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Back to Back Barries: Albanese and the world waits on Trump
As the US president deliberates on whether or not to launch strikes on Iran, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry discuss the global effort to de-escalate the conflict in the Middle East and what it all mea…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Newsroom edition: the consequences of the Israel-Iran war
The world is hanging on to Donald Trump’s every word, waiting to see if or how the US will intervene in the Israel-Iran conflict. While Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, warns of risk…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Air India crash and the miracle of seat 11A
Aviation journalist Jeff Wise on the crash of flight AI171, in which at least 270 people died, and how one passenger in seat 11A managed to survive
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump cancels on Australia at the G7
Anthony Albanese had hoped to meet Donald Trump in person for the first time at the G7 summit in Calgary, Canada. But now that meeting will no longer take place – as the US president cut short his ti…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Israel’s war with Iran: what does it want?
It has been five days since Israel launched attacks on Iran and the war seems to be escalating. The civilian death toll is rising and Israeli forces have issued an evacuation order for parts of Tehra…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Arise, Sir David Beckham
On Friday it was announced that David Beckham was to receive his knighthood – the fruits of a campaign for the honour that started more than a decade ago. So why now? And what does it say about the U…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The politics of an all Māori album: Marlon Williams
Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Marlon Williams spent five years on his latest album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka, which is entirely in the Māori language. The release coincides with the current New Zealand coal…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Back to Back Barries: Albanese prepares to face ‘toxic’ Trump
In the lead-up to Anthony Albanese’s trip to the G7 summit in Canada, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry discuss the Pentagon’s Aukus review as well as the two countries’ contrasting views on sanctions on…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Will the Aukus submarine deal go belly up?
The US Department of Defense has announced a review of the Aukus submarine deal, just days before Australia’s prime minister is due to meet Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Canada. Political reporter…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The shocking death toll from inaction in prisons
A Guardian Australia investigation reveals the government inertia behind the suicide crisis in Australian jails. Dozens of inmates have killed themselves in the past two decades using ligature points…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago