of the long white cloud.
9/20/2023 • 5 minutes, 34 seconds
'Big four' bank bosses grilled at senate inquiry into regional bank closures
More than 1,200 bank branches have shut down in the past six years as the nation's banks slowly phase out Australian consumers' access to cash.
9/20/2023 • 8 minutes, 12 seconds
Tentacular Tentacular! The Octopus versus A.I
Cephalopods make for a perfect canvas to discuss natural intelligence versus Artificial intelligence in ‘Distributed Consciousness’.
The technicolour images and distorted voiceovers explore biological and artificial intelligence, distributed computation and cognition, cryptography, evolution, phenomenology, ecological awareness, climate change, and activism. Got it? good.
You can see Distributed Consciousness at the Melbourne ACMI Gallery.
9/20/2023 • 13 minutes
What happens to the dying brain?
It has been a longstanding question for scientists and new research has found cases where the flatlined brains of some cardiac arrest patients has burst into a flurry of activity during CPR.
9/20/2023 • 13 minutes, 45 seconds
What happens to the dying brain?
It has been a longstanding question for scientists and new research has found cases where the flatlined brains of some cardiac arrest patients has burst into a flurry of activity during CPR.
9/20/2023 • 0
Former Senator Rex Patrick launches new whistleblower campaign
A new campaign has been launched designed to pressure the Albanese Government into reforming whistleblower laws.
9/20/2023 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
Regional airports stuck in limbo, lobbying for federal funding
200 regional airports are owned and operated by councils, but and an estimated 60 per cent operate at a loss.
9/19/2023 • 0
General business mood in Australia pessimistic: ACCI-Westpac survey
A survey of manufacturers has found the general business mood in Australia remains pessimistic.
9/19/2023 • 5 minutes, 23 seconds
$1.5 billion upgrade to Australia's maritime surveillance
Australia will purchase a fourth long-range Triton drone for maritime surveillance.
9/19/2023 • 9 minutes
Future proofing the building industry with bamboo
Bamboo is considered one of the most versatile and environmentally friendly materials in the world. It’s long supported all manner of construction in the east, more recently being used to build pavilions in China and even schools in Bali … so why don’t we see more of it used in Western nations?
Italian architect Mauricio Cardenas Laverde is in Melbourne as part of the Tools for After Design festival.
9/19/2023 • 16 minutes
Hot houses leave renters to sweat out heatwaves: here's how to stay cool
For some people, escaping this heat isn’t as easy as closing the blinds and laying out in the lounge room.
9/19/2023 • 12 minutes, 54 seconds
NSW Far South Coast fire danger rating upgraded to catastrophic
More than 20 schools on the Far South Coast of New South Wales are closed today and a total fire ban has been declared for the region.
9/19/2023 • 7 minutes, 59 seconds
Australian-developed cancer drug could become global blockbuster
Bone marrow cancer drug momelotinib was first developed in Melbourne in the late 1990s, and is set to become a global blockbuster after US regulators gave it the green light
9/19/2023 • 5 minutes, 41 seconds
Is it better to become a tradie or go to uni?
It's an age-old debate – one considered by school leavers every year – should I go to university or should I pick up a trade instead
9/19/2023 • 6 minutes, 22 seconds
Feels like summer as Port Augusta hits 39 degrees
The mercury in Port Augusta in South Australia hit 39 degrees today, and it's only the third week of spring.
9/18/2023 • 5 minutes, 26 seconds
Fiji celebrates stunning Rugby World Cup win over Wallabies
The Wallabies' Rugby World Cup campaign hit a major hurdle overnight, with Australia losing their group stage match to Fiji
9/18/2023 • 6 minutes, 2 seconds
Australia's population increasing despite record deaths and declining births
Australia's population is growth is driven by net overseas migration.
9/18/2023 • 9 minutes, 21 seconds
Australia's population increasing despite declining births
Australia's population is growth is driven by net overseas migration.
9/18/2023 • 9 minutes, 21 seconds
Carbon Counter: Climate Council calls for end to greenwashing
The federal Senate are currently conducting an inquiry into the controversial practice of greenwashing.
9/18/2023 • 8 minutes, 34 seconds
Do you eat your veggies? Because scurvy is making a comeback
A new CSIRO survey has found that only two in five Australians are eating enough vegetables.
9/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 55 seconds
The problem with patents
What do polymer bank notes, the electric drill and Zinc sunscreen all have in common?
They were all inventions with patents written in Australia. And while these became highly successful, not all patents are.
‘IP Provocations’ is a new podcast exploring whether patents are facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation as they were designed to do or whether they’re in fact inhibiting it.
9/18/2023 • 12 minutes
ASIC to target companies with weak cybersecurity plans
In the first half of this year, more than 400 data breaches were recorded by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
9/18/2023 • 10 minutes, 40 seconds
How early is too early to pick your career path?
Research from the Foundation for Young Australians predicts that today's young people will have 17 jobs across 5 different industries in their working lifetimes.
9/18/2023 • 10 minutes, 50 seconds
The Friday Wrap: Green light for housing fund, the Voice heats up & apologies everywhere
An unprecedented apology from QANTAS, the Yes and No Voice campaigns intensify, Labor's housing fund finally gets the Green light and rich lister Tim Gurner apologises for tradie comments
9/15/2023 • 22 minutes, 24 seconds
Emotional beginning to AFL finals, Tasmanian club kick-starts
Concussion injuries and tribunal decisions plaguing the first week of the AFL's final series.
9/15/2023 • 4 minutes, 5 seconds
Derna flood was like 'a tsunami' says Libyan politician
Four days after unprecedented rain broke two dams on Sunday, sending massive floods through the Eastern Libyan city of Derna, drowning whole families, toppling five-storey buildings, and moving entire neighbourhoods into the sea, more horrifying stories are emerging.
9/15/2023 • 9 minutes, 55 seconds
Derna flood was like 'a tsunami' says Libyan politician
Four days after unprecedented rain broke two dams on Sunday, sending massive floods through the Eastern Libyan city of Derna, drowning whole families, toppling five-storey buildings, and moving entire neighbourhoods into the sea, more horrifying stories are emerging.
The UN calls it a "calamity of epic proportions" with the death toll reaching 11,300 and many more feared dead.
9/15/2023 • 9 minutes, 17 seconds
Postcards from Italy
This winter it felt like absolutely every person was overseas for a European summer … and the one place they all seemed to be going was Italy.
If your friends did not send you a postcard or bring you back a souvenir, then let the Australian Chamber Orchestra send you a little taste of Italy.
Postcards from Italy takes a look at the way five selected works from across four centuries display the cultural influences of Italy ... Music is not necessarily the Italian stereotype you might expect.
Principle cellist Timo-Vekko ‘Tipi’ Valve take you on an Vacansa Italiana.
9/15/2023 • 16 minutes
Science's quirkiest research awarded at this year's Ig Nobel Awards
The awards recognised research ranging from a toilet which can detect signs of illness to the reason why scientists like to lick rocks.
9/15/2023 • 13 minutes, 37 seconds
Australia will always maintain sovereignty in war: Defence Chief
Defence General Angus Campbell has told the Australian Strategic Policy Institute that Australia can make sovereign decisions, while working collectively with allies.
9/15/2023 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
Slave legacy: Barbados calls for British reparations
The British Government is facing calls to confront colonial legacies in the Caribbean.
Barbados is leading a reparations campaign against former slave owners who made fortunes in sugar trade under British rule.
9/14/2023 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
ACT Liberal leader against federal involvement in territory law
The federal opposition opposes new illicit drug laws and tomorrow will introduce a private senator's bill to try to override it.
9/14/2023 • 5 minutes, 56 seconds
UNESCO decides not to list Great Barrier Reef as 'in danger'
The move comes after UNESCO last month made a draft recommendation to delay listing the reef's status as in danger, saying the Federal Government had taken positive steps to protect the reef in the past year.
But is the Federal Government in the clear?
9/14/2023 • 8 minutes, 4 seconds
Big Tech: How are the Yes and No campaigns tackling social media?
How exactly do mass text messages work and what other digital tactics are the Yes and No campaigns deploying to win your vote at next month's referendum.
9/14/2023 • 6 minutes, 6 seconds
No evidence for Biden impeachment bid says White House
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has described the Republican party's plans to launch an impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Joe Biden as a "baseless, political stunt".
She says no evidence has been produced by Republicans against the Democrat President -- as they investigate the business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden. So what are the political gains for the Republicans going down this road?
9/14/2023 • 8 minutes, 4 seconds
A look at the leaders in the fight against climate change
In a year where the planet has been lashed by non-stop catastrophic weather events ... being reminded of the people who are working towards change gives you hope rather than despair at the amount of work ahead.
Professor Tim Flannery’s new documentary ‘Climate Changers’ introduces you to some of the leaders within the climate activist community across the world.
9/14/2023 • 11 minutes
Local content quotas for streaming giants pushed back to 2024
Australian television and film producers say the delay will bring more uncertainty to the local industry.
9/14/2023 • 15 minutes, 4 seconds
Eating disorder experts call for stricter regulation of social media apps
New research from the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences shows social media site TikTok's algorithms deliver significantly more appearance and dieting content to eating disorder patients than any other users.
9/14/2023 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
120 light-years away, possible signs of life have been detected
The James Webb Space Telescope may have also detected a molecule on the planet that's only linked to life.
9/13/2023 • 5 minutes, 26 seconds
Google goes head-to-head with United States in major antitrust case
The US Department of Justice is tackling Google’s market dominance in the first major monopoly trial of the modern internet age.
9/13/2023 • 9 minutes, 24 seconds
Veteran suicides royal commissioner says Defence not prioritising the mental health of its personnel
The Chair of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide questioned the commitment to improving suicide rates among Australian Defence Force personnel and veterans.
9/13/2023 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Asia Edit: Money laundering probe sends Singapore into a spin
A high profile money laundering investigation has raised the question - Can Singapore hold on to its reputation as Asia’s ‘safe haven’?
9/13/2023 • 7 minutes, 35 seconds
Did the TGA rush to approve the use of psychedelics?
In February this year the Therapeutic Goods Administration approved psilocybin and MDMA for clinical use in treatment-resistant depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. But experts say the decision was rushed.
9/13/2023 • 7 minutes, 7 seconds
The undoing of Gladys Berejiklian
She was at one time named the “Woman who saved Australia”.
Gladys Berejiklian's political trajectory saw her lead Australia’s largest state through catastrophic times. But one question at a press conference began to unravel that and led to an ICAC investigation which would find that she breached public trust and found her guilty of serious corrupt conduct.
The reporter who asked that question was Paul Farrell, from ABC Investigations. He is the author of a new book Gladys: A Leader’s Undoing.
9/13/2023 • 17 minutes, 12 seconds
AI use in education: pass or fail?
A federal inquiry is currently underway as regulators and educators continue to grapple with the practical, legal and ethical challenges of using AI to teach and learn.
9/13/2023 • 12 minutes, 46 seconds
Qantas loses High Court appeal over sacking of 1,700 staff
Qantas has issued its first-ever apology to workers after the High Court found the airline acted illegally when it sacked 1,700 ground crew staff members during the COVID-19 pandemic.
9/13/2023 • 9 minutes
Second largest Australian council area braces for fire emergency
While this part of the country is sparsely populated the blaze is still wreaking havoc on communities.
9/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 14 seconds
Former Myanmar economic policy advisor calls for bank sanctions
The move would see Australia join the United States in sanctioning the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank and the Myanmar Investment and Commercial Bank.
9/12/2023 • 7 minutes, 2 seconds
Crossbench calling on Labor to split Industrial Relations bill
Some elements of the bill, such as changes to the gig economy and labour hire, have prompted backlash over their cost to employers.
9/12/2023 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
Is an additional $1 billion a game-changer for housing supply?
Labor finally has the support of the Greens to get its $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund over the line but it wasn't without a major concession. In fact, to the tune of $1 billion billion in additional funding for housing this year alone.
But is this sweetener for the Greens really that sweet?
9/12/2023 • 8 minutes, 43 seconds
Should GPs bring up weight in consultations?
Health experts have raised concerns that a focus on weight-centric health solutions could be leading to a rise in eating disorders.
9/12/2023 • 9 minutes, 49 seconds
The Villain Edit: Truth, lies and videotape
Imagine seeing your first dates and flirtations with your partner play out on national TV. Your romance is a storyline at the whim of editors and producers.
Then imagine your romance, and your personality, being picked apart on the internet, strangers weighing in on you and your actions in forums and social media.
Alisha Aitken-Radburn has written about her time in The Bachelor franchise in her book The Villain Edit.
9/12/2023 • 14 minutes
A tale of two reclusive leaders: Kim meets Putin
In Kim Jong Un's 12 years in power, he's only had seven trips away from North Korea and he's preferred mode of transport? A luxurious, slow moving, armoured train.
Japan's Kyodo news agency is reporting Kim's dark green rattler has just arrived in Khasan, a small settlement in Russia's Far East, and he's expected to meet President Vladimir Putin later today to discuss a potential arms deal.
9/12/2023 • 8 minutes, 42 seconds
Voice to Parliament No campaigners accused of asking volunteers to spread misinformation
No campaign group Fair Australia has been providing training to its volunteers making cold calls to Australians.
9/12/2023 • 8 minutes, 39 seconds
NSW Police protest mental health call-outs
NSW Police are looking to follow in the footsteps of London’s Metropolitan Police and divert mental health incidents to health professionals.
9/11/2023 • 5 minutes, 36 seconds
James Paterson calls for stricter vetting of parliamentary staff
The arrest of a British parliamentary staffer accused of spying for China has prompted alarm about the lack of security screening of staff working at Parliament House.
9/11/2023 • 8 minutes, 5 seconds
'We will not stop fighting': Greens back $10bn Housing Australia Future Fund
The Greens say they have agreed to provide their support in return for an extra $1 billion to be spent this year on public and community housing.
9/11/2023 • 8 minutes, 31 seconds
No new offshore windfarms for the UK, but appetite strong in Gippsland
No companies took up new offshore windfarms in the United Kingdom after warning the government the auction prices were set too low.
9/11/2023 • 7 minutes, 46 seconds
Could you be buying illegal invasive plants online?
New research has found hundreds of invasive plants and prohibited weeds are being advertised on a popular online marketplace and are being sold without the buyers really knowing what they're buying.
9/11/2023 • 7 minutes, 18 seconds
Finding the comedy in classical music
What's the difference between a viola and an onion? No one cries when you cut up a viola.
Brett Yang and Eddy Chen of TwoSet Violin, enjoy a joke about violas as much as the next person … maybe more as they combine classical music appreciation and YouTube culture, in a channel that’s had more than 1.3 billion views.
They're currently on a world tour having a chuckle at chamber music.
9/11/2023 • 16 minutes
In the era of the 3 hour-long feature film, is it time to bring back intermissions?
Intermissions are still common in live theatre but it's been a long time since they’ve been built into the program at movie theatres.
9/11/2023 • 12 minutes, 9 seconds
Australia signs watered-down G20 statement
India has facilitated a statement which both Russia and the US have praised, with the Kremlin calling it a victory saying the summit didn't end up becoming "Ukrainised".
9/11/2023 • 8 minutes, 46 seconds
RWC: Will Eddie Jones's plan work?
Japan's astonishing win against the Springboks in 2015 was - without a doubt - the biggest shake-up in Rugby World Cup history.
The man who led the Cherry Blossoms is now managing the Wallabies at this year's tournament in France which kicks off in less than 24 hours. Eddie Jones has already given the Green and Gold a major shake-up, replacing veterans like Michael Hooper and Quade Cooper with a new guard.
9/8/2023 • 6 minutes, 4 seconds
Fisherwomen numbers are growing, with Northern Territory leading the way
In the Northern Territory female anglers outnumber their male counterparts, and more than double the number of fisherwomen across the country.
9/8/2023 • 7 minutes, 59 seconds
Exploring the light and shade with Tex Perkins
When you look at photos of the band The Cruel Sea many of them are your typical band picture … what these pictures don’t tell you is how much of a laugh The Cruel Sea loves to have.
And while band members have come and gone, The Cruel Sea have been having a laugh and playing tunes for more than three decades and they’re heading off their 30th-anniversary tour for their award-winning album ‘The Honeymoon Is Over’.
9/8/2023 • 14 minutes
How old is too old to drive?
The decision on whether a person is fit to drive or not can dramatically affect the independence of older Australians. But a new program may help with fair and standardised testing.
9/8/2023 • 9 minutes, 6 seconds
Possible secret graves found at Aboriginal boys' home
The Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney has called for an investigation into claims of possible secret burial sites at a Stolen Generation-era boys' home in New South Wales.
The Guardian has reported at least nine suspicious sites on the grounds of Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home near Kempsey as possible graves.
9/8/2023 • 9 minutes, 4 seconds
Historic day for Mexico: Abortion decriminalised and two female candidates selected for presidential race
Earlier today, Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion.
9/7/2023 • 9 minutes, 31 seconds
Tense scenes in parliament over the Qatar Airways debate
Question Time - at the best of time - is adversarial and raucous.
But this week, it's gone up quite a few decibels as the opposition put the heat on the federal government - and in particular - the transport minister Catherine King over their decision to block extra Qatar Airways flights to Australia.
9/7/2023 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Big Tech: Your car could be spying on you
It’s not just your phone or social media accounts that are tracking your every move.
9/7/2023 • 7 minutes, 8 seconds
The hardest goodbye: When to let go of childhood comfort toys
Have you had to break the news to your kid that it’s time to give up their teddy bear?
9/7/2023 • 7 minutes, 35 seconds
Peeling back the layers with Tim Finn
When you go to a concert what do you wanna see? Do you want to hear your favourite songs you already know every single word to …. or do you want to hear the new songs that may be your new favourites? Every set list by every band has struggled with this idea.
Singer-songwriter Tim Finn is giving the people both. After a decade or so off the touring circuit, he’s heading out on tour. The Lives and Times Of Tim Finn will have all the fan faves from Split Enz, Crowded House, his solo work, and everything in between.
9/7/2023 • 14 minutes
Scientists hail development of parentless 'model embryo'
You can't make a cake without flour, eggs or a cake tin to bake it in, but scientists in Israel say they have grown cells that closely resemble a two-week-old fertilised human embryo without using sperm, eggs, or a womb.
9/7/2023 • 8 minutes, 28 seconds
The outgoing RBA Governor bids adieu
After 45 years at the Reserve Bank with seven years in the top job, Philip Lowe has finally bid adieu with a closing speech today titled 'Some Closing Remarks'.
In his address he reflected on the 12 interest rate rises since May last year saying that quote "while it makes you unpopular, it is the right thing to do".
He also expressed some regrets about moments that have come to define his term.
9/7/2023 • 10 minutes, 17 seconds
A bamboo species has not flowered for 120 years, that's about to change
For 120 years, the nation has been waiting for a certain species commonly known as henon to flower. But there's a catch, once it's flowered around 90 per cent of the variation will die there after.
9/6/2023 • 5 minutes, 59 seconds
Albanese government sets sights on economic ties with Southeast Asia
Is the Federal Government’s strategy for the region really a new chapter for Australia?
9/6/2023 • 7 minutes, 10 seconds
Could a national strategy reduce concussion severity?
Increasingly we're learning just how big an impact sport can have on the brains of players, both at the elite and amateur levels.
9/6/2023 • 9 minutes, 10 seconds
What's in a name: Is India considering changing its name to Bharat?
If the Modi government follows through with the name change, India will become the second country to officially change its name in the recent past, following the lead of Türkiye in 2022.
9/6/2023 • 11 minutes, 16 seconds
Detective dogs sniffing out threatened and endangered species
In Victoria, man's best friend is being recruited for a program that could soon see dogs become a platypus’s best friend too.
9/6/2023 • 5 minutes, 41 seconds
Stylebender: The fighter who loves to dance
In Mixed Martial Arts or MMA you win one of two ways - either by punching or kicking your opponent hard enough to render them unconscious or if they tap out … in the ring, there are rules and your enemy and the objective is clear.
However, in life, sometimes the lines are blurred and the rules aren’t clear. Sometimes your opponent is you … and the mistakes you make result in more than just losing points.
Nigerian-born New Zealander and current UFC middle-weight champion - Israel ‘Izzy’ Adesanya is the subject of Zöe McIntosh’s documentary Stylebender.
9/6/2023 • 11 minutes
Do wildlife road signs make you slow down?
Koalas, wombats, kangaroos and echidna's look great on a postcard but do their wildlife road signs work to lower rates of road kill?
GUEST:
Professor Darryl Jones, Griffith University
9/6/2023 • 9 minutes, 50 seconds
ASEAN: Australia's lost opportunity?
During the trade stoush with China, Australia learnt to pivot and diversify its export markets.
The new trade deal with India is one such example. But where is Australia underachieving?
According to DFAT, Australia is currently ASEAN's eighth-largest two-way goods trading partner in 2022, representing just 3.4 per cent of the bloc's goods trade.
To tap into this market more, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has today announced a new strategy for the region on the sidelines of the ASEAN leaders' summit in Indonesia.
9/6/2023 • 10 minutes, 38 seconds
Buttle brothers at the centre of Whakaari/White Island tragedy have charges dropped
James, Andrew and Peter Buttle were charged after 22 people were killed after Whakaari/White Island, in New Zealand erupted in December 2019.
9/5/2023 • 4 minutes, 2 seconds
Saying Airbn-bye to Airbnb may not be the silver bullet for Australia's housing crisis
Should Australia join the growing list of countries cracking down on the short-term rental market?
9/5/2023 • 10 minutes, 56 seconds
Qantas & MPs' flights: Aviation is a political sore point
With all the news about Qantas this week, you'd be forgiven for thinking aviation is up in the air at the moment.
The Senate this afternoon voted for a parliamentary inquiry to be held into the federal government's decision to block additional Qatar Airways flights into Australia. Meanwhile the Greens took aim at how many times government MPs have used the RAAF VIP aircraft.
9/5/2023 • 10 minutes, 3 seconds
Business & finance: Joyce and Lowe head for the exit
Questions remain over the legacies of the outgoing Qantas CEO and governor of the RBA.
9/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
What is the price of winning?
Are the tactics in modern games true to sportsmanship or taking things too far?
9/5/2023 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
When lightning strikes thrice.
A bolt of lightning in movies, TV and literature is often portrayed as a message from the heavens, a catalyst for great destruction or transformation.
In real life being struck by lightning usually leads to any number of physical and cognitive symptoms… usually leaving the person irrevocably changed in some way.
Cellist Zoë Barry had not 1, not 2 but 3 close encounters with lightning within 6 months. Her work The Nervous Atmosphere explores the after-effects.
9/5/2023 • 16 minutes
A kinder cut: research suggests patients of female surgeons do better
New research out of Canada suggests that patients treated by female surgeons actually have "lower rates of adverse postoperative outcomes".
9/5/2023 • 10 minutes, 32 seconds
Australia's biggest coal-fired power plant could run beyond 2025
The closure of Australia's largest coal-fired power station could be delayed.
The Eraring plant on the NSW Central Coast has been given a potential lifeline after the NSW Government accepted a key recommendation in its Electricity Supply and Reliability Check-Up report that "engagement" should begin with Origin Energy on "an extension … beyond 2025″.
Former NSW Treasurer and Energy Minister Matt Kean told RN Drive yesterday that there is no case to extend the life of Eraring.
9/5/2023 • 10 minutes, 10 seconds
Burning Man philosophy of radical self reliance put to the test
Torrential rain has turned the usually dry and dusty Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada into a mud bath.
9/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 52 seconds
Ukraine's President announces new defence minister
In the biggest shake-up since Russia launched its full-fledged war against Ukraine in February last year, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced he will replace his defence minister Oleksii Reznikov.
Reznikov has been credited for securing billions of dollars of Western military aid to help Ukraine's war effort but his department has also faced corruption allegations this year. Reznikov denies any wrongdoing.
9/4/2023 • 7 minutes, 48 seconds
Former treasurer claims keeping Eraring open could cost $3 billion
The NSW Government is mulling whether to keep the country’s largest coal-fired power station open past its 2025 closure date.
9/4/2023 • 5 minutes, 41 seconds
Do proposed misinformation laws go too far?
The federal government wants to give new powers to the media watchdog, allowing it to punish misinformation on online platforms. Under the draft legislation, the Australian Communications and Media Authority could impose millions of dollars in penalties on platforms breaching misinformation and disinformation standards.
9/4/2023 • 13 minutes, 16 seconds
Ben Lee's compass is set towards fun
He’s one of those artists that every time you read about him he’s doing something entirely different. From a tour with Ben Kweller and Ben Folds … to becoming a death doula, from a kid's album about Islam to selling essential oils on the internet … even a nominee for World’s Sexiest Vegetarian.
Ben Lee is fun, even his album says so. He's heading on tour to bring the fun to everyone.
9/4/2023 • 12 minutes
Asking the right questions: Census reviewed for 2026
If you could ask one question about who Australia is, what would you ask?
9/4/2023 • 10 minutes, 41 seconds
Monsanto to defend its Roundup herbicide as class action starts in Melbourne
The herbicide Roundup has been used for decades to kill and control weeds, but is the product's key ingredient, glyphosate, as safe as it's marketed to be?
9/4/2023 • 9 minutes, 42 seconds
"It's a shocking picture": why experts are calling for a national summit on child maltreatment
More than 60 per cent of Australians have been exposed to maltreatment as children, including abuse, neglect and exposure to domestic violence.
9/4/2023 • 8 minutes, 42 seconds
The Friday Wrap: Qantas the bruised Kangaroo, Linda Burney's health wows & that little red worm
A conversation about the power of a message, weather it’s the messages of the Yes and No campaigns cutting through, or the PM wearing a hi vis shirt featuring the logo of a mining company that blew up Juukan Gorge.
9/1/2023 • 23 minutes, 16 seconds
Elite athletes living below the poverty line in Australia
New research from the Australian Sports Foundation has revealed that some of our top athletes are earning less than $23,000 a year.
9/1/2023 • 7 minutes, 25 seconds
Kuya James is bringing Asian psychedelic rock back
In the busy streets of Manilla, you’ll see people getting in and out of what looks like a mix between a Jeep and a Jitney which is a minibus - therefore a Jeepney.
Intricately painted and riotously decorated. The Jeepney is a symbol of Filipino art and culture and so Darwin-based artist Kuya James has found inspiration in them for his new album 'Jeepney Rock'
9/1/2023 • 14 minutes
Had COVID? 14% of people suffer ongoing symptoms
As of Wednesday this week, 22,781 Australians have died from the COVID-19. And hundreds of thousands more will have experienced ongoing symptoms.
Today Australia's first conference solely dedicated to long COVID was told that around 14% of people who contract the virus will suffer ongoing symptoms.
9/1/2023 • 8 minutes, 55 seconds
Australians returning to their local libraries
Libraries have been cornerstones in communities for generations.
9/1/2023 • 9 minutes, 41 seconds
Calls for overhaul of NSW environmental regulation to prevent further fish deaths in Menindee
Nearly six months on from the mass fish kill which devastated the far-west New South Wales town of Menindee, the state's chief scientist has concluded the deaths are representative of a broader worsening of the ecosystem.
It is estimated up to 30 million fish died on the Darling-Baaka River.
9/1/2023 • 8 minutes, 20 seconds
Foreign Correspondent: Germany grapples with a revival of far-right politics
A strong rise of the far-right has spooked Germany's political class and sparked unease across Europe.
8/31/2023 • 6 minutes, 26 seconds
National energy grid facing summer pressures
“Substantial reliability problems” and an “increasing risk of blackouts” as soon as this summer, that grim forecast comes from the Australian Energy Market Operator latest 10 year forecast.
8/31/2023 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
'We shouldn't be advising white people': Tasmanian Indigenous leader Michael Mansell voting 'No'
Anthony Albanese says he is "convinced" Tasmanians will back the Voice, but some all First Nations Tasmanians say the Voice to Parliament idea was 'rammed down their throats'.
8/31/2023 • 14 minutes, 43 seconds
Snuff Puppets: Big puppets for big ideas
A big, ungainly baby waddles down the road, hands outstretched holding a cigarette. A huge roving eyeball looks out over a hotel balcony. A giant brain lumbers slowly down the stairs, bumping off the handrail. A gigantic disembodied foot treads on a too-slow picnicker, and a severed hand appears out of nowhere to push it off, all the while a nose bounces around behind them.
Such is the surreal spectacle of a Snuff Puppets public performance. You might encounter an oversized body part or animal the size of a bus and the beauty of these beasts is their ability to surprise, delight and sometimes even disgust.
8/31/2023 • 19 minutes
Governments urged to step up their support of organic waste schemes
Do you have a food organics and garden organics or FOGO bin in your household?
8/31/2023 • 11 minutes, 46 seconds
Bushfire fears as teen charged with arson
Today might be the last day of winter, but depending on where you are in the country it's been feeling a lot like Spring for a while and authorities are on high alert for bushfires.
Today in the New South Wales Hunter Valler a teenage volunteer firefighter was refused bail, after being charged with deliberately lighting several fires and then returning to help put them out. It's an abhorrent idea but some of the fires that we'll no doubt experience in the coming months will be deliberately lit.
8/31/2023 • 8 minutes, 20 seconds
Little Sydney startup on mission to bring sight through sound for vision impaired
Across the globe an estimated 338 million people are blind or have low vision. In recent years an Australian start-up has been working on a wearable device that uses artificial intelligence and machine vision to bring objects to life through sound.
8/30/2023 • 4 minutes, 20 seconds
Pat Farmer's marathon for the Voice to Parliament
With the announcement of October 14th as the date for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum, both the Yes and No campaigns will be ramping up their efforts as that finish line approaches.
8/30/2023 • 7 minutes, 39 seconds
Australia's freedom of information falters in face of allegations of 'intimidation' and 'gaslighting'
Former Freedom of Information Commissioner Leo Hardiman resigned earlier this year after criticising the chronic delays in the FOI system.
8/30/2023 • 10 minutes, 36 seconds
China economy flounders amid property crisis
In the past few days, you might have found it hard to avoid the headlines about the Chinese economy and the words being used around it — "slowdown", "deflation", "sputtering", "fears", "crisis", even "chaos" and "panic". The booming property sector which has long underpinned China's prosperity is floundering, retail sales and exports are down, youth unemployment is high, and consumer confidence is in the doldrums - back down to numbers last seen in the depths of the pandemic.
8/30/2023 • 9 minutes, 26 seconds
Eating disorders strategy calls for 'minimum' standards
With more than one million Australians affected by an eating disorder chances are that includes someone you know - in your family, work or network of friends. Today, a new 10-year National Eating Disorders Strategy was released to tackle the problem.
8/30/2023 • 7 minutes, 37 seconds
Punk Photography: From Mohawks to Mullets
David Cossini calls himself an immersive photographer. He prefers to meet his subjects on their level... even going so far as to inhabit a squat with his subjects for his collection on punks in London.
David's work in Uganda has just won the Art Handlers' Award in the National Photographic Portrait Prize. His latest collection 'Business in the Front, Party in the Back!' is a study of the mullet and those who don them.
8/30/2023 • 16 minutes
How to talk to your kids about climate change?
As a parent, it's not unusual for kids to ask you some odd questions. Some questions are easier to answer than others.
8/30/2023 • 9 minutes, 1 second
'It must succeed': Indigenous leaders emotion as date is set
As expected, Australians will cast their vote in our first Referendum this century on Saturday October 14.
The Prime Minister chose to announce the date in Adelaide, at an event which was also the launch for the yes23 campaign, flanked by South Australians & prominent Indigenous leaders.
8/30/2023 • 8 minutes, 16 seconds
Chinese shopping app TEMU races to knock Amazon of its perch
Online marketplace TEMU has become the most downloaded free shopping app in Apple and Google’s app stores.
8/29/2023 • 5 minutes, 37 seconds
From peak to peak with Allie Pepper
Once you reach 7000 meters above sea level, your body is never warm. No matter how suitable your clothes are, your body isn't burning enough oxygen to trap and heat and you still have 1000 meters to go.
8/29/2023 • 16 minutes
Do our politicians deserve another pay rise?
When's the last time you had a pay rise? It can be tough going in this climate.
8/29/2023 • 8 minutes, 38 seconds
Ex-Chief Scientist wants independent research-integrity body established
Academics are grappling with how to handle investigations into scientific misconduct.
8/29/2023 • 8 minutes, 57 seconds
"They are the most complained about organisation in our country to the ACCC ": Bridget McKenzie grills Qantas CEO
Qantas has been under fire recently for its treatment of customers, flight cancellations and delays, its lobbying of the government to block Qatar from running more Australia flights, and its huge profits in the face of all these issues.
8/28/2023 • 10 minutes, 55 seconds
Business & finance: Casinos lose big and Qantas recovers from grilling
If the past week has proven anything, it’s that the house doesn’t always win.
8/28/2023 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Should you be allowed to drive while taking medical cannabis?
Should legal users of medicinal cannabis be allowed to drive a car while taking the medication? A new trial is underway to find out.
DAVID HEILERN is the Dean of Law at Southern Cross University
8/28/2023 • 5 minutes, 45 seconds
Concerns grow for imprisoned Australian writer Yang Hengjun
Detained Australian writer Yang Hengjun has expressed fears he may die in prison in China after a large cyst was found on his kidney.
8/28/2023 • 9 minutes, 43 seconds
Carbon Counter: Are lithium-ion batteries the future?
Firefighters are saying they fear being ‘“overwhelmed” by an increasing number of lithium-ion battery fires after a Sydney man was killed in a house fire on Saturday night that’s being linked to toxic smoke from burning lithium batteries.
8/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 45 seconds
Public schools short-changed $6.6 billion a year in Australia
Ninety-eight per cent of public schools are still funded below the minimum standard of staffing and resources, despite a joint federal-state commitment to funding that has been in place for over a decade.
8/28/2023 • 6 minutes
Bee Miles: A life on and off the rails
This is the astonishing private life of Bee Miles. One of Australia’s most iconic eccentrics known in the 50s and 60s for her Shakespeare recitals and her dangerous obsession with jumping onto moving trains, trams and vehicles. A firebrand even as her decline neared.
Rose Ellis has completed a biography of the Sydney personality - Bee Miles: Australia’s famous bohemian rebel, and the untold story behind the legend
8/28/2023 • 13 minutes
Concerns cost of living crisis pushing patients towards 'McMedicine' alternatives
Woolworths has been offering free 15-minute "discovery" phone calls with naturopaths through its HealthyLife subsidiary
8/28/2023 • 11 minutes, 42 seconds
State governments get tangled in shark net debate
Who's to blame over a shark attack - is it the shark, the swimmer or the government's deterrents?
8/27/2023 • 10 minutes, 24 seconds
The Friday Wrap with Craig Emerson & Greg Jericho
A menacing Trump mugshot, China's crisis of confidence & why climate change dwarfs all other intergenerational woes.
8/25/2023 • 22 minutes, 48 seconds
Friday Sport: AFL finals season set to kick off amid controversy
This year’s season has been mired in controversy, from allegations of racism and homophobia, class action lawsuits over concussion protocols and questions over the code’s reliance on gambling sponsorships.
8/25/2023 • 6 minutes, 25 seconds
The Pleasures: midnigt inspiration, Americana for Australia and the Newcastle music scene
Sometimes you get a stroke of genius at unlikely times
8/25/2023 • 14 minutes, 22 seconds
Is AI the nail in the coffin for learning new languages?
Are the days of learning a new language numbered as AI-powered translation apps become increasingly powerful?
8/25/2023 • 9 minutes, 37 seconds
Mind the skills gap: Albanese government negotiates with states and territories on skills and training
Changes means owners and operators of training organisations will have to comply with ‘Fit and Proper Person Requirements’ in order to maintain or obtain their registration.
8/25/2023 • 11 minutes, 8 seconds
Murray-Darling 'worse off' under Plibersek's plan
Thrown under a bus - that's how the MP for Murray says her constituents have been treated by Tanya Plibersek.
8/25/2023 • 7 minutes, 58 seconds
Qld set to override Human Rights Act to allow police watch houses to be used as youth detention centres
The Queensland government is rushing controversial proposed law changes through parliament which would override the state's Human Rights Act and allow police watch houses and adult prisons to be used as youth detention centres.
8/24/2023 • 8 minutes, 39 seconds
Bracing for a poorer, older, hotter and less productive Australia
The possible future of Australia has been laid out in the latest "intergenerational report", which looks at a nation that looks older and lives longer, but also faces a major workforce and climate challenge.
8/24/2023 • 9 minutes, 34 seconds
Big Tech: Bots beat CAPTCHA, X removes block and Internet Archive breaches copyright law
New research has found AI-automated attacks on various CAPTCHA schemes have been successful in beating the website security mechanism.
8/24/2023 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Trump prepares to surrender in election subversion case
In the next 24 hours we will have the first criminal mugshot of Donald J Trump.
8/24/2023 • 14 minutes, 29 seconds
László Bordos and the possibility of light carrying sound
Do you remember those magic eye picture books?
Hungarian visual artist László Bordos also plays with image and visual tricks creating a kind of trompe l'oeil- projecting onto some of the the most beautiful architecture in the world, plunging them in and out of darkness, so that you’d almost swear that parts of the building disappear.
His next canvas is Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance, part of the Now or Never Festival.
8/24/2023 • 13 minutes
Malka Leifer sentenced to 15 years in jail for child sex abuse
Former ultra-orthodox Jewish school principal Malka Leifer has been sentenced to 15 years' jail for 18 sexual offences including rape and indecent assault against two Melbourne sisters, Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper. The sentencing marks the end of a traumatic two-decade-long journey for the sisters.
8/24/2023 • 8 minutes, 5 seconds
Trump absent as Republican rivals spar in first debate
Who came out on top and who was left wrestling in the mud?
8/24/2023 • 9 minutes, 53 seconds
Building a case of ecocide against Russia
Mass deaths of dolphins in the Black Sea is being linked to Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, which has destroyed infrastructure and displaced millions since last spring.
8/23/2023 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Lombok treasures return to Indonesia
The treasures of Lombok are being repatriated to an Indonesian museum, returning colonial history to the country from which it was stolen.
8/23/2023 • 7 minutes, 28 seconds
Australia on high alert for spring bushfires
While it's been a wet few years since our last catastrophic bushfire season, Australia's fire preparedness is set to be put to the test.
8/23/2023 • 10 minutes, 2 seconds
Brian Burdekin on a life of service to our most vulnerable
As Australia’s first Human Rights Commissioner, Brian Burdekin has spent a lifetime advocating for the needs of these children, those with disabilities and mental illness.
8/23/2023 • 23 minutes
Should New Zealand become Australia's 7th state?
Should New Zealand become the seventh state of Australia?
8/23/2023 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
NSW doesn't support water buybacks despite signing up to new Basin Plan
Despite not supporting water buybacks, the New South Wales Government has signed on to the controversial Murray Darling Basin Plan.
8/23/2023 • 8 minutes, 59 seconds
'Victoria behaving like spoilt brat': anger grows over Murray Darling Basin deal
Victorian farmers have welcomed their state government's decision not to sign up to a new Murray Darling Basin plan, which will rely on more water buybacks.
8/23/2023 • 14 minutes, 1 second
Mark Latham resigns from One Nation
Former New South Wales One Nation leader Mark Latham has resigned from the party.
8/22/2023 • 4 minutes, 54 seconds
Thaksin Shinawatra returns from exile to a heroes welcome, and an eight year prison sentence
Thailand's supreme court has imposed an 8 year jail sentence on former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, hours after his return to the country from spending more than 15 years in self-imposed exile.
8/22/2023 • 7 minutes, 37 seconds
Business and finance: Aussie dollar dips and China's economic woes
Australian tourists are likely to feel the pinch for the remainder of 2023.
8/22/2023 • 7 minutes, 11 seconds
Warm winter brings spring blooms forward
It may still be winter but if you take a look outside your window, you wouldn’t be alone in thinking spring has already sprung.
8/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 32 seconds
Your chips are your voice: the work and life skills women can learn from poker
What do you picture when you imagine a poker game?
A dimly lit, smokey room with a green felt table? Stacks of chips? decks of cards? I’m willing to bet, you were imagining a group of men playing poker.
It’s a game often depicted as a masculine - where risk, strategy, assertiveness and financial savviness are key.
Options trader and businesswoman Jenny Just says she noticed a lack of these traits in her daughter and female employees, so she took a gamble and began teaching women to play poker with her company PokerPower.
8/22/2023 • 14 minutes
Your chips are your voice: What women can learn from poker
What do you picture when you imagine a poker game?
A dimly lit, smokey room with a green felt table? Stacks of chips? decks of cards? I’m willing to bet, you were imagining a group of men playing poker.
It’s a game often depicted as masculine - where risk, strategy, assertiveness and financial savvy are key.
Options trader and businesswoman Jenny Just says she noticed a lack of these traits in her daughter and female employees, so she took a gamble and began teaching women to play poker with her company PokerPower.
8/22/2023 • 14 minutes
Teacher apologises for giving student 'improvement strategies'
Should a teacher apologise for giving “improvement strategies” to students?
8/22/2023 • 11 minutes, 27 seconds
China slams AUKUS, Quad deals
China has taken yet another dig at the AUKUS submarine deal, saying the Asia Pacific region should not be turned into a 'boxing ring' for major power rivalry, let alone a battlefield for a cold or hot war.
8/22/2023 • 8 minutes, 37 seconds
20,000 evacuate in Yellowknife, Canada, as wildfires close in
More than 20-thousand people have been evacuated in Canada's Northwest Territories, where 200 wildfires are raging.
8/21/2023 • 11 minutes, 16 seconds
Federal Govt brokers deal to keep Murray Darling Basin Plan alive
The Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has brokered a deal to re-write Australia's $13 billion dollar Murray Darling Basin Plan. The agreement would allow for the wide scale resumption of water buybacks but excludes Victoria, where the state Labor government remains opposed to the controversial policy.
8/21/2023 • 10 minutes, 46 seconds
Carbon Counter: AGL to manage Victoria's Loy Yang coal power station closure
Victoria’s Loy Yang A brown coal power station is set to stay open for more than a decade.
8/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 54 seconds
Bait advertising getting consumers hook, line and sinker
What makes you wary of a deal?
8/21/2023 • 10 minutes, 22 seconds
Making Merkel
Using a wealth of archive material and interviews with those who worked with her 'MERKEL' the documentary takes a look at the personal and political life of the previous Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel.
Director Eva Weber joins the show to discuss what she found out about the leader and her legacy.
Guest:
Eva Weber, Director
8/21/2023 • 12 minutes
Australian public supports bringing the Tasmanian tiger back to life
Scientists are now closer than ever to bringing back the extinct thylacine.
8/21/2023 • 9 minutes, 18 seconds
This will kill off bulk-billing
Doctors in New South Wales and Victoria are worried a new interpretation on payroll tax will kill off bulk-billing services.
8/21/2023 • 8 minutes, 14 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Former Greens leader and environmental activist Dr Bob Brown joins Impact Economics and Policy's Dr Angela Jackson so wrap up the week in news.
8/18/2023 • 23 minutes, 19 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Amy Hetherington and Karen From Finance
This week we're asking the tough questions on animal transplants, stealing ancient jewels and Trump's fourth indictment.
8/18/2023 • 18 minutes, 42 seconds
The guitar that chose Petra Poláĉková
The 9-stringed romantic guitar has a particular kind of sound to it... the extra strings provide a balanced blend of the treble and bass giving it a kind of depth… a richness to it.
Guitarist Petra Poláĉková is one of the very few female 9-string classical guitar players. She discusses her influence and listens as she graces our ears with a romantic piece by Johann Kaspar Mertz.
Petra is currently touring Australia performing and running workshops.
8/18/2023 • 13 minutes
A tournament of firsts: what's to learn from the women's WC
The 2023 FIFA women's World Cup was a tournament of tremendous firsts.
It's the first time two nations have co-hosted this global event, the tournament is bigger with eight additional teams, the prize money has tripled and a record 11 million people watched the Matildas make history, becoming the first Australian side - for both women and men - to reach the semi-finals.
8/18/2023 • 11 minutes, 5 seconds
Housing in spotlight during Labor National Conference
Housing has been a key political issue during Anthony Albanese's time as Prime Minister. The debate has continued within Labor's ranks, during the party's National Conference.
8/18/2023 • 8 minutes
New space race on as India and Russia head to the Lunar South Pole
Two spacecraft - one from Russia, the other Indian, are headed for the Lunar South Pole.
8/17/2023 • 5 minutes, 40 seconds
Can 1.2 million homes be built in five years?
The Master Builders Association has welcomed the governments commitment to build more homes but says more work needs to be done to release land and cut red tape.
8/17/2023 • 7 minutes, 25 seconds
Little daylight between major parties on dodgy claims as ABC RMIT Fact Check turns 10
10 years ago the ABC went on a fact-checking mission and launched a unit to look into the claims and calls of powerful figures. Since then around 600 verdicts on statements made by politicians, public figures and advocacy groups have been delivered.
8/17/2023 • 9 minutes, 34 seconds
Should universities accept funding from big industry?
The University of Sydney is coming under fire over its acceptance of funding from some of the world’s biggest gambling companies.
8/17/2023 • 9 minutes, 46 seconds
Big Tech: TikTok tax scam, in trouble with the regulator and AI reviewers
The Australian Tax Office is blaming influencers on TikTok for promoting a scam that's netted billions of dollars in fake GST claims.
8/17/2023 • 5 minutes, 48 seconds
What do we lose, if we lose winter?
Summer is such a part of the Australian national identity. But what if there was no longer a winter to counterbalance summer? What if there was no reprieve from the heat?
What better way to express and process our anger, sorrow, and worry about the inevitable changes climate change will bring through art?
Written in the aftermath of the 2019/2020 bushfires Noëlle Janaczewsk's play The End of Winter grapples with exactly this.
Guest:
Jane Phegan, actor
8/17/2023 • 16 minutes
How do climate scientists rate this year's snow season?
Skiing in the southern hemisphere has always been a little slushy and then icy and then ... grassy.
But this Winter's higher than average temperatures are severely limiting the offering across the Australian Alps and New Zealand this ski season.
8/17/2023 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Ninety per cent of Victorian government agencies targeted by cyberattacks last year
Up to 94 per cent of all staff at the agencies did not have two factor authentication.
8/17/2023 • 10 minutes, 7 seconds
Protest after centuries-old tree cut down in Tasmania
Environmental activists have posted a video of a massive, centuries-old tree being hauled away from a logging coupe in the Florentine Valley - around 100 kilometres north-west of Hobart.
8/16/2023 • 5 minutes, 28 seconds
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum to be tried for high treason
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum - who is under house arrest by the military junta which seized power last month - will be tried for high treason.
8/16/2023 • 13 minutes, 38 seconds
National Cabinet agrees to build 1.2 million new homes over five years
National Cabinet has agreed to a new target to build 1.2 million new homes over five years, a boost of 200,000 on the previous target. Leaders also agreed to work towards harmonsing rules that would limit rent rises to once a year.
8/16/2023 • 7 minutes, 51 seconds
North Korea gives reasons for US soldier Travis King's dash to DPRK
Just a month ago, American soldier Travis King joined a civilian tour on the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas and then made a dash to the north.
Now North Korean state media is reporting he defected because he was disillusioned with the inequality of American society and racial discrimination in its Armed forces.
8/16/2023 • 6 minutes, 59 seconds
Neuroscientists reconstruct Pink Floyd song from brain waves
For the first time, scientists have been able to successfully decode a recognisable song from recordings of electrical brain activity.
8/16/2023 • 11 minutes, 35 seconds
Space on earth: Life at Concordia research station
It’s the closest thing to space we have here on Earth; extreme isolation and confinement, limited communication. No plants or animals to be seen. Months of total darkness and only 12 other people to talk to for a year.
It’s the Concordia research station in Antarctica and if you’re feeling claustrophobic, then maybe being an astronaut isn't for you.
But for Dr Meganne Christian spending a year at the research station helped her realise her dream of becoming an astronaut.
Guests:
Dr Meganne Christian, Reserve Astronaut
8/16/2023 • 13 minutes
Would you let out a room to help address the housing crisis?
Real estate valuer Scott Keck says there are millions of rooms that remain vacant across the east coast of Australia. He's calling for a moratorium to lift the tax obstacles stopping people from renting out rooms as Australia faces a housing crisis.
8/16/2023 • 9 minutes, 59 seconds
Ambition without detail? Governments commit to ending violence against women and children within a generation
Governments across Australia have agreed to the ambitious target of eliminating family violence against women and children within a generation.
8/16/2023 • 8 minutes, 14 seconds
The Battle over billions: The Gina Rinehart civil trial
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is facing allegations she defrauded her children, Bianca Rinehart and John Hancock, in a civil trial underway in Western Australia.
The pair claim their grandfather Lang Hancock, placed mining assets, including the Hope Downs tenements, in a family trust partly for their benefit.
The case involves multiple parties' claims to Hope Downs.
8/15/2023 • 7 minutes, 1 second
Federal Government considering 'green tariff'
Concrete and steel imports from countries such as India or Vietnam could be slapped with 'green tariffs' to help Australian companies subject to tighter limits on carbon emissions compete.
8/15/2023 • 5 minutes, 59 seconds
Factions undermining the Labor party: Andrew Leigh
The Federal member for Fenner Andrew Leigh argues the factional duopoly within the party suppresses debate and discourages people from joining Labor.
8/15/2023 • 9 minutes, 48 seconds
NAB reports $1.9 billion quarterly profit and wages growth falls
The National Australia Bank has gone beyond market expectations, reporting a third quarter profit of $1.9 billion.
Despite the 12 recent interest rate rises, NAB's boss Ross McEwan says there's been a "modest deterioration" in the quality of the bank's loans with most customers proving "resilient".
Meanwhile the latest wages figures are in, with growth easing to 3.6 per cent over the year to June.
8/15/2023 • 7 minutes, 56 seconds
Patricia Field's fashion in focus
1966 Greenwich Village, the centre of counter-culture. 23-year-old Patricia Field opens her boutique and it would become a hub for creatives for the next five decades.
Today, at 82 years old her costume and styling work has made hit shows like Sex And The City, the Devil Wears Prada and Emily In Paris iconic fashion touchstones.
She is the subject of Michael Selditch's new documentary 'Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field'
Guest:
Michael Selditch, producer/director
8/15/2023 • 12 minutes
Till death by guest list do us part: Aussie couples opting for micro-weddings to cut costs
If you or your children have gotten married recently then you know that you can be left with a pretty hefty bill after you’ve ridden off into the sunset.
8/15/2023 • 10 minutes, 1 second
Former US President Donald Trump charged with racketeering in Georgia 2020 election probe
The former US president is facing his fourth indictment and the second to arise from efforts to overturn his 2020 loss.
8/15/2023 • 12 minutes, 1 second
Breaking the cycle: more support needed for pregnant mothers living with addiction
Each year, thousands of babies who have been exposed to drug use throughout pregnancy are born in Australia.
8/14/2023 • 6 minutes, 45 seconds
Breaking the cycle: more support needed for pregnant mothers living with addiction
Each year, thousands of babies who have been exposed to drug use throughout pregnancy are born in Australia.
8/14/2023 • 6 minutes, 45 seconds
Could there be a plea deal for Julian Assange?
Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange - who's wanted by US authorities for publishing tens of thousands of US military logs and diplomatic cables back in 2010 - is now close to exhausting all legal options in the UK to avoid being extradited to the United States.
But in an interesting development, Nine Newspapers is reporting today that US ambassador Caroline Kennedy has flagged a potential plea deal between Julian Assange and US authorities.
8/14/2023 • 8 minutes, 22 seconds
Could there be a plea deal for Julian Assange?
Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange - who's wanted by US authorities for publishing tens of thousands of US military logs and diplomatic cables back in 2010 - is now close to exhausting all legal options in the UK to avoid being extradited to the United States.
But in an interesting development, Nine Newspapers is reporting today that US ambassador Caroline Kennedy has flagged a potential plea deal between Julian Assange and US authorities.
8/14/2023 • 8 minutes, 22 seconds
Carbon Counter: Is carbon capture and storage the solution to the climate crisis?
Carbon capture and storage involves capturing, transporting and then storing greenhouse gas by injecting them back into the ground or under the ocean.
8/14/2023 • 7 minutes, 9 seconds
Carbon Counter: Is carbon capture and storage the solution to the climate crisis?
Carbon capture and storage involves capturing, transporting and then storing greenhouse gas by injecting them back into the ground or under the ocean.
8/14/2023 • 7 minutes, 9 seconds
How to build on the 'Matildas mania' after the WC?
It's one of those moments - in years to come - when you'll be asked 'where were you?' when the Matildas won that historic match against France, advancing to the semi-finals after the longest penalty shoot-out in World Cup history.
But the other question your future self should be asked is 'what happened next?' What long-term gains were made for the game well after this moment of glory?
8/14/2023 • 6 minutes, 33 seconds
How to build on the 'Matildas mania' after the WC?
It's one of those moments - in years to come - when you'll be asked 'where were you?' when the Matildas won that historic match against France, advancing to the semi-finals after the longest penalty shoot-out in World Cup history.
But the other question your future self should be asked is 'what happened next?' What long-term gains were made for the game well after this moment of glory?
8/14/2023 • 6 minutes, 33 seconds
The rare books that went down with the Titanic
Old and rare book collections bring to mind the personal libraries of the landed gentry in England. Floor-to-ceiling shelves of dark leather bound books with gold engraved covers. Maybe a little bit dusty… perhaps musty.
What is the future of these books and book collections if they cannot be poured over… shared… handled… enjoyed... it's a question raised - and potentially answered - by digitising old and rare books.
History of Books and Shakespeare expert Emma Smith spoke on the topic for the launch of the State Library Victoria's new online exhibition Beyond The Book.
8/14/2023 • 13 minutes
The rare books that went down with the Titanic
Old and rare book collections bring to mind the personal libraries of the landed gentry in England. Floor-to-ceiling shelves of dark leather bound books with gold engraved covers. Maybe a little bit dusty… perhaps musty.
What is the future of these books and book collections if they cannot be poured over… shared… handled… enjoyed... it's a question raised - and potentially answered - by digitising old and rare books.
History of Books and Shakespeare expert Emma Smith spoke on the topic for the launch of the State Library Victoria's new online exhibition Beyond The Book.
8/14/2023 • 13 minutes
Government urged to increase regulator’s power to stop 'subscription traps'
The Federal Government is being urged to increase the consumer regulator’s power to stop so-called 'subscription traps'.
8/14/2023 • 10 minutes, 46 seconds
Government urged to increase regulator’s power to stop 'subscription traps'
The Federal Government is being urged to increase the consumer regulator’s power to stop so-called 'subscription traps'.
8/14/2023 • 10 minutes, 46 seconds
National security claims can compromise justice delivery: Rex Patrick
Former Independent Senator for South Australia Rex Patrick argues that national security claims are trumping the actual delivery of justice in courts and tribunals.
8/14/2023 • 9 minutes, 59 seconds
National security claims can compromise justice delivery: Rex Patrick
Former Independent Senator for South Australia Rex Patrick argues that national security claims are trumping the actual delivery of justice in courts and tribunals.
8/14/2023 • 9 minutes, 59 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Robyn Reynolds and Stephanie Broadbridge
This week we're asking the tough questions on space travel, bank profits and what exactly is a jamboree?
8/11/2023 • 18 minutes, 31 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Robyn Reynolds and Stephanie Broadbridge
This week we're asking the tough questions on space travel, bank profits and what exactly is a jamboree?
8/11/2023 • 18 minutes, 31 seconds
Yelling, screaming and rocking on. The Screaming Jets are back at it
In 1989 rock was king. On the mid-north coast of NSW, Newcastle was serving up some of Australia’s best new music.
8/11/2023 • 14 minutes
Yelling, screaming and rocking on. The Screaming Jets are back at it
In 1989 rock was king. On the mid-north coast of NSW, Newcastle was serving up some of Australia’s best new music.
8/11/2023 • 14 minutes
A focus on the new guard: The Wallabies's WC squad announced
All eyes are glued to the Women's FIFA World Cup at the moment but four weeks from today the Rugby World Cup begins and already we've seen some major shifts ahead of the tournament.
Will Skelton has been named captain for the Wallabies with Michael Hooper and Quade Cooper dropped from the squad.
Coach Eddie Jones is turning to younger players as the Wallabies try to recover from their spate of losses this Winter.
8/11/2023 • 7 minutes, 39 seconds
A focus on the new guard: The Wallabies's WC squad announced
All eyes are glued to the Women's FIFA World Cup at the moment but four weeks from today the Rugby World Cup begins and already we've seen some major shifts ahead of the tournament.
Will Skelton has been named captain for the Wallabies with Michael Hooper and Quade Cooper dropped from the squad.
Coach Eddie Jones is turning to younger players as the Wallabies try to recover from their spate of losses this Winter.
8/11/2023 • 7 minutes, 39 seconds
Hawaii wildfires: death toll rises to 53 as rescuers comb through destroyed town
The death toll in Maui has grown to at least 53 people after devastating wildfires, with officials warning that could grow significantly as rescuers comb through what's left of destroyed homes and buildings.
8/11/2023 • 8 minutes, 49 seconds
Hawaii wildfires: death toll rises to 53 as rescuers comb through destroyed town
The death toll in Maui has grown to at least 53 people after devastating wildfires, with officials warning that could grow significantly as rescuers comb through what's left of destroyed homes and buildings.
8/11/2023 • 8 minutes, 49 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Big business tells us we need a 'big Australia' to thrive, but that conversation has become charged as the cost of housing sky rockets. Meanwhile the big banks continue to rake in the profits, so should they be sharing more of it with all Australians, not just shareholders?
8/11/2023 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Big business tells us we need a 'big Australia' to thrive, but that conversation has become charged as the cost of housing sky rockets. Meanwhile the big banks continue to rake in the profits, so should they be sharing more of it with all Australians, not just shareholders?
8/11/2023 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
People driven into ocean as wildfires engulf Hawaiian island of Maui
Devastating fires in the U-S state of Hawaii have killed at least six people and officials are warning that the death toll is likely to rise.
8/10/2023 • 8 minutes, 54 seconds
People driven into ocean as wildfires engulf Hawaiian island of Maui
Devastating fires in the U-S state of Hawaii have killed at least six people and officials are warning that the death toll is likely to rise.
8/10/2023 • 8 minutes, 54 seconds
Plan to build nuclear waste dump in regional SA scrapped
Last month the Federal Court set aside the declaration that the property called Napande would host the facility, finding the local Indigenous community had not been properly consulted on the decision.
8/10/2023 • 11 minutes, 50 seconds
Plan to build nuclear waste dump in regional SA scrapped
Last month the Federal Court set aside the declaration that the property called Napande would host the facility, finding the local Indigenous community had not been properly consulted on the decision.
8/10/2023 • 11 minutes, 50 seconds
Big Tech: What is a 'tech-sociologist'?
Do we shape the technology we use, or does it shape us? That's what “tech-sociologists” are seeking to answer.
8/10/2023 • 8 minutes
Big Tech: What is a 'tech-sociologist'?
Do we shape the technology we use, or does it shape us? That's what “tech-sociologists” are seeking to answer.
8/10/2023 • 8 minutes
'Searching for Sugar Man' singer Rodriguez dead at 81
Detroit musician Sixto Rodriguez whose improbable resurgance was detailed in an Oscar winning documentary has died.
8/10/2023 • 7 minutes, 1 second
Unexpected visitors at Hells Gates
There’s nothing more pitiful or senseless than a mass stranding of whales. Around 100 Pilot whales stranded themselves recently on the WEST coast. It’s senseless, largely because we still don't really know WHY whales beach themselves.
The largest recorded mass stranding in Australia was in 2020, when almost 500 whales beached, at possibly the most treacherous and infamous inlet in the country - Hells Gates, at Macquarie Harbour on the western coast of Tasmania.
Little did the locals who tried to save them know that whales would beach again exactly two years later TO THE DAY. Their testimonies form the new show, “Hells Gates” by Joel Carnegie, welcome to you.
8/10/2023 • 14 minutes
'Searching for Sugar Man' singer Rodriguez dead at 81
Detroit musician Sixto Rodriguez whose improbable resurgance was detailed in an Oscar winning documentary has died.
8/10/2023 • 7 minutes, 1 second
Unexpected visitors at Hells Gates
There’s nothing more pitiful or senseless than a mass stranding of whales. Around 100 Pilot whales stranded themselves recently on the WEST coast. It’s senseless, largely because we still don't really know WHY whales beach themselves.
The largest recorded mass stranding in Australia was in 2020, when almost 500 whales beached, at possibly the most treacherous and infamous inlet in the country - Hells Gates, at Macquarie Harbour on the western coast of Tasmania.
Little did the locals who tried to save them know that whales would beach again exactly two years later TO THE DAY. Their testimonies form the new show, “Hells Gates” by Joel Carnegie, welcome to you.
8/10/2023 • 14 minutes
Andrew Wilkie calls for end of prosecution of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle
The crossbench has united to urge Labor to end the prosecution of Richard Boyle, the man who blew the whistle on the Australian Taxation Office's unethical debt recovery practices.
8/10/2023 • 7 minutes, 53 seconds
Andrew Wilkie calls for end of prosecution of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle
The crossbench has united to urge Labor to end the prosecution of Richard Boyle, the man who blew the whistle on the Australian Taxation Office's unethical debt recovery practices.
8/10/2023 • 7 minutes, 53 seconds
Deep diving seals discover new Antarctic canyon
You may be familiar with the grumbling elephant seals that laze about on the shores of Antarctica, but did you know they are the world’s newest oceanographers?
8/9/2023 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
Deep diving seals discover new Antarctic canyon
You may be familiar with the grumbling elephant seals that laze about on the shores of Antarctica, but did you know they are the world’s newest oceanographers?
8/9/2023 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
Another brick in the wall: government urged to act on rents
The Greens are demanding the Prime Minister push for a rent freeze at next week's National Cabinet meeting with state and territory leaders, saying significant action on rents would be enough to get its support on Labor's $10 billion dollar Housing Australia Future Fund.
8/9/2023 • 8 minutes, 9 seconds
Another brick in the wall: government urged to act on rents
The Greens are demanding the Prime Minister push for a rent freeze at next week's National Cabinet meeting with state and territory leaders, saying significant action on rents would be enough to get its support on Labor's $10 billion dollar Housing Australia Future Fund.
8/9/2023 • 8 minutes, 9 seconds
Political deadlock continues after Thai elections
Just two months ago it looked like the leader of the progressive Move Forward party, Pita Limjaroenrat, was likely to become Thailand's next Prime Minister.
But if there's something to know about Thai politics, nothing is for certain.
The country's populist Pheu Thai party now says it's forming an alliance with the conservative Bhumjaithai party and will seek to form a new government.
8/9/2023 • 7 minutes, 47 seconds
Political deadlock continues after Thai elections
Just two months ago it looked like the leader of the progressive Move Forward party, Pita Limjaroenrat, was likely to become Thailand's next Prime Minister.
But if there's something to know about Thai politics, nothing is for certain.
The country's populist Pheu Thai party now says it's forming an alliance with the conservative Bhumjaithai party and will seek to form a new government.
8/9/2023 • 7 minutes, 47 seconds
Surfing legend Owen Wright’s final wave
Banzai Pipeline is the centre of the surfing universe. It's made careers but it has also claimed lives.
In 2015 Aussie pro surfer Owen Wright emerged from these frothing blue waves a different version of himself, he was lucky to emerge at all.
His new book about his experience is called 'Against the Water'
8/9/2023 • 13 minutes
Surfing legend Owen Wright’s final wave
Banzai Pipeline is the centre of the surfing universe. It's made careers but it has also claimed lives.
In 2015 Aussie pro surfer Owen Wright emerged from these frothing blue waves a different version of himself, he was lucky to emerge at all.
His new book about his experience is called 'Against the Water'
8/9/2023 • 13 minutes
Is the age of buy now, throw away later killing Australia’s endangered trades?
You might find it hard to find a local upholster, or cobbler these days.
8/9/2023 • 10 minutes, 24 seconds
Is the age of buy now, throw away later killing Australia’s endangered trades?
You might find it hard to find a local upholster, or cobbler these days.
8/9/2023 • 10 minutes, 24 seconds
Deployment of Australian troops to conflict will trigger parliamentary debate, but no vote
The Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade has looked at the powers and decided that whilst there’s a need to improve the transparency and accountability of government decision-making, the ultimate decision will still rest with Cabinet.
8/9/2023 • 11 minutes, 35 seconds
Deployment of Australian troops to conflict will trigger parliamentary debate, but no vote
The Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade has looked at the powers and decided that whilst there’s a need to improve the transparency and accountability of government decision-making, the ultimate decision will still rest with Cabinet.
8/9/2023 • 11 minutes, 35 seconds
Artificial intelligence to monitor for bushfires in South Australia, Victoria forestry regions
8/8/2023 • 6 minutes, 17 seconds
Artificial intelligence to monitor for bushfires in South Australia, Victoria forestry regions
8/8/2023 • 6 minutes, 17 seconds
Negotiations breakdown between NSW government and teachers union
The blame game has intensified between the NSW Labor Government and the NSW Teachers Federation after negotiations for a new pay deal fell apart last week.
8/8/2023 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Negotiations breakdown between NSW government and teachers union
The blame game has intensified between the NSW Labor Government and the NSW Teachers Federation after negotiations for a new pay deal fell apart last week.
8/8/2023 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Doctors call on federal government to reconsider NT fracking over health concerns
Doctors converged on Parliament House on Tuesday to call on the Federal Government to block gas expansion projects in the Northern Territory.
8/8/2023 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
Doctors call on federal government to reconsider NT fracking over health concerns
Doctors converged on Parliament House on Tuesday to call on the Federal Government to block gas expansion projects in the Northern Territory.
8/8/2023 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
Business and Finance: Are consultancy firms feeling the heat?
It's safe to say the Big 4 consultancy firms are feeling the heat following PwC's tax leaks scandal and not to mention the revelations last night on 4 Corners about KPMG's overcharging of government contracts by tens of millions of dollars.
So what's next for these consultancy firms?
8/8/2023 • 8 minutes, 53 seconds
Business and Finance: Are consultancy firms feeling the heat?
It's safe to say the Big 4 consultancy firms are feeling the heat following PwC's tax leaks scandal and not to mention the revelations last night on 4 Corners about KPMG's overcharging of government contracts by tens of millions of dollars.
So what's next for these consultancy firms?
8/8/2023 • 8 minutes, 53 seconds
World Cup action: How the world football order has changed?
The Matildas are through to the quarter-finals after beating Denmark 2-nil and they broke some ratings records along the way.
More people watched the game on free to air television than last year's AFL and NRL grand finals and that's before we even look at the pay-tv ratings.
The FIFA World Cup is expected to attract two billion viewers worldwide and this year's tournament also marks a significant shift in the football world order.
8/8/2023 • 10 minutes, 22 seconds
World Cup action: How the world football order has changed?
The Matildas are through to the quarter-finals after beating Denmark 2-nil and they broke some ratings records along the way.
More people watched the game on free to air television than last year's AFL and NRL grand finals and that's before we even look at the pay-tv ratings.
The FIFA World Cup is expected to attract two billion viewers worldwide and this year's tournament also marks a significant shift in the football world order.
8/8/2023 • 10 minutes, 22 seconds
Wapke Feenstra: The benefit of protecting rural cultures in south Rotterdam
When we think of our culture it’s easy to think of the culture of the big urban cities.
8/8/2023 • 16 minutes
Wapke Feenstra: The benefit of protecting rural cultures in south Rotterdam
When we think of our culture it’s easy to think of the culture of the big urban cities.
8/8/2023 • 16 minutes
Is napping more effective at combating hot weather than aircon?
A new study has found taking an afternoon nap could be more effective in combating hot weather than cranking up the aircon.
8/8/2023 • 11 minutes, 44 seconds
Is napping more effective at combating hot weather than aircon?
A new study has found taking an afternoon nap could be more effective in combating hot weather than cranking up the aircon.
8/8/2023 • 11 minutes, 44 seconds
Western Australian Government scraps Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Laws
The Western Australian Government has scrapped its Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Laws, reverting back to the 1972 model with some amendments.
8/8/2023 • 7 minutes, 13 seconds
Western Australian Government scraps Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Laws
The Western Australian Government has scrapped its Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Laws, reverting back to the 1972 model with some amendments.
8/8/2023 • 7 minutes, 13 seconds
Scientists skeptical of 'room-temperature' superconductor discovery
South Korean physicists claim to have created a room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor - dubbed LK-99.
8/7/2023 • 8 minutes
Scientists skeptical of 'room-temperature' superconductor discovery
South Korean physicists claim to have created a room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor - dubbed LK-99.
8/7/2023 • 8 minutes
Border Force monitoring companies suspected of facilitating cocaine imports
Nearly a hundred companies operating on Australian docks and freight terminals are being monitored amid suspicions they’re being used as a cover for organised crime gangs to import record amounts of cocaine.
8/7/2023 • 8 minutes, 42 seconds
Border Force monitoring companies suspected of facilitating cocaine imports
Nearly a hundred companies operating on Australian docks and freight terminals are being monitored amid suspicions they’re being used as a cover for organised crime gangs to import record amounts of cocaine.
8/7/2023 • 8 minutes, 42 seconds
Carbon Counter: Australia falling short of 2030 renewable energy targets
Plans by the federal government for Australia to generate more than four-fifths of its power from renewable sources by 2030 are coming under pressure amid claims the country is way off track.
8/7/2023 • 7 minutes, 55 seconds
ACT government publicly releases report from inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann prosecution
The ACT government says its examining whether any laws were broken after the head of an inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann leaked it to two media outlets before delivering it to the government.
8/7/2023 • 7 minutes, 10 seconds
Carbon Counter: Australia falling short of 2030 renewable energy targets
Plans by the federal government for Australia to generate more than four-fifths of its power from renewable sources by 2030 are coming under pressure amid claims the country is way off track.
8/7/2023 • 7 minutes, 55 seconds
ACT government publicly releases report from inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann prosecution
The ACT government says its examining whether any laws were broken after the head of an inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann leaked it to two media outlets before delivering it to the government.
8/7/2023 • 7 minutes, 10 seconds
Soda Jerk samples old favourites to create new stories in 'Hello Dankness'
Much like hip-hop DJs sample a genre-busting variety of music to create something new in itself Australian artistic duo Soda Jerk does so for video.
Creating a film HELLO DANKNESS, which skewers the farcical nature of American politics using video and audio samples from over 500 tv shows and movies.
8/7/2023 • 13 minutes
Soda Jerk samples old favourites to create new stories in 'Hello Dankness'
Much like hip-hop DJs sample a genre-busting variety of music to create something new in itself Australian artistic duo Soda Jerk does so for video.
Creating a film HELLO DANKNESS, which skewers the farcical nature of American politics using video and audio samples from over 500 tv shows and movies.
8/7/2023 • 13 minutes
You're not alone in feeling lonely: 1 in 3 Australians experience loneliness
A landmark report into loneliness has found almost one in three Australians feel lonely, and the people we are least socially connected to are our neighbours.
8/7/2023 • 11 minutes, 49 seconds
You're not alone in feeling lonely: 1 in 3 Australians experience loneliness
A landmark report into loneliness has found almost one in three Australians feel lonely, and the people we are least socially connected to are our neighbours.
8/7/2023 • 11 minutes, 49 seconds
WA government set to scrap Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act
The West Australian government could scrap its controversial Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Laws within days and revert back to the 1972 Act.
8/7/2023 • 8 minutes, 1 second
WA government set to scrap Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act
The West Australian government could scrap its controversial Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Laws within days and revert back to the 1972 Act.
8/7/2023 • 8 minutes, 1 second
The Friday Wrap
From a public rape allegation, to an aborted criminal trial, and a subsequent ACT board of inquiry, it’s a story that has morphed over the past two years, none of it inspiring confidence in either the media or justice. A wrap of the Sofronoff inquiry and other news of the week.
8/4/2023 • 23 minutes
The Friday Wrap
From a public rape allegation, to an aborted criminal trial, and a subsequent ACT board of inquiry, it’s a story that has morphed over the past two years, none of it inspiring confidence in either the media or justice. A wrap of the Sofronoff inquiry and other news of the week.
8/4/2023 • 23 minutes
Let's Get Quizzical: Prue Blake and Kevin Jin
This week we're asking the tough questions on humans in bear suits, Lizzo's lawsuit and how to plant a field of sunflowers.
8/4/2023 • 17 minutes, 43 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Prue Blake and Kevin Jin
This week we're asking the tough questions on humans in bear suits, Lizzo's lawsuit and how to plant a field of sunflowers.
8/4/2023 • 17 minutes, 43 seconds
Tina Guo: The rebellious cellist
When you think of a cellist, you might think of Jacqueline Du Pre or Yo-Yo Ma, and less about Skrillex, the soundtrack for The Hangover 2 or heavy metal.
Cellist Tina Guo is a rebel. She’s created a unique brand for herself and her stringed instrument, bringing the cello into all sorts of places across different musical genres and projects you may not expect.
8/4/2023 • 10 minutes
Tina Guo: The rebellious cellist
When you think of a cellist, you might think of Jacqueline Du Pre or Yo-Yo Ma, and less about Skrillex, the soundtrack for The Hangover 2 or heavy metal.
Cellist Tina Guo is a rebel. She’s created a unique brand for herself and her stringed instrument, bringing the cello into all sorts of places across different musical genres and projects you may not expect.
8/4/2023 • 10 minutes
Will WADA change testing standards after Peter Bol was cleared?
In the world of elite sport, it's safe to say, no one wants the tag "drug cheat" hovering over them.
But with investigations, it can take a long time for someone's name and reputation to be cleared and that was the case with Australian middle-distance runner and Olympian Peter Bol. This week, he's finally been cleared of doping after Sport Integrity Australia dropped its investigation.
8/4/2023 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
Will WADA change testing standards after Peter Bol was cleared?
In the world of elite sport, it's safe to say, no one wants the tag "drug cheat" hovering over them.
But with investigations, it can take a long time for someone's name and reputation to be cleared and that was the case with Australian middle-distance runner and Olympian Peter Bol. This week, he's finally been cleared of doping after Sport Integrity Australia dropped its investigation.
8/4/2023 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw denies claims he should have declared friendship with PwC partner over contract
Commissioner Kershaw has rejected claims he should have declared a conflict of interest over his friendship with a senior PwC partner with whom he discussed a contract for the consulting firm.
8/4/2023 • 7 minutes, 33 seconds
AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw denies claims he should have declared friendship with PwC partner over contract
Commissioner Kershaw has rejected claims he should have declared a conflict of interest over his friendship with a senior PwC partner with whom he discussed a contract for the consulting firm.
8/4/2023 • 7 minutes, 33 seconds
Australian barley tariffs lifted by China after three-year trade dispute
The tariffs were introduced in May 2020 after Beijing accused Australia of selling the grain below the cost of production and subsidising farmers, setting off a trade war between the two countries.
8/4/2023 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Australian barley tariffs lifted by China after three-year trade dispute
The tariffs were introduced in May 2020 after Beijing accused Australia of selling the grain below the cost of production and subsidising farmers, setting off a trade war between the two countries.
8/4/2023 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
NGA hands back stolen statues to Cambodia
Treasures, artefacts, call them what you will but what happens when these items have been stolen from a sacred site?
The National Gallery of Australia found out the hard way after buying three rare bronze statues from south-east Asia's most notorious art dealer, Douglas Latchford.
8/3/2023 • 7 minutes, 26 seconds
NGA hands back stolen statues to Cambodia
Treasures, artefacts, call them what you will but what happens when these items have been stolen from a sacred site?
The National Gallery of Australia found out the hard way after buying three rare bronze statues from south-east Asia's most notorious art dealer, Douglas Latchford.
8/3/2023 • 7 minutes, 26 seconds
Fears global food prices to surge further after Russia's attack
"Moscow is waging a battle for a global catastrophe."
Those were the words of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy after Russia attacked Ukraine's main inland port across the Danube River from Romania overnight.
The drone attacks destroyed buildings in the port of Izmail, preventing ships from loading Ukrainian grain for export, adding to growing concerns about surging global food prices.
8/3/2023 • 7 minutes, 18 seconds
Fears global food prices to surge further after Russia's attack
"Moscow is waging a battle for a global catastrophe."
Those were the words of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy after Russia attacked Ukraine's main inland port across the Danube River from Romania overnight.
The drone attacks destroyed buildings in the port of Izmail, preventing ships from loading Ukrainian grain for export, adding to growing concerns about surging global food prices.
8/3/2023 • 7 minutes, 18 seconds
Greens say CO2 sea dumping bill will open door to more oil and gas
Labor is accused of encouraging more gas and oil projects by introducing legislation which would allow carbon dioxide to be stored in international waters.
8/3/2023 • 9 minutes, 12 seconds
Greens say CO2 sea dumping bill will open door to more oil and gas
Labor is accused of encouraging more gas and oil projects by introducing legislation which would allow carbon dioxide to be stored in international waters.
8/3/2023 • 9 minutes, 12 seconds
Big Tech: Deep fake study, News Crop using AI and rent tech concerns
A University College London study has found people are able to detect artificially generated speech only 73% of the time.
8/3/2023 • 7 minutes, 42 seconds
Big Tech: Deep fake study, News Crop using AI and rent tech concerns
A University College London study has found people are able to detect artificially generated speech only 73% of the time.
8/3/2023 • 7 minutes, 42 seconds
Albanese government criticised over delayed newborn screening rollout
Advocates warn Australia's current newborn screening program is preventing early intervention for children with rare diseases.
8/3/2023 • 6 minutes, 43 seconds
Hayley Mary: How The Who's rock opera 'Tommy' explains the empty promise of fame
Considered one of the top rock operas of all time and The Who’s Magnum Opus Tommy is getting a new lease on life.
Legendary Australian band You Am I is taking Tommy on tour with special guest vocals from Sarah McLeod and Hayley Mary.
It’s a delicious rock’n’roll layer dip.
8/3/2023 • 12 minutes
Albanese government criticised over delayed newborn screening rollout
Advocates warn Australia's current newborn screening program is preventing early intervention for children with rare diseases.
8/3/2023 • 6 minutes, 43 seconds
Hayley Mary: How The Who's rock opera 'Tommy' explains the empty promise of fame
Considered one of the top rock operas of all time and The Who’s Magnum Opus Tommy is getting a new lease on life.
Legendary Australian band You Am I is taking Tommy on tour with special guest vocals from Sarah McLeod and Hayley Mary.
It’s a delicious rock’n’roll layer dip.
8/3/2023 • 12 minutes
Record number of Australians working extra jobs in cost of living crunch
There’s no doubt the cost of living crisis has forced us all to cut costs and tighten our belts recently but what do you do if not even that makes ends meet?
8/3/2023 • 10 minutes, 22 seconds
Record number of Australians working extra jobs in cost of living crunch
There’s no doubt the cost of living crisis has forced us all to cut costs and tighten our belts recently but what do you do if not even that makes ends meet?
8/3/2023 • 10 minutes, 22 seconds
MPs warned of “devastating” climate-fuelled disruption across Asia-Pacific
Federal politicians are being warned that Australia must prepare for “devastating” climate-fuelled disruption in the Asia Pacific region.
8/3/2023 • 8 minutes, 47 seconds
MPs warned of “devastating” climate-fuelled disruption across Asia-Pacific
Federal politicians are being warned that Australia must prepare for “devastating” climate-fuelled disruption in the Asia Pacific region.
8/3/2023 • 8 minutes, 47 seconds
Would you change your vote on an issue purely as a protest?
Could the 'politics of grievance' be influencing how some sections of the public are feeling about the upcoming Voice to Parliament Referendum?
8/2/2023 • 12 minutes, 7 seconds
Would you change your vote on an issue purely as a protest?
Could the 'politics of grievance' be influencing how some sections of the public are feeling about the upcoming Voice to Parliament Referendum?
8/2/2023 • 12 minutes, 7 seconds
Failure to pass Housing Fund would be 'devastating outcome' for NSW
NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson is urging the Federal Greens to pass the Housing Australia Future Fund, which has been reintroduced to parliament after being blocked in the Senate.
8/2/2023 • 12 minutes, 1 second
Failure to pass Housing Fund would be 'devastating outcome' for NSW
NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson is urging the Federal Greens to pass the Housing Australia Future Fund, which has been reintroduced to parliament after being blocked in the Senate.
8/2/2023 • 12 minutes, 1 second
How can Australia better protect its children?
Later this month a 45 year old Gold Coast will face the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offences allegedly committed between 2007 and 2022.
He was a childcare worker and he allegedly abused 87 Australian children across 10 childcare centres in Queensland and one in NSW. He also allegedly abused four more children in child abuse material overseas.
8/2/2023 • 9 minutes, 15 seconds
How can Australia better protect its children?
Later this month a 45 year old Gold Coast will face the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offences allegedly committed between 2007 and 2022.
He was a childcare worker and he allegedly abused 87 Australian children across 10 childcare centres in Queensland and one in NSW. He also allegedly abused four more children in child abuse material overseas.
8/2/2023 • 9 minutes, 15 seconds
International body fails to agree on deep sea mining regulations
Plans to start mining the seafloor have been put on hold until at least next year after an international meeting in Jamaica failed – for a second time – to come to an agreement on how the industry should be regulated.
8/2/2023 • 9 minutes, 23 seconds
Former US president Donald Trump indicted for a third time
Former US president Donald Trump has been indicted for a third time.
8/2/2023 • 8 minutes, 12 seconds
Former US president Donald Trump indicted for a third time
Former US president Donald Trump has been indicted for a third time.
8/2/2023 • 8 minutes, 12 seconds
International body fails to agree on deep sea mining regulations
Plans to start mining the seafloor have been put on hold until at least next year after an international meeting in Jamaica failed – for a second time – to come to an agreement on how the industry should be regulated.
8/2/2023 • 9 minutes, 23 seconds
'Constellations' explores the panoply of parallel universes
Ever wondered what your life might look like if you hadn’t made a particular decision?
The Sydney Theatre Company ‘Constellations’ uses the idea of the multiverse taken from quantum physics to explore the concept of infinite outcomes.
It follows Roland, a beekeeper and Marianne, a physicist through their romantic relationship, depicting moments and possibilities.
8/2/2023 • 0
'Constellations' explores the panoply of parallel universes
Ever wondered what your life might look like if you hadn’t made a particular decision?
The Sydney Theatre Company ‘Constellations’ uses the idea of the multiverse taken from quantum physics to explore the concept of infinite outcomes.
It follows Roland, a beekeeper and Marianne, a physicist through their romantic relationship, depicting moments and possibilities.
8/2/2023 • 0
Is it ever ethical to steal?
As corporations continue making eye watering profits during a cost of living crisis, is it ever ethical to steal from big business?
8/2/2023 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
Is it ever ethical to steal?
As corporations continue making eye watering profits during a cost of living crisis, is it ever ethical to steal from big business?
8/2/2023 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
Failings and learnings: child protection experts weigh in on 'horrific' daycare abuse allegations
How was this allowed to happen … and for so long?
They're the question parents, carers and authorities have been left asking after the Australian Federal Police charged a 45 year old man who allegedly abused 87 Australian children across 11 childcare centres in Queensland and NSW.
8/2/2023 • 11 minutes, 4 seconds
Failings and learnings: child protection experts weigh in on 'horrific' daycare abuse allegations
How was this allowed to happen … and for so long?
They're the question parents, carers and authorities have been left asking after the Australian Federal Police charged a 45 year old man who allegedly abused 87 Australian children across 11 childcare centres in Queensland and NSW.
8/2/2023 • 11 minutes, 4 seconds
Matildas advance to the women's World Cup knockout phase
It was described as a do-or-die match but unfazed by the mammoth task ahead of them, the Matildas pulled off a spectacular win last night beating Canada 4-nil in the women's FIFA World Cup.
The Green and Gold will now advance to the knockout stage in a tournament that has made some major inroads for women's football, including the tripling of prize money compared to the 2019 World Cup.
8/1/2023 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Matildas advance to the women's World Cup knockout phase
It was described as a do-or-die match but unfazed by the mammoth task ahead of them, the Matildas pulled off a spectacular win last night beating Canada 4-nil in the women's FIFA World Cup.
The Green and Gold will now advance to the knockout stage in a tournament that has made some major inroads for women's football, including the tripling of prize money compared to the 2019 World Cup.
8/1/2023 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
As the Northern Hemisphere burns, Antarctic sea ice hits record lows
Up in the Northern Hemisphere summer has brought one extreme weather event after another – from blistering heat waves across Europe… to wildfires scorching millions of hectares of land in North America.
8/1/2023 • 4 minutes, 44 seconds
As the Northern Hemisphere burns, Antarctic sea ice hits record lows
Up in the Northern Hemisphere summer has brought one extreme weather event after another – from blistering heat waves across Europe… to wildfires scorching millions of hectares of land in North America.
8/1/2023 • 4 minutes, 44 seconds
Government 'chasing down' perpetrators who breached ATO security loophole: Stephen Jones
The federal government says its working to close a security gap in MyGov's identity checking system which has resulted in more than $500 million in false ATO claims by fraudsters in the past two years.
8/1/2023 • 10 minutes, 34 seconds
Government 'chasing down' perpetrators who breached ATO security loophole: Stephen Jones
The federal government says its working to close a security gap in MyGov's identity checking system which has resulted in more than $500 million in false ATO claims by fraudsters in the past two years.
8/1/2023 • 10 minutes, 34 seconds
Business & finance: The RBA holds but the pain for mortgage holders isn't over yet
The Reserve Bank has kept interest rates on hold for now at 4.1% after 15 months of the steepest increase to borrowing costs on record.
8/1/2023 • 7 minutes, 59 seconds
Business & finance: The RBA holds but the pain for mortgage holders isn't over yet
The Reserve Bank has kept interest rates on hold for now at 4.1% after 15 months of the steepest increase to borrowing costs on record.
8/1/2023 • 7 minutes, 59 seconds
NASA has lost contact with Voyager 2 but Canberra can help
NASA has lost contact with its Voyager 2 spacecraft.
Contact was disrupted when a series of planned commands accidentally shifted the spacecraft's antenna.
There's only one team who can track it down and they're in Canberra.
8/1/2023 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
NASA has lost contact with Voyager 2 but Canberra can help
NASA has lost contact with its Voyager 2 spacecraft.
Contact was disrupted when a series of planned commands accidentally shifted the spacecraft's antenna.
There's only one team who can track it down and they're in Canberra.
8/1/2023 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Adrian Sutton composed concertos during chemo
Not many people get to control their legacy. Even fewer of those get to do it with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
8/1/2023 • 13 minutes
Adrian Sutton composed concertos during chemo
Not many people get to control their legacy. Even fewer of those get to do it with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
8/1/2023 • 13 minutes
Are we seeing the death of the summer holiday?
With wildfires across Canada and Greece and searing temperatures making sightseeing prohibitive in Italy and China, do we need to rethink the season of summer?
8/1/2023 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
Are we seeing the death of the summer holiday?
With wildfires across Canada and Greece and searing temperatures making sightseeing prohibitive in Italy and China, do we need to rethink the season of summer?
8/1/2023 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
Could drug legalisation be the solution to Sydney's growing gang war?
Five people were killed last week in what’s believed to be an underworld gang war linked to drug supply in the city’s south-west.
8/1/2023 • 7 minutes, 58 seconds
Could drug legalisation be the solution to Sydney's growing gang war?
Five people were killed last week in what’s believed to be an underworld gang war linked to drug supply in the city’s south-west.
8/1/2023 • 7 minutes, 58 seconds
Lightning Ridge opal miners fear for industry after bureaucratic error
Miners in the outback town of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, are fearing for the future of their industry after a a bureaucratic error made by the state's government.
7/31/2023 • 5 minutes, 30 seconds
Lightning Ridge opal miners fear for industry after bureaucratic error
Miners in the outback town of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, are fearing for the future of their industry after a a bureaucratic error made by the state's government.
7/31/2023 • 5 minutes, 30 seconds
Insurance industry warns disaster-prone regions face intergenerational poverty if planning laws aren't reformed
For decades, experts have warned that too many Australians are living in harm’s way and yet state governments and councils continue to approve developments in high risk areas.
7/31/2023 • 5 minutes, 15 seconds
Insurance industry warns disaster-prone regions face intergenerational poverty if planning laws aren't reformed
For decades, experts have warned that too many Australians are living in harm’s way and yet state governments and councils continue to approve developments in high risk areas.
7/31/2023 • 5 minutes, 15 seconds
Senator Pocock says government has duty of care over climate harm
Independent Senator David Pocock will ask federal parliament to consider giving the government a duty of care to protect young people from climate change. The bill proposes the government must consider the impacts of new fossil fuel developments before approving them or providing funds.
7/31/2023 • 10 minutes, 29 seconds
Senator Pocock says government has duty of care over climate harm
Independent Senator David Pocock will ask federal parliament to consider giving the government a duty of care to protect young people from climate change. The bill proposes the government must consider the impacts of new fossil fuel developments before approving them or providing funds.
7/31/2023 • 10 minutes, 29 seconds
Carbon Counter: Victoria bans gas connections to new homes
Victoria will ban gas connections in new homes from next year, the state government has announced.
7/31/2023 • 7 minutes, 45 seconds
Carbon Counter: Victoria bans gas connections to new homes
Victoria will ban gas connections in new homes from next year, the state government has announced.
7/31/2023 • 7 minutes, 45 seconds
Study finds 1 in 2 people will have a mental health disorder
150,000 adults across 29 countries over a 21 year period: It's a significant sample size and the findings by researchers at the University of Queensland and Harvard Medical School give pause for thought.
One in two people will develop a mental health disorder by the time they reach 75 years of age.
7/31/2023 • 8 minutes, 1 second
Study finds 1 in 2 people will have a mental health disorder
150,000 adults across 29 countries over a 21 year period: It's a significant sample size and the findings by researchers at the University of Queensland and Harvard Medical School give pause for thought.
One in two people will develop a mental health disorder by the time they reach 75 years of age.
7/31/2023 • 8 minutes, 1 second
Peter Rees on the politics, personality and passions of Tim Fischer
A soldier, farmer, diplomat, advocate, father… and politician - he was the leader of the National Party and Deputy Prime Minister.
Tim Fischer was one of those rare politicians who was well-liked and respected across the political spectrum by colleagues and constituents.
Peter Rees has just completed a biography on Tim Fisher called ‘I Am Tim: Life, Politics and Beyond’.
7/31/2023 • 17 minutes
Peter Rees on the politics, personality and passions of Tim Fischer
A soldier, farmer, diplomat, advocate, father… and politician - he was the leader of the National Party and Deputy Prime Minister.
Tim Fischer was one of those rare politicians who was well-liked and respected across the political spectrum by colleagues and constituents.
Peter Rees has just completed a biography on Tim Fisher called ‘I Am Tim: Life, Politics and Beyond’.
7/31/2023 • 17 minutes
Has the art of a home cooked meal been lost to life in the fast lane?
A toolset of culinary skills could save your wallet and your waist.
7/31/2023 • 12 minutes, 50 seconds
Has the art of a home cooked meal been lost to life in the fast lane?
A toolset of culinary skills could save your wallet and your waist.
7/31/2023 • 12 minutes, 50 seconds
Indonesia partially suspends Australian live cattle imports
Lumpy skin disease. It's not a tastefully named illness but the virus has the unsavoury potential of wiping more than $7 billion from our cattle industry in one year alone.
So far Australia has avoided that but over the weekend the Indonesian government suspended imports of live cattle from four Australian export facilities, following the detection of the virus in livestock recently shipped from Australia.
7/31/2023 • 6 minutes, 34 seconds
Indonesia partially suspends Australian live cattle imports
Lumpy skin disease. It's not a tastefully named illness but the virus has the unsavoury potential of wiping more than $7 billion from our cattle industry in one year alone.
So far Australia has avoided that but over the weekend the Indonesian government suspended imports of live cattle from four Australian export facilities, following the detection of the virus in livestock recently shipped from Australia.
7/31/2023 • 6 minutes, 34 seconds
The Friday Wrap: Zoomer vs Boomer
Are Boomers boosting inflation or should Zoomers just go without the smashed avocado?
7/28/2023 • 23 minutes
The Friday Wrap: Zoomer vs Boomer
Are Boomers boosting inflation or should Zoomers just go without the smashed avocado?
7/28/2023 • 23 minutes
Let's Get Quizzical: Simon Taylor and Christian Hull
This week we're asking the tough questions on global warming, cocaine sharks and if we should start shoplifting.
7/28/2023 • 20 minutes, 17 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Simon Taylor and Christian Hull
This week we're asking the tough questions on global warming, cocaine sharks and if we should start shoplifting.
7/28/2023 • 20 minutes, 17 seconds
Busby Marou on the importance of positivity in music
There's a rich history of country duos but not many from Queensland let alone the town of Rockhampton.
Busby Marou talk about shifting genre but always coming back to country music.
Tom and Jeremy make up Busby Marou and their new album Blood Red is out now. They'll be touring nationally in August.
7/28/2023 • 15 minutes
Busby Marou on the importance of positivity in music
There's a rich history of country duos but not many from Queensland let alone the town of Rockhampton.
Busby Marou talk about shifting genre but always coming back to country music.
Tom and Jeremy make up Busby Marou and their new album Blood Red is out now. They'll be touring nationally in August.
7/28/2023 • 15 minutes
US defense secretary, secretary of state in Australia for high-level talks
The United State’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken - who alongside Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin - is in Australia for high-level talks with the Albanese government.
7/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
Is fake meat a fad?
Alternative meat has been hailed as the answer to all of our methane-induced climate change prayers, but is it all that it’s cracked up to be?
7/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
Is fake meat a fad?
Alternative meat has been hailed as the answer to all of our methane-induced climate change prayers, but is it all that it’s cracked up to be?
7/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
US defense secretary, secretary of state in Australia for high-level talks
The United State’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken - who alongside Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin - is in Australia for high-level talks with the Albanese government.
7/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
Can the Matildas save their World Cup campaign?
The home advantage at this year's women's FIFA World Cup failed to reap dividends for the Matildas last night.
The Green and Gold side now face a do-or-die match against Canada on Monday, after losing to Nigeria 3-2 in Brisbane.
7/27/2023 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
Can the Matildas save their World Cup campaign?
The home advantage at this year's women's FIFA World Cup failed to reap dividends for the Matildas last night.
The Green and Gold side now face a do-or-die match against Canada on Monday, after losing to Nigeria 3-2 in Brisbane.
7/27/2023 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
Yazidi women who survived genocide call for justice after years of slavery
ISIS tried to exterminate the Yazidis. The women who survived life inside the caliphate are now speaking out.
7/27/2023 • 5 minutes, 52 seconds
Yazidi women who survived genocide call for justice after years of slavery
ISIS tried to exterminate the Yazidis. The women who survived life inside the caliphate are now speaking out.
7/27/2023 • 5 minutes, 52 seconds
Calls for no more homes built in flood-prone zones intensifies
No more homes should be built in high risk flood-prone zones.
That's what the Insurance Council of Australia, Master Builders Australia and the Planning Institute of Australia are calling for after holding an industry roundtable event in Sydney today.
Last year's flood events lead to 300,000 disaster-related insurance claims costing about $7 billion.
7/27/2023 • 8 minutes, 11 seconds
Calls for no more homes built in flood-prone zones intensifies
No more homes should be built in high risk flood-prone zones.
That's what the Insurance Council of Australia, Master Builders Australia and the Planning Institute of Australia are calling for after holding an industry roundtable event in Sydney today.
Last year's flood events lead to 300,000 disaster-related insurance claims costing about $7 billion.
7/27/2023 • 8 minutes, 11 seconds
South Korea wins out over Germany for lucrative defence deal
South Korea's Redback infantry fighting vehicle will be purchased for the Australian Army after it performed better in testing than the German Lynx model. The contract is worth up to $7 billion.
7/27/2023 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
South Korea wins out over Germany for lucrative defence deal
South Korea's Redback infantry fighting vehicle will be purchased for the Australian Army after it performed better in testing than the German Lynx model. The contract is worth up to $7 billion.
7/27/2023 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
Big Tech: Elon Musk re-brands Twitter, Meta fined millions
Elon Musk has unveiled a new social media platform Twitter logo featuring a white "X".
7/27/2023 • 6 minutes, 25 seconds
Big Tech: Elon Musk re-brands Twitter, Meta fined millions
Elon Musk has unveiled a new social media platform Twitter logo featuring a white "X".
7/27/2023 • 6 minutes, 25 seconds
Scientists warn Gulf Stream could collapse by 2025
The Gulf Stream system — the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to researchers — is one of the most important currents in the ocean.
7/27/2023 • 6 minutes, 20 seconds
Scientists warn Gulf Stream could collapse by 2025
The Gulf Stream system — the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to researchers — is one of the most important currents in the ocean.
7/27/2023 • 6 minutes, 20 seconds
The Invisible Extinction Of Our Microbes
At this very minute, microorganisms in your gut are impacting your how you think and behave. Think about that before blaming others for being on your nerves.
Bowel health. Probiotics. Faecal transplants; Gut health is certainly not the sexy side of medicine, but it is an increasingly important one, impacting everything from your allergies to obesity.
Sarah Schenck and Steven Lawrence produced the documentary The Invisible Extinction to explore the current research around microbiomes.
7/27/2023 • 15 minutes
The Invisible Extinction Of Our Microbes
At this very minute, microorganisms in your gut are impacting your how you think and behave. Think about that before blaming others for being on your nerves.
Bowel health. Probiotics. Faecal transplants; Gut health is certainly not the sexy side of medicine, but it is an increasingly important one, impacting everything from your allergies to obesity.
Sarah Schenck and Steven Lawrence produced the documentary The Invisible Extinction to explore the current research around microbiomes.
7/27/2023 • 15 minutes
Australian wine exports down 10 pc in value: what's behind it?
Almost 60 per cent of the wine produced in Australia is exported. The industry relies on overseas markets.
But new figures show Australian wine exports declined by 10 per cent in value to $1.87 billion dollars last financial year.
7/27/2023 • 9 minutes, 26 seconds
Australian wine exports down 10 pc in value: what's behind it?
Almost 60 per cent of the wine produced in Australia is exported. The industry relies on overseas markets.
But new figures show Australian wine exports declined by 10 per cent in value to $1.87 billion dollars last financial year.
7/27/2023 • 9 minutes, 26 seconds
Nothing and no one compares: Remembering Sinéad O'Connor
With the news of her death at the age of 56, the recollections of Sinéad O'Connor have been unanimous.
7/27/2023 • 14 minutes, 50 seconds
Nothing and no one compares: Remembering Sinéad O'Connor
With the news of her death at the age of 56, the recollections of Sinéad O'Connor have been unanimous.
7/27/2023 • 14 minutes, 50 seconds
Australia's sexual consent laws under the microscope
Experts, advocates and people with a lived experience are appearing at a three-day Senate inquiry into the Australia's current and proposed sexual consent laws.
7/26/2023 • 7 minutes, 4 seconds
Australia's sexual consent laws under the microscope
Experts, advocates and people with a lived experience are appearing at a three-day Senate inquiry into the Australia's current and proposed sexual consent laws.
7/26/2023 • 7 minutes, 4 seconds
Hundreds of millions paid out in false tax claims via security loophole
The Australian Tax Office has admitted to the ABC that hundreds of millions of dollars has been claimed over the past two years by fraudsters exploiting a glaring security gap in the myGov identity checking system.
7/26/2023 • 14 minutes, 15 seconds
Hundreds of millions paid out in false tax claims via security loophole
The Australian Tax Office has admitted to the ABC that hundreds of millions of dollars has been claimed over the past two years by fraudsters exploiting a glaring security gap in the myGov identity checking system.
7/26/2023 • 14 minutes, 15 seconds
US and France turn their gaze to the Pacific
French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the French territory of New Caledonia, as well as Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu this week.
Meanwhile, U-S Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been in Tonga to dedicate a new American embassy.
So what's behind these high-level visits?
7/26/2023 • 8 minutes, 30 seconds
US and France turn their gaze to the Pacific
French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the French territory of New Caledonia, as well as Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu this week.
Meanwhile, U-S Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been in Tonga to dedicate a new American embassy.
So what's behind these high-level visits?
7/26/2023 • 8 minutes, 30 seconds
Calls for eco-certification of Tasmanian salmon farms to be revoked over concerns of greenwashing
Could your salmon dinner be causing the extinction of a prehistoric animal?
7/26/2023 • 15 minutes, 41 seconds
Dave Graney reflects on 30 years of 'Night of the Wolverine'
It’s 1993. Paul Keating is the Prime Minister.
Sydney has won the bid to host the 2000 Olympics, Newcomer Shane Warne delivers the ball of the century in the Ashes and on the radio amongst the wall of Oz rock in the Triple J hottest 100 that year, this smooth, Lou Reed-esque tune leaps out at you... it's 'Night of the Wolverine' by Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes.
On the 30th anniversary of the hit record, the band are taking it back on tour.
7/26/2023 • 14 minutes, 45 seconds
Dave Graney reflects on 30 years of 'Night of the Wolverine'
It’s 1993. Paul Keating is the Prime Minister.
Sydney has won the bid to host the 2000 Olympics, Newcomer Shane Warne delivers the ball of the century in the Ashes and on the radio amongst the wall of Oz rock in the Triple J hottest 100 that year, this smooth, Lou Reed-esque tune leaps out at you... it's 'Night of the Wolverine' by Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes.
On the 30th anniversary of the hit record, the band are taking it back on tour.
7/26/2023 • 14 minutes, 45 seconds
Calls for eco-certification of Tasmanian salmon farms to be revoked over concerns of greenwashing
Could your salmon dinner be causing the extinction of a prehistoric animal?
7/26/2023 • 15 minutes, 41 seconds
Anthony Albanese in New Zealand to meet with Kiwi counterpart Chris Hipkins
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is New Zealand for defence and economic talks with his Kiwi counterpart Chris Hipkins.
7/26/2023 • 8 minutes, 31 seconds
Anthony Albanese in New Zealand to meet with Kiwi counterpart Chris Hipkins
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is New Zealand for defence and economic talks with his Kiwi counterpart Chris Hipkins.
7/26/2023 • 8 minutes, 31 seconds
What Qantas wants, Qantas gets: Qatar Airways loses out on extra flights approval
The Albanese government this week refusing Qatar’s application to double its flight volume between Doha and Australia.
7/25/2023 • 6 minutes, 20 seconds
What Qantas wants, Qantas gets: Qatar Airways loses out on extra flights approval
The Albanese government this week refusing Qatar’s application to double its flight volume between Doha and Australia.
7/25/2023 • 6 minutes, 20 seconds
Labor confirms Murray-Darling Basin plan will miss 2024 deadline
The $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan will not be completed on time, according to independent advice.
7/25/2023 • 14 minutes, 21 seconds
Labor confirms Murray-Darling Basin plan will miss 2024 deadline
The $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan will not be completed on time, according to independent advice.
7/25/2023 • 14 minutes, 21 seconds
From pets to private schools: the costs we just can't quit
A new survey from NAB has revealed that people are continuing to make spending trade-offs to cover the rising costs of groceries, energy bills and mortgages.
7/25/2023 • 5 minutes, 36 seconds
From pets to private schools: the costs we just can't quit
A new survey from NAB has revealed that people are continuing to make spending trade-offs to cover the rising costs of groceries, energy bills and mortgages.
7/25/2023 • 5 minutes, 36 seconds
Why the NBA and Adidas are pursuing a Byron Bay resident for $1.2m
Imagine getting an email, telling you that you owe some company in some foreign jurisdiction more than a million dollars.
A spam right? Well not in the case of Byron Bay resident Sarah Luke.
7/25/2023 • 6 minutes, 5 seconds
Why the NBA and Adidas are pursuing a Byron Bay resident for $1.2m
Imagine getting an email, telling you that you owe some company in some foreign jurisdiction more than a million dollars.
A spam right? Well not in the case of Byron Bay resident Sarah Luke.
7/25/2023 • 6 minutes, 5 seconds
Caribbean nations consider seeking compensation from colonising countries
Should former slave-holding countries pay for their past wrongs? That’s what a group of Caribbean nations are looking to do.
The Caribbean group says reparations are not only about monetary compensation for enslaved people’s descendants… but a wider recognition of the continuing effects of colonisation.
7/25/2023 • 13 minutes, 53 seconds
Caribbean nations consider seeking compensation from colonising countries
Should former slave-holding countries pay for their past wrongs? That’s what a group of Caribbean nations are looking to do.
The Caribbean group says reparations are not only about monetary compensation for enslaved people’s descendants… but a wider recognition of the continuing effects of colonisation.
7/25/2023 • 13 minutes, 53 seconds
Australia's road death toll continues to climb
More than 1,200 people have been killed in road accidents in the year to the end of June – a 3.2 per cent increase on the previous 12 months.
7/25/2023 • 11 minutes, 26 seconds
Australia's road death toll continues to climb
More than 1,200 people have been killed in road accidents in the year to the end of June – a 3.2 per cent increase on the previous 12 months.
7/25/2023 • 11 minutes, 26 seconds
Concerned scientists urge tough decisions on Murray Darling Basin
Experts say the failure of successive Government's to meet the water targets in the Murray Darling Basin means tough decisions will have to be made, as the federal and state governments prepare to return to negotiating table.
7/25/2023 • 5 minutes, 34 seconds
Concerned scientists urge tough decisions on Murray Darling Basin
Experts say the failure of successive Government's to meet the water targets in the Murray Darling Basin means tough decisions will have to be made, as the federal and state governments prepare to return to negotiating table.
7/25/2023 • 5 minutes, 34 seconds
'Time to be brave': CFMEU calls for super profits tax to fund housing
The top construction Union boss is calling on the Government to tax super profits to fund a 'half-trillion' dollar shortfall in funding for public housing.
7/25/2023 • 8 minutes, 57 seconds
'Time to be brave': CFMEU calls for super profits tax to fund housing
The top construction Union boss is calling on the Government to tax super profits to fund a 'half-trillion' dollar shortfall in funding for public housing.
7/25/2023 • 8 minutes, 57 seconds
Parliament warned airlines might drop flights to Australia to meet future emissions promises
The Australian Airports Association is warning parliament that the days of cheap long-haul flights to and from Australia may soon be coming to an end.
7/24/2023 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Parliament warned airlines might drop flights to Australia to meet future emissions promises
The Australian Airports Association is warning parliament that the days of cheap long-haul flights to and from Australia may soon be coming to an end.
7/24/2023 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Meet the Tasmanian paramedic on a mercy mission to Ukraine
Dave Brown is hoping to bring care and supplies to the frontlines of Ukraine.
7/24/2023 • 6 minutes, 7 seconds
Meet the Tasmanian paramedic on a mercy mission to Ukraine
Dave Brown is hoping to bring care and supplies to the frontlines of Ukraine.
7/24/2023 • 6 minutes, 7 seconds
Finding hope after a nuclear war in 'On the Beach'
At one time considered Australia’s most important book - Nevil Shute’s novel On the Beach follows a group of friends and colleagues in 1960’s Melbourne after the fallout of a short but disastrous nuclear war which has wiped out humanity north of the equator.
The characters are living on borrowed time, speculating wildly about the direction of the deadly radiation clouds, desperately grasping at scientific theories about its toxicity and the possibility of survival.
Australian playwright Tommy Murphy has adapted the novel for a first-ever stage version for the Sydney Theatre Company.
Guest:
Tommy Murphy, playwright
7/24/2023 • 13 minutes, 18 seconds
Finding hope after a nuclear war in 'On the Beach'
At one time considered Australia’s most important book - Nevil Shute’s novel On the Beach follows a group of friends and colleagues in 1960’s Melbourne after the fallout of a short but disastrous nuclear war which has wiped out humanity north of the equator.
The characters are living on borrowed time, speculating wildly about the direction of the deadly radiation clouds, desperately grasping at scientific theories about its toxicity and the possibility of survival.
Australian playwright Tommy Murphy has adapted the novel for a first-ever stage version for the Sydney Theatre Company.
Guest:
Tommy Murphy, playwright
7/24/2023 • 13 minutes, 18 seconds
The hardest goodbye: the way we farewell our beloved pets is changing
Pet bereavement companies are now offering services to preserve paws, fur or even skulls as a memento of their time in your life.
7/24/2023 • 9 minutes, 44 seconds
The hardest goodbye: the way we farewell our beloved pets is changing
Pet bereavement companies are now offering services to preserve paws, fur or even skulls as a memento of their time in your life.
7/24/2023 • 9 minutes, 44 seconds
'Not the right fit': Indigenous art expert excluded from APY interference probe
A distinguished Indigenous art expert with four decades experience claims she was turfed off an expert panel appointed by the South Australian government to investigate allegations of white interference in Indigenous art at the APY Art Centre Collective.
7/24/2023 • 9 minutes, 47 seconds
'Not the right fit': Indigenous art expert excluded from APY interference probe
A distinguished Indigenous art expert with four decades experience claims she was turfed off an expert panel appointed by the South Australian government to investigate allegations of white interference in Indigenous art at the APY Art Centre Collective.
7/24/2023 • 9 minutes, 47 seconds
"Absolutely reprehensible": Indigenous art expert challenges minister to prove allegations of bias
A renowned Indigenous art and culture expert says her invitation to join a panel investigating allegations of white interference in Indigenous art was rescinded by the South Australian government.
7/24/2023 • 10 minutes, 14 seconds
"Absolutely reprehensible": Indigenous art expert challenges minister to prove allegations of bias
A renowned Indigenous art and culture expert says her invitation to join a panel investigating allegations of white interference in Indigenous art was rescinded by the South Australian government.
7/24/2023 • 10 minutes, 14 seconds
What are the proposed IR changes?
Are you one of the 850,000 casuals who work regular hours?
Or do you employ casual workers in your business?
You might be affected by industrial relations changes being proposed by the Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke today. He wants these casuals to be given the choice to forego loading, in return for annual and sick leave. In other words, gain the same rights as full-time employment.
7/24/2023 • 9 minutes, 50 seconds
SA Arts Minister defends decision not to appoint expert to investigatory panel
South Australia's Art Minister says a renowned Indigenous art and culture expert isn't the "right fit" for a panel investigating allegations of white interference into Indigenous art.
7/24/2023 • 5 minutes, 37 seconds
Why children need a national palliative action plan
Ideally one gets the chance to live a long life. But that's not always the case.
Despite this, there's been no national plan on how to meet the end-of-life needs of a child until now. Today the Federal Government has launched Australia's first Paediatric Palliative Care Action Plan, which aims to give young people consistent end of life care.
7/24/2023 • 6 minutes, 14 seconds
SA Arts Minister defends decision not to appoint expert to investigatory panel
South Australia's Art Minister says a renowned Indigenous art and culture expert isn't the "right fit" for a panel investigating allegations of white interference into Indigenous art.
7/24/2023 • 5 minutes, 37 seconds
Why children need a national palliative action plan
Ideally one gets the chance to live a long life. But that's not always the case.
Despite this, there's been no national plan on how to meet the end-of-life needs of a child until now. Today the Federal Government has launched Australia's first Paediatric Palliative Care Action Plan, which aims to give young people consistent end of life care.
7/24/2023 • 6 minutes, 14 seconds
What are the proposed IR changes?
Are you one of the 850,000 casuals who work regular hours?
Or do you employ casual workers in your business?
You might be affected by industrial relations changes being proposed by the Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke today. He wants these casuals to be given the choice to forego loading, in return for annual and sick leave. In other words, gain the same rights as full-time employment.
7/24/2023 • 9 minutes, 50 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Calls to delay the Voice referendum, the cancellation of the Commonwealth Games, the elimination of dingoes on K'Gari & a furious reception for 'Welcome to Sex'.
7/21/2023 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Calls to delay the Voice referendum, the cancellation of the Commonwealth Games, the elimination of dingoes on K'Gari & a furious reception for 'Welcome to Sex'.
7/21/2023 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
The Spooky Men's Chorale
Their angelic voices belie their rugged and hairy visage.
The Spooky Men are a choir made up of men, but they want you to know they are definitely NOT a men's group.
7/21/2023 • 17 minutes, 37 seconds
The Spooky Men's Chorale
Their angelic voices belie their rugged and hairy visage.
The Spooky Men are a choir made up of men, but they want you to know they are definitely NOT a men's group.
7/21/2023 • 17 minutes, 37 seconds
Massive ratings and a record breaking crowd: The Matildas kick off the FIFA Women's World Cup with a bang
The Matildas kicked off their FIFA Women's World Cup campaign with a 1-0 win against the Republic of Ireland
7/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 44 seconds
Massive ratings and a record breaking crowd: The Matildas kick off the FIFA Women's World Cup with a bang
The Matildas kicked off their FIFA Women's World Cup campaign with a 1-0 win against the Republic of Ireland
7/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 44 seconds
Victorian MP sent threatening 'hit list' letter after criticising Cambodian regime
Cambodians will vote in an election this Sunday which is being called neither free nor fair and is expected to extend the 38-year long rule of Hun Sen
7/21/2023 • 9 minutes, 47 seconds
Victorian MP sent threatening 'hit list' letter after criticising Cambodian regime
Cambodians will vote in an election this Sunday which is being called neither free nor fair and is expected to extend the 38-year long rule of Hun Sen
7/21/2023 • 9 minutes, 47 seconds
Is Australia ready for summer's inevitable heatwaves?
Heatwaves and hot weather have killed more people in Australia than any other disaster - so why don't we have a dedicated response?
7/20/2023 • 12 minutes, 37 seconds
Is Australia ready for summer's inevitable heatwaves?
Heatwaves and hot weather have killed more people in Australia than any other disaster - so why don't we have a dedicated response?
7/20/2023 • 12 minutes, 37 seconds
Liberal deputy Sussan Ley facing pre-selection challenge
High-profile Liberal figure Sussan Ley is being challenged by Jean Haynes, a conservative who is contesting south-west NSW regional seat of Farrer.
7/20/2023 • 9 minutes, 15 seconds
Liberal deputy Sussan Ley facing pre-selection challenge
High-profile Liberal figure Sussan Ley is being challenged by Jean Haynes, a conservative who is contesting south-west NSW regional seat of Farrer.
7/20/2023 • 9 minutes, 15 seconds
Big Tech: The TikTok streamers making US$7000 a day
Looking for ways to cover your extra high energy bill this winter? Have you considered a side hustle as a Tik Tok streamer?
7/20/2023 • 6 minutes, 11 seconds
Big Tech: The TikTok streamers making US$7000 a day
Looking for ways to cover your extra high energy bill this winter? Have you considered a side hustle as a Tik Tok streamer?
7/20/2023 • 6 minutes, 11 seconds
Former SA Senator Rex Patrick on transparency crusade
Former South Australian Senator Rex Patrick is in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, arguing that the pubic interest in the disclosure of cost and schedule performance for any government project should outweigh the desire of companies to keep it secret.
7/20/2023 • 9 minutes, 8 seconds
Former SA Senator Rex Patrick on transparency crusade
Former South Australian Senator Rex Patrick is in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, arguing that the pubic interest in the disclosure of cost and schedule performance for any government project should outweigh the desire of companies to keep it secret.
7/20/2023 • 9 minutes, 8 seconds
The U.S. 7th Fleet Band arrives to welcome USS Canberra
Canberra is a landlocked city. But that hasn't stopped naval ships being named after our bush capital.
There's of course the HMAS Canberra. But this Saturday a new ship will be officially commissioned at Garden Island in Sydney Harbour: The USS Canberra.
It's a US naval ship and to mark the occasion the U.S. 7th Fleet Band - based in Japan - is here to perform this weekend.
7/20/2023 • 14 minutes, 25 seconds
The U.S. 7th Fleet Band arrives to welcome USS Canberra
Canberra is a landlocked city. But that hasn't stopped naval ships being named after our bush capital.
There's of course the HMAS Canberra. But this Saturday a new ship will be officially commissioned at Garden Island in Sydney Harbour: The USS Canberra.
It's a US naval ship and to mark the occasion the U.S. 7th Fleet Band - based in Japan - is here to perform this weekend.
7/20/2023 • 14 minutes, 25 seconds
Former Deloitte partner implicated in confidential defence leak
Leaked emails reveal Canberra consultant David Milo shared documents previously accessed on military contracts while was in a working for consulting giant Deloitte.
7/20/2023 • 6 minutes, 6 seconds
Former Deloitte partner implicated in confidential defence leak
Leaked emails reveal Canberra consultant David Milo shared documents previously accessed on military contracts while was in a working for consulting giant Deloitte.
7/20/2023 • 6 minutes, 6 seconds
Voluntary assisted dying laws are under review in Australia - is it time to include dementia patients?
VAD laws are about to be reviewd. Some say now is the time to include people with dementia
7/19/2023 • 4 minutes, 3 seconds
Voluntary assisted dying laws are under review in Australia - is it time to include dementia patients?
VAD laws are about to be reviewd. Some say now is the time to include people with dementia
7/19/2023 • 4 minutes, 3 seconds
Go8 responds to the Universities Accord interim report
The federal education minister Jason Clare today gave a grim assessment on how education still remains inaccessible for many young Australians.
It comes as the minister announced what recommendations the federal government will immediately implement from the Universities Accord interim report.
7/19/2023 • 6 minutes, 59 seconds
Go8 responds to the Universities Accord interim report
The federal education minister Jason Clare today gave a grim assessment on how education still remains inaccessible for many young Australians.
It comes as the minister announced what recommendations the federal government will immediately implement from the Universities Accord interim report.
7/19/2023 • 6 minutes, 59 seconds
'Places rather than outcomes': Govt details plan plan to get more kids into University
The government is trying to boost the number of university students from regional, poor and Indigenous backgrounds.
7/19/2023 • 10 minutes, 9 seconds
'Places rather than outcomes': Govt details plan plan to get more kids into University
The government is trying to boost the number of university students from regional, poor and Indigenous backgrounds.
7/19/2023 • 10 minutes, 9 seconds
Report blames NIMBYS for a more racially segregated Sydney
NIMBYS - or Not In My Backyards are creating a more racially segregated Sydney.
7/19/2023 • 6 minutes, 34 seconds
Report blames NIMBYS for a more racially segregated Sydney
NIMBYS - or Not In My Backyards are creating a more racially segregated Sydney.
7/19/2023 • 6 minutes, 34 seconds
John Safran: Who The Bloody Hell Are We?
Did you know that The Kimberley in WA was at one time seriously considered as an option for the Jewish Homeland?
That’s according to SBS’s new docu-series Who The Bloody Hell Are We, a three-part series uncovering the unknown histories of the Jewish, New Zealand and Chinese communities in Australia.
John Safran discusses delving into Australia's Jewish history in the first episode.
7/19/2023 • 12 minutes, 45 seconds
John Safran: Who The Bloody Hell Are We?
Did you know that The Kimberley in WA was at one time seriously considered as an option for the Jewish Homeland?
That’s according to SBS’s new docu-series Who The Bloody Hell Are We, a three-part series uncovering the unknown histories of the Jewish, New Zealand and Chinese communities in Australia.
John Safran discusses delving into Australia's Jewish history in the first episode.
7/19/2023 • 12 minutes, 45 seconds
Could Victoria's decision to scrap the Commonwealth Games end the event?
Could Victoria's decision to scrap hosting the 20-26 Commonwealth Games spell the end of the event altogether?
7/19/2023 • 9 minutes, 43 seconds
Could Victoria's decision to scrap the Commonwealth Games end the event?
Could Victoria's decision to scrap hosting the 20-26 Commonwealth Games spell the end of the event altogether?
7/19/2023 • 9 minutes, 43 seconds
The environmental impact of Barbie dolls
The hotly anticipated Barbie movie is premiering across Australian cinemas today.
7/19/2023 • 11 minutes, 3 seconds
The environmental impact of Barbie dolls
The hotly anticipated Barbie movie is premiering across Australian cinemas today.
7/19/2023 • 11 minutes, 3 seconds
'Tripping over Aboriginal people': Warren Mundine defends Voice 'No' pamphlet
The no pamphlet argues the referendum is a not about recognition, but rather a legally risky, divisive and permanent change to the Australian constitution.
7/19/2023 • 14 minutes, 12 seconds
'Tripping over Aboriginal people': Warren Mundine defends Voice 'No' pamphlet
The no pamphlet argues the referendum is a not about recognition, but rather a legally risky, divisive and permanent change to the Australian constitution.
7/19/2023 • 14 minutes, 12 seconds
Who picks up the cleaning bill for space junk?
When space junk washes up on our shores or rockets down into our sheep fields, who is responsible for the clean up?
7/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
Who picks up the cleaning bill for space junk?
When space junk washes up on our shores or rockets down into our sheep fields, who is responsible for the clean up?
7/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
'Yes' case says Voice to Parliament will save money
The official Yes and No pamphlets for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament have been published by the Australian Electoral Commission website.
7/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 15 seconds
'Yes' case says Voice to Parliament will save money
The official Yes and No pamphlets for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament have been published by the Australian Electoral Commission website.
7/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 15 seconds
Is Sri Lanka's economy recovering?
This month marks a year since we saw those astonishing scenes out of Sri Lanka where thousands of protesters stormed the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and made themselves at home.
President Rajapaksa fled the country and resigned as Sri Lanka's economy crumbled. So, one year on how is the country faring?
7/18/2023 • 6 minutes
Is Sri Lanka's economy recovering?
This month marks a year since we saw those astonishing scenes out of Sri Lanka where thousands of protesters stormed the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and made themselves at home.
President Rajapaksa fled the country and resigned as Sri Lanka's economy crumbled. So, one year on how is the country faring?
7/18/2023 • 6 minutes
How is Italy coping with this year's heatwave?
From the harsh cold windswept landscape of Iceland to the heatwave sweeping Europe.
Italian authorities have issued an extreme health warning for 16 cities including Rome and Florence where climate scientists say the mercury could exceed 48 degrees Celsius.
That's prompted some to quip that the eternal city of Rome should be renamed the infernal city.
7/18/2023 • 9 minutes, 8 seconds
How is Italy coping with this year's heatwave?
From the harsh cold windswept landscape of Iceland to the heatwave sweeping Europe.
Italian authorities have issued an extreme health warning for 16 cities including Rome and Florence where climate scientists say the mercury could exceed 48 degrees Celsius.
That's prompted some to quip that the eternal city of Rome should be renamed the infernal city.
7/18/2023 • 9 minutes, 8 seconds
Terra-Therma: An ethereal icy Holocene
What does a glacier sound like?
Internationally acclaimed visual artist Benjamin Knock went to Iceland with a sound recordist and captured recordings of the glaciers and the surrounding volcanically active areas with bizarre things called hydrophones, Seizmaphones and Geophones for his exhibition Terra-Therma.
He's compiled a multi-disciplinary exhibition to bring the sights and sounds of Iceland to Melbourne.
7/18/2023 • 12 minutes, 18 seconds
Terra-Therma: An ethereal icy Holocene
What does a glacier sound like?
Internationally acclaimed visual artist Benjamin Knock went to Iceland with a sound recordist and captured recordings of the glaciers and the surrounding volcanically active areas with bizarre things called hydrophones, Seizmaphones and Geophones for his exhibition Terra-Therma.
He's compiled a multi-disciplinary exhibition to bring the sights and sounds of Iceland to Melbourne.
7/18/2023 • 12 minutes, 18 seconds
Will electric cars kill the AM radio star?
AM radios in cars could soon be a thing of the past as electric vehicles begin to roll out across the country.
7/18/2023 • 12 minutes, 31 seconds
Will electric cars kill the AM radio star?
AM radios in cars could soon be a thing of the past as electric vehicles begin to roll out across the country.
7/18/2023 • 12 minutes, 31 seconds
2026 Commonwealth Games now in doubt after Victoria pulls out
World War Two: That was the first and last time the Commonwealth Games were ever cancelled.
But now the 2026 Games are in doubt after the Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced today his state won't be hosting, following concerns the $2.6 billion budget for the games is likely to triple.
7/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
2026 Commonwealth Games now in doubt after Victoria pulls out
World War Two: That was the first and last time the Commonwealth Games were ever cancelled.
But now the 2026 Games are in doubt after the Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced today his state won't be hosting, following concerns the $2.6 billion budget for the games is likely to triple.
7/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
Solomon Islands accuses Australia of withdrawing budget support
The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands has once again lashed out at Australia - and other Western nations - accusing them of withdrawing financial support for the nation's budget.
7/17/2023 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
Solomon Islands accuses Australia of withdrawing budget support
The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands has once again lashed out at Australia - and other Western nations - accusing them of withdrawing financial support for the nation's budget.
7/17/2023 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
Federal Government must split consultancy giants: former ACCC chair
Former competition watchdog Allan Fels has told a parliamentary inquiry that Labor should introduce legislation to break up consultancy firms, arguing it would avoid conflicts of interest.
7/17/2023 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
Federal Government must split consultancy giants: former ACCC chair
Former competition watchdog Allan Fels has told a parliamentary inquiry that Labor should introduce legislation to break up consultancy firms, arguing it would avoid conflicts of interest.
7/17/2023 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
Carbon Counter: WA's Woodside LNG a step closer to a 50-year extension
Woodside Energy's North West Shelf Gas processing facility is a huge commercial asset that's been supplying LNG since the late 1980s and the company now wants to extend the life of the plant until 2070.
7/17/2023 • 8 minutes, 55 seconds
Carbon Counter: WA's Woodside LNG a step closer to a 50-year extension
Woodside Energy's North West Shelf Gas processing facility is a huge commercial asset that's been supplying LNG since the late 1980s and the company now wants to extend the life of the plant until 2070.
7/17/2023 • 8 minutes, 55 seconds
Survivors of child sexual abuse left in limbo as Gymnastics Australia backs away from pledge
While some survivors of institutional sexual abuse have been able to seek reparations through the National Redress Scheme, for hundreds of others, the experience hasn’t been so positive.
7/17/2023 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Survivors of child sexual abuse left in limbo as Gymnastics Australia backs away from pledge
While some survivors of institutional sexual abuse have been able to seek reparations through the National Redress Scheme, for hundreds of others, the experience hasn’t been so positive.
7/17/2023 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper
Fresh from releasing reissues of classic albums Electrical Storm and Honey Steel’s Gold, the legendary punk pioneer and co-founder of The Saints, The Aints and Laughing Clowns, Ed Kuepper has announced a national tour in September.
He reflects on his influences, inspirations and how his grandkids interact with his music.
7/17/2023 • 8 minutes
The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper
Fresh from releasing reissues of classic albums Electrical Storm and Honey Steel’s Gold, the legendary punk pioneer and co-founder of The Saints, The Aints and Laughing Clowns, Ed Kuepper has announced a national tour in September.
He reflects on his influences, inspirations and how his grandkids interact with his music.
7/17/2023 • 8 minutes
Open-plan classrooms: are they any good?
Open-plan offices, open-plan apartments and yes, open plan classrooms. It seems you can't escape those wide, vast, echo chambers. But are these spaces good for you?
At least for classrooms, decision makers and professionals don't seem to think so. The NSW department of education has reportedly written to the NSW Teachers Federation in May saying these classrooms will no longer be built.
7/17/2023 • 10 minutes, 23 seconds
Open-plan classrooms: are they any good?
Open-plan offices, open-plan apartments and yes, open plan classrooms. It seems you can't escape those wide, vast, echo chambers. But are these spaces good for you?
At least for classrooms, decision makers and professionals don't seem to think so. The NSW department of education has reportedly written to the NSW Teachers Federation in May saying these classrooms will no longer be built.
7/17/2023 • 10 minutes, 23 seconds
Almost 600 arrests in NSW police blitz on domestic violence
Almost 600 people have been arrested in NSW and charged with serious offences in a four-day police operation. Dozens of firearms and prohibited weapons were also seized as well as illicit drugs.
But, this is not a crackdown on drug dealers or bikie gangs or terrorism. It's a unique police operation, involving the Domestic Violence High-Risk Offender Teams.
7/17/2023 • 8 minutes, 19 seconds
Almost 600 arrests in NSW police blitz on domestic violence
Almost 600 people have been arrested in NSW and charged with serious offences in a four-day police operation. Dozens of firearms and prohibited weapons were also seized as well as illicit drugs.
But, this is not a crackdown on drug dealers or bikie gangs or terrorism. It's a unique police operation, involving the Domestic Violence High-Risk Offender Teams.
7/17/2023 • 8 minutes, 19 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Reuben Kaye and Daniel Muggleton
This week we're asking the tough questions on Fran Drescher, the next RBA Governor and Aretha Franklin's last will and testament.
7/14/2023 • 16 minutes, 44 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Reuben Kaye and Daniel Muggleton
This week we're asking the tough questions on Fran Drescher, the next RBA Governor and Aretha Franklin's last will and testament.
7/14/2023 • 16 minutes, 44 seconds
Julie Byrne on why real love means the ability to stay new to someone
Singer-songwriter Julie Byrne’s folk songs may sound gentle and ethereal, but they carry the weight of immense emotional heft.
Following the sudden passing of her long-term collaborator and producer, Eric Littmann, her new album “The Greater Wings” moves through shared experiences that are both timeless and life-affirming.
7/14/2023 • 10 minutes, 45 seconds
Julie Byrne on why real love means the ability to stay new to someone
Singer-songwriter Julie Byrne’s folk songs may sound gentle and ethereal, but they carry the weight of immense emotional heft.
Following the sudden passing of her long-term collaborator and producer, Eric Littmann, her new album “The Greater Wings” moves through shared experiences that are both timeless and life-affirming.
7/14/2023 • 10 minutes, 45 seconds
A friendly? Matildas take on France tonight ahead of World Cup
The FIFA women's World Cup finally reaches our shores next week with the Matildas to take on Ireland on Thursday.
But tonight football fans are getting a little preview of what's to come with the Aussie side taking on France in a friendly at Docklands.
7/14/2023 • 6 minutes, 53 seconds
A friendly? Matildas take on France tonight ahead of World Cup
The FIFA women's World Cup finally reaches our shores next week with the Matildas to take on Ireland on Thursday.
But tonight football fans are getting a little preview of what's to come with the Aussie side taking on France in a friendly at Docklands.
7/14/2023 • 6 minutes, 53 seconds
Michele Bullock named the new RBA Governor
The current Reserve Bank deputy governor, Michele Bullock, has been named as Philip Lowe's replacement at the helm of Australia's central bank.
She'll become the first female leader in the history of the Reserve Bank.
The announcement marks the end of Governor Lowe's seven-year tenure, which officially finishes in September.
7/14/2023 • 14 minutes, 7 seconds
Michele Bullock named the new RBA Governor
The current Reserve Bank deputy governor, Michele Bullock, has been named as Philip Lowe's replacement at the helm of Australia's central bank.
She'll become the first female leader in the history of the Reserve Bank.
The announcement marks the end of Governor Lowe's seven-year tenure, which officially finishes in September.
7/14/2023 • 14 minutes, 7 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Dr Michele Bullock will become the first woman to lead the Reserve Bank of Australia, replacing incumbent Philip Lowe following months of speculation about his future.
7/14/2023 • 23 minutes, 11 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Dr Michele Bullock will become the first woman to lead the Reserve Bank of Australia, replacing incumbent Philip Lowe following months of speculation about his future.
7/14/2023 • 23 minutes, 11 seconds
Vending machines offering free STI test kits
Vending machines offering free sexually transmitted infection (STI) test kits will travel across regional Victoria as part of a 12-month trial tackling rising rates.
7/13/2023 • 9 minutes
Vending machines offering free STI test kits
Vending machines offering free sexually transmitted infection (STI) test kits will travel across regional Victoria as part of a 12-month trial tackling rising rates.
7/13/2023 • 9 minutes
The major banks warn household budget pressures are mounting
Despite 12 rate hikes in a year and stubbornly high inflation, the big four banks say they aren't seeing yet a spike in customers experiencing mortgage stress.
The word: "resilience" came up quite a few times as the Big Four Banks fronted their annual public hearings with the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in Canberra this week.
But the banks all agree pressure is mounting.
7/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
The major banks warn household budget pressures are mounting
Despite 12 rate hikes in a year and stubbornly high inflation, the big four banks say they aren't seeing yet a spike in customers experiencing mortgage stress.
The word: "resilience" came up quite a few times as the Big Four Banks fronted their annual public hearings with the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in Canberra this week.
But the banks all agree pressure is mounting.
7/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
Will ASEAN's bid to secure peace in Myanmar succeed?
In Indonesia, critical efforts are underway in a bid to achieve peace in Myanmar, which has been racked by violence since the military seized power in 2021.
7/13/2023 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
Will ASEAN's bid to secure peace in Myanmar succeed?
In Indonesia, critical efforts are underway in a bid to achieve peace in Myanmar, which has been racked by violence since the military seized power in 2021.
7/13/2023 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
Big Tech: Elon Musk announces AI start-up, Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Bill Gates comments on AI
Tesla boss Elon Musk has announced the formation of an artificial intelligence startup
7/13/2023 • 9 minutes, 59 seconds
Big Tech: Elon Musk announces AI start-up, Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Bill Gates comments on AI
Tesla boss Elon Musk has announced the formation of an artificial intelligence startup
7/13/2023 • 9 minutes, 59 seconds
Can Labor snatch another by-election?
The Aston contest in Melbourne in April marked the first time in more than a century that a government had won a seat from the opposition at a by-election.
But can Labor do it again in Fadden - which the LNP currently holds with a 10.6 per cent - this weekend?
The Gold Coast seat is being vacated by Coalition MP Stuart Robert. He was the minister for government services towards the end of the Robodebt scheme, which was ruled illegal and described as "crude and cruel" in the Royal Commission's final report into the debt collection scheme.
7/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 11 seconds
Can Labor snatch another by-election?
The Aston contest in Melbourne in April marked the first time in more than a century that a government had won a seat from the opposition at a by-election.
But can Labor do it again in Fadden - which the LNP currently holds with a 10.6 per cent - this weekend?
The Gold Coast seat is being vacated by Coalition MP Stuart Robert. He was the minister for government services towards the end of the Robodebt scheme, which was ruled illegal and described as "crude and cruel" in the Royal Commission's final report into the debt collection scheme.
7/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 11 seconds
Kyiv Eternal: Heinali's musical love letter to his home city
Ukrainian composer and electronic musician Heinali has transformed years of pre-war audio recordings of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv into a time capsule of ambient sound and memories of a city now besieged in his album 'Kyiv Eternal'.
7/13/2023 • 10 minutes, 54 seconds
Kyiv Eternal: Heinali's musical love letter to his home city
Ukrainian composer and electronic musician Heinali has transformed years of pre-war audio recordings of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv into a time capsule of ambient sound and memories of a city now besieged in his album 'Kyiv Eternal'.
7/13/2023 • 10 minutes, 54 seconds
Orica's green hydrogen pitch to forgive emissions sins
Orica has historically been one of that state's largest industrial polluters, accounting for 10 to 15 percent of the NSW's overall gas consumption, and it's looking for new ways drastically cut its emissions.
7/13/2023 • 9 minutes, 52 seconds
Orica's green hydrogen pitch to forgive emissions sins
Orica has historically been one of that state's largest industrial polluters, accounting for 10 to 15 percent of the NSW's overall gas consumption, and it's looking for new ways drastically cut its emissions.
7/13/2023 • 9 minutes, 52 seconds
Aid organisations struggle to meet demand in Sudan crisis
As the conflict between rival factions of the Sudanese government enters its third month and shows no signs of an end, aid organisations on the ground are struggling to meet demand.
7/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 20 seconds
Aid organisations struggle to meet demand in Sudan crisis
As the conflict between rival factions of the Sudanese government enters its third month and shows no signs of an end, aid organisations on the ground are struggling to meet demand.
7/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 20 seconds
RBA announces sweeping reforms
The Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has announced sweeping changes to how the central bank board will operate.
From next year, the RBA board will meet eight times, instead of the current 11.
Governor Lowe also warned more rate hikes could be on the table if inflation doesn't show clear signs of falling toward its two to three per cent target band.
7/12/2023 • 12 minutes, 6 seconds
RBA announces sweeping reforms
The Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has announced sweeping changes to how the central bank board will operate.
From next year, the RBA board will meet eight times, instead of the current 11.
Governor Lowe also warned more rate hikes could be on the table if inflation doesn't show clear signs of falling toward its two to three per cent target band.
7/12/2023 • 12 minutes, 6 seconds
Whakaari White Island trial hears from volcano survivors
Volcano survivors gave evidence in the second day of the Whakaari White Island volcano disaster trial in New Zealand.
7/12/2023 • 9 minutes, 25 seconds
Whakaari White Island trial hears from volcano survivors
Volcano survivors gave evidence in the second day of the Whakaari White Island volcano disaster trial in New Zealand.
7/12/2023 • 9 minutes, 25 seconds
US para-cyclist files lawsuit against International Paralympic Committee
A United States para-cyclist is suing the International Paralympic Committee in a bid to help athletes address what he says is widespread cheating.
7/12/2023 • 9 minutes, 53 seconds
US para-cyclist files lawsuit against International Paralympic Committee
A United States para-cyclist is suing the International Paralympic Committee in a bid to help athletes address what he says is widespread cheating.
7/12/2023 • 9 minutes, 53 seconds
Scott Patterson on the Wall Street investors making billions off of catastrophes
Scott Patterson's new book “Chaos Kings: How wall street traders make billions in the new age of crisis” looks into the world of the doom-mongers making a fortune from the worst-case scenarios.
7/12/2023 • 27 minutes, 16 seconds
Scott Patterson on the Wall Street investors making billions off of catastrophes
Scott Patterson's new book “Chaos Kings: How wall street traders make billions in the new age of crisis” looks into the world of the doom-mongers making a fortune from the worst-case scenarios.
7/12/2023 • 27 minutes, 16 seconds
Is 'therapy speak' harming our relationships?
It’s called ‘therapy Speak’ and as you may have noticed it’s everywhere on the internet and socials, but is it a good thing?
7/12/2023 • 13 minutes, 43 seconds
Is 'therapy speak' harming our relationships?
It’s called ‘therapy Speak’ and as you may have noticed it’s everywhere on the internet and socials, but is it a good thing?
7/12/2023 • 13 minutes, 43 seconds
Australia walks away from EU trade talks but should it?
The Federal Government said countless times it wasn't afraid to walk and it did just that in Brussels overnight.
The Trade Minister Don Farrell was in the Belgian capital, hoping to finalise a trade deal with the EU but both sides failed to reach a compromise.
7/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 52 seconds
Australia walks away from EU trade talks but should it?
The Federal Government said countless times it wasn't afraid to walk and it did just that in Brussels overnight.
The Trade Minister Don Farrell was in the Belgian capital, hoping to finalise a trade deal with the EU but both sides failed to reach a compromise.
7/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 52 seconds
Malaria vaccine to be rolled out across 12 African countries
The World Health Organisation and Unicef have announced the mass rollout of a long-awaited malaria vaccine across 12 African countries – potentially saving tens of thousands millions of lives.
An initial 18 million doses of the world's first malaria vaccine are assigned to countries where the risk of children falling ill and dying from the disease is highest.
7/11/2023 • 5 minutes, 8 seconds
Malaria vaccine to be rolled out across 12 African countries
The World Health Organisation and Unicef have announced the mass rollout of a long-awaited malaria vaccine across 12 African countries – potentially saving tens of thousands millions of lives.
An initial 18 million doses of the world's first malaria vaccine are assigned to countries where the risk of children falling ill and dying from the disease is highest.
7/11/2023 • 5 minutes, 8 seconds
Nurse practitioners allowed to offer medical termination pill
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has today fulfilled one of the Government's key election promises, amending restrictions on the prescribing of MS-2 Step medication, also known as RU486, making it easier for women in the early stages of pregnancy to access medical terminations. From the first of August, the two-part medication will be able to be prescribed by any healthcare practitioner with appropriate qualifications and training, including nurse practitioners, and dispensed by any pharmacist.
7/11/2023 • 6 minutes, 20 seconds
Nurse practitioners allowed to offer medical termination pill
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has today fulfilled one of the Government's key election promises, amending restrictions on the prescribing of MS-2 Step medication, also known as RU486, making it easier for women in the early stages of pregnancy to access medical terminations. From the first of August, the two-part medication will be able to be prescribed by any healthcare practitioner with appropriate qualifications and training, including nurse practitioners, and dispensed by any pharmacist.
7/11/2023 • 6 minutes, 20 seconds
Gordon Legal considers class action following Robodebt findings
It's been just five days since the Robodebt Royal Commission released its damning report which described the coalition government's debt retrieval scheme as "crude and cruel".
Now the legal fraternity is closing in, with Gordon Legal considering launching a fresh civil case on behalf of victims alleging misfeasance in public office.
7/11/2023 • 11 minutes, 22 seconds
Gordon Legal considers class action following Robodebt findings
It's been just five days since the Robodebt Royal Commission released its damning report which described the coalition government's debt retrieval scheme as "crude and cruel".
Now the legal fraternity is closing in, with Gordon Legal considering launching a fresh civil case on behalf of victims alleging misfeasance in public office.
7/11/2023 • 11 minutes, 22 seconds
Giant sunfish collision blamed for Great Australian Bight misadventure
The docile sunfish was the likely suspect in a collision off the Great Australian Bight this week, leaving a young aussie sailor stranded for 24 hours while attempting a circumnavigation of the country.
7/11/2023 • 8 minutes, 56 seconds
Giant sunfish collision blamed for Great Australian Bight misadventure
The docile sunfish was the likely suspect in a collision off the Great Australian Bight this week, leaving a young aussie sailor stranded for 24 hours while attempting a circumnavigation of the country.
7/11/2023 • 8 minutes, 56 seconds
Vidya Madabushi on the migrant experience in Australia and her new novel 'The Days Toppled Over'
‘The Days Toppled Over’ unravels the complex systems that lead to the exploitation of international students in Australia, through a heartening story about family, success and the migrant experience.
7/11/2023 • 19 minutes
Vidya Madabushi on the migrant experience in Australia and her new novel 'The Days Toppled Over'
‘The Days Toppled Over’ unravels the complex systems that lead to the exploitation of international students in Australia, through a heartening story about family, success and the migrant experience.
7/11/2023 • 19 minutes
Employers seek to end remote working as pandemic ends
Remote working. Remember when it was being hailed as the future of how we would all be doing our jobs following the Covid-19 pandemic?
7/11/2023 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
Employers seek to end remote working as pandemic ends
Remote working. Remember when it was being hailed as the future of how we would all be doing our jobs following the Covid-19 pandemic?
7/11/2023 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
Australia's busy week in Europe: EU Trade talks and NATO Summit
After five years of trade negotiations with the European Union, it's crunch time for the Trade Minister Don Farrell in Brussels, with hopes of finally sealing a deal.
On the sidelines of his own meetings in Berlin, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia wants to conclude this agreement but won't be signing up to things that are not in the national interest.
7/11/2023 • 9 minutes, 40 seconds
Australia's busy week in Europe: EU Trade talks and NATO Summit
After five years of trade negotiations with the European Union, it's crunch time for the Trade Minister Don Farrell in Brussels, with hopes of finally sealing a deal.
On the sidelines of his own meetings in Berlin, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia wants to conclude this agreement but won't be signing up to things that are not in the national interest.
7/11/2023 • 9 minutes, 40 seconds
Startup on mission to grow food on moon
It might seem light years away but Australian startup Lunaria One has teamed up with horticulture and space researchers to study how plants will grow on the lunar surface.
7/10/2023 • 5 minutes, 48 seconds
Startup on mission to grow food on moon
It might seem light years away but Australian startup Lunaria One has teamed up with horticulture and space researchers to study how plants will grow on the lunar surface.
7/10/2023 • 5 minutes, 48 seconds
End Rape on Campus call for federal independent body
Every week 275 university students - across the country - are being sexually assaulted within a university setting.
That's according to a National Student Safety Survey by Universities of Australia conducted in 2021.
Now the advocacy group, End Rape on Campus, has come out today saying little has been done by universities to address this issue and it's calling on the federal government to establish an independent oversight body.
7/10/2023 • 8 minutes, 13 seconds
End Rape on Campus call for federal independent body
Every week 275 university students - across the country - are being sexually assaulted within a university setting.
That's according to a National Student Safety Survey by Universities of Australia conducted in 2021.
Now the advocacy group, End Rape on Campus, has come out today saying little has been done by universities to address this issue and it's calling on the federal government to establish an independent oversight body.
7/10/2023 • 8 minutes, 13 seconds
'If his heart isn't in it, he should go': pressure mounts on former PM over Robodebt
Parliament may not be sitting but speculation about former Prime Minister Scott Morrison's future is rife today.
7/10/2023 • 9 minutes, 15 seconds
'If his heart isn't in it, he should go': pressure mounts on former PM over Robodebt
Parliament may not be sitting but speculation about former Prime Minister Scott Morrison's future is rife today.
7/10/2023 • 9 minutes, 15 seconds
Leaders gather as deep sea mining deadline passes
The world's governments are meeting in Kingston, Jamaica to negotiate the rules and regulations around deep sea mining.
If agreed upon and adopted, would open up the world's oceans to one of the largest mining operation humanity has ever seen.
7/10/2023 • 6 minutes, 22 seconds
Leaders gather as deep sea mining deadline passes
The world's governments are meeting in Kingston, Jamaica to negotiate the rules and regulations around deep sea mining.
If agreed upon and adopted, would open up the world's oceans to one of the largest mining operation humanity has ever seen.
7/10/2023 • 6 minutes, 22 seconds
Tips from the world's best-travelled man
New Jersey automotive industry executive Tom Stuker is the world's most well-travelled man. Since buying a life-time, first-class pass for two with United Airlines in 1990 for USD$510,000, he has clocked up 23 million air miles. That's more than the Apollo 11's trip to the moon. Through his years of high-flying, Tom has travelled to more than 100 countries across the planet, taken his wife on 100 honeymoons and made friends around the world, including many in Australia which he has visited 400 times.
7/10/2023 • 8 minutes, 7 seconds
Tips from the world's best-travelled man
New Jersey automotive industry executive Tom Stuker is the world's most well-travelled man. Since buying a life-time, first-class pass for two with United Airlines in 1990 for USD$510,000, he has clocked up 23 million air miles. That's more than the Apollo 11's trip to the moon. Through his years of high-flying, Tom has travelled to more than 100 countries across the planet, taken his wife on 100 honeymoons and made friends around the world, including many in Australia which he has visited 400 times.
7/10/2023 • 8 minutes, 7 seconds
Concerns new mums are being rushed home from hospital hours after giving birth
New data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has found that almost one in two Australian mothers are sent home after a day or less in the case of a vaginal birth without complication.
7/10/2023 • 10 minutes, 41 seconds
Concerns new mums are being rushed home from hospital hours after giving birth
New data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has found that almost one in two Australian mothers are sent home after a day or less in the case of a vaginal birth without complication.
7/10/2023 • 10 minutes, 41 seconds
Germany's $1 billion investment in Australia
Anthony Albanese has landed in Germany, ahead of talks in Berlin and the NATO Leaders' Summit in Lithuania.
7/10/2023 • 10 minutes, 26 seconds
Germany's $1 billion investment in Australia
Anthony Albanese has landed in Germany, ahead of talks in Berlin and the NATO Leaders' Summit in Lithuania.
7/10/2023 • 10 minutes, 26 seconds
Life after lights, camera, action: Margie Ratliff on the experiences of documentary subjects
A new film asks if our drive to tell stories is overriding our ability to put the subjects of documentaries first?
7/9/2023 • 13 minutes, 59 seconds
Life after lights, camera, action: Margie Ratliff on the experiences of documentary subjects
A new film asks if our drive to tell stories is overriding our ability to put the subjects of documentaries first?
7/9/2023 • 13 minutes, 59 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Startling Robodebt Royal Commission findings have punctuated a week in which the 'No' has attacked 'do-gooder corporate elites and radical activists' with a crude newspaper ad and the NACC begins its work.
7/7/2023 • 23 minutes, 35 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Startling Robodebt Royal Commission findings have punctuated a week in which the 'No' has attacked 'do-gooder corporate elites and radical activists' with a crude newspaper ad and the NACC begins its work.
7/7/2023 • 23 minutes, 35 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Jay Wymarra and Kevin Kropinyeri
This week we're asking the tough questions on Twitter's new rival, Ash Barty's happy news and what's got the English cricket team in a tizz now.
7/7/2023 • 19 minutes, 33 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Jay Wymarra and Kevin Kropinyeri
This week we're asking the tough questions on Twitter's new rival, Ash Barty's happy news and what's got the English cricket team in a tizz now.
7/7/2023 • 19 minutes, 33 seconds
'The pain's still there': Kutcha Edwards on surviving the Stolen Generation and reconnecting to his Mother Tongue
Mutti Mutti man Uncle Kutcha Edwards is a highly respected elder and survivor of the Stolen Generations who has been combining songwriting and activism since 1991.
7/7/2023 • 24 minutes, 44 seconds
'The pain's still there': Kutcha Edwards on surviving the Stolen Generation and reconnecting to his Mother Tongue
Mutti Mutti man Uncle Kutcha Edwards is a highly respected elder and survivor of the Stolen Generations who has been combining songwriting and activism since 1991.
7/7/2023 • 24 minutes, 44 seconds
Could women and girls be at higher risk of concussion?
In contact sports like AFL football or Rugby League and Union, it's common to see players run hard into tackles, get knocks to the body and receive concussion.
But some research suggests male and female brains may respond to injuries very differently.
7/7/2023 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
Could women and girls be at higher risk of concussion?
In contact sports like AFL football or Rugby League and Union, it's common to see players run hard into tackles, get knocks to the body and receive concussion.
But some research suggests male and female brains may respond to injuries very differently.
7/7/2023 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
"Crude and cruel": The Robodebt RC releases its findings
"Robodebt was a crude and cruel mechanism, neither fair nor legal, and it made many people feel like criminals" ... Those are the damning words from the final Royal Commission report handed down today.
Former Queensland chief justice Catherine Holmes' report into the Coalition government's automated debt-collection policy was almost a thousand pages long with 57 recommendations.
In a special sealed section of the report she recommended "the referral of individuals for civil action or criminal prosecution".
GUESTS:
Mike, father of deceased Robodebt victim
Bill Shorten, Federal Minister for Government Services
In a statement, Scott Morrison says:
The Commission has made findings in relation to my role as Minister for Social Services, where I served for 9 months between December 2014 and September 2015. I reject completely each of the findings which are critical of my involvement in authorising the scheme and are adverse to me. They are wrong, unsubstantiated and contradicted by clear documentary evidence presented to the Commission. It is unfortunate that these findings fail to acknowledge the proper functioning of Government and Cabinet processes in the face of not only my evidence as a former Prime Minister, and Cabinet Minister for almost 9 years, but also the evidence of other Cabinet ministers.
7/7/2023 • 12 minutes, 17 seconds
"Crude and cruel": The Robodebt RC releases its findings
"Robodebt was a crude and cruel mechanism, neither fair nor legal, and it made many people feel like criminals" ... Those are the damning words from the final Royal Commission report handed down today.
Former Queensland chief justice Catherine Holmes' report into the Coalition government's automated debt-collection policy was almost a thousand pages long with 57 recommendations.
In a special sealed section of the report she recommended "the referral of individuals for civil action or criminal prosecution".
GUESTS:
Mike, father of deceased Robodebt victim
Bill Shorten, Federal Minister for Government Services
In a statement, Scott Morrison says:
The Commission has made findings in relation to my role as Minister for Social Services, where I served for 9 months between December 2014 and September 2015. I reject completely each of the findings which are critical of my involvement in authorising the scheme and are adverse to me. They are wrong, unsubstantiated and contradicted by clear documentary evidence presented to the Commission. It is unfortunate that these findings fail to acknowledge the proper functioning of Government and Cabinet processes in the face of not only my evidence as a former Prime Minister, and Cabinet Minister for almost 9 years, but also the evidence of other Cabinet ministers.
7/7/2023 • 12 minutes, 17 seconds
RSV on the rise
Cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are surging across the country, with some states reporting nearly 10 times the number of cases compared to this time last year.
7/6/2023 • 5 minutes, 11 seconds
RSV on the rise
Cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are surging across the country, with some states reporting nearly 10 times the number of cases compared to this time last year.
7/6/2023 • 5 minutes, 11 seconds
'Legal' but inhumane: judge rules on hotel detention
The Federal Court of Australia has ruled that while it may not have been humane to detain a Kurdish-Iranian refugee in hotel rooms for more than a year, it was legal.
7/6/2023 • 7 minutes, 41 seconds
'Legal' but inhumane: judge rules on hotel detention
The Federal Court of Australia has ruled that while it may not have been humane to detain a Kurdish-Iranian refugee in hotel rooms for more than a year, it was legal.
7/6/2023 • 7 minutes, 41 seconds
AFR apologises for 'racist trope' No campaign advertisement
The publishers of the Australian Financial Review have been forced to apologise for printing a full page advertisement endorsed by 'No' campaigners Advance Australia.
7/6/2023 • 8 minutes, 46 seconds
AFR apologises for 'racist trope' No campaign advertisement
The publishers of the Australian Financial Review have been forced to apologise for printing a full page advertisement endorsed by 'No' campaigners Advance Australia.
7/6/2023 • 8 minutes, 46 seconds
Big Tech: Meta launches its Twitter rival, Twitter limits user posts and sports stadium using facial recognition tech
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has launched Threads, a rival to Twitter, with the app seeking to draw users away from Elon Musk's embattled platform.
The release was brought forward by 15 hours and is now freely available in 100 countries – including Australia.
7/6/2023 • 8 minutes, 59 seconds
Big Tech: Meta launches its Twitter rival, Twitter limits user posts and sports stadium using facial recognition tech
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has launched Threads, a rival to Twitter, with the app seeking to draw users away from Elon Musk's embattled platform.
The release was brought forward by 15 hours and is now freely available in 100 countries – including Australia.
7/6/2023 • 8 minutes, 59 seconds
How to build a home: Uncle Thomas Slockee on a lifetime of housing his community
Aboriginal Elder Uncle Thomas Slockee has spent the last four decades championing his community and advocating for housing justice for Indigenous people.
7/6/2023 • 15 minutes, 23 seconds
How to build a home: Uncle Thomas Slockee on a lifetime of housing his community
Aboriginal Elder Uncle Thomas Slockee has spent the last four decades championing his community and advocating for housing justice for Indigenous people.
7/6/2023 • 15 minutes, 23 seconds
Divorced Housemates: a new trend?
The old movie scenes where mum or dad packs a suitcase and moves out, is no longer an accurate depiction of divorce as the cost of living crisis keeps separated couples under one roof.
7/6/2023 • 6 minutes, 44 seconds
Divorced Housemates: a new trend?
The old movie scenes where mum or dad packs a suitcase and moves out, is no longer an accurate depiction of divorce as the cost of living crisis keeps separated couples under one roof.
7/6/2023 • 6 minutes, 44 seconds
World temperature records broken for the second day in a row
World temperature records have been broken for the second day in a row.
According to the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Tuesday's average global air temperature was 17.18 degrees, surpassing Monday's peak of 17.01 degrees.
7/6/2023 • 10 minutes, 21 seconds
World temperature records broken for the second day in a row
World temperature records have been broken for the second day in a row.
According to the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Tuesday's average global air temperature was 17.18 degrees, surpassing Monday's peak of 17.01 degrees.
7/6/2023 • 10 minutes, 21 seconds
First Nations Australians report increase in workplace harassment & discrimination
New data from the Diversity Council Australia’s Inclusion at Work Index shows that First Nations people are experiencing increased levels of harassment and discrimination.
Six in 10 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander workers experienced discrimination or harassment in the workplace in 2023. That is a 9% increase since 2021.
7/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
First Nations Australians report increase in workplace harassment & discrimination
New data from the Diversity Council Australia’s Inclusion at Work Index shows that First Nations people are experiencing increased levels of harassment and discrimination.
Six in 10 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander workers experienced discrimination or harassment in the workplace in 2023. That is a 9% increase since 2021.
7/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Murray-Darling Basin Plan is "off track"
Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek says the $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan is "off track" and needs a "course correction".
7/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 15 seconds
Murray-Darling Basin Plan is "off track"
Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek says the $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan is "off track" and needs a "course correction".
7/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 15 seconds
From Rome to Mumbai: Murray Watt on his trade mission
Murray Watt is wrapping up a trip to Europe where he attended the 43rd UN Food and Agriculture conference.
He's returning to Australia via Mumbai where the federal government is celebrating six months since a free trade deal with New Delhi came into effect.
7/5/2023 • 10 minutes, 40 seconds
From Rome to Mumbai: Murray Watt on his trade mission
Murray Watt is wrapping up a trip to Europe where he attended the 43rd UN Food and Agriculture conference.
He's returning to Australia via Mumbai where the federal government is celebrating six months since a free trade deal with New Delhi came into effect.
7/5/2023 • 10 minutes, 40 seconds
'One of our last refuges': the Taliban close beauty salons
The Taliban are banning women's beauty salons in Afghanistan, the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls.
7/5/2023 • 7 minutes, 35 seconds
'One of our last refuges': the Taliban close beauty salons
The Taliban are banning women's beauty salons in Afghanistan, the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls.
7/5/2023 • 7 minutes, 35 seconds
'Living like a monk' pays for Tour de France stage winner Jai Hindley
Australian cyclist Jai Hindley has become the first Australian to lead the Tour de France since 2015.
7/5/2023 • 8 minutes, 40 seconds
'Living like a monk' pays for Tour de France stage winner Jai Hindley
Australian cyclist Jai Hindley has become the first Australian to lead the Tour de France since 2015.
7/5/2023 • 8 minutes, 40 seconds
Cultural Astronomer Peter Swanton on the stories of the night sky
Did you know that the Southern Cross constellations tells the story of the first man who died on earth?
7/5/2023 • 23 minutes, 58 seconds
Cultural Astronomer Peter Swanton on the stories of the night sky
Did you know that the Southern Cross constellations tells the story of the first man who died on earth?
7/5/2023 • 23 minutes, 58 seconds
A new perspective on dementia care
Just outside of Brisbane, there's a haven with shops, cafes and even a cinema.
But this town of Bellmere caters to people with dementia and their loved ones, and they've already seen positive change.
7/5/2023 • 13 minutes, 24 seconds
A new perspective on dementia care
Just outside of Brisbane, there's a haven with shops, cafes and even a cinema.
But this town of Bellmere caters to people with dementia and their loved ones, and they've already seen positive change.
7/5/2023 • 13 minutes, 24 seconds
Humanitarian organisation fears for refugees following Israel's Jenin operation
Israeli military forces have started withdrawing from a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Israel says its major two-day operation – the largest since the early 2000s – was designed to stop terrorists, but Palestinian leaders accused Israel of mounting an "invasion".
7/5/2023 • 9 minutes, 40 seconds
Humanitarian organisation fears for refugees following Israel's Jenin operation
Israeli military forces have started withdrawing from a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Israel says its major two-day operation – the largest since the early 2000s – was designed to stop terrorists, but Palestinian leaders accused Israel of mounting an "invasion".
7/5/2023 • 9 minutes, 40 seconds
Orkney Island council flags Skandi breakaway
As Commonwealth countries, including Australia wrestle with their ties to the monarchy, a fully fledged breakaway is being contemplated in a remote archipelago off the coast of Scotland.
7/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 7 seconds
Orkney Island council flags Skandi breakaway
As Commonwealth countries, including Australia wrestle with their ties to the monarchy, a fully fledged breakaway is being contemplated in a remote archipelago off the coast of Scotland.
7/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 7 seconds
Western Sydney University to build campus in Indonesia
President Joko Widodo has today enjoyed a boat ride with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to Sydney's Taronga Zoo where they held talks and pledged closer relations.
The Prime Minister has announced Western Sydney University, Deakin University and Central Queensland University will build campuses in Indonesia.
7/4/2023 • 8 minutes, 35 seconds
Western Sydney University to build campus in Indonesia
President Joko Widodo has today enjoyed a boat ride with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to Sydney's Taronga Zoo where they held talks and pledged closer relations.
The Prime Minister has announced Western Sydney University, Deakin University and Central Queensland University will build campuses in Indonesia.
7/4/2023 • 8 minutes, 35 seconds
Kevin Yam on being wanted by Hong Kong police
Hong Kong police have accused Australian citizen Kevin Yam and seven other overseas-based pro-democracy activists of violating the territory's National Security Law.
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong says it's a concerning development.
7/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Kevin Yam on being wanted by Hong Kong police
Hong Kong police have accused Australian citizen Kevin Yam and seven other overseas-based pro-democracy activists of violating the territory's National Security Law.
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong says it's a concerning development.
7/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Britain's troubled cricket culture exposed by Long Room quarrel
It's an incident that's drawn the battlelines between two longtime friends, the UK and Australia.
7/4/2023 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
Britain's troubled cricket culture exposed by Long Room quarrel
It's an incident that's drawn the battlelines between two longtime friends, the UK and Australia.
7/4/2023 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
'Aboriginal art, it's a white thing': Richard Bell on a life of activism through art
A new documentary from Indigenous filmmaker Professor Larissa Behrendt, ‘You Can Go Now’ explores Richard Bell's life, art and activism.
7/4/2023 • 23 minutes, 14 seconds
'Aboriginal art, it's a white thing': Richard Bell on a life of activism through art
A new documentary from Indigenous filmmaker Professor Larissa Behrendt, ‘You Can Go Now’ explores Richard Bell's life, art and activism.
7/4/2023 • 23 minutes, 14 seconds
'Induced demand': are government's just clogging up our highways with roads?
Millions of Australians face the daily frustration of delayed commutes, particularly on busy motorways. But as governments spend billions continually upgrading roads, experts say that might not be the best solution.
7/4/2023 • 11 minutes, 40 seconds
'Induced demand': are government's just clogging up our highways with roads?
Millions of Australians face the daily frustration of delayed commutes, particularly on busy motorways. But as governments spend billions continually upgrading roads, experts say that might not be the best solution.
7/4/2023 • 11 minutes, 40 seconds
Interest rates on hold, households still hurting
The Reserve Bank has given borrowers a bit of breathing time, leaving interest rates at 4.1 percent.
7/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Interest rates on hold, households still hurting
The Reserve Bank has given borrowers a bit of breathing time, leaving interest rates at 4.1 percent.
7/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
PwC names eight senior partners linked to tax leak scandal
For weeks now, consultancy firm PwC Australia has resisted publicly naming senior partners linked to the use of confidential Treasury briefings.
But today they named and stood down eight senior partners. They include former CEO Tom Seymour - who had already stood down - and former chief risk officer Sean Gregory.
So is the tax leak scandal now behind them?
7/3/2023 • 12 minutes, 13 seconds
PwC names eight senior partners linked to tax leak scandal
For weeks now, consultancy firm PwC Australia has resisted publicly naming senior partners linked to the use of confidential Treasury briefings.
But today they named and stood down eight senior partners. They include former CEO Tom Seymour - who had already stood down - and former chief risk officer Sean Gregory.
So is the tax leak scandal now behind them?
7/3/2023 • 12 minutes, 13 seconds
Australia's National Anti-Corruption Commission up & running
Parliamentarians and the public service have been put on notice, with the new National Anti-Corruption Commission, or NACC, launching today
7/3/2023 • 10 minutes, 53 seconds
Australia's National Anti-Corruption Commission up & running
Parliamentarians and the public service have been put on notice, with the new National Anti-Corruption Commission, or NACC, launching today
7/3/2023 • 10 minutes, 53 seconds
Brenda Matthews: The Last Daughter
Author, filmmaker and proud Wiradjuri woman Brenda Matthews is part of the Stolen Generation. But her story is unlike anything we’ve heard before - she was taken not once but twice from families who loved and cared for her deeply.
7/3/2023 • 20 minutes, 10 seconds
Brenda Matthews: The Last Daughter
Author, filmmaker and proud Wiradjuri woman Brenda Matthews is part of the Stolen Generation. But her story is unlike anything we’ve heard before - she was taken not once but twice from families who loved and cared for her deeply.
7/3/2023 • 20 minutes, 10 seconds
What makes a great public dunny?
The results of the nation's annual Great Dunny Hunt are in.
For this year's hunt, Australians were asked to take photographs of their favourite public toilet and upload them to The National Public Toilet Map website – a database of the nation's public toilets.
7/3/2023 • 12 minutes, 37 seconds
What makes a great public dunny?
The results of the nation's annual Great Dunny Hunt are in.
For this year's hunt, Australians were asked to take photographs of their favourite public toilet and upload them to The National Public Toilet Map website – a database of the nation's public toilets.
7/3/2023 • 12 minutes, 37 seconds
Will the new childcare subsidies relieve household budgets?
For those parents out there with children in daycare there will be an audible sigh of relief come July 10 when more generous childcare subsidies come into effect.
But will the relief last? Childcare centres are expected to also ramp up fees and inflation remains stubbornly high at 5.6 per cent.
The Federal Minister for Early Childhood Education Ann Aly says most childcare operators will be raising their fees between six and eight per cent.
7/3/2023 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
Will the new childcare subsidies relieve household budgets?
For those parents out there with children in daycare there will be an audible sigh of relief come July 10 when more generous childcare subsidies come into effect.
But will the relief last? Childcare centres are expected to also ramp up fees and inflation remains stubbornly high at 5.6 per cent.
The Federal Minister for Early Childhood Education Ann Aly says most childcare operators will be raising their fees between six and eight per cent.
7/3/2023 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
The future of EVs with Australia and Indonesia
Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrives in Australia tonight, and high on the agenda is a joint agreement on battery production and sharing of critical minerals.
7/3/2023 • 5 minutes, 16 seconds
The future of EVs with Australia and Indonesia
Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrives in Australia tonight, and high on the agenda is a joint agreement on battery production and sharing of critical minerals.
7/3/2023 • 5 minutes, 16 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Another NSW premier lashed by ICAC dust, the federal government mulls banning online gambling ads and 'Generation Left' why are younger Australians less likely to vote conservatively as they get older?
6/30/2023 • 23 minutes, 6 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Another NSW premier lashed by ICAC dust, the federal government mulls banning online gambling ads and 'Generation Left' why are younger Australians less likely to vote conservatively as they get older?
6/30/2023 • 23 minutes, 6 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Lehmo and Urvi Majumdar
This week we're asking the tough questions on Simone Biles' return to gymnastics, graffiti on the Colosseum and throwing ashes at pop stars.
6/30/2023 • 19 minutes, 19 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Lehmo and Urvi Majumdar
This week we're asking the tough questions on Simone Biles' return to gymnastics, graffiti on the Colosseum and throwing ashes at pop stars.
6/30/2023 • 19 minutes, 19 seconds
Jason Isbell on growing up in America's south, masculinity and Killers of the Flower Moon
Growing up in northern Alabama, Musician Jason Isbell’s grandfather taught him to play music and a love of Blues music, leading him to a massively successful career.
6/30/2023 • 19 minutes, 25 seconds
Jason Isbell on growing up in America's south, masculinity and Killers of the Flower Moon
Growing up in northern Alabama, Musician Jason Isbell’s grandfather taught him to play music and a love of Blues music, leading him to a massively successful career.
6/30/2023 • 19 minutes, 25 seconds
Gold Coast skater-girl makes sporting history in the US
Australian skateboarder Arisa Trew has become the first female skateboarder to ever pull of the extremely difficult 720 move at a major skating tournament in the United States.
What is even more remarkable is Arisa performed this trick in front of a thunderous crowd at a packed stadium in Utah and she is just thirteen years old.
Guests:
Arisa Trew, Skateboarder
Trevor Ward, Coach and Founder of Level Up Skateparks
6/30/2023 • 7 minutes, 52 seconds
Gold Coast skater-girl makes sporting history in the US
Australian skateboarder Arisa Trew has become the first female skateboarder to ever pull of the extremely difficult 720 move at a major skating tournament in the United States.
What is even more remarkable is Arisa performed this trick in front of a thunderous crowd at a packed stadium in Utah and she is just thirteen years old.
Guests:
Arisa Trew, Skateboarder
Trevor Ward, Coach and Founder of Level Up Skateparks
6/30/2023 • 7 minutes, 52 seconds
Australia's space future at risk: ASPI
The National Space Mission for Earth Observation has been axed by the Albanese government due to "budget repair" reasons.
The program was designed to launch four satellites between 2028 and 2033 to assist with Australian access to global earth observation data.
6/30/2023 • 11 minutes, 32 seconds
Australia's space future at risk: ASPI
The National Space Mission for Earth Observation has been axed by the Albanese government due to "budget repair" reasons.
The program was designed to launch four satellites between 2028 and 2033 to assist with Australian access to global earth observation data.
6/30/2023 • 11 minutes, 32 seconds
South Australian government pushes back state Voice to Parliament elections
South Australia's Aboriginal Affairs Minister Kyam Maher said the establishment of the South Australian Voice was "causing confusion", ahead of the referendum.
6/29/2023 • 6 minutes, 25 seconds
South Australian government pushes back state Voice to Parliament elections
South Australia's Aboriginal Affairs Minister Kyam Maher said the establishment of the South Australian Voice was "causing confusion", ahead of the referendum.
6/29/2023 • 6 minutes, 25 seconds
'Denied natural justice': Liberal MP slams ICAC over Gladys Berejiklian probe
Former NSW Treasurer Matt Kean says the ICAC inquiry into Gladys Berejiklian has been plagued by unacceptable delays and that his colleague was denied natural justice.
6/29/2023 • 7 minutes, 29 seconds
'Denied natural justice': Liberal MP slams ICAC over Gladys Berejiklian probe
Former NSW Treasurer Matt Kean says the ICAC inquiry into Gladys Berejiklian has been plagued by unacceptable delays and that his colleague was denied natural justice.
6/29/2023 • 7 minutes, 29 seconds
Big Tech: Recruiters seek AI Specialists. Plus Insta curbs unsolicited "exposure"
Many Tech workers are having to reinvent themselves as Artificial Intelligence takes centre stage in their Industry. But how do you become an AI Specialist?
Plus, Meta is making it harder to send unsolicited images on Instagram
Guest:
Sarah El-Atm, General Manager of Digital Agency, August
6/29/2023 • 8 minutes, 56 seconds
Big Tech: Recruiters seek AI Specialists. Plus Insta curbs unsolicited "exposure"
Many Tech workers are having to reinvent themselves as Artificial Intelligence takes centre stage in their Industry. But how do you become an AI Specialist?
Plus, Meta is making it harder to send unsolicited images on Instagram
Guest:
Sarah El-Atm, General Manager of Digital Agency, August
6/29/2023 • 8 minutes, 56 seconds
New study finds opioids are ineffective for back pain
A new study by a University of Sydney team has found pain-relieving medicines - with opioids - are no more effective than a placebo but have the potential to cause harm.
It's been published in the medical journal, The Lancet.
6/29/2023 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
New study finds opioids are ineffective for back pain
A new study by a University of Sydney team has found pain-relieving medicines - with opioids - are no more effective than a placebo but have the potential to cause harm.
It's been published in the medical journal, The Lancet.
6/29/2023 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Chef Mark 'Black' Olive and the art of cooking with native ingredients
The Sydney opera house is about to launch a new restaurant with a never before seen range of native ingredients on the menu.
6/29/2023 • 11 minutes, 28 seconds
Chef Mark 'Black' Olive and the art of cooking with native ingredients
The Sydney opera house is about to launch a new restaurant with a never before seen range of native ingredients on the menu.
6/29/2023 • 11 minutes, 28 seconds
Researching family history often causes distress
It's a common saying, everyone has a skeleton in their closet.
Recent research reveals about two thirds of family historians have sorrow or anger when unearthing certain truths from the past.
Guest:
Susan Moore, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology
6/29/2023 • 11 minutes, 43 seconds
Researching family history often causes distress
It's a common saying, everyone has a skeleton in their closet.
Recent research reveals about two thirds of family historians have sorrow or anger when unearthing certain truths from the past.
Guest:
Susan Moore, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology
6/29/2023 • 11 minutes, 43 seconds
ICAC finds former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian breached public trust
The New South Wales corruption watchdog has found former New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian and former Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire engaged in serious corrupt conduct when they were a couple.
6/29/2023 • 9 minutes, 32 seconds
ICAC finds former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian breached public trust
The New South Wales corruption watchdog has found former New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian and former Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire engaged in serious corrupt conduct when they were a couple.
6/29/2023 • 9 minutes, 32 seconds
Workers claim private operators put profit over patients
Private ambulance crews asked to help on the day of last month's horror school bus crash in Victoria were allegedly directed to do non-urgent private contract jobs instead, according to frontline workers.
6/28/2023 • 4 minutes, 14 seconds
Workers claim private operators put profit over patients
Private ambulance crews asked to help on the day of last month's horror school bus crash in Victoria were allegedly directed to do non-urgent private contract jobs instead, according to frontline workers.
6/28/2023 • 4 minutes, 14 seconds
'The truth won': Investigative journalist Nick McKenzie recalls the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case
Investigative reporter Nick McKenzie's new book ‘Crossing the Line’ details the journey from the alleged war crimes in Afghanistan to the ultimate triumph in the Federal Court earlier this month.
6/28/2023 • 15 minutes, 3 seconds
'The truth won': Investigative journalist Nick McKenzie recalls the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case
Investigative reporter Nick McKenzie's new book ‘Crossing the Line’ details the journey from the alleged war crimes in Afghanistan to the ultimate triumph in the Federal Court earlier this month.
6/28/2023 • 15 minutes, 3 seconds
Fridge Surprise: How are you making the most of your groceries?
51 per cent of Australians are 'extremely' or 'very' concerned about meeting fresh food and grocery costs in the next year according to the National Farmers Federation.
So what are you doing to save and prolong your groceries?
6/28/2023 • 11 minutes, 27 seconds
Fridge Surprise: How are you making the most of your groceries?
51 per cent of Australians are 'extremely' or 'very' concerned about meeting fresh food and grocery costs in the next year according to the National Farmers Federation.
So what are you doing to save and prolong your groceries?
6/28/2023 • 11 minutes, 27 seconds
The presidency of Bongbong
He's the son of a dictator and his predecessor's 'war on drugs' allegedly claimed thousands of lives, so there was global attention when Ferdinand Marcos Jr came to power in the Philippines.
6/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
The horror for survivors of the Mediterranean shipwreck is far from over
In a camp set up in a small Greek village, survivors from one of the Mediterranean's deadliest shipwrecks are being treated by international medicos.
6/28/2023 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
"They need protecting": ancient stone artefacts found hidden in the waters off WA
After the first discovery in 2019, researchers have now found more artefacts, proving the area is Australia's deepest known ancient Aboriginal site.
6/28/2023 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
Inflation falls sharply, easing pressure on RBA
Some analysts say the latest data may give the Reserve Bank of Australia room to hold off on another rate rise when it meets next week.
6/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 41 seconds
Gambling ads could be banned within three years
A parliamentary committee has made 31 recommendations on how the gambling industry should be regulated and how people struggling with addiction should be supported.
6/28/2023 • 10 minutes
"They need protecting": ancient stone artefacts found hidden in the waters off WA
After the first discovery in 2019, researchers have now found more artefacts, proving the area is Australia's deepest known ancient Aboriginal site.
6/28/2023 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
The horror for survivors of the Mediterranean shipwreck is far from over
In a camp set up in a small Greek village, survivors from one of the Mediterranean's deadliest shipwrecks are being treated by international medicos.
6/28/2023 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
Inflation falls sharply, easing pressure on RBA
Some analysts say the latest data may give the Reserve Bank of Australia room to hold off on another rate rise when it meets next week.
6/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 41 seconds
The presidency of Bongbong
He's the son of a dictator and his predecessor's 'war on drugs' allegedly claimed thousands of lives, so there was global attention when Ferdinand Marcos Jr came to power in the Philippines.
6/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
Gambling ads could be banned within three years
A parliamentary committee has made 31 recommendations on how the gambling industry should be regulated and how people struggling with addiction should be supported.
6/28/2023 • 10 minutes
Ethnic communities over-represented in Vic's COVID-19 fines
Police data in Victoria suggests people of African or Middle Eastern appearance got four times as many COVID fines for breaking public health rules as their share of the state's population.
That's according to an exclusive report by the ABC, which obtained internal police records of fines under freedom of information laws.
6/27/2023 • 6 minutes, 13 seconds
Lawyer X investigator's office disbanded
The office set up to build a criminal case against those involved in the Lawyer X scandal will be shut down by the Victorian government after it was unable to make any charges.
6/27/2023 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
Sugarcane mafia: Adam Grossetti explores the history of The Black Hand in Queensland
A new documentary investigates the history of an organised crime group with links to the Calabrian mafia, that wreaked terror in the sugarcane fields of north Queensland.
6/27/2023 • 12 minutes, 33 seconds
Scalpers swoop on early release Tay Tay tickets
Consumer advocates are calling for national laws targeting scalpers.
A few hours after Taylor Swift's Australian tour pre-sale opened, tickets were being sold online for more than $3,000.
6/27/2023 • 10 minutes, 16 seconds
A parliamentary inquiry looks into plastic pollution
We've all heard the stark warnings: plastic rubbish will outweigh fish in the oceans by 2050, microplastics are already coursing through our blood, lodging in our organs and possibly disrupting human fertility.
But governments around the world are still trying to work out how to wean society off single-use plastics.
There's currently a parliamentary inquiry underway into plastic pollution in Australia's oceans and waterways.
6/27/2023 • 9 minutes, 43 seconds
Exposing science fraud in Australia
With science fraud a growing issue, Australian scientists have launched a new online tool to track papers that have been retracted or pulled by peer reviewed journals.
6/27/2023 • 8 minutes, 47 seconds
"Ill-advised": scientists raise concerns about Japan's plan to release nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean
More than 12 years after the catastrophic Fukushima tsunami, water is still being used to cool the melted reactor at the area's nuclear power plant.
6/27/2023 • 9 minutes, 5 seconds
Former Labor leader Simon Crean dies age 74
Simon Crean was the Labor Party leader between 2001 and 2003. Former colleagues are remembering him as a "giant of the Labor movement"
6/26/2023 • 7 minutes, 59 seconds
Australia pledges further military aid and support for Ukraine's battle against Russia
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced another military support package for Ukraine worth $110 million.
Australia will send a further 70 military vehicles to Ukraine's military, including 28 armoured vehicles.
6/26/2023 • 10 minutes, 19 seconds
New rules for cosmetic procedures to begin July 1
Mandatory psychological assessments and GP referrals, the new changes for those wanting cosmetic procedures.
6/26/2023 • 7 minutes, 29 seconds
Can 'ethical' porn help to educate young people about sex?
Is ethical pornography an oxymoron? Can porn be ‘safe’ or even ‘healthy’?
6/26/2023 • 11 minutes, 46 seconds
"Africa presents an opportunity for the rest of the world to decarbonise": World Resources Institute
Australia grapples with how it will achieve its own net zero targets, how will developing nations grow their economies while reducing their dependence on fossil fuels?
PwC acting CEO Kristin Stubbins apologised for the breaches and promised "severe consequences" for those involved in the tax leak scandal during a parliamentary inquiry.
6/26/2023 • 8 minutes, 50 seconds
Lucinda Williams on health, her father and finding her muse
Lucinda Williams forged her own way through the predominantly male business side of country music, but in 2020, she was dealt not one, but a trio of crises.
6/23/2023 • 15 minutes, 45 seconds
Lucinda Williams on health, her father and finding her muse
Lucinda Williams forged her own way through the predominantly male business side of country music, but in 2020, she was dealt not one, but a trio of crises.
6/23/2023 • 15 minutes, 45 seconds
Wallabies in top shape to take on Springboks
Rugby fans were treated to seeing the Wallabies training up close in Sydney this week . All players hoping to impress Eddie Jones ahead of the Rugby Championship squad announcement on Sunday.
6/23/2023 • 8 minutes, 55 seconds
Alcohol bans help rebuild Alice Springs
You'll remember the crisis that engulfed Alice Springs at the start of the year, with the town overrun with crime and local police unable to cope
Nearly six months on, with alcohol bans back in place, the town has turned itself around.
Guest:
Dr John Boffa, Chief Medical Officer Public Health, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
6/23/2023 • 9 minutes, 4 seconds
The Friday Wrap
Tinker Taylor Soldier Squatter. A cold war-esque Canberra stand-off over Russia's plans for a new embassy.
6/23/2023 • 22 minutes, 45 seconds
Lets Get Quizzical: Diana Nguyen and Dave Lawson
This week we're asking the tough questions on billionaire cage fights, legalising cannabis and protests for saving the environment.
6/23/2023 • 20 minutes, 18 seconds
How a Narooma school became a global robotics competitor
Narooma on the NSW far south coast is a popular tourist destination, famous for its oysters and dairy. But students there have put the town on the global map for something entirely different: Robotics.
That's because five students from Narooma High School recently travelled to Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas to compete in the finals of a youth robotics competition and they did it with a robot called Noodles.
6/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 30 seconds
Abortion in the US one year after the fall of Roe v Wade
As Saturday's one year anniversary approaches, some women are being left gravely ill or injured after being denied abortion care.
6/22/2023 • 13 minutes, 1 second
AFP commissioner accused of conflict of interest over PwC contract
The Greens have accused the A-F-P commissioner Reece Kershaw of failing to declare a conflict of interest in his dealings with Mick Fuller over a contract awarded to PwC.
The AFP has categorically rejected the assertions.
6/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
Big Tech: Twitter has twenty eight days to respond to Australia over online hate. Plus US government sues Amazon for using dark patterns
If non compliant, they could face fines of up to seven hundred thousand dollars.
Plus US government sues Amazon for knowingly misleading subscribers.
Guest:
Nick Bonyhady, Tech Writer, Australian Financial Review
6/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 30 seconds
Paganism on the rise as Australia marks the shortest day
In the last census there was a dramatic uptick in the number of people who reported being affiliated with a Nature Religion commonly known as Paganism or Neo Paganism.
6/22/2023 • 5 minutes, 24 seconds
Antony Loewenstein: The Palestine Labratory
When it comes to the weapons of war and conflict, it’s ultimately humans from the other side who are the guinea pigs.
6/22/2023 • 14 minutes, 13 seconds
Antony Loewenstein: The Palestine Laboratory
When it comes to the weapons of war and conflict, it’s ultimately humans from the other side who are the guinea pigs.
6/22/2023 • 14 minutes, 13 seconds
Is Australia destined to be a cashless society?
You know the saying cash is king, well like any other king, the reign of cash will most likely end.
But just how close is Australia to becoming a cash-free nation?
Guest:
Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy Australian National University
6/22/2023 • 10 minutes, 19 seconds
Kylie's 'Padam Padam' top of the pops in the UK and US but not in Australia
Kylie Minogue is one of just two Australian artists currently featuring in the top fifty Australian singles chart.
Her song 'Padam Padam' reached the top ten in the US Charts in its debut week, and is currently number 9 on the UK charts so why is it only placing at 29 here in Australia?
Late last week the government passed the Creative Australia bill, which is intended to deliver targeted support and investment to the local music industry, as part of the National Cultural Policy.
Guest:
Annabelle Herd, CEO, The Australian Recording Industry Association and the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia
6/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 15 seconds
Hope remains, sounds detected in North Atlantic are from the missing Titan
Five occupants of the Titan submersible are fighting against time with the vessel's air supply expected to run out in a matter of hours. But still hope remains over mysterious noises heard in the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Guest:
Frank Owen, former submariner for the Royal Australian Navy and former head of the navy's submarine escape and rescue project.
6/22/2023 • 8 minutes, 30 seconds
Rangers crackdown on selfies at sacred sites
In what the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service has described as "self-indulgent" and "illegal", they've discovered that a number of visitors to Carnarvon National Park have been taking selfies in front of Indigenous rock art and in some cases touching the artwork.
6/21/2023 • 5 minutes, 27 seconds
Critical minerals strategy designed to develop onshore processing
The federal government has promised to put another 500 million dollars into building up Australia's critical minerals industry, but the Opposition says the strategy lacks direction.
6/21/2023 • 9 minutes, 36 seconds
New Zealand slips into technical recession & calls an inquiry into Aussie banks
New Zealand is officially in recession. It's not welcome news for a government seeking re-election this October. Meanwhile the government has launched a banking inquiry.
6/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
Blak Sovereign Movement rejects Voice proposal
The Blak sovereign movement will oppose opposition to the Voice to Parliament. Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe led a delegation of members of the movement who met in Canberra yesterday to formalise their position.
6/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 57 seconds
Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution
In 1920's post-revolution Mexico, the country is rebuilding and stabilising itself after ousting authoritarian rule and giving way to the so-called ‘Mexican Renaissance’.
6/21/2023 • 14 minutes
Extreme energy prices hikes imminent but not equal for all households
Coal fired power plants going offline, inflation and of course, the war in Ukraine have all contributed to energy price rises.
But is there more to the extreme price hikes Australian households are about to be hit with?
And is what you'll pay for energy the same as your neighbour?
Guest:
Jacqueline Crawshaw, Interim CEO Energy Consumers Australia
6/21/2023 • 9 minutes, 58 seconds
Poll finds Australians warming towards China but suspicion remains
Australia’s outlook on the world has been marred by conflict and anxiety over the last three years but there are signs that our outlook might be improving.
6/21/2023 • 13 minutes, 7 seconds
At least five Palestinians killed in Israeli raid
In what's been described as the fiercest day in fighting in years, Israeli military forces have raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank overnight, killing at least five Palestinians including a 15-year-old boy.
It's also the first time Israeli helicopter gunships have been sent into the area in decades.
Palestinian health officials say 90 Palestinians were injured while eight members of the Israeli security forces were also wounded in the fighting.
6/20/2023 • 4 minutes, 42 seconds
Vote on Labor's key housing policy delayed until October
The Greens and Coalition yesterday joined forces to delay a vote on the $10 billion Future Australia Housing Fund until October.
6/20/2023 • 7 minutes, 43 seconds
Finance and Business: RBA minutes, NSW credit rating, China's economy slow to recover
The Reserve Bank of Australia almost left interest rates on hold this month, what changed their mind?
6/20/2023 • 5 minutes, 37 seconds
With a little help from A.I
The famous and gruelling 24-hour Le Mans car race has drivers working around the clock, taking turns to push their machines in the ultimate test of endurance and continuity.
Charlie Chan is about to attempt the same on the piano, find out how they plan to do with a little help from some friends and a counterpart called... chAI.
6/20/2023 • 14 minutes
Non-compete clauses on the rise for Australian workers, slowing wage growth
Fifty per cent of Australian workers could be subject to some form of post-employment restraint, according to new research.
6/20/2023 • 8 minutes, 23 seconds
Should we legalise cannabis?
New bills which would legalise cannabis for personal use have been introduced to the Upper Houses of state parliaments in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia today.
6/20/2023 • 10 minutes, 32 seconds
'I don't think you can separate the two': Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says Voice debate inherently political
Legislation setting up a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament passed the Senate this week so a referendum must be held before the end of the year. Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney says the political debate has ended.
6/20/2023 • 10 minutes, 35 seconds
"It's like watching Apollo 13 unfold under water": the urgent search for a missing tourist submarine
A massive search and rescue effort is underway in the mid- Atlantic off the coast of Canada after a tourist submarine went missing while diving to the wreck of the Titanic.
6/20/2023 • 12 minutes, 36 seconds
Sophie Scamps pushing for junk food advertising ban
Independent MP Sophie Scamps's private member's bill would stop junk food advertising from appearing on TV, radio, streaming and subscription services between the hours of 6am-930pm.
6/19/2023 • 8 minutes, 37 seconds
Voice to Parliament date to be set as Senate passes referendum legislation
The legislation to set up the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament has passed the Senate, triggering a timeline for Australians to vote on the proposal.
6/19/2023 • 8 minutes, 48 seconds
Scientists have created synthetic human embryos in groundbreaking advance
Are we walking a fine line between scientific revolution and a post-human horror?
6/19/2023 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Konstantin: Grandmother's Tongue
Humans have long looked to the animal world to help explain our own. Think George Orwell's Animal Farm; a mirror of our own complexity with simple and deeply sardonic animal metaphors.
Slavic folklore and storytelling traditions also echo this dark humour and anthropomorphism — a new performance looks at human history and migration through the lens of a chicken — a character almost never cast as a hero.
6/19/2023 • 13 minutes, 17 seconds
"Like second-hand smoke": Is cooking with gas harming your health?
A new study out of the US today has found that cooking with gas creates an environment comparable to second hand smoke.
6/19/2023 • 9 minutes, 1 second
How are our schools managing with the increase in ADHD cases?
The last few years have seen an explosion in the number of people being diagnosed with ADHD, are our schools coping?
6/19/2023 • 14 minutes, 3 seconds
Who is 'Anonymous Sudan'?
A shadowy 'hacktivist' group known as 'Anonymous Sudan' has claimed responsibility for a serious outage of Office software this month.
6/19/2023 • 7 minutes, 59 seconds
Lets Get Quizzical: Rebecca De Unamuno and Bridie Connell
This week we're asking the tough questions on Trump's legal woes, housing battles in parliament and resurrection at a woman's wake in Ecuador.
6/16/2023 • 19 minutes, 11 seconds
Why audiences still love Rigoletto
Verdi claimed Rigoletto was his best opera, saying he would never write any better.
With themes of greed, betrayal, revenge and misogyny - it’s a much-loved Opera and one of the most popular of all time.
Soprano Stacey Alleaume discusses her role as Gilda in Opera Australia’s Rigoletto.
6/16/2023 • 11 minutes
Australia braces for aggressive English attack in 2023 Ashes series
England’s new approach to slog it out at all costs could see Australia falter at the crease.
6/16/2023 • 8 minutes, 35 seconds
Does reporting around sexual assault add to trauma?
The Canberra Rape Crisis Centre has written an open letter to the Australian media, calling it out for its reporting surrounding sexual assault.
Guest:
Chrystina Stanford, CEO of the Canberra Rape Crisis Centre
6/16/2023 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
Rental & mortgage stress at highest level in decades
A decades long survey of Australian households has found that mortgage and rental stress is at the highest level ever.
6/15/2023 • 11 minutes, 39 seconds
Lease on Russian embassy site in Canberra cancelled over security concerns
Parliament has quickly passed legislation cancelling Russia's lease on a block of land adjacent to Parliament House where it planned to build its new embassy.
Last year Canberra's planning authority terminated Russia's lease on a block of land, leading to legal action by the Russian Government which let them keep the land.
6/15/2023 • 10 minutes, 41 seconds
Big Tech: Reddit users in red hot protest. Plus, AI Van Gogh unveiled in Paris
An artificial intelligence Van Gough chat bot has wowed adherences at a Paris Tech show.
Plus Thousands of "subreddits" have gone private to protest the Reddit's decision to start charge third-party developers for access to its data.
Guest:
Lizzie O'Shea, Writer, Lawyer and Founder of Digital Rights Watch
6/15/2023 • 6 minutes, 2 seconds
How could China's declining marriage rate effect global economies?
Marriages in China fell by 800,000 in 2022 compared to the year before, causing furrowed brows amongst China's policy makers.
The major concern is the population decline will most likely have a huge negative impact on China's economy and turn world economies.
Guest:
Dr Xiujian Peng, Senior Research Fellow , Centre of Policy Victoria University
6/15/2023 • 9 minutes, 13 seconds
Richard Tognetti on Mozart's effervescence
In Europe, around 1780 there was a bold and wild new idea in popular music which has shaped the concerts you see to this very day. Up until then, orchestras were background music for entertaining in small rooms in private homes salons while everyone tittered, japed and drank.
Along came Joseph Haydn, who wrote music for grander spaces, where a larger orchestra was the main event, in turn, inspiring a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to pen a rapid-fire flurry of ‘Joyous’ and ‘energising’ symphonies all within a five-year period.
6/15/2023 • 13 minutes, 25 seconds
Should private events charge visitors to use public grounds?
Sydney's spectacular Vivid Festival welcomed 1.2 million people this year, causing policing and transport issues - but perhaps more universally alarming, is the ticketing of free spaces.
6/15/2023 • 9 minutes, 59 seconds
Peter Dutton removes David Van from Liberal party room
Peter Dutton made the decision to remove Senator Van from the party room after further allegations were reported to him overnight and this morning regarding his conduct.
6/15/2023 • 8 minutes, 53 seconds
Dozens of migrants killed in boat disaster off Greece
It's been described as one of Europe's deadliest migrant boat disasters in recent years.
At least 79 people have died after an overloaded vessel - believed to be headed for Italy - capsized and sank off the southern Greek coastal town of Pylos.
More than 100 people were rescued and the search continues for hundreds more.
6/15/2023 • 6 minutes, 27 seconds
The Friday Wrap
This week we zero in on ourselves, the newsmakers and how we've been covering tragedy's like the Hunter Valley bus crash and the ongoing politicisation of Brittany Higgins' allegations against Bruce Lehrmann.
6/15/2023 • 22 minutes, 35 seconds
A giant in the shadows, American writer Cormac McCarthy dies aged 89
His sentences were “death dealing”, his language “overpowering” according to his critics and admirers.
But despite Cormac McCarthy’s formidable presence in the literary world, the American author was a recluse, preferring to share his explorations of the human condition on paper alone.
6/14/2023 • 15 minutes, 1 second
Labor housing fund not adequate as it is: Allegra Spender
Labor has offered to guarantee a $500 million yearly spend on housing in return for crossbench support, but the Greens remain opposed arguing a $2.5 billion yearly spend is needed.
6/14/2023 • 7 minutes, 56 seconds
The Matilda Effect: how our female footballers have taken centre stage
They were the first Australian sports team to ever visit North Korea, they were also the first side to pose nude for a calendar and they're the first Australian team – male or female – to reach the quarter finals of a FIFA World Cup, not once but three times.
This team is the Matildas.
Their journey to global success hasn't been easy. Like women's football around the world, male football associations denied their existence for decades.
6/14/2023 • 17 minutes
Where do we bury the dead when our cemeteries run out of space?
With a number of cemeteries across the country running out of room, it’s not just the living who are facing a housing crisis.
6/14/2023 • 12 minutes, 2 seconds
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6/14/2023 • 8 minutes, 5 seconds
Big business leaders are scoring big on pay rises, report finds
A new report reveals the nation's chief executives received an average 15 per cent base pay rise over the last year.
6/14/2023 • 8 minutes, 23 seconds
'It just has to stop', Greens Senator Larissa Waters slams politicisation of Brittany Higgins claims
Federal Finance Minister Katy Gallagher made a statement to the Upper House insisting that she did not mislead Parliament over her knowledge of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins' rape allegation.
6/13/2023 • 9 minutes, 45 seconds
AI is changing the game in wildlife conservation
A new AI tool is helping researchers speed up the location and population count of rare and endangered birds.
6/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 17 seconds
Exploring vulnerability with 'Exposed'
Restless Dance Theatre's latest show is ‘Exposed'. It explores the way we deal with our vulnerabilities and how we react when we are challenged.
Artistic Director Michelle Ryan joins us to discuss the dance company's mission and methods for bringing the concept to life.
6/13/2023 • 12 minutes, 49 seconds
Do you live in a noisy neighbourhood? It could be harming your health
Noise pollution is the second-greatest risk to our health behind air pollution, according to the World Health Organisation.
6/13/2023 • 11 minutes, 15 seconds
High speed rail...again?
After decades of costly studies into high speed rail and still nothing to show for it, can the new federal authority pull it off?
6/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 50 seconds
"It is unprecedented": stories at RNZ changed to include pro-Russian sentiment
The employee alleged to be involved has been placed on leave, but it looks like the changes could have been happening for years, and thousands of articles are still to be reviewed.
6/13/2023 • 6 minutes
Calls on PM to sign treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons
This year marks 70 years since Britain conducted atomic tests at Emu Field in South Australia.
6/13/2023 • 8 minutes, 57 seconds
Sean Gordon to co-lead Liberals for Yes campaign
Chairman of conservative think-tank Uphold and Recognise, Sean Gordon, will co-lead the Liberals for Yes campaign for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
6/12/2023 • 8 minutes, 52 seconds
Fears for children amid low vaccination rates this flu season
More than 300 children have been admitted to hospital with influenza this year. Child vaccination rates dropped during the pandemic and are yet to recover to 2019 levels.
6/12/2023 • 8 minutes, 38 seconds
Creswick finds and films fatherhood
Whatever Fatherhood is, it’s not what it used to be. And probably not what it will be in the future. In fact, it largely mirrors what it is to be a man itself. And for some men, the inability to talk about these two factors, we know, leads to much higher rates of suicide.
When Liam Budge, aka “Creswick” became a father in 2018 it was a profound transition and source of creative inspiration. In his first multi-disciplinary live performance, he takes the real experiences of men and combines them with song.
6/12/2023 • 14 minutes, 46 seconds
Should we keep a closer eye on our pets? Domestic cat wildlife killings surge
A new report has found roaming pet cats kill an estimated 546 million animals a year in Australia, including 323 million native animals.
6/12/2023 • 10 minutes, 21 seconds
Why was Scotland's former first minister arrested?
Nicola Sturgeon was arrested and questioned for about seven hours by police investigating the Scottish National Party's finances.
6/12/2023 • 7 minutes, 28 seconds
Celebrated author Tim Winton recognised with King's Birthday Honour
Tim Winton discusses the support of his parents, his love for the West Australian coastline and importance of art and literature in the environmental movement.
6/12/2023 • 10 minutes, 25 seconds
The Friday Wrap
The Brittany Higgins allegations, yet another rate rise, golf to get more Saudi sand traps and are we demeaning the wrong people in the housing crisis?
The Friday Wrap withGuardian columnist and policy director at the Centre for Future Work, Greg Jerico and CEO of the Tourism and Transport Forum Margy Osmond.
6/9/2023 • 21 minutes, 55 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Geraldine Hickey and Bronwyn Kuzz
This week we're asking the tough questions on Finnish fines, Commonwealth Climate Change and Pablo Picasso.
6/9/2023 • 17 minutes, 49 seconds
How 'The Cape' captures a community
In Pormpuraaw Western Cape York, Far North Queensland, we see a tropical landscape - crystal clear waters, green mangroves and hot sun. A picture of paradise. But in the deep north - the communities are small, remote, and almost impenetrable. When the law breaks, nobody is around to hear it.
The documentary The Cape investigates the life and law of the fisherman, the true story of two family clans- the Gaters, and the Wards - and the disappearance of a father and son in 2003.
6/9/2023 • 14 minutes, 37 seconds
Saudi Arabia backs more global sports than LIV Golf
The golf world was hit with a seismic shock this week with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf announcing it would be merging with the decades-old PGA Tour, bringing to an end a bitter legal fight between the rival groups.
But this isn't Saudi Arabia's only foray into global sports. The oil-rich Gulf state has splashed an estimated $1 trillion dollars on major events and businesses in recent times, including the English Premier League, the Formula 1 and hosting rights for the 2029 Asian Winter Games.
Guest:
Simon Chadwick, Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy at SKEMA Business School in France
6/9/2023 • 9 minutes, 57 seconds
Donald Trump indicted on criminal charges for second time
Former US president Donald Trump is being prosecuted for violating the Espionage Act and obstruction over documents held at Mar-a-Lago. He has been summoned to court next week.
6/9/2023 • 11 minutes, 26 seconds
'Not pulling our weight': Coalition calls out Govt support for Ukraine
The opposition has urged the government to "urgently deliver a new and comprehensive package of support to the people of Ukraine in their defence against Russia's illegal and immoral invasion".
6/8/2023 • 10 minutes, 5 seconds
Can Apple keep the Metaverse dream alive? Plus, Google's DeepMind AI develop "extremely" optimised algorithm tool.
After Meta boss, Mark Zuckerberg has spent countless hours and billions of dollars on his Metaverse dream, has Apple just blown that dream out of the water with its new spatial reality headset?
Plus, Google's DeepMind AI group has developed a tool that can develop extremely optimised algorithms without first being trained on human code examples
Guest:
Stilgherrian, Technology journalist and commentator
6/8/2023 • 5 minutes, 33 seconds
Folbigg's pardon prompts calls for a criminal cases review commission in Australia
Kathleen Folbigg's pardon and subsequent freedom this week has once again prompted calls for a criminal cases review commission.
6/8/2023 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Roger Stone: A 'showman' and 'a political animal'
Director, Christoffer Guldbrandsen speaks with Andy about the attraction of the politician for a documentary maker and the man he found behind Trump.
6/8/2023 • 16 minutes, 32 seconds
Essential workers can no longer afford to live in the communities where they're saving lives
New research from the University of Sydney has found that there are now no LGAs across Sydney or Melbourne with house prices that are affordable to an early career essential worker.
6/8/2023 • 9 minutes, 23 seconds
Federal Government to introduce national ban on Nazi symbols
The federal government will introduce legislation next week to ban Nazi symbols, but the ban will not include the swastika or the Nazi salute.
Guest:
Dr Josh Roose, expert on far-right and religious extremism at Deakin University
6/8/2023 • 9 minutes, 14 seconds
Arctic ocean to be ice free within the decade
The Arctic Ocean could be ice-free during the summer months by the 2030s, as much as decade earlier than previously predicted.
6/7/2023 • 4 minutes, 51 seconds
AEMO concerned transmission lines taking too long to build
The Australian Energy Market Operator is calling for work on five projects worth nearly 13 billion dollars to be sped up, but local community opposition is complicating matters.
6/7/2023 • 5 minutes, 34 seconds
Remote communities to receive $81 million to lower Indigenous incarceration rates
A new fund will allow remote communities to find their own solutions to high incarceration rates of Indigenous Australians.
6/7/2023 • 9 minutes, 49 seconds
The Asia Edit: Demand for housing ends horse racing in Singapore
It's not often you hear about the powerful horse racing industry not getting it's way. But that's exactly what's happened in Singapore, where horse racing will officially end next year.
That's because Singapore needs the land used by the Turf Club for housing.
6/7/2023 • 6 minutes, 59 seconds
Warning Australia's power grid is full
Energy consulting firm Nexa Advisory says opening up the transmission sector to competition could save energy users billions of dollars.
6/7/2023 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
Tim Ross: Designing A Legacy
Across this expansive land, our great range of landscapes and environs play host to the buildings in which we live, work, learn, worship, and play.
Self-professed ‘architecture nerd’ Tim Ross explores examples of Australia’s built environment, both historical and contemporary, and how they inform our sense of culture and community in the second series of 'Designing A Legacy'
6/7/2023 • 15 minutes, 36 seconds
Man in Finland fined $195,796 for speeding: Should Australia follow suit?
Research says speeding fines in Australia hit low-income earners disproportionately hard. And a fairer, more equitable way to penalise offender would be to change to an income based model like Finland's.
Guest:
Rod Cambell, Research Director at the Australia Institute
6/7/2023 • 10 minutes, 5 seconds
Australian fashion retailers put on notice over textile waste
A new scheme will impose a four per cent levy on garment sales to raise funds for textile recycling and sustainability research.
6/7/2023 • 10 minutes, 2 seconds
Scathing report of Morrison-government's health funding program released
The national audit office has released a review into the Community Health and Hospitals program. The review found the federal health department deliberately breached commonwealth grant rules.
6/6/2023 • 10 minutes, 11 seconds
US companies remove Pride Month campaigns over right-wing backlash
US corporations are pulling their Pride month merchandise and ad campaigns in the wake of right-wing backlash.
6/6/2023 • 9 minutes, 9 seconds
Children locked in solitary confinement miss weeks of school
There's a school in Queensland with dozens of teaching staff on site, except there are often no students in this school.
The classrooms are empty.
That's because this school is located inside Townsville's Cleveland youth detention centre and its students, some as young as 13, are being held in solitary confinement for hours on end.
6/6/2023 • 9 minutes, 10 seconds
Has our perception of D-Day changed?
On June 6, 1944, in Normandy, the Allies launched the largest seaborne invasion in history known as D-day or Operation Overlord.
79 Years later and another war is still raging in Europe.
It can be hard to connect to something that is happening so far away and so long ago. So, what is our connection to war and peace … and why does history repeat itself?
6/6/2023 • 21 minutes, 45 seconds
'Musk needs to drop his obsession with sticking a device in our heads', concern over FDA approval for brain implant trials
US based Neuralink, a company owned by Twitter boss Elon Musk has received approval from the US Food and Drugs Administration to begin trials of brain implants in humans.
6/6/2023 • 13 minutes, 45 seconds
RBA hikes official cash rate above four per cent
The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted its official interest rate to 4.1 per cent, a level not seen since early 2012.
6/6/2023 • 11 minutes, 12 seconds
Renewed hope for Chau Van Kham imprisoned in Vietnam
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has recently met with officials in Vietnam and says he is after an international prison transfer.
6/6/2023 • 4 minutes, 41 seconds
Thousands evacuated in Ukraine after major dam destroyed
It is a significant development of the war, with potentially huge impacts to local communities, the environment and the country's nuclear power plant.
6/6/2023 • 7 minutes, 34 seconds
Ange Postecoglou moves into the Premier League with Tottenham manager role
Australian Ange Postecoglou is poised to become the next manager of English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, after recently leading Celtic to a domestic treble.
6/5/2023 • 5 minutes, 58 seconds
Business groups join forces to campaign against 'same job, same pay' workplace reforms
Business groups are lobbying against the Labor government's plan to require labour hire workers be paid at the same rate as direct employees
6/5/2023 • 10 minutes, 16 seconds
'The stories are horrific': child protection notifications against pregnant First Nations women
Advocates says child protection notifications are being issued against pregnant Indigenous women against their knowledge for minor reasons.
6/5/2023 • 14 minutes, 31 seconds
Daan Roosegaarde: Designing for the 'me' and the 'we'
Our fascination with the intersection of light and nature and rituals around painting the night sky is something that designer, innovator, architect poet, and educator Daan Roosegaarde is delving into - in his latest exhibition SPARK, a new sustainable celebration at Federation Square in Melbourne for Rising Festival.
6/5/2023 • 17 minutes, 36 seconds
Calls for aviation ombudsman and fines for cancelled flights as ACCC wraps up monitoring program
ACCC report warns lack of competition in domestic airline market leading to higher airfares and poorer customer experiences.
6/5/2023 • 10 minutes, 48 seconds
"I never lost hope": Kathleen Folbigg's supporters elated over her pardon
After 20 years behind bars for killing her four children, Kathleen Folbigg has been pardoned and is today a free woman.
6/5/2023 • 13 minutes, 20 seconds
'Not an honest and reliable witness': Full judgement in Ben Roberts-Smith case handed down
The complete 736-page ruling for the defamation case has now been released to the public revealing the court's reasons for the verdict.
6/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
The Friday Wrap
The Australian defence force is reckoning with the devastating outcome of a federal court case brought by one it's most decorate soldiers Ben Roberts-Smith, after the judge found that allegations he murdered unarmed civilians whilst serving in Afghanistan and bullied his fellow soldiers were substantially true.
6/2/2023 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Takashi Wakasugi and Tahir
This week we're asking the tough questions on HECS indexation, the PwC scandal and the Succession series finale.
6/2/2023 • 16 minutes, 10 seconds
Heavenly harmonies with Folk Bitch Trio
Folk Bitch Trio started as a joke when three teenagers were 17, now they're living together and sharing the stage with names like Julia Jacklin and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
Their three-part harmony has been described as heavenly and while the band is making serious moves Gracie, Jeanie, and Heide are making sure they still have fun. Chain mail included, of course.
6/2/2023 • 9 minutes, 2 seconds
Doing it Her Way: Meet the teen changing Australia's sports media
From the State of Origin to the Ashes, Abbie from 'Her Way' wraps up the week in women's sport.
6/2/2023 • 8 minutes, 32 seconds
ACTU calls Australia's minimum wage jump a win for workers
Minimum wage and award rates to lift by 8.6 per cent and 5.75 per cent respectively, after a decision by the Fair Work Commission.
6/2/2023 • 5 minutes, 44 seconds
Increase in minimum and award wages a 'hammer blow' for small businesses: ACCI
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has slammed the the Fair Work Commission's decision to lift award rates by 5.75 per cent.
Guest:
Andrew McKellar, Chief Executive, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
6/2/2023 • 6 minutes, 22 seconds
Imran Khan has bail extended until mid June as he continues to fight corruption charges
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is fighting to keep his party together after a series of resignations.
6/1/2023 • 8 minutes, 54 seconds
US warned Defence chief it could suspend ties with special forces over war crime allegations
The United States military warned Australia's defence chief that allegations of war crimes from Afghanistan may affect future cooperation with the SAS and Special Operations Command
6/1/2023 • 7 minutes, 28 seconds
Jacqui Lambie fury over Defence chief letters threatening to strip soldier medals
It's been revealed that Defence Chief General Angus Campbell wrote to a small group of soldiers warning their honours could soon be revoked for failures of command accountability when alleged war crimes occurred in Afghanistan.
6/1/2023 • 9 minutes, 2 seconds
Big Tech: Forty million dollar pay day for Victorian teacher. Plus UK Government explores fair pay for artists on streaming platforms
A tech start-up side hustle for Kerang mathematics teacher has been acquired for around forty million dollars.
Plus, the UK government will establish an industry working group to address issues around fair pay for artists who have their music played on streaming platforms.
6/1/2023 • 6 minutes, 47 seconds
'A vindication for journalists', Ben Roberts-Smith verdict a win for press freedom
Three Australian newspapers and three journalists have successfully defended their reporting of war crimes allegedly committed by former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith.
6/1/2023 • 8 minutes, 2 seconds
Libby Angel is deconstructing the romanticism around being a struggling artist
Could there be anything more romanticised than the bohemian share houses of your youth, with a cast of random characters, perhaps painters, activists, addicts, the odd petty criminal, all floating around on the philanthropy of couches and begged cigarettes?
Where I Slept by Libby Angel is autofiction, blending autobiography and fiction about living on the fringes of Melbourne society in the 1990's.
6/1/2023 • 14 minutes, 56 seconds
What does Mark McGowan and Jacinda Ardern have in common?
What does the former West Australian Premier Mark McGowan, outgoing AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan and former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Adern have in common?
They've all cited exhaustion as part of the reason why they've walked away.
These high profile examples have put the spotlight on burn-out and how it affects leaders and the teams around them.
6/1/2023 • 11 minutes, 40 seconds
Court dismisses defamation case brought by Ben Roberts-Smith
Australia's most decorated war veteran Ben Roberts Smith has lost his defamation proceedings against three newspapers and three journalists.
6/1/2023 • 9 minutes, 22 seconds
'No findings' in Hawthorn racism scandal
A panel investigating historical allegations of mistreatment of First Nations players at the Hawthorn Football Club has concluded, making no findings against former coaches Alastair Clarkson and Chris Fagan, and ex-welfare manager Jason Burt.
Guest:
Hannah McGlade, Associate Professor of Law at Curtin University
5/31/2023 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Updated telehealth guidelines released amid rise in complaints
The Medical Board of Australia has issued guidelines stating consultations must be in real time as complaints over prescribing issues jump by 750 percent.
5/31/2023 • 8 minutes, 35 seconds
North Korea's spy satellite launch fails
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's military ambitions have suffered a setback.
The reclusive state's attempt to put its first spy satellite into space failed with South Korean officials reporting the rocket fell in waters west of South Korea.
5/31/2023 • 7 minutes, 53 seconds
Australian garlic helps fight spread of COVID-19 and Influenza A
New research from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity has found an Australian variety of garlic could reduce COVID and flu-related infections.
5/31/2023 • 6 minutes, 18 seconds
The importance of curiosity and living a full life with actor Philip Quast
Dylan Thomas's famous poem 'Do Not Go Gentle Into The Night' is befitting of the story of Captain Robert Scott’s historic attempt to reach the south pole in 1912, in the latest play from Patricia Cornelius.
Combing Thomas's words and themes and Scott's legendary journey, Sydney Theatre Company’s new production Do Not Go Gentle explores the importance of living to the fullest, ageing, and dying.
5/31/2023 • 15 minutes, 33 seconds
Birthday cakes, mock chicken and women in media: 90 years of the Australian Women's Weekly
The Australian Women’s Weekly has covered everything from war to the Royals but one of its best-known creations is the childhood favourite, Birthday Cake Book.
A free trade agreement signed between Australia and the United Kingdom comes into effect from today, meaning more than 99 per cent of Australia's exports to the UK are now tariff free.
Guest:
Professor Margaret Young, Director of Studies of Environmental Law at the University of Melbourne
5/31/2023 • 7 minutes, 52 seconds
Western Australia's new state premier Roger Cook
Roger Cook has been endorsed by Labor as Western Australia's next state premier, after the sudden departure of Mark McGowan, who announced his retirement on Monday.
5/31/2023 • 5 minutes, 53 seconds
Crown agree to $450 million fine
Crown Resorts has agreed to pay $450 million for breaches of money laundering and terrorism financing laws.
5/30/2023 • 6 minutes, 35 seconds
"Little towns will start dying soon", regional GP clinics call for urgent solutions to doctor shortage
A new report reveals the medical industry has the biggest worker shortage in Australia.
5/30/2023 • 6 minutes, 12 seconds
589 children turned away from NSW homeless services in one year
Every year, for the past five years, between 2,300 and 2,600 children aged 12 to 15 have sought homelessness services in NSW without a parent or guardian.
A new report by the NSW Ombudsman also reveals 589 children needing shelter last financial year were turned away.
5/30/2023 • 9 minutes, 5 seconds
PwC scandal: who knew what and when
Who knew what and when are some of the questions being asked today at Senate Estimates as investigations into the PwC scandal continue.
The AFP has launched a criminal investigation, after it was revealed a former partner used confidential Treasury tax information to benefit the firm's client base. Since then, the firm's chief executive has quit and the consultancy has sidelined nine partners.
5/30/2023 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
Mo'Ju on learning radical vulnerability
Oral traditions often provide a rich and incontestable foundation for artists … but what do you do if that heritage is a combination of Filipino, Wiradjuri, and European origins, in a family packed to the rafters with musicians?
Mo’Ju uses a mixture of soul, blues, and R&B to explore and make sense of their histories.
5/30/2023 • 1 minute, 12 seconds
Why are students turning their backs on economics?
Students are turning away from so-called 'dull and difficult' subjects like economics in favour of easier or more job-ready subjects.
5/30/2023 • 9 minutes, 16 seconds
Are tech giants taking misinformation seriously?
Some tech giants have just released reports detailing their actions against misinformation.
5/30/2023 • 8 minutes, 56 seconds
Starved of support: the Government commits millions to sufferers of eating disorders
The Federal Government will spend $70 million to boost research and health services for people suffering from eating disorders.
5/29/2023 • 7 minutes, 37 seconds
Here comes the Sun: Mike Cannon-Brookes wins right to cable solar energy to Singapore
A battle between two of Australia's biggest wannabe energy tycoons, Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Twiggy Forrest has been resolved with Cannon-Brookes' Grok Ventures and Quinbrook confirmed as the owners of Sun Cable on Friday, following a six month negotiation.
5/29/2023 • 5 minutes, 59 seconds
From Australia to Austin: Jess Pryles is a self-professed 'meat nerd'
Could there be any other domain, more male or more Australian, than the barbecue.
But Australian born cook, author and influencer Jess Pryles has come to challenge both those stereotypes, and living in Texas, has become a sensation even in American barbecue culture.
5/29/2023 • 16 minutes, 27 seconds
Burnout claims WA Premier in shock resignation
In a hurriedly assembled press conference this afternoon, Mark McGowan said he's burnt out, but that he has accomplished what he set out to achieve.
5/29/2023 • 9 minutes, 59 seconds
Crossbench calling for intervention on student debts
The Greens and some independents have written to the Federal Education Minister Jason Clare, calling for urgent intervention in the spiralling cost of student debts.
5/29/2023 • 8 minutes, 2 seconds
Have you had the birds and the bees talk with your kids?
While we've advanced to include conversations about consent, teens are turning to online sources to fill in the gaps.
5/29/2023 • 10 minutes, 52 seconds
Why are dementia patients being failed in aged care settings?
Around 400,000 Australians are living with dementia right now, while more than two thirds of aged care residents have moderate to severe cognitive impairment.
5/29/2023 • 6 minutes, 34 seconds
Anthony Joseph: Is Calypso rhythm the missing link between poetry and music?
Anthony Joseph was born on the warm, spiced trade winds of Trinidad and Tobago. Before he moved to the rainy doldrums of England at the age of 22 and becoming the lead singer of a heavy rock band.
Cut to earlier this year and the poet, writer, and academic won the T. S Eliot Prize for his book ‘Sonnets for Albert’.
5/26/2023 • 14 minutes, 58 seconds
An unlikely alliance calls for spending cap for 2032 Brisbane Games
A long awaited reproductive health care inquiry has recommended significant changes to Australia's health system.
5/26/2023 • 7 minutes, 28 seconds
Reproductive health care inquiry recommends sexual health hotline
A long awaited reproductive health care inquiry has recommended significant changes to Australia's health system.
5/26/2023 • 8 minutes, 32 seconds
The Wrap
Guests
5/26/2023 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Andrew Hansen and Ivan Aristeguieta
This week we're asking the tough questions on killer whales, Narendra Modi and Gen Zs.
5/26/2023 • 21 minutes, 47 seconds
Queensland introduces bill allowing for alleged rapists to be named
Queensland is one of the last Australian jurisdictions that prevents an alleged rapist from being publicly named. But that could change soon.
Guest:
Yvette D'Ath, Queensland Attorney-General
5/25/2023 • 5 minutes, 46 seconds
E-Safety Commission seeing surge in young men targeted for 'sextortion'
Reports of "sextortion" to the eSafety Commissioner have tripled in the first quarter of 2023, with victims most likely to be young men.
5/25/2023 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Volt Typhoon attacks attributed to China
Australia has joined its Five Eyes intelligence partners to publically call out Volt Typhoon, a Chinese Communist Party-linked organisation, over cyber attacks on US critical infrastructure.
Guest:
James Paterson, Shadow Cyber Security Minister
5/25/2023 • 8 minutes, 58 seconds
Big Tech: Warning of "enormous damage" to US Tech sector. Plus Netflix crackdown on sharing your login
Jensen Huang, CEO of top semi -conductor company Nvidia warns the US Tech sector is at risk of "enormous damage" from the battle over chips between the US and China.
Plus, Netflix will contact their Australian customers in a bid to clamp down on multiple people using the one account.
Guest: Sarah Moran, CEO of the Girl Geek Academy
5/25/2023 • 5 minutes, 15 seconds
AFP to investigate PwC
A 'grotesque betrayal of trust'.
That's how the Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil described the actions of a former PwC partner who allegedly misused confidential government information.
The AFP has today confirmed it's investigating a number of individuals at the consultancy firm after confidential government information was revealed to help clients avoid multinational company taxes.
Meanwhile the Secretary of the Federal Finance Department Jenny Wilkinson has told PwC to "stand down" any staff who knew about these Treasury tax leaks while an internal review of the breach gets underway.
Guest:
Martin Stewart Weeks, private consultant, formally contracted to PwC
5/25/2023 • 9 minutes, 20 seconds
Alone Australia: Why meeting challenges makes the best of people
Some of us, like me, adore camping, the great outdoors, getting away from it all. But usually we’d have a tent, sleeping bag, maybe a portable burner, perhaps a double pronged telescopic marshmallow fork, for the camping maximalist.
But the winner of the Australian series of ALONE, the successful TV import from the US and Canada, survived in the wilderness longer than anyone else… completely alone and unequipped.
5/25/2023 • 21 minutes, 59 seconds
Former ARL boss, John Quayle remebers the magic of the iconic "Tina Turner" rugby league campaign
Whether you’re a fan of Rugby League or not, the "Simply the Best" ad campaign took the game to new heights and broadened its appeal beyond the working class bloke.
So how did the pairing of a 49 year old African -American rock star with a Blue Collar male dominated sport come about?
Guest:
John Quayle, former Executive of the Australian Rugby League (and catalyst for the campaign)
5/25/2023 • 8 minutes, 14 seconds
Plastic recycling risks releasing microplastics
A new study has found that at a state-of-the-art British recycling centre up to 13 per cent of the plastic processed was ending up in the water as microplastics.
5/25/2023 • 11 minutes, 11 seconds
The clinics charging up to $3000 for an ADHD assessment
Prescription rates for ADHD medication have more than doubled since 2018.
5/24/2023 • 4 minutes, 42 seconds
NSW Government thinking outside the box to fix the housing crisis
The New South Government is looking at converting empty offices and unused government buildings to boost social housing stock.
5/24/2023 • 8 minutes, 43 seconds
Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese meet for bilateral talks in Sydney
Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese and Narendra Modi have taken another step in their economic relationship, signing an agreement making to make it easier for thousands of students, professionals and business people to move to Australia.
5/24/2023 • 8 minutes, 30 seconds
Asia's youngest democracy looks set to return to Xanana Gusmao
Timor-Leste's opposition party has won Sunday's parliamentary election which means independence fighter Xanana Gusmao is likely to return as prime minister, for a third time.
The final vote count was released yesterday.
5/24/2023 • 8 minutes, 10 seconds
Is the truth recognisable in the age of 'alternative facts'?
Mis and disinformation or 'alternative facts' have become a mainstay of our modern world.
As trust in journalism is eroded, how do we protect the truth?
5/24/2023 • 17 minutes, 51 seconds
Greed-flation: is it real?
The cost of basic household items is going up and when you look at the exact figures, it's eye watering stuff.
The price of some grocery staples such as yoghurt and breakfast spreads are well above the national inflation rate of seven per cent.
So what's behind it? Is it all to do with inflation? Or are some companies using the current economic climate to increase their profit margins? It's what some critics are calling "greed-flation".
5/24/2023 • 10 minutes, 15 seconds
One in six migrant workers are 'exploited' according to new report
One in six migrants are paid less than the national minimum wage according to a new report by the Grattan Institute. It says governments have failed to stop exploitation of migrant workers.
5/24/2023 • 8 minutes, 13 seconds
ASIO boss says neo-Nazi groups becoming emboldened
Recent neo-Nazi protests on the streets of Melbourne have been the subject of a Senate estimates hearing this week, where the boss of ASIO warned that far-right groups are seeking to recruit more members
5/24/2023 • 7 minutes, 41 seconds
Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese meet for bilateral talks in Sydney
Anthony Albanese and Narendra Modi have taken another step in their economic relationship, signing an agreement making to make it easier for thousands of students, professionals and business people to shift to Australia.
Guest
Tim Watts, Federal Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs
5/23/2023 • 9 minutes, 9 seconds
José González On Why He Chose To Cover Kylie Minogue
He hails from Sweden, sings mostly in English but has been described as having ‘the soul of an Argentine troubadour’.
José González is a singer-songwriter whose vocals and intricate guitar melodies simultaneously blend of folk, indie rock, and classical influences. González first captured the hearts of listeners worldwide with his debut album ‘Veneer’.
5/23/2023 • 14 minutes, 24 seconds
Victoria begins budget repair with COVID levies on big business & housing investors
Big businesses, holiday-home owners and landlords will be asked to foot the bill for the Victorian government's COVID-19 debt, as part of a 10-year fiscal repair plan unveiled in the state budget.
5/23/2023 • 9 minutes, 59 seconds
Why is Modi in town after Quad cancellation?
Despite the cancellation of this week's quad meeting, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Sydney today.
5/23/2023 • 7 minutes, 2 seconds
Calls for childcare fees to be regulated amid price hike concerns
The federal government is preparing to increase the childcare subsidy in July in a bid to enhance workforce participation.
5/23/2023 • 10 minutes, 14 seconds
Republican presidential primary race heats up
Republican presidential primary race heats up
5/23/2023 • 7 minutes, 43 seconds
China closely watching Australia's response to Ukraine war, says former major general
Retired Major General in the Australian Army, Mick Ryan, says China could be encouraged by Australia becoming a bystander in the Ukraine/Russia conflict
5/23/2023 • 12 minutes, 8 seconds
Greens won't back any changes to Voice wording
The Greens have rejected attempts by Liberal MP Julian Leeser to reach a compromise on the proposed wording for the Voice to Parliament referendum.
5/22/2023 • 13 minutes
Show me the honey: why we should take better care of bees
We truly don't deserve Bees. They're the vital workers who tirelessly pollinate our flowers and crops, and create our sweet honey, playing a crucial role in our ecosystem.
5/22/2023 • 10 minutes, 16 seconds
The Dreamy, Moody Soundscapes of Weyes Blood
Weyes Blood, the musical persona of Natalie Mering, filters the best of pop’s history into a sound that’s timeless and uniquely her own.
The latest album, And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, is the second in a trilogy of sorts… following on from the critically acclaimed Titanic Risen.
5/22/2023 • 10 minutes, 55 seconds
Buy now, pay later services to be regulated under credit laws
The federal government will regulate the buy now, pay later industry under the Credit Act to better protect consumers against financial abuse by the lending schemes.
5/22/2023 • 5 minutes, 34 seconds
Russia claims to have captured shattered Ukrainian city of Bakhmut
Russia is claiming to have captured the shattered Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after the longest and bloodiest battle of its invasion.
5/22/2023 • 10 minutes, 2 seconds
Will robots soon be used to care for people?
Would you ever trust a robot to take care of your kids? To care for your elderly parents? What about a robo-career for the disabled? Would you trust a robot to care for YOU?
5/22/2023 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
What will the US's big climate cash spend mean for Australia?
As the world shifts away from fossil fuels, the US is also preparing its largest climate spend ever - worth hundreds of billions of dollars - to stimulate investment in renewable energy infrastructure and clean energy manufacturing.
5/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 14 seconds
The Friday Wrap with Barrie Cassidy & Jenna Clarke
Stan Grant has called time on his career with ABC for now, citing an unrelenting barrage of racism and to escape 'the stench of the media' & the 'social media sewer'.
Plus we reflect on the one year anniversary of the Albanese government.
5/19/2023 • 23 minutes
Slava Grigoryan composed his new music with gratitude
Sony music gave him his first record deal when he was 16. He wasn't a pop star or the lead in a boy band. He's a classical guitarist and according to some ‘The King of Strings’. You might think he might have a big head after all that but Slava Grigoryan's new album is all about gratitude.
5/19/2023 • 15 minutes, 11 seconds
Why are sporting codes broadcasting their collective support for The Voice?
If you happened upon a physical copy of the Sydney Morning Herald or Fin Review paper at hand this week, you may have noticed a one page ad supporting the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
It was from Rugby Australia, which formally joined other sporting codes- including the AFL, NRL and Football Australia - in supporting the Yes campaign for the referendum.
Guest:
Phil Waugh, Rugby Australia board member and former Wallaby
5/19/2023 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
South Australia gets tough on 'disruptive' protestors
Under an amendment to SA's Summary Offences Act, public obstruction could now attract jail time or a maximum fine of $50,000
Guest:
Josh Teague, SA Shadow Attorney-General
5/19/2023 • 9 minutes, 54 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Lizzy Hoo and Dave Woodhead
This week we're asking the tough questions on The Weeknd, the Quad summit and Elon Musk.
5/19/2023 • 20 minutes, 17 seconds
Message in a bottle unearthed on NSW beach after 45 years
A 1978 message in a bottle has found its intended recipient after four decades.
5/18/2023 • 5 minutes, 2 seconds
Common childhood illness implicated in the onset of Multiple Sclerosis
GUEST(s):
Dr Olivia Thomas, Sweden's Karolinska Institute, co-lead author of research on MS published in the journal, Science Advances
5/18/2023 • 5 minutes, 2 seconds
Message in a bottle unearthed on NSW beach after 45 years
A 1978 message in a bottle has found its intended recipient after four decades.
The letter, dropped in the Pacific Ocean and addressed to a young girl called Martha Brister, was recently found on a remote beach in NSW.
5/18/2023 • 4 minutes, 55 seconds
Labor says rise in unemployment rate 'expected'
The federal government says an increase to the unemployment rate is in line with forecasts but the Opposition argues it's making life harder for the middle-class.
Guest:
Katy Gallagher, Minister for Finance, Women and the Public Service
5/18/2023 • 11 minutes, 52 seconds
Big Tech: Will we reach AI singularity? Plus Google to delete zombie accounts
A recent report from the Microsoft research team suggests that GPT-4 shows signs of Artificial General Intelligence which suggests AI Technology may be able to think, reason, learn, and adapt like humans do.
Plus if you haven't used you Google account in a while you may be at risk of it being deleted.
Guest:
Claire Reilly,Tech Commentator
5/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 10 seconds
Labor "misleading" public on Middle Arm: David Pocock
The Guardian has today reported the Albanese government was briefed on the Middle Arm project's links to new fossil fuel developments, including fracking in the Beetaloo basin.
Guest
David Pocock, Independent Senator for the ACT
5/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 48 seconds
Cash Savage And The Last Drinks
If the past couple of years have taught us anything it’s that what we previously thought was rock solid (our health, our jobs, relationships… the economy) might actually crumble at any moment.
And with live music, we certainly didn’t know what we had until it was gone.
Lead singer of The Last Drinks, Cash Savage talks about her experience of performing without an audience at Hamer Hall and her new appreciation for the fragility of mental health.
5/18/2023 • 12 minutes, 25 seconds
Radical ideas to tackle NSW housing crisis
As New South Wales continues to struggle with inadequate housing stock and a soaring social housing waitlist the state government is having to think outside the square.
It's now looking to partner with property developers to convert surplus office space into residential dwellings.
Guest:
Robert Pradolin, Founder and Director, Housing All Australians
5/18/2023 • 10 minutes, 50 seconds
Grow to close its mental health services in WA after losing tender
Mental health service provider Grow has been in Western Australia for more than 50 years but it's being forced to leave the state after losing a tender with the WA Mental Health Commission.
5/18/2023 • 5 minutes, 26 seconds
Economists caught off guard by disappointing jobs numbers
Most economists have been caught off guard by the release of worse-than-expected employment numbers today.
The unemployment rate has risen to 3.7 per cent after an estimated net 4,300 jobs were lost last month
Guest:
Angela Jackson, Lead Economist, Impact Economics and Policy
5/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 42 seconds
How did a former Yakuza member join the fight against Russia?
A former Yakuza member of Japan's mafia the Yakuza has been discovered in Ukraine fighting against Russia. So how did this ex-criminal end up being accepted into a foreign fighters' unit? He showed off his tattoos.
5/17/2023 • 5 minutes, 52 seconds
NDIS participants missing out on services because of their postcode
New data shows no participant is utilising 100 per cent of their plan budget and people in regional or remote communities are more likely to miss out on required support.
5/17/2023 • 9 minutes, 39 seconds
Joe Biden cancels Aus visit, Quad meeting scrapped
US President Joe Biden pulled out of the planned Quad meeting in Sydney next week to deal with domestic issues
Guest:
Simon Birmingham, Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister
5/17/2023 • 9 minutes, 39 seconds
Who is Pita Limjaroenrat and why Thailand is behind him?
After almost a decade of army-backed rule, Thailand has voted for change with the leader of the Move Forward party Pita Limjaroenrat likely to become the country's next Prime Minister.
But forming a government is complicated in Thailand. It can take weeks and there's also the military-appointed Senate to contend with.
5/17/2023 • 8 minutes, 46 seconds
Investigations into levels of PFAS contamination "woefully inadequate"
This week the federal government settled a landmark class action suit, agreeing to pay more than one-hundred and thirty million dollars to landowners over per- and poly-fluoroalkyl PFAS contamination around Defence sites.
The New South Wales Firefighters Union says ongoing investigations into the levels of contamination at their worksites are woefully inadequate.
Guest
Leighton Drury, Secretary of the NSW Fire Brigade Employees Union
5/17/2023 • 5 minutes, 49 seconds
Pinchgut Opera Goes For Baroque With Giustino
The Venetian opera Giustino by Giovanni Legrenzi was THEE smash hit of the 1680’s’.
It tells the story of a shepherd who, through a series of quests and magical interventions, ultimately becomes the Emperor of Rome.
Giustino is notoriously action packed for a baroque opera, involving sea monsters, elephants, ghosts, bear fights, damsels - you name it, Giustino pretty much has it.
Pinchgut Opera is preparing this production directed by Dean Bryant with Guistino played by Nicholas Tamagna.
5/17/2023 • 16 minutes, 15 seconds
Should governments regulate artificial intelligence?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has appeared before a US senate committee calling for artificial intelligence regulation in a bid to keep people safe from the misuse of AI technologies.
Guest:
Uri Gal, Professor of Business Information Systems at the University of Sydney Business School
5/17/2023 • 13 minutes, 2 seconds
HECS style loans for farmers to rehabilitate their land under consideration
Earlier this year the federal government announced it would introduce a nature repair market scheme to tackle some of the drivers of biodiversity loss and land degradation particularly on farmland.
One recommendation under consideration by the government is revenue-dependent loans for farmers to revitalise their land. The Farm Environment Contribution Scheme or FECS would act like HECS or HELP loans for students.
Guest
David Lindemayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
5/17/2023 • 8 minutes, 23 seconds
Behind The Scenes Of WILDLIFERS!
What do you do with all the left over archival footage from a nature documentary?
You make a new kids docu-comedy series using all the quirky bits!
Kate Pappas (Executive Producer) and Dr Chadden Hunter join us to talk about their new ABC Me series WILDLIFERS!
You can watch WILDLIFERS! on ABC ME Youtube and ABC Iview
5/16/2023 • 0
Iran leading global execution rates, now at a five year high
Amnesty International has reported this week that 883 people were given judicial executions across 20 countries last year, the highest figure in five years.
Of those executions, 65 per cent were in Iran alone.
5/16/2023 • 7 minutes, 26 seconds
Labor apparatchiks demand more ambition on housing policy
The Labor for Housing group is agitating for the government to adopt more ambitious housing policies, including changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions
5/16/2023 • 8 minutes, 30 seconds
Treated like 'interior design', outrage over claims of white interference in APY art
Footage secretly obtained by The Australian newspaper, that was released last month appeared to show a non-Indigenous assistant making creative decisions and painting on work of renowned Indigenous artist, Yaritji Young.
5/16/2023 • 9 minutes, 23 seconds
At least six dead in Wellington hostel fire
A fire tore through a hostel in the New Zealand capital Wellington overnight, leaving at least six people dead in the four storey building.
Acting District Commander for Wellington Police Inspector Dion Bennett says the cause of the fire is still unknown.
5/16/2023 • 5 minutes, 20 seconds
Mushrooms investigated for health and environmental benefits
The CSIRO is currently investigating whether the nutrients in mushrooms could reduce the risk of dementia, and improve mood and memory.
5/16/2023 • 10 minutes, 49 seconds
More interest rate rises could be on the way
The minutes from the Reserve Bank’s May meeting have hinted that more interest rate rises may be on the way.
5/16/2023 • 7 minutes, 37 seconds
Kate Ceberano On How Her Life Is A Symphony
Everyone's life could benefit from a soundtrack sometimes. A swelling score to emphasise the highs and the lows.
One of Australia's best loved artists Kate Ceberano has been able to do just this. She joins us to talk about her 30th album My Life Is A Symphony, which re-imagines some of her biggest hits and her personal favourites with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
She'll be touring nationally with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra from May 27th, you can find more info on her website here
5/15/2023 • 12 minutes, 4 seconds
Govt 'hit squad' to target online scammers
A national anti-scams centre is being established to help fight scams and online fraud, after Australians reported $3.1 billion to fraudsters last year.
5/15/2023 • 7 minutes, 47 seconds
Aboriginal Legal Services freeze operations over funding gap
The Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) will freeze operations in 13 local courts in regional NSW from Monday, after a request for emergency federal funding wasn't met.
5/15/2023 • 8 minutes, 56 seconds
Teens struggling to find work experience placements
Work experience for Year 9 and Year 10 students is currently on the decline, with schools struggling to find companies willing to take in teenagers.
5/15/2023 • 9 minutes, 48 seconds
Türkiye election headed for run-off
A run-off between Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main challenger Kamel Kilicdaroglu looks likely, after the most closely fought election in decades.
5/15/2023 • 6 minutes, 33 seconds
Will Australia's green hydrogen sector live up to the hype?
Green hydrogen is shaping up to be a bedrock in our efforts to transition away from fossil fuels.
5/15/2023 • 6 minutes, 58 seconds
Calls to overhaul housing planning system
The Business Council of Australia has released a report saying a lack of housing supply – not migration demand – is to blame for Australia's worsening housing shortfall.
5/15/2023 • 7 minutes, 27 seconds
No Laughing Matter: Bringing Light To A Subject In The Shadows
When Tanya Lee was nine, she was sexually abused by her father in secret, that would go on for five years. She’s now turning this taboo inside out in her podcast, No Laughing Matter.
5/14/2023 • 14 minutes, 3 seconds
Dan Sultan on his path to peace and his new album
Dan Sultan has captivated audiences since his debut album in 2006, been an ARIA musician of the year and has a string of other awards and nominations hanging from his belt.
But his life hasn’t been without its challenges…and through some of the darkest times has come hope, bound together with the love and support from those around him. This journey has set the tone for his latest studio album, self titled Dan Sultan
5/12/2023 • 16 minutes, 8 seconds
Moira Deeming expelled from Victorian Liberal party
Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto has heralded a "turning point" for his embattled party, after it voted to expel controversial MP Moira Deeming from its ranks.
Guest:
John Pesutto, Leader of the Victorian Liberal Party
5/12/2023 • 8 minutes, 30 seconds
Tas Liberals plunged into minority over stadium deal
Australia's only Liberal-led jurisdiction has been plunged into a minority government with members Lara Alexander and John Tucker defecting from the party to sit as independents.
Guest:
Lara Alexander, Independent MP, former Liberal MP
5/12/2023 • 8 minutes
Let's Get Quizzical: Tom Ballard & Alex Ward
This week we're asking the tough questions on the federal budget, Eurovision and butterflies.
5/12/2023 • 18 minutes, 49 seconds
The Friday Wrap
GUESTS:
5/12/2023 • 22 minutes
Labor's budget a missed opportunity on housing, tax and productivity: Allegra Spender
In a cost of living crisis, questions have been asked - was this budget bold enough? Should Labor have done more to support people who are struggling?
5/11/2023 • 8 minutes, 18 seconds
The politics of plants: Stories from the herbarium.
The National Herbarium of New South Wales, houses a growing collection of over 1 point 4 million plant specimens… It's here that author and research academic Dr Prue Gibson learnt about the plant naming wars, and the fascinating keepers of this knowledge for her book The Plant Thieves: Secrets of the herbarium.
5/11/2023 • 18 minutes, 50 seconds
The Plant Thieves: Secrets of the herbarium
The National Herbarium of New South Wales, houses a growing collection of over 1 point 4 million plant specimens… It's here that author and research academic Dr Prue Gibson learnt about the plant naming wars, and the fascinating keepers of this knowledge for her book The Plant Thieves: Secrets of the herbarium.
5/11/2023 • 18 minutes, 50 seconds
NIMBYs or community defenders? Parents at wits end after local council rejections second childcare centre
Wagga Wagga Council in the New South Wales Riverina has rejected a development application for a two-storey childcare centre in the city's centre.
It's the second application to build a childcare centre to be knocked back in Wagga Wagga in the past 15 months, where parents have been waiting 10 months for a childcare space.
5/11/2023 • 8 minutes, 53 seconds
Türkiye goes to the polls this weekend, is this the end for strongman Erdogan?
Türkiye is going to the polls this Sunday with strongman President Recep Tayip Erdogan, battling for his political future, against a former public servant.
5/11/2023 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
How can more Australian businesses tap into the Asian market?
Often in the aftermath of a federal budget, you're left thinking about how various measures will affect your spending power in the coming months.
5/11/2023 • 7 minutes, 44 seconds
Big Tech: Google adds AI and Tucker Carlson moves to Twitter
Google has announced it's integrating artificial intelligence into its flagship search engine, AI scriptwriters could soon take over Hollywood, and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson plans to relaunch his controversial TV program on Twitter.
5/11/2023 • 9 minutes, 48 seconds
NDIS $74 billion saving forecast aspirational, says scheme's former head of strategy
The government is banking $74.3 billion in savings from slowing the growth of the NDIS over the next decade
5/11/2023 • 9 minutes, 4 seconds
Opposition says Labor doesn't deserve credit for budget surplus
The Coalition says Labor's budget will increase interest rate pressures on already stressed middle-income households.
Guest:
Sussan Ley, Deputy Opposition Leader
5/10/2023 • 8 minutes, 23 seconds
Friendship, love and family violence: Virginia Gay on new show Safe Home
"When you don't know what you're looking at, you can't see the red flags until it's too late".
It’s a hard reality for many trapped in abusive relationships. Sometimes it’s safer to stay, sometimes it’s impossible to escape.
But do we really understand just how high the stakes are for women, children and those trying to save them?
SBS’s new drama series Safe Home opens up some of the stories behind family violence.
5/10/2023 • 19 minutes, 13 seconds
Is student debt and "insufficient" support payments stopping students from enrolling in University
As set out in last night's budget students on Youth Allowance, Abstudy and Austudy will receive a forty dollar per fortnight increase in their support payments.
5/10/2023 • 9 minutes, 34 seconds
Labor says budget strikes right balance and won't add to inflation
The Federal Government has revealed a budget surplus of $4.2 billion. It calls its measures responsible but some argue the budget was a missed opportunity for bold reform
GUEST:
Katy Gallagher, Minister for Finance, Women and the Public Service
5/10/2023 • 9 minutes, 56 seconds
Violent clashes in Pakistan after arrest of Imran Khan
Large street protests have broken out across Pakistan following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
5/10/2023 • 5 minutes, 59 seconds
Budget boost for Medicare with bulk billing incentive tripled for common consultations
General practitioners will be incentivised to bulk bill more patients
5/10/2023 • 6 minutes, 14 seconds
Greens say Labor's budget is "a folly"
The federal government has delivered a budget surplus, but the Greens say Labor should have done more to support vulnerable people instead.
5/10/2023 • 8 minutes, 36 seconds
Serbians take to the streets over gun violence
Thousands marched in silence in Serbia overnight as anger mounts over how the country’s government has handled last week’s two mass shootings.
A 13-year-old boy took his father's guns and opened fire at his school in Belgrade on Wednesday killing eight children and a school guard. While on Thursday, a 20-year-old man used an automatic weapon in two villages in central Serbia, randomly killing eight people.
5/9/2023 • 6 minutes, 39 seconds
ACT introduces legislation to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14
The ACT is set to become the first Australian state or territory to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years of age.
Today the territory government introduced a bill to the Legislative Assembly proposing a two-stage rollout, with the minimum age of criminal responsibility to be lifted to 12 years as soon as the legislation is passed, and then to 14 by July 1, 2025.
5/9/2023 • 7 minutes, 25 seconds
Business & finance with Stephen Bartholomeusz
The U-S heading into a critical week of negotiations on raising the debt ceiling with the treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, is warning of a looming economic catastrophe if the U-S congress doesn't approve an increase in Government borrowing before June.
5/9/2023 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy meets Julian Assange parliamentary supporters
A cross-party delegation of Australian politicians has met United States ambassador Caroline Kennedy to urge the Biden administration to drop its pursuit of Julian Assange.
5/9/2023 • 7 minutes, 52 seconds
How weight loss and diet culture has changed in Australia
With the news that the US brand of Jenny Craig has gone bust, how has the way we diet and think about weight loss shifted since the 1990s?
5/9/2023 • 11 minutes, 15 seconds
Canada reportedly open to joining AUKUS
The AUKUS acronym may have to add another syllable, with Canada reportedly keen on joining the defence and intelligence sharing grouping that Australia shares with the UK and US.
5/9/2023 • 8 minutes, 38 seconds
'Net Zero Authority' created to join the dots on the race to 2050
The government has announced the creation of a 'Net Zero Authority' which will hit the ground running from July this year.
5/8/2023 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Not a good sign when gas sector happy with a tax change: Monique Ryan
The Government will collect $2.4 billion over four years as a result of changes to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT), but many say the government should have gone further.
5/8/2023 • 8 minutes, 14 seconds
'Fast fashion' is out as garment makers look to sustainability
200,000 tonnes of clothing and textiles end up in landfill in Australia every year. Despite this wastage, we’re all too susceptible to the appeal of a bargain or the latest fad.
5/8/2023 • 11 minutes, 4 seconds
Global fears for Ukraine's nuclear power facility
Thousands living near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have been evacuated as fears grow that fighting there could resume.
5/8/2023 • 9 minutes, 28 seconds
ACT set to become the first jurisdiction to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14
The ACT government will introduce a bill to the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday proposing a two-stage rollout, with the minimum age of criminal responsibility to be lifted to 12 years as soon as the legislation is passed, and then to 14 by July 1, 2025.
5/8/2023 • 9 minutes, 13 seconds
Son of single parent, PM concedes 8-years was 'far too low' for payment cut off
Single parents will receive extra payments until their child turns 14, as the government winds back a controversial Gillard-era move which pushed parents on to lower welfare rates when their youngest turned eight.
5/5/2023 • 22 minutes, 50 seconds
"It's by far my best work": Dan Sultan's new record of healing and enlightenment
Dan Sultan has captivated audiences since his debut album in 2006, been an ARIA musician of the year and has a string of other awards and nominations hanging from his belt.
5/5/2023 • 13 minutes, 48 seconds
Why is "breaking" an Olympic sport and netball isn't?
In 2021, just a few weeks after Brisbane won the bid to host the 2032 Olympics, World Netball and Netball Australia launched a joint campaign. Their agenda, seeing their sport finally make its Olympic debut.
Now while the games are still a way off and it's been only forty eight years in the making, the Netball world will be pushing hard to have their case heard and agenda met.
Guest:
Brittany Carter, ABC sports reporter
5/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 51 seconds
RBA "determined to do what is necessary" to get inflation back within target
The Reserve Bank of Australia has released its Statement on Monetary Policy, which is its assessment of current economic conditions, along with the outlook for Australian inflation and output growth.
Guest:
Bill Evans, Westpac Chief Economist
5/5/2023 • 8 minutes, 44 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: David Collins & Rhys Nicholson
This week we're asking the tough questions on the Royal Coronation, the vaping ban and the Met Gala.
5/5/2023 • 21 minutes, 43 seconds
What is happening inside the Victorian Liberals?
Controversial Liberal M-P Moira Deeming has launched legal action against Opposition Leader John Pesutto over his alleged failure to publicly exonerate her of being affiliated with Nazis.
5/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 52 seconds
Pharmacy guild pushing anti-government leaflets to customers in protest over PBS shake-up
The Pharmacy Guild has admitted supplying anti-government material for it's members to circulate to customers.
5/4/2023 • 9 minutes, 45 seconds
Big Tech: the Dorsey-Musk bromance is over, Google profits soar in Australia & another rap over the knuckles for Meta
The top U-S data privacy regulator has accused Meta of misleading parents and failing to protect the privacy of children on Facebook and Instagram.
And Jack Dorsey has backed a new Twitter-esque socal platform to rival Elon Musk's Twitter.
5/4/2023 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
One million homes: are we doing enough to free up supply of existing houses in Australia?
With more than one million houses recorded as empty last census night, state and local governments are looking to disincentivize short-term rentals to offer more homes to those in need.
5/4/2023 • 9 minutes, 1 second
How an iconic image of a starving child launched an intrepid nursing career
Intrepid Australian nurse and midwife, Prue Wheelwright has worked in the most remote parts of Australia and around the world, providing help to the sick and injured in isolated, far-flung and sometimes dangerous locations where her personal safety was often on the line.
5/4/2023 • 16 minutes, 56 seconds
Board games or bored games?
A "golden age" of tabletop board games in recent years has been supercharged by the COVID pandemic, increasing the industry's global market value to an estimated 13 billion US dollars… and growing.
But are board games overrated or naff?
5/4/2023 • 9 minutes, 57 seconds
$11.3 billion budget commitment to boost aged care wages
Aged care workers will receive a 15 per cent pay increase from July following a ruling by the Fair Work Commission that the wage boost is "plainly justified".
GUEST(s): Tracey Burton, Uniting Care Executive Director
5/4/2023 • 8 minutes, 32 seconds
Kokoda Trail blockade lifted but issues remain
A blockade of the Kokoda Track has been cleared after protesters were moved on by police last night.
Landowners and workers for major trekking company Adventure Kokoda had barricaded road entrances to the track on the weekend.
5/3/2023 • 4 minutes, 27 seconds
Orange passes allow people to wander Parliament House unescorted. So who's giving them out?
Crossbenchers are calling for new rules to reveal the people who have gained access to Parliament House's private corridors with sponsored bright orange passes signed by federal politicians.
5/3/2023 • 8 minutes, 49 seconds
Hong Kong to slash Democratically-elected seats for local elections
In what's been described as a blow to the last vestiges of democracy in Hong Kong, there are plans to slash the number of directly-elected seats available on local district councils.
5/3/2023 • 8 minutes, 8 seconds
NT Govt gives fracking the greenlight in the Beetaloo Basin
The Northern Territory Government has announced it will give the greenlight to a full-scale onshore gas industry in the Beetaloo Basin, 400 kilometres south of Darwin.
5/3/2023 • 5 minutes, 42 seconds
The Wrath To Come: the echoes of a Civil War mindset in modern America
Author Sarah Churchwell argues in her book The Wrath to Come that American life still gurgles with the prejudices and dissonance reverberated from the Civil War mindset.
5/3/2023 • 20 minutes, 36 seconds
'I do': King Charles III invites subjects of the realm to pledge allegiance
At the coronation of King Charles this Saturday, all members of the Commonwealth will be invited to utter a private oath of allegiance to the king, his heirs and successors.
It's a modern innovation by the Crown that may have fallen flat with his subjects.
5/3/2023 • 8 minutes, 20 seconds
Housing ministers meet in Canberra to discuss housing crisis
The nation's housing ministers have urged the Senate to pass Labor's 10-billion dollar housing fund legislation.
5/3/2023 • 10 minutes
After a 'hard-fought fight' Tasmania secures the AFL's 19th licence
The Apple Isle will finally have its very own AFL team after being formally awarded the league's 19th licence.
AFL boss Gillon McLachlan, Tasmanian Premier and other game dignitaries gathered in Hobart for the announcement, the culmination of decades of lobbying by diehard fans.
5/3/2023 • 9 minutes, 10 seconds
Alan Joyce to retire as Qantas boss after 15 years in top job
Vanessa Hudson will take over from Alan Joyce as Qantas CEO in November. Ms Hudson has been with Qantas for 28 years and spent the past few as chief financial officer.
5/2/2023 • 7 minutes, 52 seconds
Government acts to curb booming vape use among youth
With vaping devices decorated with unicorns or disguised as highlighter pens for the pencil case it's very clear who tobacco manufacturers are targeting. But the Federal Health Minister Mark Butler says not for long.
5/2/2023 • 8 minutes, 35 seconds
Are intergenerational crimes robbing today's youth of future prosperity?
What will your children's generations rue over the decisions made today? And how have are the youth of today rebelling against the status quo?
Guest:
Jeff Sparrow, Columnist, Guardian Australia
5/2/2023 • 12 minutes, 6 seconds
Shock & awe: RBA defies expectations with an eleventh rate rise
The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted its cash rate target from 3.6 per cent to 3.85 per cent, after a one-off pause last month.
5/2/2023 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
Chanel darling: Lavish displays at the Lagerfeld themed Met Gala
With a lavish display of pearls and camellias, the 400 guests at this year's Met Gala event honoured designer Karl Lagerfeld, who was at the helm of Chanel and Fendi before his death in 2019.
5/2/2023 • 7 minutes, 52 seconds
Former PM Tony Abbott says Indigenous Voice 'wrong' and 'potentially dangerous'
The former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has told a parliamentary committee he doesn't support the Voice, fearing it would change how Australia is governed.
5/1/2023 • 16 minutes, 35 seconds
How wine is wrestling with climate change
As the impacts of climate change set in, the multi-billion dollar wine industry industry is steadying itself and looking for innovative ways to adapt.
5/1/2023 • 9 minutes, 34 seconds
Soaring cancer rates among youths
Bowel cancer rates in young people soar by 370 percent
5/1/2023 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Why do climate change activists do disruptive protests?
The disruptive climate protests have driven many people crazy and have filled some with rage, but do radical tactics of groups like Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil actually work
5/1/2023 • 11 minutes, 27 seconds
Are Australians being fair to our referees?
A football referee in Sydney's south-west has suffered a broken jaw after allegedly being assaulted at a match on Friday night. This is just one incident, but it does raise the question of whether the abuse of match officials, coupled with growing referee shortages, may make community sport less sustainable in Australia.
5/1/2023 • 11 minutes, 2 seconds
ANZAC Day as a unifying force, Australia's migration fails & vale TVs King of biffo Jerry Springer
The Friday Wrap with the New South Wales Labor member for the seat of Strathfield Jason Yat-Sen Li and Perth, social commentator, lawyer and community advocate Aisha Novakovich.
4/28/2023 • 22 minutes, 46 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Jordan Raskopoulos & Steen Raskopoulos
This week we're asking the tough questions on raising JobSeeker, Baby Sumo competitions and American television hosts.
Comedians and siblings Jordan Raskopoulos and Steen Raskopoulos face off in this instalment of Let's Get Quizzical to see who knows more about the news, politics and popular culture that unfolded this week.
4/28/2023 • 17 minutes, 40 seconds
Defence industry set for $3.4bn shake up
The $3.4bn Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator is designed to fast-track new war-fighting technologies for the Australian Defence Force.
4/28/2023 • 12 minutes, 49 seconds
Women's A-League Grand Final set for kick-off
It's without a doubt the year for women's football here in Australia. The Women's FIFA World Cup will be on our shores come July and with star players like Sam Kerr, the Matildas have become a household name.
4/28/2023 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Review finds migrants funneled into exploitative work with little prospect of permanance
The federal government will rewrite Australia's immigration system, with almost every visa category up for change, and a promise to tighten rules for international students.
4/27/2023 • 7 minutes, 8 seconds
Big Tech: Can Canva afford its rapid growth? Plus AI Chat-bots being developed to teach children to read
Australian graphic design platform Canva is growing rapidly. It took the company five years to grow their user base to ten million and in the last thirty days they have double that figure.
Plus Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says it's likely within eighteen months we'll have access to artifical intelligence chatbots that will assist children to read and hone their writing skills.
Guest:
Sarah El-Atm, General Manager of Digital Agency, August
4/27/2023 • 4 minutes, 34 seconds
A new automatism
From photography to photoshop, technology has a long history of changing the way that artists approach their work.
But is AI part of that same lineage? Or something else entirely?
In his new exhibition, GEN, Ry David Bradley combines AI generated fields with a traditional artist's brush, to create something entirely unique.
4/27/2023 • 7 minutes, 14 seconds
How are you reducing your grocery bill?
Grocery prices are up eight per cent compared to this time last year. Dairy prices have risen 15 per cent due in part to increased production costs.
So how do you drive down the grocery bill?
4/27/2023 • 11 minutes, 17 seconds
'Young people, women, CALD groups': Mark Speakman outlines priorities for NSW Liberals
It's a tricky time to be a Liberal politician right now. After last month's New South Wales election loss, the party is out of government in every jurisdiction across mainland Australia.
4/27/2023 • 10 minutes, 28 seconds
AEC on disinformation crackdown ahead of referendum
Misinformation and disinformation can affect the decisions and actions of voters and Australia is not immune to this challenge.
The Australian Electoral Commission says it's starting a campaign ahead of the Indigenous Voice Referendum in a bid to stamp out falsehoods about the voting process.
4/27/2023 • 9 minutes, 53 seconds
Breakthrough in Russia-Ukraine war still out of reach
More than 400 days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a breakthrough in the war from either side still appears out of reach.
4/27/2023 • 13 minutes, 7 seconds
Aurora Australis puts on a spectacular show over Tasmania and there's more to come
In Tasmania the Aurora Australis beamed breath- taking streaks of colour across the early morning sky and it's about to happen again with the possibility of it being seen further North
4/26/2023 • 4 minutes, 19 seconds
Labor MPs join calls to increase the Jobseeker
An open letter signed by four Labor MPs urges the prime minister to act on the "structural injustice" of JobSeeker.
The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee last week recommended a "substantial boost" to the payment.
4/26/2023 • 6 minutes, 45 seconds
Greens will oppose Labor's $10bn housing fund unless significant changes are made
The Greens are calling for a fund to support a two-year rental price freeze, direct building of 225,000 publicly owned properties over the decade and a doubling of Commonwealth Rent Assistance, unless income support payments such as JobSeeker and Youth Allowance are increased.
4/26/2023 • 16 minutes, 6 seconds
New genetic evidence puts reasonable doubt on Kathleen Folbigg conviction
There's been a significant development in the judicial review in the case of Kathleen Folbigg.
The New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions has accepted new evidence points to the possibility of reasonable doubt over her convictions for the deaths of her four young children.
4/26/2023 • 6 minutes, 43 seconds
Did Ed Sheeran copy a Marvin Gaye song?
If you think there are some similarities between British pop star Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud' and Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get it On', you're not alone.
4/26/2023 • 11 minutes, 57 seconds
We've passed peak inflation, but why aren't all economists rejoicing?
Australia's inflation rate has fallen from its December peak, with prices rising 1.4 per cent over the March quarter being the smallest quarterly rise in more than a year.
But beyond the headline figures, considerable pressures remain on Australian families and businesses and are likely to remain for some time.
4/26/2023 • 10 minutes, 43 seconds
India's Supreme Court hears petitions on legalising same-sex marriage
India's Supreme Court is currently hearing petitions from LGBT couples fighting to legalise same-sex marriage.
4/26/2023 • 5 minutes, 53 seconds
What a new gig economy agreement shows about the sector's maturity
Coles, Uber and the Transport Workers' Union have entered into a new agreement as the fight over grocery delivery heats up - but what does it show about the industry attempts to reform itself before the Federal Government steps in?
Plus will the Treasurer Jim Chalmers look at adjusting Australia's energy exports in the budget?
4/25/2023 • 5 minutes, 12 seconds
Australians gather across the country for Anzac Day commemorations
Australians have gathered at Anzac Day services and parades to honour those who served their country.
It has been 108 years since Australian and New Zealand soldiers first landed at Gallipoli peninsula in Türkiye during the first World War.
4/25/2023 • 9 minutes, 55 seconds
Labor urged to extend single parenting payment in next month's budget
There are calls for the federal government to increase how long single parents can claim the parenting payment.
4/25/2023 • 8 minutes, 14 seconds
"Fox and the Murdochs act to cauterize their wounds" Fox News fires Tucker Carlson
He was the most popular host on American cable television news network Fox News, reporting drawing in more than $70 million in advertising dollars.
But days after the network's record legal settlement with Dominion Voting Services, Tucker Carlson has parted ways with Fox, a move which seemingly caught him by surprise.
4/25/2023 • 15 minutes, 2 seconds
Why World War II Nurse Vivian Bullwinkel's story of survival stands tall
When you hear astonishing stories of survival you're often left wondering if divine intervention was at play. Especially when the close encounter with death happens not only once but countless times.
4/25/2023 • 10 minutes, 6 seconds
Doctors and pharmacists at war over potential reforms
Australia's frontline health providers are locked in a real 'turf war' at the moment, between doctors and pharmacists.
They're fighting over a number of issues, including a move to double pharmacy scripts to 60 days' supply, as well as state-based trials to allow pharmacists to prescribe a wider range of medicines.
4/25/2023 • 9 minutes, 32 seconds
Labor has 'failed' with defence overhaul, says Coalition
The federal government has accepted almost all recommendations from a review into the Australian Defence Force, calling for an overhaul of its defence strategy and ramp up defence spending.
Guest
Andrew Hastie, Shadow Defence Minister
4/24/2023 • 9 minutes, 8 seconds
What's next after the closure of the Liddell power plant?
One of the country's most important power stations is due to close this week.
4/24/2023 • 7 minutes, 18 seconds
Government provides research boost as long COVID's impact revealed
New analysis from Impact Economics suggests 40,000 Australians could be off work due to contracting long COVID, which affect the nation's GDP to the tune of $5.7 billion.
At the same time the federal government's Inquiry into Long COVID and Repeated Infections has made nine recommendations in trying to curb the virus's impact.
4/24/2023 • 8 minutes, 56 seconds
The Drawing Room: Shanul Sharma on his journey from heavy-metal frontman to 'radiant' tenor
Shanul Sharma's musical evolution started with crooning Bollywood to smashing out heavy-metal rock in the pubs and clubs of Wagga-Wagga.
The award winning tenor will soon be performing the role of Mahatma K Gandhi in Opera Australia's Satyagraha, composed by Philip Glass.
4/24/2023 • 10 minutes, 33 seconds
Can you be blacklisted as a renter?
Rental blacklists can stop you from being considered for properties.
How do they work and are there any protections for people who think they might be affected?
4/24/2023 • 9 minutes, 55 seconds
Defence strategy should explain Australia's major threat, says former major general
The Government has responded to the release of the Defence Strategic Review, one of the most significant Defence documents since World War II
4/24/2023 • 11 minutes, 25 seconds
Is Wrexham's Hollywood story all it's cracked up to be?
It's the Hollywood Cinderella sport story that has captivated the world.
A rags-to-riches fairytale came to fruition as Wrexham AFC gained promotion from the fifth tier of English football, to the English Football League, headlined by their two Hollywood actor owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
But rival non-league football fans are left asking whether it's been a fair fight, or so-called 'financial doping'.
4/24/2023 • 7 minutes, 7 seconds
New app aims to help shift workers sleep
They're the people that make Australia tick, working in the dark, late at night and into the early hours of the morning.
Shift workers, such as people working in food production, transport, and emergency services, tend to get less sleep in their lives, in order to help you live yours.
A new Melbourne-developed app aims to help critical shift workers get a longer night's sleep
4/24/2023 • 5 minutes, 16 seconds
The Friday Wrap: top legal opinion says Voice proposal will 'enhance' Govt & an expensive week for the Murdoch empire
Another Friday drop from the government, with the release of the solicitor-general’s legal opinion on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, which states that the body would "enhance" Australia's system of government and doesn't pose any threat" to the nation's parliamentary democracy. And a rap on the knuckles or humiliating backdown? We dissect the Murdoch defamation decisions.
4/21/2023 • 22 minutes, 53 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Josie Long & Mark Watson
This week we're asking the tough questions on unemployment benefits, Royal recipes and artificial intelligence.
Comedians Josie Long and Mark Watson face off in this instalment of Let's Get Quizzical to see who knows more about the news, politics and popular culture that unfolded this week.
4/21/2023 • 25 minutes, 25 seconds
The New Pornographers: Continue As A Guest
Pulling together a handful of brilliant singer-songwriters for one acclaimed album seems tricky enough, but keeping it going for decades is something else entirely.
That's just another day at the office for The New Pornographers — whose ninth album, Continue As A Guest, continues their tradition of catchy hooks and clever lyrics.
In the Drawing Room, A.C. Newman talks about the ideas behind the new release.
4/21/2023 • 15 minutes, 49 seconds
Adelaide leg of LIV Golf tournament forges ahead amidst accusations of sportswashing
With sellout crowds for the full three days, the LIV golf tournament is well underway at Adelaide's Grange Golf Club.
It comes amidst continued criticism and accusations of 'sportswashing' over the human rights record of LIV's Saudi backers.
4/21/2023 • 9 minutes, 21 seconds
"A very good development" Voice wording critic welcomes legal opinion
The federal government has released the solicitor-general's legal opinion on the Voice.
The government's legal counsel says the Voice proposal is sound and would enhance responsible government.
4/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 48 seconds
Australia's food security in the spotlight at federal inquiry
Australia is often described as a food bowl - even our national anthem boasts about this land of plenty with our lands abound in nature's gifts.
Yet a House of Representatives inquiry into food security in Australia has heard that growing food is becoming significantly less affordable for consumers.
4/20/2023 • 5 minutes, 45 seconds
RBA set for biggest shake up in decades
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has given in-principle support to 51 recommendations into the review of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
The review recommends splitting the RBA board into two — one focused on monetary decisions, the other overseeing the central bank.
4/20/2023 • 9 minutes, 7 seconds
Big Tech: Fake Drake and calls for AI Regulation
Governments around the world are taking steps towards regulating artificial intelligence tools to protect users.
Plus how can to tell a fake Drake from the real one?
4/20/2023 • 8 minutes, 37 seconds
Experts warn long wait times for specialists can be difference between life and death
Some Australians are on waiting lists for longer than six years to see crucial specialists in parts of the country, as a prominent doctor warns people could die while waiting for care.
4/20/2023 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
Among the giants
He was the first elected representative for the Greens in Australia, and helped build the party into the force it is today.
But Bob Brown's actions have never been limited to the halls of power.
From the campaign to stop the Franklin dam, to his protests against logging, Brown has been arrested multiple times for standing up for his beliefs, and its that conviction that's helped to create enduring movements.
A new film, The Giants, not only looks at Brown's life, but in parallel, the magical ecosystems he's dedicated that life to protecting.
4/20/2023 • 21 minutes, 53 seconds
Meet the mother and daughter who chase solar eclipses all over the world
Thousands of people from around the world flocked to the tiny town of Exmouth and its surrounding Peninsula in Western Australia to experience being plunged into total darkness in the middle of the day.
For some, seeing a total eclipse becomes a life changing experience.
4/20/2023 • 7 minutes, 41 seconds
The No ad for the upcoming referendum is out but how effective is it?
The 'No' campaign has released the first of its television advertisements ahead of the referendum for an indigenous voice to parliament.
Nationals Senator and newly appointed shadow minister for Indigenous Australians Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and her husband are the sole voices in this advertisement from Advance Australia.
4/20/2023 • 9 minutes, 18 seconds
"So many people felt he was a force for good" Vale Father Bob
He was the larrikin Catholic priest who leaves behind an indelible imprint on the communities he served and the nation who loved him dearly.
Father Bob Maguire, or simply Father Bob, is being remembered for his work on radio and television, his tireless charity work, and his clashes with the Church.
4/19/2023 • 5 minutes
After Dominion-Fox settlement, legal expert says Smartmatic can expect similar payout
Fox News - the most watched cable news channel in the US - will pay $US787.5 million ($1.17 billion) to settle a defamation claim after it broadcast lies about Donald Trump’s election defeat in 2020.
While the last minute settlement means Fox News avoids a high profile trial, the media giant remains embroiled in other legal battles, including with Smartmatic, an electronic technology rivalling Dominion.
4/19/2023 • 10 minutes, 6 seconds
Labor set to reject $18 a day increase to Jobseeker
The Albanese government will not substantially increase Jobseeker payments despite a committee describing it as "seriously inadequate".
4/19/2023 • 9 minutes, 25 seconds
South Korea signals major shift in its support for Ukraine
In a potential first for South Korea, Seoul looks like it could extend its support for Ukraine beyond humanitarian and economic aid if it comes under a large-scale civilian attack.
President Yoon Suk Yeol made the comments this week, signalling a major shift in his stance against arming Ukraine.
4/19/2023 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
IBAC concludes Victorian government advisors pressured public servants to award union contracts
An investigation by Victoria's anti-corruption commission has found the state's government advisors put pressure on public servants to award $1.2m contract to the Health Workers Union ahead of the 2018 state election.
4/19/2023 • 7 minutes, 26 seconds
Has Netflix finally killed the DVD?
When Netflix began around 25 years ago it was a DVD rental service by mail. Customers could subscribe to receive DVDs by snail mail.
This subscription service has been running ever since, until today that is, when Netflix announced it would cancel its DVD rental service.
GUEST:
Ben Kenny, Proprietor, Film Club (2012 - 2022)
4/19/2023 • 8 minutes, 33 seconds
Witness J and the secret hearing you were never supposed to know about
After a remarkable development, for the first time the reasons why Witness J, who has since been released from prison, was charged and jailed in secret in Canberra has been released.
In sentencing remarks, the judge described Witness J as grossly reckless and driven by anger when he sent classified information over an insecure email system after he'd been sacked as a military intelligence officer.
4/19/2023 • 10 minutes, 19 seconds
Dozens of scalloped hammerhead sharks seen off the Gold Coast
Sealife enthusiasts on the Gold Coast have been in for a treat.
Dozens of scalloped hammerhead sharks have been swimming off Burleigh Heads since late March, so how close can you get to these sea creatures?
4/18/2023 • 4 minutes, 16 seconds
Lavrov in Brazil: Russian foreign minister praises Lula's position on war
The Russian Foreign Minister has met with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia with the Russia-Ukraine war was top of the agenda.
Lula has ambitions of establishing a "peace club", comprised of countries not involved in the war, to try and bring about its end - but that hasn't been warmly welcomed by the Ukraine or the US.
4/18/2023 • 12 minutes, 33 seconds
Karen Andrews quits front bench as Peter Dutton reveals shadow cabinet reshuffle
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has unveiled a reshuffle of his shadow cabinet, prompted by the decision of Liberal MP Julian Leeser to step down last week.
4/18/2023 • 8 minutes, 33 seconds
James Kirby on the impact AI is having on investment markets
From education to the arts, AI has made a splash in many industries.
But it's creating ripples in investment markets and regulators are now playing catch up.
4/18/2023 • 6 minutes, 24 seconds
Bill Shorten promises 'reboot' of NDIS
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says the 'reboot' of the scheme will include more staff, a cost crackdown and longer-term plans.
4/18/2023 • 8 minutes, 2 seconds
Over the hill and up the wall
Growing up and growing old can lead to some significant changes in our family relationships.
Where once the children were the ones in need of care and attention, they sometimes need to become the carers in turn.
But what do those changes mean for our relationships with each other?And what is it like when you realise that you share the same traits that drive you to distraction?
Todd Alexander talks about his own experience and his new book, Over the Hill & Up the Wall.
4/18/2023 • 15 minutes, 48 seconds
How some "Bowlos" are saving themselves from extinction
Since the 1950's lawn bowling clubs have been a prominent part of Australia's cultural landscape.
But declining memberships and patronage have led to significant club closures. - so how are some local bowlo's turning their fortunes around?
4/18/2023 • 7 minutes, 43 seconds
The Right to Repair: how Australia is lagging behind the EU and US
With cost of living pressures intensifying, have you considered repairing a well-trodden pair of shoes instead of buying a new set - but what about your smart car, television, smart phone or smart washing machine?
The EU passed a "right to repair" policy last month but experts say Australia is lagging behind on this issue.
4/18/2023 • 10 minutes, 54 seconds
Cricketing powerhouse Aunty Faith Thomas dies
Aunty Faith Thomas, the first Indigenous woman to represent Australia in the game of cricket, has died aged 90.
She's said to be the fastest woman bowler ever and is known as a giant of the game, who will leave a lasting impression on the cricket world.
4/17/2023 • 3 minutes, 20 seconds
Is our risk of long-COVID changing?
While some people have seemingly become less concerned with the acute infection of COVID, concerns over long-COVID remain.
But are the risks with this changing?
4/17/2023 • 5 minutes, 28 seconds
Foreign Minister Penny Wong urges Australia to go beyond binary view of US-China rivalry
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has addressed the National Press Club, saying Australia wants to ensure there is a "strategic equilibrium" in Asia where "no country dominates, and no country is dominated".
Guest
John Blaxland, Professor in Intelligence Studies and International Security at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at ANU
4/17/2023 • 13 minutes, 58 seconds
Bluey: A family on-screen and off
The tales of Bluey Heeler and her family have captured children and parents alike and it isn't just an Australian phenomenon — it's become perhaps the country's biggest cultural export since The Wiggles.
In the Drawing Room, the show's executive producer, Daley Pearson, and director, Richard Jeffery, talk about how the show comes to life.
4/17/2023 • 20 minutes, 42 seconds
Is it possible to train your brain to reduce pain?
If you or someone you love has dealt with chronic pain, you know how crippling and life robbing it can be.
But what if you were able to retrain your brain to turn down the volume of that pain you experience.
4/17/2023 • 9 minutes, 3 seconds
Federal Government closely monitoring impact of new aged care nursing requirments amid industry fears it could prompt more closures
Aged care reforms, which require residential aged care facilities to have a registered nurse on site at all times, come into effect from July 1.
4/17/2023 • 8 minutes, 2 seconds
Will Australia transition away from fossil fuels fast enough?
There is concern that Australia is moving too slow in its energy transition away from fossil fuels to meet its target to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.
A new study produced for the Clean Energy Investor Group says it's found a way to accelerate the process and unlock the billions of dollars needed for investment in this space.
4/17/2023 • 9 minutes, 18 seconds
The Friday Wrap: The Voice debate takes centre stage, as AFL players cop racist abuse
The week started with the No campaign copping a blow as former Shadow Attorney-General Julian Leeser resigned from the frontbench over his party's formal position to the Indigenous voice.
It ended with the Opposition Leader Peter Dutton heading to Alice Springs and being accused of turning the town into a political football as he highlighted ongoing problems of violence.
4/14/2023 • 15 minutes
Top Ukrainian military advisor says Pentagon leak won't impact plans
FBI agents have arrested a 21 year old man they suspect is linked to leaking the trove of government secrets.
