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2025 Picks: 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…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
2025 Picks: 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…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
2025 Picks: Why energy giants want to control solar batteries
It was a decision driven by spite for Sydney man Peter Anderson.
He was determined to buy a solar battery for his home so he could take money away fr…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Sarah Ferguson on interviewing Jacinda Ardern
Sarah Ferguson's interviews illuminate the biggest issues of our times and reveal insights from the most interesting people in public life.
How did sh…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Leigh Sales on humanity’s best stories
Some stories are best told first-hand by those at the centre of the action.
It's how the ABC's Australian Story has brought us so many compelling per…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Matt Bevan on the players in Trump’s orbit
The US President Donald Trump has surrounded himself with colourful and controversial characters.
From Steve Witkoff, who once bought Trump a sandwic…
9 months ago
Stephanie March on Gaza, autocracy and elephants
ABC foreign correspondent Stephanie March has explored the tensions between elephant tourism in Botswana and the destruction the creatures bring to l…
9 months ago
Alan Kohler on robots and the future of work
The continuing rise of artificial intelligence was one of the big stories of 2025. But how long until humanoid robots, with an AI brain, step into th…
9 months ago
Is Bondi the start of a new era of terror?
What actually works to prevent terrorist attacks and is Australia up to challenge in a complex threat environment?
The Prime Minister says new laws to…
9 months ago
Albanese’s 'wicked' antisemitism problem
Catastrophe has a way of shaping leaders. Winston Churchill during World War Two, George Bush during 9/11 and Scott Morrison during the Black Summer …
9 months ago