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The real impact of Trump's cuts to Australian research
Episode 1518
In recent weeks, Australian researchers began receiving a questionnaire.
Sent by the US government, it asked things like “can you confirm that this i…
1 year, 2 months ago
Read This: Zanzibar Is Still Home for Abdulrazak Gurnah
Episode 1517
Tanzanian-born, London-based author Abdulrazak Gurnah was midway through writing his latest novel, Theft, when he received a call letting him know he…
1 year, 2 months ago
Albanese v Dutton: What's at stake on May 3
Episode 1516
In his press conference announcing the May 3 federal election, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australians have a choice, warning Opposition Lea…
1 year, 2 months ago
Peter Dutton and the billionaires
Episode 1515
While Peter Dutton’s electorate braced for Cyclone Alfred, the opposition leader flew to Sydney to attend a $25,000 dollar-a-head dinner at Justin He…
1 year, 2 months ago
The tabloid panic rewriting bail laws
Episode 1514
Traditionally, the idea of bail meant that someone accused of a crime had the right to be free until their trial. But over nearly fifty years, that h…
1 year, 2 months ago
The election budget: What's in it for you?
Episode 1513
Jim Chalmers has handed down the Labor government’s election budget.
Front and centre was a surprise tax cut for all Australians, along with many of …
1 year, 2 months ago
The end of the Gaza ceasefire
Episode 1512
The ceasefire in Gaza collapsed a week ago as Israel launched a series of airstrikes.
Since then, more than 600 people have been killed, including ch…
1 year, 2 months ago
‘The gangsters have gone f*cking nowhere’: The failed clean up of the CFMEU
Episode 1511
When footage of a CFMEU “health inspector” assaulting a woman was made public last week, it shocked a lot of people. But many union members weren’t s…
1 year, 2 months ago
Read This: Robert Dessaix Is a Fox (Not a Hedgehog)
Episode 1510
Tasmanian writer Robert Dessaix is a man of many talents when it comes to the written form – from travel memoir and fiction to biography and philosop…
1 year, 2 months ago
‘If I was on the Labor side of politics, I'd be worried’
Episode 1509
Kos Samaras spends hundreds of hours listening to what voters really think.
In focus groups and in surveys, his research and political strategy firm,…
1 year, 2 months ago