Many of the documents relate to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including a top secret briefing, where the Pentagon downplays Kyiv's ability to recapture Russian seized territory in a spring counteroffensive.
4/14/2023 • 12 minutes, 6 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Alice Fraser & Jeff Green
This week we're asking the tough questions on trade disputes, Royal carriages and young love.
Comedians Alice Fraser and Jeff Green face off in this instalment of Let's Get Quizzical to see who knows more about the news, politics and popular culture that unfolded this week.
4/14/2023 • 22 minutes, 10 seconds
Adelaide inundated for inaugural AFL Gather Round
It may have started as an idea borrowed from their NRL rivals, but the crowds have flocked to the AFL's inaugural AFL Gather Round in Adelaide.
With all nine matches officially sold out, the question now turns to whether the fixture will become a permanent addition to the AFL calendar, and who will host it in the future.
4/14/2023 • 11 minutes, 8 seconds
"There's a plot twist at every turn". The Pether family just want their Dad back
On the second anniversary of Australian man Robert Pether's detention in Iraq, his wife says his health is dramatically declining.
She's calling on the federal government to do more to free her husband and father of three.
4/14/2023 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
A new round of talks in Yemen offers a hope for peace
Diplomatic moves to end the war in Yemen are underway after Saudi Arabia and Iran — who back opposing sides in the conflict — agreed to resume relations, in a deal brokered by China.
Now, a Saudi delegation is in Yemen's capital, Saana, to negotiate an end to the war that has pitted the kingdom and its allies against the Iranian backed Houthi officials.
4/13/2023 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
Is Wesley Mission's decision to shut all its Sydney aged care homes a sign of things to come?
The decision by Wesley Mission to close its Sydney aged care homes by the end of May has caught many by surprise.
It’s blamed rising costs and staffing challenges - but the Federal Aged Care Minister Anika Wells says these issues weren’t brought up with her when she met with Wesley two weeks ago.
4/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 26 seconds
Federal government doubles funding for workplace modifications
The federal government will give employers more support to improve accessibility within their workplace and to pay for Auslan interpreters for existing and future staff.
4/13/2023 • 8 minutes, 45 seconds
Big Tech: The Elon Musk interview that has the technology world talking
Among the topics discussed during an exclusive BBC interview overnight,Twitter boss, Elon Musk denied a spike in hate speech and misinformation on the social media platform post his takeover. But anecdotal evidence and in depth studies suggest otherwise.
GUEST:
Stilgherrian, Technology journalist and commentator
4/13/2023 • 5 minutes, 29 seconds
Greens call for abolition of indexing on HECS and HELP loans
A senate inquiry report into a bill that would freeze $74 billion in student debt is set to be tabled in federal parliament next week.
4/13/2023 • 11 minutes, 37 seconds
Professor Brendan Murphy announces his retirement
As state and Federal leaders became a daily feature on our televisions at the start of the pandemic, Professor Brendan Murphy was a constant.
The Chief Medical Officer at the time, his role was to answer the tough questions about COVID-19.
More recently Murphy has been the Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care, and after announcing his retirement, he talked to RN Drive about the challenges he's faced, and those still to come.
4/13/2023 • 12 minutes, 17 seconds
"Get out of the way" NIMBY communities put on notice by new NSW Housing Minister
The new NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson has put increasing density and creating more affordable and social housing.
She's advised communities who are anti-development to 'get out of the way' - but how can the Minister and her Government turn NIMBYs into YIMBYs?
4/13/2023 • 12 minutes, 13 seconds
Cyclone Ilsa has residents bracing for the worst
Cyclone Ilsa is expected to be a Category Five system as it crosses the coast between Eighty Mile Beach and Wallal Downs in Western Australia.
That would make it the most powerful cyclone to make landfall in the state in fourteen years.
4/13/2023 • 10 minutes, 49 seconds
Australian housing market at risk of mortgage defaults ahead of global economic downturn
The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its global economic growth outlook to 2.8 per cent this year, stoking fears of an economic downturn.
4/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
Ukraine calling on further support from Australia in fight against Russian forces
Ukraine's government is once again asking the Australian government to provide the country more support. It wants access to a fleet of four-wheel drive patrol vehicles recently built in Victoria.
Guest
Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ukraine Ambassador to Australia
4/12/2023 • 11 minutes, 53 seconds
Chinese military aircraft cross Taiwan Strait median line
The news comes two days after Beijing wrapped its military drills around the self-ruled island, which included "sealing off" Taiwan and simulating targeted strikes.
Beijing called the exercises "a stern warning" to Taiwan after its President, Tsai Ing-Wen visited the US and met with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
4/12/2023 • 8 minutes, 55 seconds
Joint Committee hears some survivors still have no timeline on their redress application
Five years since the redress scheme was launched by the Government - in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - some survivors still don’t know if their application will ever be processed.
A Joint Standing Committee examining the implementation of the scheme heard that some organisations are still yet to formally join the scheme despite saying they intend to.
4/12/2023 • 7 minutes, 44 seconds
Learning from the leadership of First Nations people
The leadership of a business can make a huge difference, not just to the bottom line, but to the happiness of the people who work there and the culture that they create.
But in his latest book, First Leaders, Andrew O'Keeffe wanted to move away from the traditions of the big Western companies and look instead to the lessons of First Nations societies around the world.
He visited twelve different societies looking at how they've worked together for centuries, building sustainable bonds with each other and the world around them.
4/12/2023 • 22 minutes, 53 seconds
Is Tupperware having its "Kodak moment"?
The American plastic food container business Tupperware, has warned it may go bust if it can't secure some emergency funding.
Is this the end of Tupperware and all of its fancy plastic parties?
4/12/2023 • 12 minutes, 48 seconds
What this rare sauropod skull tells us about dinosaur movements to Australia
Nearly 100-million years ago, this Titanosaur, weighing in at about 25 tonnes, 20 metres long and as tall as a three-storey building, roamed across Australia.
But new analysis of a nearly complete skull found in outback Queensland points to these dinosaurs travelling to and from what's now known as South America.
4/12/2023 • 9 minutes, 23 seconds
Plastic munching microbes discovered in the Alps
Scientists have discovered a group of microbes that can 'eat' plastic at low temperatures.
4/11/2023 • 5 minutes, 34 seconds
Julian Leeser resigns from frontbench over Liberals' voice stance
Shadow Attorney-General and Indigenous Australians spokesman Julian Leeser has quit the Liberal shadow cabinet, making way for him to campaign for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
4/11/2023 • 16 minutes, 23 seconds
Why the IMF's latest global outlook focuses on inflation
The latest IMF global economic outlook dedicates an entire chapter to inflation, and wades into the discussion around what will happen when central banks around the world are able to rein it in to their target ranges.
4/11/2023 • 5 minutes, 50 seconds
Is the vaping black market really ripping billions from the budget?
Such is the potency of the illegal black market of nicotine laced e-cigarettes and vapes, the Australian Association of Convenience Stores estimates up to $5 billion could be being stripped from the budget.
The Treasurer Jim Chalmers says "all options are on the table" in trying to battle this black market as well as the negative health outcomes.
4/11/2023 • 9 minutes, 35 seconds
Toby Spence: "The message is in the music and the text"
"My subject is War, and the pity of War. The poetry is in the pity… All a poet can do today is warn"
Those are the words of Wilfred Owen that Benjamin Britten quoted on the score of his War Requiem: one of the great pieces of sacred music and one of the great warnings.
The British tenor Toby Spence is lending his voice to the requiem when he performs with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and in the Drawing Room he discusses the work, his battle back to the stage, and the importance of sound imagination.
4/11/2023 • 19 minutes, 23 seconds
Paris needs you to volunteer at the Olympics
If volunteering at the Olympics was worthy of winning a medal, Australia would have a pretty good chance for gold.
Australia's strong record for volunteering has even attracted the attention of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee's director general Etienne Thobois as they try to recruit 45,000 volunteers for the Games next year.
4/11/2023 • 11 minutes, 11 seconds
Kate Jenkins on the cultural shift she oversaw as Sex Discrimation Commissioner
Kate Jenkins became Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner in 2016.
During her tenure, the world saw the rise of the #MeToo movement and in 2020 her Respect@Work report was released.
4/11/2023 • 10 minutes, 49 seconds
Thousands of Afghan nations still waiting for Australian visas to be approved
Countless families have been torn apart since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan nearly two years ago.
Many Afghan nationals in Australia are still waiting to be reunited with their partners and children, as they endure lengthy waits to have their visas approved.
4/10/2023 • 10 minutes, 52 seconds
"We can't keep growing fossil fuels," Sarah Hanson-Young says Australia is making climate change worse
Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek has responded to criticism of her approval of 116 coal seam gas wells in Queensland, arguing there hasn't been a coal approval in 10 months.
4/10/2023 • 8 minutes, 56 seconds
Matildas prepare for England after loss against Scotland
The Australian women's football team is hoping to recover against England this Wednesday after ending their seven-game winning streak with a one-nil loss to Scotland.
The two friendlies come as the countdown begins for this year's FIFA Women's World Cup which will be held in Australia and New Zealand.
4/10/2023 • 7 minutes, 25 seconds
Carbon Counter: Why Amsterdam's Schiphol airport is moving to ban private jets
Europe's fourth busiest airport wants to ban private jets in a bid to curb carbon emissions.
It's the latest move by the Dutch Government targeting the aviation industry to meet its climate goals.
4/10/2023 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: where a protest movement has clashed with an increasingly authoritarian regime and a man who claimed to be the King of Kowloon became the city's most collected artist.
In Louisa Lim's latest book, Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong, she dives back into the history of the Island and her own relationship with the city she grew up in, before returning to the protests and what it means to be an ethical journalist.
Indelible City has been shortlisted for the Stella Prize.
4/10/2023 • 16 minutes, 38 seconds
How young is too young to start working? There's not a national answer
It's the life experience which can leave a lifelong impact - your first job.
But with some regional areas turning to an increasingly younger workforce, how young is too young to start your first job?
4/10/2023 • 13 minutes, 21 seconds
GPs want prescription lengths doubled but Pharmacy Guild warns of potential consequences
GPs are pushing for reforms to prescription rules saying patients could save hundreds of dollars if the amount of medication a person can collect with one prescription is doubled.
The pharmacy sector isn't happy with the idea, and have written to the Prime Minister.
4/10/2023 • 10 minutes, 25 seconds
Former Liberal Premier says party losing relevance over Voice to Parliament stance
The Liberal Party's decision to reject the government's proposal for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament has been met with dismay by some current and former Liberals.
The former Liberal Premier of Tasmania has come out in support of backbencher Bridget Archer, who will campaign for a 'Yes' vote.
4/6/2023 • 7 minutes, 59 seconds
Big Tech: Will Australian whistleblower sue ChatGPT for lying? Plus Twitter violates its own policies
Twitter is no longer taking steps to limit the reach of Chinese and Russian state-controlled media outlets.
Plus ChatGPT is facing the threat of a landmark defamation claim after its chatbot wrongly described Australian whistleblower, Mr Brian Hood as being a perpetrator of the crime he exposed.
GUEST:
Nick Bonyhady, Technology editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
4/6/2023 • 5 minutes, 16 seconds
High suicide rates in older men prompt calls for action
There are concerns over the high rates of suicide in older Australian men, with experts saying warning signs and triggers are too often overlooked and ignored.
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows the suicide rate of Australian men over 85 is more than three times the national average.
In 2020 and 2021, men aged between 80 and 84 also had the largest proportional increase in suicide rates, when accounting for demographic sizes.
4/6/2023 • 6 minutes, 59 seconds
Whose holiday is it anyway: The changing traditions of Easter
Easter traditions have been changing rapidly in Australia … just look at the Hot Cross bun.Once a treat only available two weeks prior to Easter, now you’re almost guaranteed to find them in the supermarket the day after Christmas.
4/6/2023 • 16 minutes, 20 seconds
Former refugee from Brisbane gives hope to fellow Rohingya in recent visit to world's largest refugee camp
Brisbane based man and Former Rohingya refugee, Samsul Alam recently returned to the Bangledeshi refugee camps where he was born.
Many of his friends and family still live there without a hope of ever leaving but some of his young friends are risking their lives getting on boats hoping to find a better life at the other end.
GUEST:
Samsul Alam, Former Rohingya refugee
4/6/2023 • 9 minutes, 26 seconds
Barnaby Joyce on inland rail and the Voice to Parliament
It was originally given the price tag of $8.4 billion. Now a damning review has found the cost of delivering the 1700 km inland rail project in the eastern states has blown out to $31.4 billion.
If that’s not eye-watering enough for you, thereview led by Australia's former Energy Security Board chairperson Dr Kerry Schott said the price could go even higher with no end date in sight.
4/6/2023 • 6 minutes, 21 seconds
Dan Tehan says legislate the Voice, don't put it in the Constitution
Former frontbencher Ken Wyatt has quit the Liberal Party over its decision to formally oppose the government's plan to enshrine an Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament in the Constitution.
Liberal frontbencher Dan Tehan is opposing the Voice in its proposed form, and reflects on Mr Wyatt's decision to leave the party.
4/6/2023 • 8 minutes, 41 seconds
"We have to save our country": Trump rallies supporters after NY arrest
Donald Trump is now the first ever President to become a criminal defendant.
Today he pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts of falsifying business records.
Hours later, at Mar-A-Lago he rallied his closest supporters and attacked the justice system.
4/5/2023 • 8 minutes, 54 seconds
The Liberals say 'no' to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says while his party supports constitutional recognition and a legislated local and regional Voice, the government's model won't lead to practical change.
4/5/2023 • 9 minutes, 52 seconds
What to know about the Thai elections
Thailand is just six weeks away from an election and if past military coups and youth-led mass demonstrations are anything to go by, this election is expected to be a show-down between the elite establishment and pro-democracy forces.
The current Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha seized power in a military coup in 2014 and is now running for re-election with a new party.
4/5/2023 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
You can be hugger & PM: Jacinda Ardern's rousing valedictory
New Zealand’s 40th Prime Minister says many people criticised her for being too sensitive but she proved that you could be a softer leader.
4/5/2023 • 5 minutes, 15 seconds
Australia's largest sports betting companies front inquiry
There's new evidence this week suggesting sports betting companies block gamblers who are on a successful run.
The bosses of Tabcorp, Sportsbet, The Lottery Corporation as well as the CEOs of the AFL and NRL have been appearing this week at a federal inquiry into online gambling and its impacts on those experiencing gambling harm.
4/5/2023 • 6 minutes, 28 seconds
Lack of housing and high cost of living drives people to live on boats
As we sit in the eye of the housing and cost of living storm, many Australians are having to think outside the square to find ways to make ends meet and keep a roof over their heads.
For some that means finding cheaper accommodation, which is seeing more and more people living on boats.
Guest: Alan Shafto, Aviation Engineer who lives on a boat with his partner Violet.
4/5/2023 • 11 minutes, 34 seconds
Universities put students on notice with ChatGPT detection software
Universities grappling with the challenge of students using artificial intelligence to write their essays will now have the option of using detection software.
4/5/2023 • 8 minutes, 54 seconds
Finland completes its volte-face with historic NATO membership
Finland becomes the thirty-first member of the world's biggest military alliance, NATO.
4/4/2023 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
Review finds up to $3 billion in taxpayer money lost to Medicare fraud and non-compliance annually
Between $1.5 billion to $3 billion is being lost to Medicare fraud and non-compliance every year, according to an independent review that warns the complex system is out of date and risks costing more taxpayer money.
4/4/2023 • 5 minutes, 54 seconds
Australia has banned TikTok on government devices
The federal government will ban social media platform TikTok on government devices following fears the app's security is compromised, and the platform could be used for foreign interference by China.
4/4/2023 • 8 minutes, 29 seconds
Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalties so what now for prisoners on death row?
There are more than 1,300 prisoners in Malaysia who are on death row, but their fate has taken a dramatic turn.
Malaysia's Parliament has approved a bill that would scrap mandatory death penalties and limit capital punishment to serious crimes.
4/4/2023 • 5 minutes, 55 seconds
How farmers are reacting to the latest biosecurity breach
In what has been touted as a massive biosecurity breach, it's been revealed this week that 38 tonnes of animal and plant products including chickens, ducks, geese, turtles and frogs were discovered in a Sydney warehouse.
It's still unknown where these products are from but the agriculture sector has been following these developments nervously.
4/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 18 seconds
Porn vs Privacy: Would you show your driver's license to access adult content in order to protect minors?
The Federal Government is now considering a roadmap to age verification for accessing adult content online, including pornography.
But some digital rights groups are alarmed claiming such a move it could create a honeypot of personal data.
4/4/2023 • 11 minutes, 13 seconds
Grass is greener for 5,000 New Zealand nurses who want to work in Australia
Australian States have been trying to outdo each in enticing nurses to come and fill their respective health workforces which were stretched during the COVID-19 pandemic.
5,000 nurses from New Zealand, or about 8% if the country's entire nurses, have registered since last August to come and work in Australia, but is the grass necessarily greener on the other side of the Tasman?
4/4/2023 • 9 minutes, 2 seconds
Reserve Bank stops at 10 consecutive rate rises, but for how long?
It's part pre-Easter reprieve, part Hawkish pause.
The Reserve Bank Board has stopped after 10 consecutive rate rises leaving the cash rate at 3.6% but the question is how long will they pause for?
4/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Tributes flow for Indigenous land rights activist Yunupingu
Gumatj clan leader Yunupingu died in north-east Arnhem Land, aged 74.
Note to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners: Yunupingu's last name and image are used in accordance with the wishes of his family.
Guest
Linda Burney, Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians
4/3/2023 • 6 minutes, 32 seconds
Carbon Counter: 'Climate-washing' in the Senate's sights
With regulators like ASIC and the ACCC cracking down on 'climate washing' claims, the Senate now also has its sights set on the practise through a new inquiry.
But the crackdown has seen a worrying trend beginning to emerge in parts of the corporate sector.
4/3/2023 • 7 minutes, 58 seconds
Oil prices surge after OPEC+ producers announce surprise output cut
A surprise oil production cut by major producers has caught the energy industry off-guard.
Led by Saudi Arabia, the bloc of major oil exports, announced they'd slash supply by over a million barrels of crude a day, sending oil prices surging.
4/3/2023 • 11 minutes, 56 seconds
What happens when you ban mobile phones in schools?
NSW is about to follow other states like South Australia and Victoria in banning phones in public high schools.
So what's happening in other schools who've already prohibited the devices?
4/3/2023 • 10 minutes, 34 seconds
Housing industry in turbulence with supply down, demand up and builders going to the wall
New reports point to house prices rebounding in the major capitals, rental prices continue to rise, all the while there’s a shortfall in housing supply, and that’s coupled with increased migration feeding demand.
You’d think it’d be a good time to be a builder, but two more building businesses, headlined by major Melbourne based builder Porter Davis, have gone into liquidation continuing somewhat of a trend over the past 12 months.
4/3/2023 • 8 minutes, 59 seconds
Study finds nearly two-thirds of Australians abused, neglected, or exposed to domestic violence as children
A major new study has found 62 per cent of Australians aged over 16 report experiencing childhood maltreatment.
4/3/2023 • 9 minutes, 47 seconds
The Friday Wrap: A week of highs and lows in politics & are we truly ready for AI?
It’s been a week of highs and lows in politics. Dominic Perrottet and Chris Minns showed how to a good loser and a gracious winner, respectively. A parliamentary staffer was injured as Coalition MPs scrambled to escape a division in the House of Reps and then came that appalling tweet from One Nation MP Mark Latham.
3/31/2023 • 23 minutes, 16 seconds
You Never Know what Flyying Colours will do next
Mixing wall-of-sound guitars with an ear for a good hook, Melbourne band Flyying Colours have continued the proud tradition of shoe-gaze, and won an international fan base along the way.
In the Drawing Room, Brodie J Brummer talks about international tours, opening his own venue, and the band's third album, You Never Know.
3/31/2023 • 12 minutes, 54 seconds
Hamilton and Verstappen meet again at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix
The Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix returns to Albert Park, Melbourne this weekend.
One of the major draw cards for fans will be seeing reigning double world champion Max Verstappen up against seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.
3/31/2023 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Former President Donald Trump indicted by NY grand jury
A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former US President Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter, his lawyers have said.
They include hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 presidential election.
Guests
Martin Pengelly, Breaking News editor at Guardian US
Richard Painter, professor of law at the University of Minnesota, former chief White House ethics lawyer
3/31/2023 • 15 minutes, 30 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Ray O'Leary & Chris Parker
This week we're asking the tough questions on barnstorming politicians, time changes and presidential indictments.
Comedians Ray O'Leary and Chris Parker face off in this instalment of Let's Get Quizzical to see who knows more about the news, politics and popular culture that unfolded this week.
3/31/2023 • 23 minutes, 58 seconds
Here's one I prepared earlier: Ken Henry on the challenge of tax reform in Australia
Ken Henry says Australia would not be having these difficult conversations - about affording essential government services and transitioning to a cleaner economy - if the government had implemented the recommendations of his 2009 tax review.
3/30/2023 • 8 minutes, 45 seconds
Opposition wants immediate TikTok ban on government devices
The Federal Government is preparing to release the findings of a security review into social media, and government workers could be told to delete the app from their work devices.
3/30/2023 • 14 minutes, 8 seconds
Full Stop family violence counselling support hotline calls for urgent federal funding
Full Stop Australia, a counselling support hotline for victims of sexual, domestic and family violence is warning that without urgent federal funding, it will have to shut down.
3/30/2023 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Nicolas Rothwell's Red Heaven
In the grand hotels of Europe, a young boy spends his days around the rich, the influential, and the exiled.
His mother is absent, away on some unnamed journeys, but in her place are two powerful women who take him under their wings.
Around him are conversations of art and philosophy, politics and war. It's a rare grounding in the world, which leads to a rare book.
Red Heaven is the latest work by Nicolas Rothwell and it was recognised with the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction.
3/30/2023 • 21 minutes, 52 seconds
Could an experiment in a South Korean classroom hold the key to stopping bullying?
It’s an unfortunate part of life that 30% of adolescents report having experienced - bullying.
Researchers from Australian Catholic University say that an experiment, run in a South Korean classroom, shows promising results in creating an 'anti-bullying climate' which moves away from much of the conventional thinking on dealing with bullying.
3/30/2023 • 8 minutes, 18 seconds
'Dramatic' changes to Southern Ocean projected in new Nature study
A landmark study published in Nature, finds dramatic changes in ocean circulation could unfold in the Southern Ocean over the next 25 years, with wide reaching impacts to weather and ecosystems in Australia's backyard.
3/30/2023 • 8 minutes, 11 seconds
Big Tech: Twitter has been written down, is it now written off?
It was once described as a megaphone for democracy after the role it played in the Arab Spring during the 2010s.
But since the Elon Musk takeover, Twitter's value and workforce have both been slashed and a raft of popular features are now either behind a paywall or taken down altogether, prompting many to ask if the end is near for Twitter?
3/30/2023 • 7 minutes, 57 seconds
Labor's $15 billion manufacturing fund passes Senate
The $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund is aimed at broadening Australia's domestic industrial base and reducing the nation's dependence on imports.
3/29/2023 • 7 minutes, 51 seconds
Making it up: national survey finds mistrust of domestic & sexual violence claims
Almost half of Australians incorrectly believe women and men equally commit domestic violence, according to a major survey analyses community attitudes towards violence against women.
3/29/2023 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Premier Minns spends first day on the job at Menindee fish kill site
Incoming NSW ministers, including premier Chris Minns have travelled to the state's far west to witness the impacts of a devastating fish kill on the Darling River at Menindee.
3/29/2023 • 6 minutes, 7 seconds
Schools ban energy drink after found to contain double the legal limit of caffeine
Schools across the country are banning students from drinking PRIME energy drinks on school grounds after expert warnings that the drinks can cause insomnia and heart problems.
The beverages, which have been marketed as an alternative to hydration drinks such as Gatorade, contain double the legal amount of caffeine in Australia.
3/29/2023 • 4 minutes, 2 seconds
Former Taiwanese leader's historic visit to China angers Taiwanese public
Taiwan's former president Ma Ying-jeou has become the first current or former Taiwanese leader to step foot on mainland China since 1949.
Ma's message during the visit was clear. He called for people on both sides of the Taiwan strait to work together for peace, saying quote: "we are all Chinese".
3/29/2023 • 10 minutes, 49 seconds
Marco Pierre White on life outside the kitchen
In an era of food that's seen chefs with larger than life personalities arrive as celebrities — in the kitchen and on the screen — Marco Pierre White is one of the biggest names.
Marco was, at the time, the youngest chef to ever be awarded three Michelin Stars, and has hosted a range of shows, including Hell's Kitchen.
He's set to tour Australia, telling his story in a new show, Out Of The Kitchen, and in the Drawing Room he talks about what makes a good meal and what he's made of his adventures so far.
3/29/2023 • 17 minutes, 41 seconds
Are SUV owners needlessly spending big dollars to fuel "big dumb cars"?
More Australian's are purchasing sports utility vehicles, in fact, fifty percent of all new vehicles sold in Australia last year were SUVs.
A new report from Australia Institute has found that owners of SUVs are spending an extra thirteen billion dollars a year to fuel them and in turn adding enormously to transport emissions.
GUEST: Rod Campbell, Research Director, Australia Institute
3/29/2023 • 11 minutes, 44 seconds
We've entered 'disinflation', but will the RBA pause rate rises?
The latest Consumer Price Index data from the ABS shows the inflation rate has slowed - it's now pegged at 6.8% down from 7.4% in January.
But it’s still well over the Reserve Bank’s target rate and economists can't agree whether the RBA should raise rates next week.
3/29/2023 • 8 minutes, 31 seconds
Water found inside glass beads on the moon by Chinese mission
With a human being set to step foot on the moon as early as 2025 and with plans underway to establish a permanent lunar base, there's renewed focus on the sources of resources and life-giving elements - like water - that might be found there.
New research published today in Nature Geoscience has found that water might be present inside tiny glass beads strewn across the Moon.
3/28/2023 • 5 minutes, 36 seconds
Not home yet: Labor's fails to sell its housing plan
The government's election commitment to fund 30,000 social and affordable homes over the next five years is at risk of defeat, as the Greens continue threats to vote against it unless the government significantly improves funding.
3/28/2023 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
Origin takeover faces final hurdles as Australia braces for latest inflation data
Origin, which currently owns Australia's largest coal-fired power station, is set to be bought out and then split up, pending approval from shareholders and regulatory authorities.
While Australians brace for the release of the latest inflation data ahead of the Reserve Bank meeting next week.
3/28/2023 • 7 minutes, 54 seconds
'A stepping stone': business & industry welcome emissions plan
Business and industry groups have welcomed the news that the federal government has the support it needs to implement its key climate change commitment, legislating changes to the safeguard mechanism.
3/28/2023 • 8 minutes, 7 seconds
Australian screenwriters are running the show
Showrunners are the figures who guide and build the current age of prestige television — often starting out from the director's chair or the writers' room.
But do those opportunities exist on Australian shows? And, when it does, how does it change what audiences see on the screen?
A new program, called The Creators, is taking some of Australia's top writers to the US to talk to their American colleagues about showrunning
In the Drawing Room, Suzie Miller and Jane Allen, talk about their experience on the stage and the screen.
3/28/2023 • 16 minutes, 46 seconds
The good, the bad and the non-transparent chocolate eggs in your Easter basket
3/28/2023 • 11 minutes, 41 seconds
Chris Minns sworn in as NSW Premier but Labor stuck short of majority
After twelve years, Labor is officially back in power in NSW, Australia's most populous state.
Chris Minns was sworn in as Premier today, but Labor is still shy of that magical number: 47 seats for majority government.
Guest
Antony Green, ABC's election analyst
3/28/2023 • 9 minutes, 4 seconds
Israeli media reports PM Netanyahu poised to halt controversial judicial reforms
Multiple Hebrew-language media outlets are reporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to announce a halt to the contentious judicial overhaul, citing sources close to the government.
It comes after tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets in protest last night after Netanyahu fired his own Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, who broke ranks over the judicial reforms.
3/27/2023 • 7 minutes, 47 seconds
Latitude Financial cyber attack now one of Australia's biggest ever breaches
It's bigger than the Optus hack and now believed to be Australia's largest known financial institution data breach.
The consumer lender company told the ASX 7.9 million drivers license numbers were now thought to have been stolen, along with tens of thousands of passport numbers, names, addresses, telephone numbers and birth dates.
3/27/2023 • 6 minutes, 46 seconds
Key climate bill will pass after Labor and the Greens reach safeguard mechanism agreement
The federal government has secured the support it needs to implement its central climate change commitment, after reaching a deal with the Greens following months of safeguard mechanism negotiations.
Guest
Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator
3/27/2023 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
The government's banking on its Safeguard Mechanism to drastically reduce emissions, will it be enough?
The Greens have secured major amendments that will see it back the government's Safeguard Mechanism bill, a key part of its plan to achieve net zero by 2050 by imposing limits on Australia's biggest polluting facilities.
While the Greens' demand to stop all new coal and gas projects wasn't granted, polluters would instead be subject to an emissions cap, which critically includes methane, as well as carbon dioxide.
3/27/2023 • 7 minutes, 33 seconds
Will the Voice to Parliament referendum lead to court battles?
Constitutional lawyers are divided over the potential for the Voice to Parliament to lead to government decisions being challenged in the High Court.
3/27/2023 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
Do we need more civility in politics?
Labor has claimed victory in the New South Wales election, coming into power after 12 years in opposition.
But the speeches by Premier-elect Chris Minns and now former premier Dominic Perrottet on Saturday night were respectful, and well, extremely civil.
3/27/2023 • 11 minutes, 34 seconds
AOC CEO Matt Carroll says the Green and Gold decade is starting with a $2 billion blackhole
As the Sydney 2000 Olympics came to a close, the then IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch declared those Games the best ever, leading to a gushing moment of national pride.
Australia gets the chance to better that effort when Brisbane hosts the global sporting event in 2032, but the Australian Olympic Committee says the Federal Government needs to create a national sporting strategy, and new Federal Sport Department and kick in $2 billion to ensure more Australian success.
3/27/2023 • 10 minutes, 52 seconds
The Wrap: NSW heads to the polls as canoe pushed out on the Referendum question
This week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled the final wording of the Voice referendum question, for which the Australian public will vote on later this year.
All on the backdrop of New South Wales voters preparing to go to the ballot in a crucial State election, and a battle brews over the Government's safeguard mechanism.
3/24/2023 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Fady Kassab & Tommy Dean
This week we're asking the tough questions on international visitors, zoo escapees and state elections.
3/24/2023 • 25 minutes, 56 seconds
The suite sounds of Counting Crows
The Counting Crows burst onto the scene in the early nineties when their first album, August and Everything After, became a huge success, with multiple hit singles and record sales that most bands can only dream of.
Over the decades since, they've built a back catalogue of beloved songs, toured the world many times, and even received an Oscar nomination for the song they wrote for Shrek 2.
In the Drawing Room Adam Duritz and David Immerglück talk inspiration, tour buses, and Butter Miracle Suite One.
3/24/2023 • 19 minutes, 52 seconds
World Athletics to ban transgender women from elite competition
World Athletics has voted to ban transgender women from competing in elite female competitions.
The new rules will also affect athletes with what is known as "differences in sex development" or DSD.
3/24/2023 • 8 minutes
Legal experts worry words 'executive government' may lead to Voice referendum court battles
Constitutional lawyers remain divided over the potential for the Voice to Parliament to lead to government decisions being challenged in the High Court.
Guest
Professor Emerita Anne Twomey, University of Sydney
3/24/2023 • 10 minutes, 42 seconds
NASA boss Bill Nelson wants the US to train and fly with Australian astronauts
NASA boss Bill Nelson says Australia plays a vital role in the United States' space program, and wants to see Australian astronauts in space.
3/23/2023 • 8 minutes, 36 seconds
"Nothing is going to change my mind," Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says she will never support the Voice to Parliament referendum
The federal government will introduce legislation with the question wording to parliament next week and it will be voted on by the parliament in June.
3/23/2023 • 14 minutes, 33 seconds
Conversations of ChatGPT users leaked. Plus, why can't Tik Tok find a buyer?
There has been another glitch in the ChatGPT matrix. This time user conversation histories have been leaked.
Plus, amid growing suspicion that Tik Tok could be weaponised, the United States have threatened a full ban on the platform if it's Chinese parent Bytedance doesn't sell it's stake in the company.
Guest :Angus Kidman, Global editor at large, Finder
3/23/2023 • 7 minutes, 22 seconds
Who's excited? Less than 48 hours until polling day in New South Wales
With less than 48 hours until polling day in New South Wales, the latest polls suggest the field is narrowing - a Resolve poll for The Sydney Morning Herald, has the Coalition and Labor with 38% each of the primary vote each.
Throughout the campaign the opposition leader Chris Minns has been focusing on the Government's track record with privatisation, but the Premier Dominic Perrottet says there will be no further assets sold in the next term of government.
3/23/2023 • 6 minutes, 27 seconds
Dr Michael Mosley puts politicians to sleep in the name of science
How much sleep are you getting and how much sleep do you need?
British doctor and broadcaster Dr Michael Mosley is seeking Indigenous knowledge and putting Australian politicians to sleep in the search for answers on how to reset our relationships with our beds and improve our sleep.
3/23/2023 • 11 minutes, 24 seconds
Voice to Parliament referendum working group confident about question wording
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the proposed question Australians will be asked at this year's referendum and the draft constitutional amendment that would enable an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
3/23/2023 • 11 minutes, 11 seconds
AI for the heart
Whether it's films depicting a dystopian future or school teachers pulling their hair out over cheating students using ChatGPT, artificial intelligence often gets a bad wrap.
But a trial underway in the Northern Territory is showing how AI is being used for good. In fact it's helping health practitioners detect heart problems.
3/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 7 seconds
Uganda parliament passes bill criminalising identifying as LGBTQ
Human Rights Watch believes that would make Uganda the only African country to make just identifying as LGBTQ illegal.
All but two of the country's 389 lawmakers voted for the legislation - which also introduces capital punishment for "aggravated homosexuality."
The bill will now go to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for assent, who last week disparaged gay people as "deviants"
GUEST: Eric Ndawula, gay activist based in Kampala, Uganda's capital, Executive Director of Lifeline Youth Empowerment Centre
3/22/2023 • 7 minutes, 56 seconds
Solomon Island's Switzerland-like foreign policy
In the past week Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has hosted delegations from Japan, China and the United States.
3/22/2023 • 7 minutes, 4 seconds
Japanese PM becomes latest leader to visit Kyiv
As Russia waged its war against Ukraine, the French President Emmanuel Macron was among the first leaders to visit Kyiv and meet the Ukrainian President.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese followed suit in July and the US President Joe Biden went last month.
Overnight, it was the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's turn to meet Volodymr Zelensky.
3/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 39 seconds
Trump attempts to cash in on fundraising as possible indictment looms
Donald Trump made history when he became the first president ever elected without military or political experience.
And, it's possible he could soon lay claim to another first - being the first president in US history to be criminally indicted.
Guest: Steve Schmidt, former Republican campaign strategist, co-founder of the Lincoln Project
3/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 45 seconds
Soprano Antoinette Halloran on the challenge of the full Ring Cycle
The Ring Cycle is one of the great events of opera - performing any one of the four pieces that comprise Wagner’s master work requires skill and commitment.
So what does it mean to take on the whole thing at once?
Antoinette Halloran is about to find out. She’s taking on the role of Brunnhilde in Melbourne Opera’s production of the Cycle.
3/22/2023 • 14 minutes, 12 seconds
Dealing with a 'Costa' living crisis? Grow your own food
Does your heart skip a beat when you go to your local supermarket and avocados have gone from $2 to $5? And when was the last time you saw grapes for less than $10 a kilo.
As the cost of living continues to soar many Australians are finding their green thumbs to grow their own fruit & veg.
3/22/2023 • 10 minutes, 52 seconds
As risk appetites diminish tech business fear a banking crunch
As the fallout from the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank rolls on, local tech businesses are concerned that they could shut out of banking services because of the perception they aren't a safe bet.
3/22/2023 • 5 minutes, 47 seconds
Industry super funds get behind the Commonwealth's housing fund
It's been described by the federal government as the single biggest investment in social and affordable housing in more than a decade.
But with the ten billion dollar Housing Australia Future Fund legislation now heading to the Senate, the Government is getting some push-back from the cross-bench.
3/21/2023 • 4 minutes, 36 seconds
Nationals propose easing of vaping rules for adults
The Nationals want to ease rules around nicotine vapes in Australia, to provide access to them as a tool to help adults quit smoking, while tightening rules around young people accessing them.
It is a position that is at odds with the current health approach in Australia, which only allows access to nicotine vapes with a prescription.
3/21/2023 • 10 minutes, 10 seconds
Greens want incarcerated people to be able to vote in Voice to Parliament referendum
The Greens are putting forward a change to the referendum machinery bill, to allow incarcerated people to vote in the referendum to allow an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
3/21/2023 • 6 minutes, 10 seconds
Breaking down Abi Damaris Corbin's approach to film
One morning in 2017, a 33-year-old Iraq War veteran, Brian Brown-Easley, walked into a bank in the US state of Georgia and informed the tellers that he had a bomb.
But Brian wasn't robbing the bank.
He had two demands: he wanted the Department of Veterans Affairs to return his paycheck and he wanted people to know his story.
Abi Damaris Corbin is making sure the second part comes true. She's the director and co-writer of a new film Breaking, starring John Boyega, which takes audiences into the bank that day.
3/21/2023 • 13 minutes, 24 seconds
Are rental caps a good idea?
The Queensland government is considering a cap on private rentals, with new research showing that soaring rents are causing critical housing stress.
But key economic minds in Australia say the idea could cause significant problems and exacerbate the already serious problem of homelessness.
GUEST Brendan Coates, Grattan Institute economic policy program director
3/21/2023 • 12 minutes, 41 seconds
World's climate scientists issue what one expert calls a "final warning" before global warming exceeds one-point-five degrees Celcius.
According to the latest latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, between 3.3 and 3.6 billion people are living in places "highly vulnerable" to climate change.
3/21/2023 • 10 minutes, 16 seconds
Millions of fish killed in western NSW - again
The Darling-Baaka River in western NSW is like an aquatic war zone, with dead fish floating for kilometres in what is being touted as one of the worst fish-kills the region has ever seen.
3/20/2023 • 7 minutes, 37 seconds
Sophie Scamps says Safeguard Mechanism won't achieve needed emissions cuts
For weeks, the government has been in negotiations with the Greens and key crossbenchers over changes to its safeguard mechanism. Labor needs the legislation passed well before July 1 when the changes are due to take effect
3/20/2023 • 8 minutes, 27 seconds
Not just sleep deprived: Parents of multiples call for more financial support
The Australian Multiple Birth Association and their families were in parliament house today to deliver a report calling for more financial assistance for families welcoming twins, triplets and higher order multiples.
3/20/2023 • 5 minutes, 5 seconds
Lessons still to be learnt from the Iraq war
It has been twenty years since Australia joined the coalition of the willing and the US President, George W Bush, launched Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The choice drew mass protests around Australia and, while the war itself was relatively brief, it was years before troops were permanently withdrawn.
Donna Mulhearn is a writer and activist, and in 2003 she traveled to Iraq as a human shield.
Mulhearn has written about her experiences in two books, and in the Drawing Room she looks back on her experience and on the lessons she feels still need to be learnt two decades later.
3/20/2023 • 15 minutes, 52 seconds
Sophisticated scams almost impossible to detect
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, scammers have robbed Australians of more than $2 billion the last financial year alone.
Columnist and broadcaster Jon Faine shares his story of being preyed on by a scammer.
GUEST Jon Faine, Columnist and broadcaster
3/20/2023 • 10 minutes, 34 seconds
Principals triggering mental health 'red flag' warnings at record levels
A new survey has found that school principals have stress levels so high that nearly half triggered a "red flag" warning in 2022
3/20/2023 • 11 minutes, 56 seconds
Australia's 'eye-watering' AUKUS investment & Paul Keating goes nuclear
This week the government confirmed that Australia will be spend at least $368 billion in the coming decades to develop our next fleet of submarines.
But not everyone is convinced that this colossal investment is needed to meet the challenge of a rising China.
3/17/2023 • 23 minutes, 14 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Michelle Brasier & Chris Ryan
This week we're asking the tough questions on parliamentary nicknames, Academy Award winners and punishments for Latvian drink drivers.
Writer, actor and singer Michelle Brasier faces off with comedian Chris Ryan in this instalment of Let's Get Quizzical to see who knows more about the news, politics and popular culture that unfolded this week.
3/17/2023 • 21 minutes, 36 seconds
The music and empathy of Billy Bragg
Over his ten albums, Billy Bragg has been a voice of conscience, of anger, and of empathy.
He's merged politics with music in a way that very few artists have managed and become a voice that's connected generations of fans
In the Drawing Room, Billy talks about his latest album The Million Things That Never Happened.
3/17/2023 • 16 minutes, 53 seconds
Women's World Cup prize money gets 300% boost
A financial boost ahead of the Women's FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the world football governing body has announced a 300% increase to the prize money - which now stands at $152 million US.
FIFA's president Gianni Infantino also confirmed that none of that money will be coming from Saudi Arabia's tourism authority, as initially reported in January.
3/17/2023 • 9 minutes, 50 seconds
Productivity Commission warns Australians on the path to working longer, for less
Changes to Australia's education system, migration laws and expanding the government's key climate policy are among the recommendations outlined in a report by the Productivity Commission
Guest
Craig Emerson, economist and former senior Labor minister
3/17/2023 • 11 minutes, 47 seconds
Energy regulator warns urgent investment is needed to ensure enough gas supply after 2027
The energy market regulator has flagged possible shortfalls in gas this winter if extreme weather strikes and says the federal government's intervention to impose a price cap has fuelled investment uncertainty.
3/16/2023 • 7 minutes, 35 seconds
ACOSS suggests new tax on wine, soft drink and super to help cover health and aged care costs
The Australian Council of Social Service has more than 60 recommendations ahead of the May federal budget, outlining how it thinks the government should collect more money for health, aged care and low-income households.
3/16/2023 • 10 minutes, 19 seconds
Big Tech: "Existential threat" to advertising agencies. Plus, could detection technology render AUKUS submarines useless?
The federal government's sweeping review of the Privacy Act has Australia's online advertising executives scrambling to oppose privacy protections recommendations.
Plus academic analysis out of the Australian National University and Flinders University shows advancement in detection technology could see newly ordered AUKUS submarines rendered useless by the 2050's.
Guest
Stilgherrian, technology writer and commentator
3/16/2023 • 8 minutes, 6 seconds
Nick Mason unveils Pink Floyd's saucerful of secrets
The Dark Side of the Moon catapulted Pink Floyd to heights that very few bands have reached, but it didn't come out of nowhere.
This was a group that had already put out seven albums and set a standard for progressive and psychedelic music that would inspire generations of artists.
Nick Mason, the band's drummer and one of the founding members, was there from the beginning, and it's those early days that lie at the heart of his latest project, Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets.
On the Drawing Room, Nick talks about heading into Abbey Road Studios, the joys of improvisation, and getting back on the road.
3/16/2023 • 13 minutes
Too much on the plate: why we're heaping pressure on ourselves at family meal time
Research shows that families who eat together more frequently have better diets and family relationships, plus children have higher self-esteem, but in reality we know this is a nightly challenge to meet this expectation.
So how can we navigate family meal time to make it a meaningful and quality experience despite the time and cost of living pressures we're often up against?
3/16/2023 • 9 minutes, 35 seconds
Universities rush to get up to scratch following AUKUS deal
When you get submarines that are nuclear powered, you also need a lot of brain power to build them and keep them running.
The Group of Eight is acutely aware of this and in the coming weeks will meet their US and UK counterparts to work out how to get Australia's leading Universities up to scratch and provide the courses needed for this new frontier.
3/16/2023 • 11 minutes
Dramatic increase in squid fishing, but illegal fishers caught from space
Global squid fishing has increased by 68 per cent between 2017 and 2020. Most of the increase has occurred in unregulated areas of the high seas where fishers think they can't be seen, except, to attract the squid they have to use giant lights that can be seen from space.
3/16/2023 • 6 minutes, 37 seconds
Generational shift: Women and young voters are key in the upcoming NSW election.
In the upcoming NSW Election, the seats in Western Sydney, and the votes of young people and women will be vital.
3/15/2023 • 10 minutes, 25 seconds
Electricity prices set to rise by up to 30 per cent as regulators reveal draft pricing plans
The Australian Energy Regulator has today revealed draft power price increases of between 20 and 22 per cent across South Australia, New South Wales and south-east Queensland.
Guest:
Ted O'Brien, Chris Bowen, Australian Energy Regulator, Cost of Living, Energy Prices
3/15/2023 • 12 minutes, 23 seconds
AUKUS's Pacific ripples
China has criticised the AUKUS submarine deal, saying Australia, the UK and the US risk sparking an 'arms race'.
Now Canberra has turned its focus to the Pacific today in a bid to shore up relations and allay any concerns about the new deal with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visiting Fiji today.
3/15/2023 • 5 minutes, 46 seconds
International Criminal Court mulls Russia indictments for war crimes
The International Criminal Court is reportedly poised to open two war crimes cases targeting Russia officials over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
The court will allege that Russia abducted Ukrainian children and teenagers and sent them to Russian re-education camps, and that the Kremlin deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure.
3/15/2023 • 18 minutes, 23 seconds
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran makes his mark
The sculptures of Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran are bright, colourful, sometimes provocative, and always recognisable.
It's seen him collected by some of Australia's top institutions and selected as GQ's artist of the year.
In the Drawing Room, he talks about leaving the mark of humanness in his art, the melting pot of history, and his new exhibition, Undergod.
3/15/2023 • 20 minutes, 46 seconds
Should your bed only be kept for sex and sleep?
Researchers are looking at how to re-train some people's brains, particularly insomniacs, to better associate their bed with sleep - with some experts urging people to keep their bed purely for sex and sleep.
So what's best practise to maintain a healthy relationship with your bed?
3/15/2023 • 9 minutes, 32 seconds
Are we moving in the right direction to end violence against women and children?
Despite the national campaigns, advertisements and funding, a new report by The Australian Bureau of Statistics shows only modest decreases in violence against intimate partners.
Kristin Diemer, Associate Professor, sociologist and principal research fellow, University of Melbourne
3/15/2023 • 10 minutes, 30 seconds
View from Beijing as AUKUS subs deal formally announced
For their part, US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian PM Anthony Albanese agreed the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal is the biggest trilateral technology agreement since the Cold War.
While the physical price tag for the submarines could be as high as $368 billion, what will it cost Australia with its biggest trading partner China, just as relations were beginning to thaw?
3/14/2023 • 8 minutes, 35 seconds
'The first duty of the government of Australia is to defend the popualtion of Australia': Pat Conroy
Australia's nuclear submarine program will cost up to $368 billion over the next three decades, with confirmation that the federal government will buy at least three American-manufactured nuclear submarines and contribute "significant additional resources" to US shipyards.
3/14/2023 • 13 minutes, 10 seconds
Consumer sentiment remains at 30-year low, as housing prices take a tumble
According to one of the nation's leading banking institutions, Australian consumer sentiment remains at 30-year lows for the second consecutive month - something not seen during both the Global Financial Crisis or the COVID pandemic.
It comes at the same time the nation recorded its largest decline in property values on record, with values dropping by 7.9 per cent in a year.
3/14/2023 • 6 minutes, 50 seconds
Opposition open to supporting budget cuts to fund AUKUS subs, super changes excepted
The Federal Opposition has offered bipartisan support to pass budget savings the Albanese government will need to fund the massive submarine program, expected to cost up to $368 billion for at least eight submarines.
3/14/2023 • 10 minutes, 55 seconds
Kurt Vile: lo-fi love
Between albums, EPs, collaborations, documentaries, and tours, Kurt Vile sets a relentless pace for someone who sounds so laid back.
In The Drawing Room, Kurt talks about his love for lo-fi instruments, covering The Boss, and his latest album (watch my moves).
3/14/2023 • 16 minutes, 15 seconds
Scott Pape on why Government-funded future funds for kids miss the point
If re-elected on March 25, the NSW Coalition has promised to create savings funds for every child and kick in the first $400, plus match up to $400 deposits per year from family.
Once the child turns 18, they can withdraw the money to use it on education or housing, but critics say the scheme to line the pockets of the wealthy with taxpayer money.
3/14/2023 • 11 minutes, 36 seconds
NSW frontline workers say the mental health system is fractured and at crisis point
"Complex", "fractured", "inaccessible", "expensive" and "at crisis point". Those were the words used by frontline workers in the latest survey on the NSW mental health system.
With the state election less than two weeks away, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is hoping this survey of more than 1,300 workers will serve as a wake-up call for the next government.
3/14/2023 • 10 minutes, 22 seconds
AUKUS deal eyeing Port Kembla as nuclear sub home
Port Kembla in the NSW Illawarra region is shaping up to be a firm favourite for a new naval base to house nuclear submarines.
But is it the best site for the job?
3/13/2023 • 11 minutes, 58 seconds
Carbon Counter: Should all business and government entities disclose climate‑related financial risk?
As the world moves towards net zero, capital markets and investors are demanding better quality and internationally comparable information on how companies and businesses are tackling climate change.
But should Australian Treasury force companies to disclose climate-related financial risk in their own reporting?
3/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 34 seconds
Residents refuse helicopter rescue to stay and help in flooded Queensland town
Queensland's remote Gulf of Carpentaria has been transformed into an inland sea, and 96 residents of a small town have been evacuated by helicopter.
Some Burketown residents have chosen to stay, despite the threat of crocodiles and sharks in the floodwaters.
3/13/2023 • 4 minutes
Do we need to destroy Australian suburbia to save it?
Many Australians grew up in an city or town in a suburban home with a decent backyard, close to shops, schools, sports grounds, medical facilities and public transport.
But as we tackle the issue of housing affordability, high costs of living and environmental concerns, is it time to re-imagine the great Australian suburban dream?
3/13/2023 • 13 minutes, 22 seconds
Experts say Australia needs to urgently train and upskill to fulfill AUKUS acquisitions
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is selling AUKUS as a new dawn for Australia's defence policy.
But experts are cautioning that we'll need to urgently train and upskill our workforce to operate, maintain and build this fleet.
3/13/2023 • 8 minutes, 19 seconds
US government cushions blow after Silicon Valley Bank's stunning collapse
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, a significant tech lender and the bank of choice for many startups, is the second biggest bank failure in US history, after Lehman Brothers in 2008.
The US Treasury, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation say depositors will be able to access all their cash on Monday (US time), but is it enough to calm jittery markets?
Guest
Kevin Gosschalk, founder and CEO of Arkose Labs and Silicon Valley Bank customer
3/13/2023 • 9 minutes, 2 seconds
The Friday Wrap
As Anthony Albanese flys the flag for Australia in India, the AUKUS pact is set to deliver a fleet of submarines from both sides of the Atlantic.
3/10/2023 • 22 minutes, 55 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: James Schloeffel & Charles Firth
This week we're asking the tough questions on the political dares, dairy intake and chocolate marketing.
Comedian and Managing Director of The Chaser Charles Firth and satirist and Founder of The Shovel James Schloeffel face off in this instalment of Let's Get Quizzical to see who knows more about the news, politics and popular culture that unfolded this week.
3/10/2023 • 23 minutes, 39 seconds
Mary Coughlan sings her life stories
It was the pain in Billie Holiday's voice that first drew Mary Coughlan to her songs.
That shared pain has been an inspiration over the years, as Coughlan took her own experience of addiction and childhood abuse and became one of the most revered jazz and blues singers in her home of Ireland, covering Holiday's songbook along the way.
In the Drawing Room, Coughlan looks back at the moments of joy, sorrow, and forgiveness that have made up her life so far.
3/10/2023 • 20 minutes, 33 seconds
Anthony Albanese swings in for sport diplomacy spectacle in India
Sport diplomacy went to a whole new level this week for Australia prior to the commencement of the fourth and final cricket test in Ahmedabad, which confined both teams to the nets for their warm-up.
Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese were paraded around in a pre-match ceremony, which included a lap of honour in a gold-painted chariot.
3/10/2023 • 7 minutes, 9 seconds
Malarndirri McCarthy makes history at the UN
Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health Malarndirri McCarthy has become the first Indigenous Australian woman to deliver Australia's National Statement to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York.
Guest
Malarndirri McCarthy, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health
3/10/2023 • 14 minutes, 7 seconds
Minns on a mission: Can Labor break its drought in NSW?
With Chris Minns snapping at his heels, yesterday's transport standstill couldn't have come at a worse time for Premier Perrottet.
3/9/2023 • 10 minutes, 54 seconds
Lidia Thorpe says her image has been misappropriated by the No to the Voice campaign
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has criticised the Conservative Political Action Conference Australia for using pictures of her in Facebook advertisements against the voice to parliament, without her permission.
3/9/2023 • 11 minutes, 46 seconds
Big Tech: Are calls to ban Tik Tok xenophobic? Plus more mass layoffs in the tech sector
Meta, Atlassian and Xero are among the major technolgy companies letting go of hundreds and thousands workers. However not all redundancies are related to profits and share prices being down.
And Tik Tok's Australian born, chief operating officer, Vanessa Pappas says, crticism of the social media platform Tik Tok and calls for it to be banned are xenophobic.
Guest:
Sarah El-Atm, General Manager, August
3/9/2023 • 6 minutes, 24 seconds
"Stop monkeying around" Australia urged to pick the US to solely build nuclear submarines
Reports suggest Australia will buy two types of nuclear submarine – the US-designed Virginia-class and a future British-designed submarine.
The acquisition plan is set to cost hundreds of billions of dollars.
3/9/2023 • 10 minutes, 25 seconds
How an enzyme can pull electricity from thin air
Australian and New Zealand researchers have discovered an enzyme, nicknamed Huc, that converts hydrogen in the air to electricity.
Found in soil dwelling bacteria, it has the potential to create a sustainable and steady supply of clean electricity and can be used to detect hydrogen leaks.
3/9/2023 • 7 minutes, 11 seconds
The harmful narrative of clickbait budget hacks
Have you ever been sucked into a headline promising to save you $150 on your grocery bill with "13 clever hacks"?
Clickbait headlines about money hacks contribute to a harmful narrative for people living at or below the poverty line. Budget meal preparation videos on social media have given audiences a hands-on, and less disingenous, way to take control of their budgets.
Guest
Jasmin Weston, social media influencer
Producer
Jessie Kay
3/9/2023 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
Laura Poitras shows us the beauty and the bloodshed
The photographs of Nan Goldin bear witness to the communities that she's been a part of, providing a loving tribute to those around her and scandalising those who would rather ignore the truths that she presents.
It's work that has been collected by many of the world's great museums.
But more recently, Nan has turned her gaze on those museums, campaigning to have the Sackler name removed from their walls and their collections, because of the family's involvement with Oxycontin and the opioid crisis.
Documentary maker Laura Poitras takes audiences into Nan's campaign, her life and her career in the new film All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.
3/9/2023 • 16 minutes, 26 seconds
Iranian authorities make arrests over suspected schoolgirl poisonings
Since November last year, hundreds of schools have allegedly been attacked with toxic gas in Iran.
Multiple people in six provinces have now been arrested, with the Interior Ministry accusing some of those arrested of having ties to "foreign-based dissident media" and participating in ongoing nationwide protests.
3/8/2023 • 6 minutes, 2 seconds
Labor ordered to release emissions modelling
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young launched and passed a motion to force the Labor Government to release forecasts of how big industrial emitters would use carbon credits to meet the targets created by the proposed safeguard mechanism bill.
3/8/2023 • 8 minutes, 53 seconds
Stronger security and education ties the focus of Anthony Albanese's trip to India
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has led a delegation of business figures to India to enhance economic and security partnerships.
Educational leaders are hoping it will help unlock a 'golden era' between the two nations.
3/8/2023 • 8 minutes, 40 seconds
The Asia Edit: South Korea's olive branch over forced-labour feud with Japan
For decades the relations between South Korea and Japan have frequently been frosty, often with the spectre of Japan's colonisation of the Korean peninsula between 1910 and 1945 hovering in the background.
Now, South Korea appears to be offering an olive branch with Seoul announcing it will set up a fund to compensate victims of forced Japanese labour and Japanese firms won't be asked to contribute.
3/8/2023 • 6 minutes, 5 seconds
Flying racing car, designed and built in Adelaide, gets set for take off
Will we see a Formula One in the skies?
Racing company Airspeeder to launch the world's first flying race car ahead of it's Airspeeder racing series.
3/8/2023 • 5 minutes, 21 seconds
Why terminating a pregnancy during harvest season is nearly impossible
If you’re a woman of reproductive age in a rural or regional Australia, how easy it is to access an abortion?
3/8/2023 • 11 minutes, 53 seconds
Should the media report on hypothetical wars?
If some newspaper front pages are to be believed, a war with China could break out within three years.
Whether you agree with these predictions or not, should the media report on war predictions? If so, how should the media report on war predictions?
3/8/2023 • 13 minutes, 1 second
Mass migration in a warming world
Large parts of the world's most populous countries could become uninhabitable.
That's the stark warning behind Gaia Vince's new book, Nomad Century, which looks at what could happen if temperatures rise to four degrees above pre-industrial levels, a possibility that she says is far more likely than we want to believe.
That would mean billions of people affected, and many of them on the move — an era of climate refugees.
But Vince believes that migration can be a solution instead of a problem, and that beginning to plan now will prevent much worse upheaval in the long term.
3/8/2023 • 24 minutes, 36 seconds
RBA may pause on rates, but more rises needed
Economists believe that the RBA isn't done yet, after raising rates for the tenth straight meeting.
3/7/2023 • 11 minutes, 15 seconds
What does China's growth target mean for Australia?
China's economic growth target has been set at five per cent.
Why is the country aiming for a modest figure when it was expected to see rapid growth, and what are the ramifications for Australia?
3/7/2023 • 6 minutes, 15 seconds
What's behind the record low sea ice around the Antarctic?
Scientists have discovered the area of sea ice around the Antarctic continent is the lowest since satellite measurements began.
This year and the last are the only recorded times that Antarctic sea-ice area has dropped below 2 million square kilometres.
3/7/2023 • 5 minutes, 36 seconds
Reserve Bank of Australia raises interest rates to 11-year high
The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised interest rates for the 10th consecutive meeting, taking the cash rate target to 3.6 per cent.
3/7/2023 • 14 minutes, 32 seconds
Have you been asked to work unreasonably long hours?
The case of Sally Rugg, the former Chief of Staff to Independent MP Monique Ryan, who launched legal action against her former employer and the Commonwealth over a refusal to work unreasonable hours, will now go to trial.
The case has brought into focus the demands on professions where a 60, 70 or even 80-hour working week are seen as a necessity.
3/7/2023 • 11 minutes, 39 seconds
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn: Echo of harmony
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn are two of the world's greatest banjo players.
Both Grammy Award winners, who have worked across many different styles and collaborations.
In the Drawing Room they talk about the history of the banjo, their different styles, and how working together has impacted their relationship.
3/7/2023 • 20 minutes, 8 seconds
The bill designed to end nepotism
A private member's bill designed to end 'jobs for mates' has been introduced by Independent MP Sophie Scamps.
3/6/2023 • 6 minutes, 16 seconds
The Greens urge Labor to go further on superannuation tax concessions
Labor's superannuation policy comes into effect after the next election, and doubles the tax rate on earnings in super accounts with more than $3 million.
3/6/2023 • 8 minutes, 43 seconds
Eraring on the side of caution
It was little more than a year ago that Origin Energy announced it was planning to bring forward the closure of Australia’s largest coal-fired power station, Eraring, by seven years to 2025.
But with energy bills soaring and alarm bells sounding about potential power shortages, the New South Wales Treasurer Matt Kean has flagged the possibility of an intervention to keep the lights on at Eraring.
3/6/2023 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Can gaming change your brain?
Young people addicted to online gaming, waking in the middle of the night to play; or children becoming violent when they're told to stop are the stuff or parenting horror stories that are becoming increasingly common.
New research has shown that gaming can change the brains of teenagers, but, fortunately it’s not irreparable.
Guest
Dr Philip Tam, Child Psychiatrist, researcher and educator
3/6/2023 • 10 minutes, 44 seconds
South Korea's weapon exports dramtically jump, but refuse to directly help Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has opened a door for South Korea’s arms exports, with their weapons sales jumping a record 140%.
Countries arming Kyiv - like Poland, and even the US - are turning to Seoul to replenish their own supplies, but South Korea is refusing to send lethal assistance to Ukraine itself, despite pleas from Kyiv and NATO.
3/6/2023 • 7 minutes, 42 seconds
Australia records worst excess death stats in decades
New figures from the Actuaries Institute show nearly 20,000 more people died in Australia in the first 11 months of last year than expected, the highest number of excess deaths in decades.
Half of those deaths were due to COVID-19, while the virus was a contributing factor in thousands more.
Guest
Karen Cutter, COVID-19 Mortality Working Group at the Actuaries Institute
3/6/2023 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Inside the millionaires' factory
Macquarie Bank is one of Australia's great success stories, with thousands of employees around the globe and a position at the top of the field when it comes to infrastructure asset management.
And it's a company known for rewarding its employees.
In their new book, The Millionaires' Factory, Joyce Moullakis and Chris Wright, talked to more than a hundred people to bring together an examination of the company's past and its future.
3/6/2023 • 18 minutes, 13 seconds
The Wrap: A Super sized politcal barney, Stuart Roberts invokes the Westminster defence & is Jesus ever funny?
This week the government opened up a new frontline with the Coalition announcing its plan to increase the concessional tax rate for superannuation balances of more than $3 million, meanwhile the Coalition isn't covering itself in glory as the Robodebt Royal Commission roles on.
3/3/2023 • 22 minutes, 6 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Nikki Osborne & Luke Heggie
This week we're asking the tough questions on superannuation, lunar time zones and rewriting the classics.
Comedian and actor Nikki Osborne and fellow comedian Luke Heggie face off in this instalment of Let's Get Quizzical to see who knows more about the news, politics and popular culture that unfolded this week.
Guests
Nikki Osborne, actor and comedian
Luke Heggie, comedian
3/3/2023 • 20 minutes, 32 seconds
The NRL season begins, as Australia records a famous victory in India
The NRL season has officially kicked off which means the AFL season is just around the corner and once again you will have the luxury of following four football codes at the one time.
There's also been a riveting third cricket test between India and Australia.
3/3/2023 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
Live sheep trade export to fight ban
An independent panel will advise the government on how to end live sheep exports.
The government has promised to phase out the industry after the next federal election.
3/3/2023 • 9 minutes, 20 seconds
All in the mind: mystery 'Havana Syndrome' declared not an attack
A new report from US intelligence agencies has found that a foreign adversary or adversaries were not responsible for health episodes - dubbed Havana Syndrome - at US embassies around the world.
3/2/2023 • 6 minutes, 40 seconds
Competition watchdog ordered to look at non-compete and no-poach clauses in contracts
Andrew Leigh has tasked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission with looking at the prevalence of non-compete clauses in worker contracts over fears they are driving down wages growth.
3/2/2023 • 9 minutes, 28 seconds
Big Tech: Will the US ban Tik Tok? Plus big business in bed with ChatGPT
This week Canada joined the European Union in banning TikTok on government-issue mobile devices. US lawmakers are pushing for their government to do the same amidst concerns China could weaponize it.
While the ChatGPT artificial intelligence technology is still being refined it's not stopping big business and investors.
3/2/2023 • 7 minutes, 18 seconds
Christopher Makos: Intimacy and Andy Warhol
Christopher Makos first made his name capturing New York's music scene in the 1970s, as glam rock and punk brought a visual kick to the city.
That scene led him to a long friendship and collaboration with Andy Warhol, and to a body of work that's been exhibited everywhere from the Guggenheim to the Whitney.
Makos' work is part the Art Gallery of South Australia's exhibition, Andy Warhol and Photography: A Social Media, and in the Drawing Room he talks about Warhol, candlelit blackouts with Debbie Harry, and how he creates a sense of intimacy in his images.
3/2/2023 • 0
What do you do when a bank closes?
Over the past five years 30 per cent of Australia's bank branches have shut.
That's the focus of a federal inquiry which has begun today in Sale, in Victoria's Gippsland region.
3/2/2023 • 9 minutes, 25 seconds
Bluesfest announces Sticky Fingers is out of the line-up
The inclusion of Australian band Sticky Finger in this year's festival line-up prompted widespread criticism with two acts pulling out of Bluesfest over their inclusion.
Initially the festival stood by the band's inclusion but now Bluesfest says it "cannot, sadly, continue to support Sticky Fingers by having them play our 2023 edition".
3/2/2023 • 7 minutes, 26 seconds
Ex-minister Stuart Robert admits defending Robodebt despite knowing it could be unlawful
Former minister Stuart Robert has told the Robodebt royal commission he takes "absolute responsibility" for the implementation for the illegal scheme.
The robodebt scheme ran between 2015 and 2019, and sought unlawful debts from approximately 443,000 people worth $1.76 billion.
3/2/2023 • 10 minutes, 49 seconds
NSW polls narrow less than month from election day
You'd be forgiven for wondering if there's actually an election campaign underway in NSW. That's because unlike federal parliament, election terms are fixed in NSW, so there tends to be little fanfare when campaigns begin.
But there have been plenty of headlines in this election including controversies and tight polls.
3/1/2023 • 11 minutes, 48 seconds
The Opposition promises to repeal superannuation changes if they win the next election
The federal government plans to double the tax rate on the nation's largest super accounts from 15 per cent to 30 per cent, which it expects to affect about 80,000 people.
But the opposition says it will repeal those changes if they win the next election.
3/1/2023 • 12 minutes, 1 second
Brendan Cowell enters The Crucible
In the town of Salem, a madness has swept the village and allegations of witchcraft, born of greed and vengeance, see the townsfolk brought before the court and hanged.
The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a classic of the stage, both a telling of history and a parable for Miller's time, and perhaps our own.
In the recent production of The Crucible by the London's National Theatre, Brendan Cowell takes on the role of John Proctor, and, in the Drawing Room, Cowell shares his own feelings on authority and the madness of the mob.
3/1/2023 • 20 minutes, 6 seconds
From undesirable to 'hotspot': How Port Pirie is at the front of a regional renaissance
Many Australians are heading to the country, with the latest Regional Australia Institute's Movers Index showing regional hotspots all conspicuously distant from Melbourne and Sydney.
One of those is the regional, industrial town of Port Pirie in South Australia, which has seen a dramatic influx of people moving to the town, flying in the face of perceptions of the town.
3/1/2023 • 8 minutes, 30 seconds
Alice Springs Council withdraws support for remote community football competition
Central Australia's remote football competition has been dealt a major blow after the Alice Springs council withdrew its support for this season amid concerns about crime rates and social issues in the town.
3/1/2023 • 8 minutes, 37 seconds
Australia faces critical juncture with "once in a century" renewable energy and mineral opportunity
US President Joe Biden might not have fired the starter's gun on the race to become an 'electrostate', but his Inflation Reduction Act worth $369 billion USD has awoken the field.
A new report from independent think tank Climate Energy Finance says six months since that announcement, Australia faces a critical juncture to seize the moment and its place at the forefront of the 'new economy'.
3/1/2023 • 9 minutes, 24 seconds
Who is Ajay Banga and why Washington wants him to lead the World Bank
The US President Joe Biden wants Ajay Banga to be the next World Bank President.
But who is he and how did he come to the attention of Washington?
3/1/2023 • 8 minutes, 23 seconds
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen makes surprise visit to Kyiv, brings $1.25 billion in economic aid
US President Joe Biden was in Ukraine a week ago pledging support in the fight to repel Russia.
A week later he’s sent the US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen to Kyiv to reaffirm America’s support, and she's brought the first instalment of an almost $10 billion US economic assistance package.
2/28/2023 • 5 minutes, 17 seconds
"Mummy, what's taking the builders so long?" Lismore residents still waiting to rebuild on flood anniversry
The one year anniversary of the floods that swept through the Northern Rivers and towns like Lismore, has exposed a glaring problem.
Many residents are still living out of tents and caravans while they wait for approval to either rebuild or be bought out despite assurances they would know by now.
2/28/2023 • 12 minutes, 51 seconds
What started off as a 'conversation' about superannuation quickly escalated to a policy commitment
Earnings on super balances above $3million will be taxed at the concessional rate of 30% instead of the current 15%.
The government intends to legislate the changes but they won't come into place until July 2025, and won't be retrospective.
2/28/2023 • 8 minutes, 50 seconds
Are we our own worst enemies when it comes to inflation?
The latest retail data from the Bureau of Statistics, alongside earnings figures from some of Australia’s largest consumer companies, paints an interesting picture.
On the backdrop of consecutive rate rises from the Reserve Bank and a wage rise that's not comparable with inflation, what's driven retail spending up in January?
2/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 25 seconds
Songs For Freedom
For more than a decade, the people of Roeburn, a small town in the Pilbara, have been coming together to create songs, stories and theatre.
That work has led to a new album, Songs For Freedom, which is also a call to end the disproportionate levels of incarceration of Indigenous children.
In the Drawing Room, Fred Ryan and Lucky Oceans talk about the lead single, prisons as a part of the community, and how they became part of the project.
2/28/2023 • 11 minutes, 26 seconds
Why Australia wants low cost, killer drones in the RAAF
Merely weeks away from the federal government releasing its defence strategic review; the Chief of Air Force is pushing for low cost killer drones to boost the RAAF’s capacity.
Air Marshal Rob Chipman has told foreign counterparts and defence leaders that the war in Ukraine demonstrated the importance of air superiority, with a new lethal drone set to be unveiled at this week’s Avalon airshow.
2/28/2023 • 10 minutes, 26 seconds
Safework Australia to investigate ban on domestic use of silicia
State and territory workplace, health and safety ministers have met in Canberra to discuss a potential ban on the domestic use of silica in the wake of reports of silicosis spreading among workers.
One Union-commissioned study predicts more than 100,000 workers could be diagnosed with the incurable lung disease.
2/28/2023 • 8 minutes, 27 seconds
Do you support a Big Australia?
Australia's growing population is predicted to reach 31 million by 2040.
While the government is keen to maintain the flow of new migrants to fill a yawning skills shortage, a new survey has found that just 18 per cent of Australians support a return to pre-pandemic levels of immigration.
2/28/2023 • 11 minutes, 38 seconds
African American Eureka Stockade leader honoured
168 years ago, not far from the Goldfields of Victoria, 13 men stood trial for treason over a bloody rebellion, known as the Eureka Stockade.
The first of the stockade leaders to be acquitted by a jury was African American man John Joseph, whose life has been honoured.
Guest
Caroline Kennedy, US Ambassador to Australia
2/27/2023 • 5 minutes, 6 seconds
Carbon Counter: Meet the woman who wants to create an Australian 'carbon unicorn'
Sophia Hamblin Wang and her company MCI is powering the carbon economy with carbon dioxide taken from the atmosphere.
Her work has propelled her company from being a tech startup to becoming commercialised with global partners, and she's been recognised by the World Economic Forum who named her as a young global leader.
2/27/2023 • 7 minutes, 52 seconds
Prisoners of the castle
Behind the imposing walls of Colditz Castle, during the second world war, hundreds of foreign officers were kept under lock and key.
But despite the impressive facade, it wasn't the most successful prison: dozens of successful escapes were made by the prisoners there, and many more were attempted.
The myth around the camp is of British derring-do, but the people in the camp were far more diverse than the legends suggest.
In his new book, Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle, Ben Macintyre sets out to widen the narrative.
2/27/2023 • 17 minutes, 55 seconds
Company profits: up; cost of living: up; consumer value and satisfaction?
Big businesses are recording record profits, and yet consumers are forking out more and more for their goods and services.
While there is a lack of market competition in Australia, could this be impacting prices and how consumers are treated?
2/27/2023 • 10 minutes
Federal Government announces new national cybersecurity strategy, possible ban on ransom payments considered
The Prime Minister has unveiled the government's new cybersecurity strategy, to be led by a new national coordinator.
The government will consult experts on ambitious policies so Australia can become a global cybersecurity leader by 2030, including banning ransom payments.
2/27/2023 • 10 minutes, 9 seconds
The 'Super Wars' are only just beginning. Independent MP Allegra Spender concerned about potential changes to superannuation
The Federal Government wants to discuss changing the superannuation system, and it is looking at reining in tax concessions for people with large super balances above $3m.
The Federal Opposition says it will block any changes, arguing they'll amount to new taxes on super.
2/27/2023 • 9 minutes, 4 seconds
The passage of the Respect@Work bill was hailed as a great leap forward, but a key issue remains
According to Respect@Work recommendation 25, the risk of ending up with a huge legal bill can act as a disincentive to people who may have considered taking their sexual harassment case to court.
But working out a way that balances removing hurdles for people who want to take action and making sure people don't drag out claims is a tricky balance.
2/27/2023 • 9 minutes, 52 seconds
Why India abstained in UN resolution vote against Russia
Overnight, the U.N. General Assembly approved a non-binding resolution that calls for Russia to end hostilities in Ukraine and withdraw its forces. It passed 141-7, with 32 abstentions.
India was one of the nations that chose to abstain.
2/24/2023 • 8 minutes, 47 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Cameron James and Brodi Snook
This week we're asking the tough questions on political meetings, counting islands and repping Australia at Eurovision.
Comedians Cameron James and Brodi Snook face off in this instalment of Let's Get Quizzical to see who knows more about the news, politics and popular culture that unfolded this week.
2/24/2023 • 19 minutes, 49 seconds
Michael Franti: finding light in the darkness
Michael Franti's music operates as a place of hope. His songs choose optimism over pessimism and reminds us that the world can be good, even when he's pointing out the big problems.
His latest album, Follow Your Heart, comes in the wake of the challenges we all faced during Covid, but also the personal loss Michael experienced when his father passed.
So how does a musician find hope in the dark moments and use it to uplift us all?
2/24/2023 • 18 minutes, 15 seconds
What Wallabies hopes ride on the new Super Rugby Pacific season?
A new Super Rugby season kicks off under a new Eddie Jones era, but what chance do the Australian teams have in bringing home the title for the first time in 9 years?
And how does that translate the national hopes at the Rugby World Cup later this year?
2/24/2023 • 5 minutes, 18 seconds
One year on, defiant Ukranians believe in victory over Russia
On the 24 February 2022, the horrors of war became reality for the people of Ukraine when Russia launched a full-scale attack on their country.
One year on, the people of Ukraine stand firm in their resolve, they will defeat Russia but need more help from their allies in the West.
2/24/2023 • 14 minutes, 2 seconds
Greens to push for further water buybacks, but that prospect fills upstream irrigators with dread.
The federal government has announced it will start a new round of water buybacks to help it achieve a key target under the $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
The new round of buybacks will help achieve what's known as the 'bridging the gap' water target.
2/23/2023 • 5 minutes, 38 seconds
The Friday Wrap: Ukraine's year of horrors, the Voice campaign & Roald Dahl revised
2/23/2023 • 15 minutes, 21 seconds
Big Tech: Bing AI behaving badly, virtual reality profiling and Twitter accounts push Kremlin propaganda
Microsoft's effort to integrate AI into its Bing search engine didn't go quite to plan.
Not-for-profit research group Reset has found Twitter accounts pushing Russian political propaganda are using Twitter's new verification system to make their posts more prominent.
Plus new research suggests the movements we make when using virtual reality could be used to sell to us.
2/23/2023 • 6 minutes, 42 seconds
Reggie Watts on the element of surprise
Reggie Watts is a beat-boxer and musician, using loops of his voice to craft live improvised works that sound like tracks from the best album you've never heard.
He's also a comedian, one half of the electronica group Wajata, a television host, actor, and the bandleader on the Late Late Show with James Cordern.
In the Drawing Room, Reggie talks about putting a band together, the power of absurdism, and how improv allows him to surprise everyone — even himself.
2/23/2023 • 16 minutes, 30 seconds
Queensland looks to bring in British Bobbies (and others) onto its beat
In a bid to remedy Queensland's thin blue line, its police service is looking abroad to try and attract hundreds of officers to its ranks.
2/23/2023 • 6 minutes, 42 seconds
Social media giants hit with a giant please explain over child exploitation material
Twitter, TikTok, Google, Twitch and Discord have been hit with legal threats from Australia's eSafety commissioner, who is demanding information on what they are doing to combat child exploitation material on their platforms.
They face mammoth daily fines if they don't comply.
2/23/2023 • 9 minutes, 39 seconds
What lessons has Climate 200 learnt from Victoria ahead of the NSW election?
Climate 200 was hoping to continue the march of electing teal independent candidates in last year's Federal election into the Victorian State election, but it didn't eventuate, with no Climate 200-backed candidates winning a single seat.
Despite this Climate 200 is hoping to help candidates get elected into NSW Parliament in next month's state election.
2/23/2023 • 9 minutes, 35 seconds
"It's about redemption" Bluesfest boss defends Sticky Fingers inclusion
Byron Bay Bluesfest director Peter Noble doubles down on his decision to include Australian band Sticky Fingers on the festival bill.
2/23/2023 • 12 minutes, 31 seconds
NSW Government plans to rebate women for freezing eggs if re-elected
There are many many reasons why women choose to freeze their eggs, but a prohibitive factor is often cost, with the procedure costing up to $10,000 per cycle and the procedure is generally not covered by Medicare.
As the NSW state election approached, the State Government is promising a $2,000 rebate.
2/22/2023 • 5 minutes, 40 seconds
Australians are being targeted on different fronts. How worried should Australians be about security?
In the Prime Minister's first National Press Club this year, Anthony Albanese promised Defence would get the resources it needs to defend Australia and deter potential aggressors.
2/22/2023 • 10 minutes, 33 seconds
Japan considers lifting age of consent from 13 to 16
Japan is often regarded as an advanced country when it comes to infrastructure and technology, but on criminal justice issues it's lagging behind other developed countries.
But change is afoot. A panel of the Japanese Justice Ministry has proposed raising the age of consent from 13 yes 13, the lowest among all G7 countries, to 16, as the country looks at reforming its out of date laws on sex crimes.
2/22/2023 • 10 minutes, 18 seconds
Tim Rogers rewrites a classic
What Rhymes With Cars and Girls, Tim Rogers' first album away from You Am I, was a triumphant release that was eventually turned into a stage musical, and saw Tim pick up an ARIA Award.
But it seems that Rogers has unfinished business.
His new album with The Twin Set, Tines of Stars, Unfurled, is more than a sequel: it's an album in conversation with the original, with each song talking back to one of those earlier tracks.
2/22/2023 • 15 minutes, 51 seconds
Latest NAPLAN results reveal the postcode may be key to what makes a good school
Such is the thirst for information about a school's performance, online traffic overloaded the MySchool website when the latest NAPLAN results were published.
With large numbers of independent non-Government schools topping 'rankings', what really makes a good school?
2/22/2023 • 9 minutes, 39 seconds
NSW Police criticized for midnight arrest of female student
New South Wales police's alleged heavy-handed arrest and detention of Cherish Kuehlmann has been crticised.
The 23 year old university student alleges up to five officers barged into her home in Sydney's south west, before arresting and then detaining her for four hours, during which time she was charged with a trespass offence.
2/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 35 seconds
Fair Work Commission overrules government on incremental aged care workers' pay rise.
The Fair Work Commission has overruled the Federal Government's planned incremental pay rise for aged care workers.
2/22/2023 • 8 minutes, 17 seconds
National Cabinet goes on the road, meeting in WA for the first time
The Federal Cabinet has been held in Western Australia for the first time.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Port Hedland, and announced $565 million to support common user port upgrades in the Pilbara.
2/21/2023 • 3 minutes, 34 seconds
What did Joe Biden's surpise visit actually deliver to Ukraine?
President Joe Biden paid a surprise visit to Ukraine yesterday, walking the streets of Kyiv with Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelenskyy, even as air raid sirens rang out in the capital.
The trip has been hailed as a defiant display of solidarity and was also met with an extra half a billion dollars in weapons support and comes as the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine looms.
But a former US Ambassador to Ukraine thinks the US should be offering far more weapons to Ukraine.
2/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 18 seconds
How much of an impact does gambling, alcohol and junk food ads have on children?
If you are one of the millions of people who watch sport or use social media, you will have noticed a continuous cascade of advertisements for alcohol, gambling and junk food - and conincidentlaly some of the biggest sponsors of the world's biggest sporting events fall into these categories.
Independent Senator David Pocock wants reform on gambling, alcohol and junk food marketing on children and vulnerable communities.
2/21/2023 • 11 minutes, 54 seconds
Are diners who drink subsidising those that don't?
When was the last time you enjoyed a meal and a drink at a nice restaurant?
Mark-ups on wine at alcohol at bars and restaurants are common place - but at what point are they sustaining a hospitality business, and when do they become excessive?
2/21/2023 • 10 minutes, 20 seconds
A Ceremony for Tiny Ruins
Olympic Girls, the last album by New Zealand band Tiny Ruins, took them around the world and solidified Hollie Fullbrook's reputation as one of the best songwriters around.
Now a new album, Ceremony, is on the way, and in the Drawing Room, Fullbrook shares the inspirations behind the record, and how she collaborated on a very unusual project with the novelist David Mitchell.
2/21/2023 • 17 minutes, 24 seconds
Armed group demand ransom for Australian professor kidnapped in PNG
Police say they will use lethal force if necessary to secure the release of a professor at an Australian university who was taken hostage in a remote area of Papua New Guinea while conducting a field study.
A special police operation is now underway to rescue the group which consists of the professor, an Australian permanent resident and New Zealand citizen, as well as a Papua New Guinean program coordinator, and two University of PNG graduates.
2/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 43 seconds
How last year's floods came to define Australia's housing crisis
If you have to put aside more than a third of your income for your rent or mortgage, you're in housing stress.
There are increasing reports of working families now resorting to couch surfing or living in cars across Australia, an issue explored by the Senate reference committee inquiry into the extent and nature of poverty in Australia in Lismore, NSW, where many communities are also struggling after major flooding last year.
2/21/2023 • 10 minutes, 20 seconds
North Korea completes second missile test in three days
North Korea has fired a pair of missiles off its east coast making it Pyongyang's second test in three days.
2/20/2023 • 10 minutes, 18 seconds
What is the purpose of superannuation? The Federal Government wants to legislate a definition.
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants to safeguard Australia's retirement savings by embedding a definition for superannuation into law.
The government has released a proposed objective which states superannuation is about preserving savings "to deliver income for a dignified retirement."
2/20/2023 • 10 minutes, 54 seconds
Carbon Counter: Electrification pilot takes aim at inflation and carbon emissions
The NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has announced $8 million will go towards supporting world first pilots of community electrification.
What effect will this have on inflation and reducing carbon emissions?
2/20/2023 • 7 minutes, 56 seconds
Robert Forster's Tender Years
From The Go-Betweens to his own solo albums, Robert Forster is one of the great figures of Australian music.
His latest album, The Candle and the Flame, is another triumph. It's also an intensely personal record, recorded in the wake of his wife's diagnosis with ovarian cancer.
2/20/2023 • 16 minutes, 46 seconds
Should yesterday's classics be rewritten for today's children?
Roald Dahl has been hailed as "one of the greatest storytellers of the twentieth century," but the publisher behind Roald Dahl's works has hired sensitivity writers to remove and rewrite language they deemed offensive.
Puffin says it's to ensure classics like Matilda and The Twits can continue to be enjoyed by all today - a move which has been labelled as censorship by other writers like Salman Rushdie.
2/20/2023 • 11 minutes, 4 seconds
Why social media is a double-edged sword for some of Australia's most photographed tourism sites
The ACT Government is investigating how one of its most photographed tourism sites is being marketed and presented on social media after two deadly incidents, a week apart.
While there is no suggestion that the two men who died in these tragedies were seeking a thrill-seeking selfie, the popularity of Gibraltar Falls on social media is showing the difficulty in managing risk and balancing personal responsibility.
2/20/2023 • 7 minutes, 39 seconds
Can AI be ethical? Scientists are working on it.
The Federal Government has contributed to $5 million dollars in grants, which is going towards research collaboration between the US National Science Foundation and the CSIRO towards using artificial intelligence for good.
2/20/2023 • 8 minutes, 5 seconds
Let's Get Quizzical: Mon Schafter and Nate Byrne
This week we're asking the tough questions on political marches, the "Easter Bunny" robbery and superstar singers.
Award winning ABC journalist Mon Schafter and ABC weather presenter Nate Byrne face off in this instalment of Let's Get Quizzical to see who knows more about the news, politics and popular culture that unfolded this week.
2/17/2023 • 17 minutes, 49 seconds
Henry Wagons finds himself South of Everywhere
The master of Australian Americana, Henry Wagons, has just released a new solo album, South of Everywhere, and is heading off to stages around the country.
On RN Drive, Henry talks about finding inspiration after lockdown, LA writers rooms, and whether we need a better term for international flavours of Americana.
2/17/2023 • 19 minutes, 18 seconds
A good day at the office for female cricketers
Ash Gardner has led the Aussie cricketing contingent cashing in at the Women's Premier League auction. But who's behind the injection of money into the women's game and where is it leading?
Plus the Matildas kick off the Cup of Nations, and Formula One's new Academy getting women behind the wheel.
2/17/2023 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
"We have to fundamentally revalue the importance of the first years": Early Years Summit discusses sector challenges
90% of our brain development is squeezed into the first few years of life but there's growing consensus that the nation's current approach to early childhood development needs a rethink.
The Federal Government has brought together parents, community organisations, academics and representatives from the government sector for a summit in the nation's parliament with the aim of tackling challenges in the sector.
2/17/2023 • 10 minutes, 23 seconds
The Friday Wrap with Marian Wilkinson & Peter Hartcher
This week we take a trip down memory lane, with the Greens being warned not to repeat history by voting against the Albanese government’s Safeguard Mechanism and Coalition leader Peter Dutton apologising for not apologising to Stolen Generations back in 2008.
2/17/2023 • 23 minutes, 1 second
Senate Estimates question whether PwC should be blacklisted over former partner's confidentiality breaches
Senate Estimates has heard that potentially up to 30 partners and staff from respected accounting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) were involved in or at least knew about a 2016 scheme to help multinationals avoid paying tax using confidential information obtained while advising the Federal Government on anti-avoidance tax laws.
Former PwC partner Peter-John Collins was investigated by the Tax Practitioners Board and his registration was terminated, but is a further investigation warranted and what powers should the TPB be given to sanction breaches?
PwC has been contacted for comment, but in a statement previously provided to the ABC, CEO Tom Seymour said steps had been taken to prevent confidentiality breaches occurring in future.
2/16/2023 • 6 minutes, 1 second
"It's the literary imagination that matters": Adelaide Writers' Week director defends controversial line up
Adelaide Writers' Week organisers have been criticised for their decision to include author Susan Abul-Ha-Wa in next month's event.
The Palestinian-American writer has been an outspoken critic of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky since the conflict began, accusing him of seeking to start World War III.
2/16/2023 • 9 minutes, 34 seconds
Big Tech: The Federal Government's move to bring in the "right to erasure"
A new right to have personal information collected by companies erased are among the key recommendations of a sweeping review of the nation’s privacy laws.
Plus why is Elon Musk tinkering with the Twitter algorithm to boost his own posts?
2/16/2023 • 5 minutes, 37 seconds
Lauren Fleshman: Good For A Girl
Sport is meant to be the healthiest thing in the world, and professional athletes operate at the top levels of fitness.
So why do women at the top level face stress fractures at three times the rate of their male peers? And why is disordered eating so common among this cohort?
Lauren Fleshman was a professional runner: a college phenomenon and a multiple-time National Champion in the 5000m race. Now, in her new book, Good For A Girl: A Woman Running In A Man's World, she looks back on her career, and examines what needs to change so that sport is healthy for women: in body and mind.
2/16/2023 • 16 minutes, 28 seconds
Would you freeze yourself for a chance to see the future?
A new cryonics facility, the first in Australia, has opened in regional New South Wales, making it more accessible for Australians to freeze their bodies for a chance to be reanimated after their death.
But how much does it cost for a chance to see what the future holds?
2/16/2023 • 11 minutes, 8 seconds
Video resurfaces of Turkiye's President boasting of development amnesty
More than 41,000 people are now known to have died following last week's earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria.
With Turkish authorities issuing 100 arrest warrants over collapsed buildings, a video has resurfaced of Turkiya's President Recap Tayyip Erdowan boasting of having issued an amnesty to developments that didn't meet earthquake building standards during a campaign rally in 2019.
2/16/2023 • 10 minutes, 24 seconds
Federal Government launches new national autism guidelines for kids under 12
Kids with autism don't need to be cured, they need to be embraced.
That's according to new national guidelines, launched today by the federal government which outline the best ways to ensure there's effective and consistent support for children up to the age of 12.
2/16/2023 • 7 minutes, 46 seconds
Australian emergency nurse to compete in Death Valley ultramarathon in one of the hottest places on earth
Death Valley, California is one of the hottest places on earth. It's also the place where the extreme Badwater 135 ultra marathon will be held in July this year.
Newcastle, New South Wales emergency nurse, Maree Connor is one of the one hundred invitation only participants who will push her body to extremes as she run the two hundred and seventeen kilometre track.
2/15/2023 • 6 minutes, 33 seconds
Reserve Bank governor defends unpopular rate hikes, as more to come
Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has defended the board's nine consecutive interest rate rises since May during a Senate estimates grilling, warning there's a risk inflation is yet to be controlled.
Those monthly rate increases have seen annual repayments on a $600,000 dollar mortgage rise $13,500
2/15/2023 • 10 minutes, 35 seconds
Art and thought in The Free World
A professor of English at Harvard, a Pulitzer prize winner and a staff writer at The New Yorker, Louis Menand brings a careful eye to the big picture of history.
In his latest book, The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War, he's looking back at a time when the US became the cultural force in the world — and at the figures who helped to shape that time
A professor of English at Harvard, a Pulitzer prize winner and a staff writer at The New Yorker, Louis Menand brings a careful eye to the big picture of history.
In his latest book, The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War, he's looking back at a time when the US became the cultural force in the world — and at the figures who helped to shape that time
2/15/2023 • 16 minutes, 23 seconds
Should children in the workforce still living in the family home pay board and keep?
Have you ever pondered over if you should ask your children who are still living at home and the workforce to pay board and keep.
With the cost of living ever increasing, is nowthe time?
2/15/2023 • 11 minutes, 6 seconds
Is the writing on the wall for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan?
The latest report card on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan has found some significant failings, and only minor gains in the past six months.
It’s likely to heap political pressure on the Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek as important elements of the plan are unlikely to be achieved by next year's deadline.
2/15/2023 • 11 minutes, 12 seconds
Would putting cables underground help recovery and rebuilding after major disaster?
Tens of thousands of New Zealanders remain without power following Cyclone Gabrielle's deadly lashing.
As many communities prepare to rebuild, should authorities invest in the costly exercise of putting overhead power lines and cabling underground to better prepare for the next extreme weather event?