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Cyclone politics
Episode 1494
Cyclone Alfred hits as we gear up for the federal election, bringing back memories of the floods and bushfires that tore through the country last tim…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Patricia Karvelas’ guide to saving democracy
Episode 1493
Australia is heading into a federal election at a time when trust in politics and our institutions is eroding.
Over the past two decades, satisfactio…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The killing of Natan Mwanza
Episode 1492
One evening, two weeks ago, Natan Mwanza was stabbed and killed at a bus stop in Melbourne’s south-west.
He was 24 years old.
Natan’s family had migr…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
'Unfettered power': Former ambassador on rethinking the US-Australia alliance
Episode 1491
When Arthur Sinodinos arrived in Washington as Australia’s ambassador to the United States in 2020, he was told the best way to get things done with …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
What Russia is promising Trump
Episode 1490
When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance in the Oval Office on Friday, they were …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
A bizarre and frankly gross thing happening
Episode 1489
Warmer waters, disease and antibiotics have pushed Tasmania’s salmon farms into crisis.
But it’s not just an environmental disaster – it’s also a pol…
1 year ago
Read This: Sean Wilson Pulls Back the Curtain on Dementia
Episode 1488
In Melbourne-based author Sean Wilson’s new book, You Must Remember This, he tackles the complicated, tragic, and often fraught subject of dementia. …
1 year ago
Geraldine Brooks on Anthony Albanese's legacy
Episode 1487
It was just before Christmas when Geraldine Brooks sat down for the first in a series of conversations with Anthony Albanese – and his popularity was…
1 year ago
A phone call from Tony Burke and the sacking of Venice Biennale artist Khaled Sabsabi
Episode 1486
When the country’s peak arts body, Creative Australia, decided to dump Australia’s representative at the Venice Biennale, it set in motion an existen…
1 year ago
Exclusive: Ten dead after welfare glitch ignored by government
Episode 1485
It was 2020 when the government first discovered that a glitch in its system was wrongfully cutting welfare recipients off from their payments.
Rath…
1 year ago