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Chris Bowen on the fuel crisis, a gas tax, and backing the Iran war
Episode 1860
It’s been a rollercoaster ride on the global oil market, with wild swings in petrol prices at the bowser.
The war against Iran has caused panic buyin…
3 weeks ago
Should tobacco shops exist? The new weapon in the tobacco wars
Episode 1859
Australia’s tobacco wars are fuelling violence, with fire bombings and arson attacks spanning across the east coast.
Now the federal government wants…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Covid-level crisis? How Australia ignored fuel warnings
Episode 1858
John Blackburn spent four decades in the Air Force, rising to Deputy Chief.
For more than decade he’s been warning that Australia is too reliant on i…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Disinformation Wars and a ‘Post Truth’ World
Episode 1857
Like so many stories about misinformation, this one starts with a social media post.
“Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowin…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
The giant cuttlefish and the deadly algal bloom
Episode 1856
It’s been one year since dead fish began washing up on South Australian beaches, as the largest algal bloom in Australia’s history spread along the c…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Will SA be hit by One Nation’s ‘orange wave’?
Episode 1855
South Australia does not usually wake up on election day at the centre of the national mood. But this morning, a contest that looks settled on paper …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
The other war front: Lebanon on the brink
Episode 1854
While the world focuses on the war underway in Iran, Israel and the Gulf, there is another war front developing – Lebanon.
Lebanon’s Iranian-backed S…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
“Grown men reduced to tears”: the laws pushing farmers to the brink
Episode 1853
Brett Hosking is a fifth-generation grain and livestock farmer, and has seen his fair share of heartache and hard times.
But this time, it’s not a na…
4 weeks ago
“A real smack in the face”: Did the RBA get it wrong?
Episode 1852
Australians are in for a world of pain, with mortgages and rents set to rise after our second interest rate hike in as many months.
It was a line-bal…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
“Prices could double”: how the fuel crisis will hit your hip pocket
Episode 1851
The war in the Middle East has sent Australia’s fuel prices soaring.
And people are worried that if the battle between the US-Israel and Iran continu…
4 weeks, 2 days ago