Podcast Episodes

Laura Tingle on Netanyahu vs Albanese

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Anthony Albanese is a weak leader who has betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s Jews. 

But do we really need to be in lockstep with Israel as it …

Published on 4 months ago

The productivity problem with car washing

Why have so many hand car wash services replaced automatic machines?

It has to do with immigration policies and there are implications for Australia’s productivity which is among the worst in the deve…

Published on 4 months ago

Will Trump’s 'security guarantees' end Putin’s war?

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been to the White House before in what became an infamous encounter with Donald Trump. 

This time he took an entourage of European leaders as backup as the US preside…

Published on 4 months ago

Is Trump backing Putin’s plan for 'peace'?

If the Putin-Trump meeting on the weekend brought about anything, it was a closer relationship between the two leaders. One an accused war criminal, the other a convicted felon. 

So, with the US presi…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

How China became a green energy superpower

In the month of April, China installed more solar power than Australia ever has. 

China is also now home to half of the world’s wind power and half of the world’s electric cars.

Despite this, China rem…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

How RFK Jr is eroding global trust in vaccines

Donald Trump once declared mRNA vaccines a medical miracle, now his health Secretary is taking an axe to them.

Robert F Kennedy Junior doesn’t believe in the science behind the vaccines that were depl…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Peter Greste on Israel’s strike on journalists

This week, five Al Jazeera journalists were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza.

Israel confirmed it had targeted one of the men it says was the head of a Hamas terrorist cell, an allegation Al Jazeer…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Will Trump strike a 'land swap' deal with Putin?

Donald Trump wants to win a Nobel Peace Prize and so he’s desperate to end the war in Ukraine. 

He’ll be in Alaska later this week meeting the Russian president in the first face-to-face encounter the…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Why Netanyahu calls Australia ‘shameful’

In a move that will further anger the Israeli leader, Australia will recognise a Palestinian state in September following declarations from the UK, France and Canada.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese s…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Why won’t Musk let Tesla EVs power homes?

Elon Musk’s Tesla electric vehicles can not generally be used to power Australian homes.

Why is that, when the batteries in Tesla EVs are much more powerful than most home batteries? 

As Australia tran…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago