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Read This: Tim Winton’s Got the Juice
Episode 1393
It is more or less impossible to imagine Australian literature of the past half century without Tim Winton. From his debut, An Open Swimmer to his ep…
1 year, 3 months ago
The ‘secret’ proposal that could fast-track fracking
Episode 1392
After the Country Liberal Party came into power in the Northern Territory, they scrapped a number of key portfolios.
Among them was the climate change…
1 year, 3 months ago
Donald Trump is back
Episode 1391
As the US election began to rapidly slip away from Kamala Harris, it became clear that the presidential candidate wasn’t going to speak at her electi…
1 year, 3 months ago
If Trump loses, will Fox News admit it?
Episode 1390
On the eve of the American election, polls say Harris and Trump are neck and neck. Of course, Donald Trump says that’s not true.
It’s nothing new for …
1 year, 3 months ago
The end of truth telling in Queensland
Episode 1389
One of the first things David Crisafulli did when he became premier of Queensland was order the state’s Truth-telling inquiry to stop immediately.
The…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why the Qantas saga is ‘classic Albanese’
Episode 1388
The prime minister’s relationship with former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce, and whether he likes a free upgrade, has been the talk of Canberra, prompted by …
1 year, 3 months ago
Read This: Robbie Arnott’s Restless Mind
Episode 1387
In just three books Robbie Arnott has established himself as a writer to trust. Flames (2018), The Rain Heron (2022) and Limberlost (2022) were all r…
1 year, 4 months ago
Israel's war with Hezbollah inflames civil war tensions
Episode 1386
On a street in downtown Beirut there’s a five-storey building – a derelict hotel.
It was empty for years, until recently, when hundreds of displaced p…
1 year, 4 months ago
Anti-corruption boss accused of ‘officer misconduct’
Episode 1385
When the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme handed down its findings, the commissioner in charge went to great lengths to refer six individual…
1 year, 4 months ago
The truth about Trump's “border chaos” claims
Episode 1384
In a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, just over a week from the election, Donald Trump took to the stage with a vision for the first day o…
1 year, 4 months ago