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Is the Israeli President's visit a "bad mistake"?
Episode 1810
In the wake of the Bondi terror attack, the Prime Minister invited Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Australia, a move framed as an act of solidarity…
2 months, 1 week ago
Is a New Nuclear Arms Race Brewing?
Episode 1809
Between them, the US and Russia hold 90 per cent of the world’s nuclear firepower.
But today, the New START Treaty, which limits the number of missil…
2 months, 1 week ago
Why 'good character' references are being scrapped
Episode 1808
For years, survivors of some of the worst crimes imaginable have been put through hell. Their perpetrators allowed to use glowing character reference…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Colombia, Trump and the drug war
Episode 1807
When the US military seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, people in Colombia were left wondering if they were next.
Almost immediately, Donald…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The national shame of locking up 10 year olds
Episode 1806
Australia likes to present itself as a defender of human rights. But right now, on the world stage, that reputation is being seriously questioned.
D…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Is this why we still haven’t seen gambling reform?
Episode 1805
In Anthony Albanese’s political universe, personal relationships are everything.
High on the list for Albanese is his bond with Peter V'landys, the C…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Sean Kelly on the right’s identity crisis
Episode 1803
The Liberal Party is locked in a very public power struggle. The Coalition has broken apart. One Nation is on the rise.
What’s emerging isn’t just a…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Daniel James on the Perth pipe bomb
Episode 1802
At Forrest Place in Boorloo (Perth), on what this country officially calls Australia Day, around 2,500 people gathered to mark Invasion Day. They lis…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The man behind the Nationals’ leadership spill
Episode 1801
Colin Boyce is a Nationals MP from Central Queensland. He represents a huge swathe of land stretching from Bundaberg to Rockhampton – and as he’s tra…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Treason, coup plots and corruption: Behind Xi’s military purge
Episode 1800
Xi Jinping has just sacked his top military general – putting him under investigation and accusing him of “grave violations of discipline and the law…
2 months, 2 weeks ago