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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, 2 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, 2 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
Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad “living in two different worlds” since fleeing Gaza
Millions around the world watched Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad as she documented online her life under Israeli attack after 7 October 2023. Now she has released a memoir: a collection of dia…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump takes on the LA protesters and Elon Musk
Donald Trump’s decision to deploy 2,000 national guard troops against demonstrators protesting against widespread immigration crackdowns in Los Angeles has been criticised as the ‘act of a dictator’.…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode 1
Three years ago, British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous defender Bruno Pereira vanished while on a reporting trip near Brazil’s remote Javari valley. The Guardian’s Latin America co…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Back to Back Barries: shifting alliances abroad and at home
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry take a look under the hood of the week in Australian politics. They examine the Albanese government’s response to US requests to increase defence spending, the extended …
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Death cap mushrooms, foraging and a dehydrator: Erin Patterson takes the stand
After nearly a month of hearing experts, witnesses and police officers testify, this week Erin Patterson herself took to the stand. Patterson is facing three charges of murder and one of attempted mu…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago