Opposition leader Peter Dutton concedes the Liberals won’t be taking the newtax cuts away from people.

The American singer-songwriter and creative force, Amanda Palmer wears many hats... she's a  musician, has presented a Ted talk, she's a New York Times best-seller, and a former street performer.

Do you reply to emails outside of work or is your phone switched to “Do Not Disturb” as soon as you walk out of the office doors?

There are mounting worries for thousands of sheep and cattle stranded off the coast off Western Australia, in sweltering heat, because of a bio security stand-off.The ship was ordered back by the Federal Department of Agriculture after it diverted off its course to the Middle East due to security concerns in the Red Sea.

Right now in Hawaii, the world's best surfers are competing in the world's most prodigious surf event, the Pipeline Pro. But already this season, five professional surfers have been seriously injured there raising questions about whether more needs to be done to keep surfers safe.

They were the party for change and were willing to put the institution on notice. The Move Forward Party exceeded expectations at the Thai general elections last May winning the most seats. However they failed to form a coalition government.They had also pledged at the elections to amend the country's lese majeste laws, which carry penalties of up to 15 years in jail for criticising the royal family.But this week the country's Constitutional Court rejected the move, saying the party's policy amounted to an attempt to overthrow the democratic regime of government with the King as head of state.

The Environmental Defender's Office has been under intense scrutiny, after a Federal Court judge accused it's lawyers of coaching witnesses from the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory - and confecting evidence - in an unsuccessful legal battle against Santos's Barossa gas Project. The NT government says it's reviewing its funding of the Territory's branch and the federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has vowed to cut the EDO's funding if elected. 

Just over two months ago, the Israel Gaza conflict had its first and only temporary ceasefire.During that time more than 100 Israeli hostages - held by Hamas - were freed in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. This ceasefire lasted less than a week. Qatar was the key mediator behind those hostage-release negotiations and there's growing optimism this week that this tiny Gulf nation can help secure a new deal. 

Andrew Blanch and Emily Granger are a pioneering guitar and harp duo. Both celebrated soloists in their own right the two combine forces in this dreamy instrumental album Suite mágica which celebrates Australian composers.

Forty years ago today, a little green card entered the life of every Australian, revolutionising the way we access health care.

A deal between the federal government and Western Australia to co-fund public school improvements will not be taken up by other states.Labor intended to roll the same co-funding plan out nationwide but other states want the government to unilaterally lift its funding share to close the public school funding gap.

Distillers say the six-monthly excise increases are crippling the industry but health advocates argue the tax rise is necessary to keep up with inflation and prevent alcohol misuse.

It's supposed to be simple: If you're insured and your house gets damaged in a natural disaster, you should be able to process a claim in a timely fashion. But as the clean up from ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily continues in North Queensland this week, a parliamentary inquiry into insurers' responses to major flood claims in 2022 has heard the process is anything but simple. In fact, it can be traumatising for flood victims. 

The fate of thousands of cattle and sheep on board a ship ordered back to Australia amid security concerns in the Red Sea remains unclear, as the vessel now sits off the coast of Western Australia nearly a month after its departure.The ship, operated by Israeli-based Bassem Dabbah Ltd, is facing biosecurity issues as livestock on board cannot be reintroduced to an Australian herd, despite not having docked at any other port.

It was a monument that symbolised Pyongyang's dream of the two Koreas one day rejoining. For more than 20 years, the 30 metre high concrete Arch of Reunification stood over the Reunification Highway leading from Pyongyang to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.       But new satellite images - analysed by NK News - suggest this huge arch has now been torn down. 

Israeli special forces dressed in doctors’ scrubs and women’s clothes infiltrated a hospital on the West Bank yesterday where they carried out executions of three Palestinian militants.

Forming in 1995, at a time when Brit Pop was king, Mogwai was an Indie Scottish post-rock band and everything about them was a rebellion - against being considered ‘British’, against pop music, against having lyrics for lyrics sake, and against big record labels.

Most Australian children return to class this week, but will there be teachers in their classrooms?In NSW alone the department of education estimates 10,000 classes a day miss out on adequate educational support in public schools.

A group of 50 prominent Australians including two former Labor foreign ministers, Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty and two liberal ministers are calling for Australia to take a more active role in heading off a potential war between China and the USA.

More than 13 tonnes of disposable vapes have been seized in the first large-scale bust in Australia since import bans took place on January 1. Around 150,000 disposable vapes worth $4.5 million were seized in two shipments in South Australia.

Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister said yesterday that China had approached PNG with an offer of more police and security assistance.But the Federal Government says Australia remains PNG's closest security partner.

There have been growing calls for the government to diversify its tax policy so it isn’t so heavily reliant on income tax.

He was once the right-hand man to former Fiji coup leader and prime minister Frank Bainimarama. Now Colonel Penioni ‘Ben’ Naliva has been appointed as deputy commander of the Australian Army’s 7th Brigade. 

It’s common to see court cases depicted on TV and in movies or written up in the news; a guilty or not guilty verdict is often where the story ends but we rarely get to see and hear about another part of the prison system... parole.

Generational divides have been as certain as death and taxes but recent data out of the US, UK, Germany and South Korea has revealed that there's a new ideological divide brewing, this time between genders.

The founder of the successful 'Exit' deradicalisation programs warns a 'naming and shaming' approach to far-right extremists is a risky strategy.

Doctors are increasingly turning away from bulk billing with an 11 per cent drop in bulk-billed clinics in the past 12 months.

A 9-month-long, 60-plus-stop world cruise has captivated the internet's imagination since it first set sail in early December.

20 years ago Asbestos was completely banned in Australia and yet about one in three homes still has the deadly material. Now reports are emerging of asbestos being found in processed soil or sand in landscaping products, sporting fields and residential developments.

American pop icon Taylor Swift's stratospheric success and popularity has made her the target of dark forces. X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, has temporarily blocked searches of the pop icon, after sexually explicit deep fake images were circulated on the platform. One image was viewed 47 million times before the account was suspended. Even the White House has weighed in on the issue.

The documentary A Compassionate Spy explores the life and love story behind the youngest scientist on the team behind the atomic bomb Ted Hall, who risked everything to do what he thought was right.

The 2024 school year kicks off this week much to the relief of parents who have been counting down the remaining days of school holidays like a prison sentence.

A Hong Kong court has ordered the liquidation of China Evergrande, a move likely to send shockwaves through China's financial markets as policymakers scramble to contain a deepening crisis.Evergrande, the world's most indebted property developer with more than $450 billion ($US300b) of liabilities, defaulted on its offshore debt in late 2021 and has become emblematic of a debt crisis that has engulfed China's property sector.

China already builds around 85 per cent of the electric vehicles sold in Australia including Teslas, Polestars, Volvos and some BMWs.  

Anthony Albanese scraps the Stage 3 Tax Cuts in favour of 'middle Australia' and Australia marks its national day with celebration and mourning.

There’s nothing that says Australia quite like a sweltering 30-degree day with thick humidity on our national holiday, but a day like today can be more than just unbearable, it can be deadly.

When Mo moved across the seas to Europe he brought South Africa’s AfroHouse music with him. Running Afroelectronic club nights and inviting all sorts of African DJ’s to play bringing sounds and communities together in Paris and London.

Australia Day means different things for different people.For some of you, it's about becoming an Australian citizen. For others, it's a holiday and a day to celebrate a chapter of this land's history. But for some of you too this is a day of mourning and a reminder that this country's journey to reconciliation with First Nations people is a long one.For Labor Senator Malarndirri McCarthy this day has come to have a new meaning. It's a personal one. She says she feels gratitude today because her son is ok.

Australia is known for its deadly creature, but what are the most painful to be stung by?

While there have been some spectacular displays of tennis from the likes of rising Chinese star Zheng Qinwen and Men’s World number one Novak Djokovic, the scheduling of the tournament has left many fans upset.

For some, it was their life's work to the sciences or arts that earned them the top honour like plastic surgeon Fiona Wood who invented spray on skin for burns victims.

A free and open press has long been considered essential in holding power to accountability, especially during times of conflict but there’s growing concern about the erosion of these principles in Israel.

The business lobby wants the Fair Work Commission to reduce the size of this year's increase to the minimum wage in response to revised stage 3 tax cuts.Under the revised stage 3 plan, a minimum wage earner will receive a $826 tax cut.

There's been a seven per cent increase in prisoners on remand and an almost 20 per cent increase in women committing burglaries.

What happens when you sit down with 16 directors and ask them about the future of cinema and do the answers differ when you revisit that same question 40 years later?We speak to the director of a documentary, about a documentary, about film.

It's safe to say you have probably broken a promise at some point in your life. But why did you do it and was it for the right reasons? Fairness can be a rather subjective thing.The Federal Government has today broken an election promise to leave Stage 3 tax cuts - for high income earners - unchanged. But some high income earners say it's the right thing to do.  

Remember John Howard's famous distinction between "core" and "non-core" election promises?What about Tony Abbott's 2013 election promise of "no cuts to education, no cuts to health and no cuts to the ABC or SBS"? Well today we received confirmation of another policy about-turn with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing changes to the Stage 3 tax cuts at the National Press Club.

The US state of New Hampshire is investigating reports that an apparent robocall used Artificial Intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden's voice, discouraging voters from going to the polls.

Australia's competition watchdog will now investigate supermarket pricing, after the prime minister announced a new probe led by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

The mayor of Townsville has foreshadowed that the now category three cyclone could damage thousands of homes in her city, some so badly they could be rendered uninhabitable.

Former News Limited CEO Kim Williams has been announced as the next ABC chair to replace Ita Buttrose when her term expires in March.

On November 17, 2022, Kenneth Smith became the second living person in the US to survive an attempted execution. This Friday, he will face death again via a method that has never been used in a US execution: nitrogen hypoxia.

It was a question that for a very long time got an adamant 'no' from the Albanese government: Would the government break an election promise and revise its Stage 3 tax cuts?As the cost of living crisis continues, the government has started 2024 with a change of heart with stage 3 tax cuts to be made less generous for high-income earners.

This week Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a new Hindu temple where a sacred 16th century mosque was destroyed decades ago.

In north Queensland, the threat level of a storm developing in the Coral Sea is intensifying, with authorities likely to declare it a cyclone on Wednesday.

We're a nation obsessed by houses and one woman has tapped into our fascination with ‘other people's homes' with her passion project and new book.

You had "Howard's battlers" and the aspirational voters and you had Morrison's "quiet Australians".Now you have Albanese's "Middle Australia" with the Federal government set to change the Stage 3 tax cuts - something they said they wouldn't do both during and after the last election. 

Despite being criminally indicted on 91 counts, facing the threat of having his business shut down in New York State over a civil suit and having being barred from the ballot in Colorado, Republican voters it seems just can't get enough of the former President.

As the supermarket sector continues to haul in super profits to the tune of billions, demands for greater oversight are growing.

February will mark two years since the devastating Northern Rivers floods saw the Tweed Valley inundated by a wall of water.

The government has named, shamed and sanctioned a Russian hacker over the 2022 Medibank data breach, which exposed the personal details of millions of Australians.  

Australian education ministers have reversed earlier bans on students using AI platforms like ChatGPT.They’ve set up a framework guiding how the technology can be used and this year it will be formally rolled out in all Australian public schools.

At a time of growing concern about plummeting birth rates, the number of babies born to surrogates is rising globally.But what kind of woman is willing to give over her body to create another human life out of the goodness of her heart?

Without nickel and lithium, you wouldn’t have that battery in your phone, or in other important things like your smoke alarms.   Use cutlery?  Nickel is a key ingredient.

Tracking apps are becoming more common, and some people use them to make sure their loved ones are  safe.

Scott Morrison is leaving politics. Could his Stage 3 Tax Cuts follow him out the door?

Australia’s peak legal body is warning the federal government’s proposed changes to legal costs in sexual harassment and discrimination cases could have consequences for the functionality of the legal system in Australia.

There's growing concern among medical professions that people with depression are being wrongly prescribed antidepressants or are staying on them for too long. 

As the government looks to sure up energy supply and keep the lights on, there's growing pressure on Labor to deliver cost of living relief. 

It's a critical step in the island state's transition to renewables with the the project's owner describing it as the "most advanced grid-scale energy storage system in the world".

The former policeman at the centre of one of New South Wales’ biggest corruption cases, Roger Rogerson, has died aged 83.

Imagine trying to use voice activation like Siri with a stutter. It’s just another reminder of the aspects of modern life that aren't made for everyone.

Humidity levels in eastern Australia have been higher than usual lately, mimicking more traditionally more tropical areas.

The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called an urgent Labor caucus meeting this Wednesday, recalling his ministers two weeks earlier than normal to brainstorm new solutions to the cost of living crisis.

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A selection of the choristers from The Australian Girls Choir joined Andy in the studio to sing some Christmas songs. They sang Jingle Bell Rock, The Man With The Bag and Carol of the Bells.Guests:Tanya RomeoIsabelle OgierMiranda ChargeLucy ChisholmSophie CrookshanksAlannah DundasApril FordSarah FyvieSienna HazellMelanie HigginsLauren HirstEmily LathamIsabelle OgierIsabel OsbonReya Ramanujachari

According to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s latest roadmap Australia’s last coal power plant would shut in 2038, five years earlier than expected.

The voice of summer, Jim Maxwell, has just reached an impressive milestone – 50 years – a half ton on the scoreboard at the ABC.

There's no one way to do it here in Australia, some of us spend the day in the backyard, others BBQ on the beach, from cold lunches to roast dinners.

Sydney-based actuary Andrew 'The Annihilator' Ngai has won the spreadsheet world championship for the third time. Guest:Andrew Ngai

Hallucinate has been crowned Dictionary.com’s word of the year.

In the 1890’s the pianola was the biggest case in copyright law. Musicians and writers were worried it would make them redundant. Well, there’s another similar copyright case underway at the moment that will have a huge effect on the way we use generative A.I platforms from music and art to coding.Guest:Matthew Butterick, lawyer

Would you give your dog a drug if it meant they’d be around for 2-5 years longer?

More than two-thirds of women suffer from morning sickness in their first trimester. However, for some women, it’s a much bigger problem that can cause harm and risk to mother and child. Now a new study has confirmed the cause of severe morning sickness or Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG)Guest:Dr Marlena Fejzo, co-author and geneticist at USC Keck School of Medicine

The decision to overturn her conviction has been celebrated by Folbigg’s longtime friends and supporters

There was a mid-year budget update today and Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says a second consecutive surplus is within striking distance.Better than expected tax revenues – particularly from commodity prices and corporate profits – have slashed the budget deficit to just over $1 billion, an improvement of $12 billion. 

They’re often derided, ignored, and under-loved. They’re in almost every city, they are buildings in the Brutalist architectural style - affectionately known as 'The Brutes'.A chance encounter outside Sydney’s famous Sirius building, led author Heidi Dokulil to investigate everything about this architectural style for her new book, Sydney Brutalism.Guest:Heidi Dokulil, design writer and author

Israel says those who voted in favour of today's UN resolution, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, are supporting the survival of jihadist terrorism.  153 members of the United Nations General Assembly backed the resolution -- including Australia -- with the U-S, Israel and eight others voting against it. 

Federal, state and territory ministers announced the decision today with the ban to take effect from July 1 next year.

What does the future hold for K-pop's biggest stars?

Tropical Cyclone Jasper has now started to cross the far north Queensland coast, making landfall near Wujal Wujal, north of Cairns.

Where have all the Christmas beetles gone?

The United States has long been the biggest backer of Israel’s military capabilities, providing billions of dollars in military assistance every year.

Opera is often as much about the venue and the occasion as the music. Think of the sumptuous opera houses of Europe filled with black ties, dainty ladies with binoculars, and the chink of champagne flutes. But one opera company has broken the rules by performing in the public toilets in the Queen Victoria Building.Their new performance Track Works goes even further, taking up a wonderfully historical building normally associated with death. Very operatic indeed.Guest: Thomas De Angelis, Artistic DirectorEden Shifroni, Soprano

Fewer year 12 students are applying for university with applications through the University Admissions Centre (UAC) at its lowest level in more than a decade.

Fewer year 12 students are applying for university with applications through the University Admissions Centre (UAC) at its lowest level in more than a decade.

Cyclone Jasper is set to gather strength as it moves closer to the north Queensland Coast. 

Australia's cash payments system could be at risk, with the Reserve Bank Governor warning today that the collapse in cash is starting to strain the entire system.

A Victorian coroner has made a series of recommendations to prevent head trauma in the AFL following the tragic death of former player Shane Tuck, who took his own life after suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Almost nine months after the review into the migration system was handed over to the Federal Government, the migration strategy has finally been released. There are significant changes on the horizon. Visa processes will be tightened in a bid to reduce the migration intake and there will be tougher minimum English language requirements for international students.

There is 24 hours lefts in official negotiating time before the United Nations climate summit – COP28 – is scheduled to end. 

Kookaburra … billabong … corella … quandong - these words have become quintessential to our language in Australia but do you know which language they come from?

Why have you got a chin? Why can you dance, when other bipeds can’t? Did you know that your DNA has fragments of ghostly code from early hominids for whom we haven't found any other physical evidence?Go back in time to when there were at least nine different hominins roaming the earth at the same time ... Human Origins: A Short History outlines our fellow hominins and thinks about how we became the last ones standing.Guest: Sarah Wild, author and journalist

When it comes to choosing between our history and our future, can we be sure we’re making the right choices?

At the height of the pandemic, the premiers were arguably the most powerful leaders in the country.They were your daily constant as they gave updates on the COVID crisis. But one by one they have exited public life, often citing exhaustion. Now the last COVID Premier, Queensland's Annastacia Palaszczuk, has announced her resignation after nine years in the top job.

Sport and politics, who says they never mixed?

2023 has been a year full of science - from the strange to outright concerning. 

The Ten Tenors join Andy live in the studio to chat about what makes a Tenor, life with the group, and sing a couple of their favourite tunes. Guests: Michael EdwardsCameron BarclayBoyd OwenJared NewallAdrian LiDonniJoseph NaimAmmon BennettJesse LaytBenjamin Clark

An annual review of the Australian music industry by APRA AMCOS has revealed that we’ve lost 1,300 small and mid-sized live music venues in Australia since the start of the COVID pandemic, one-third of the entire sector.

How are you coping? And what can you do now to prepare?

Observers say that settlers have become more emboldened since the election of a right-wing Israeli government in November last year.

"No-one wants to go back to the days of the misery Olympics … when Australians were at the mercy of a broken system" and "when Australians with disability were forced to rely on charity to fundraise for wheelchairs, or a place to live".Those were the opening words of the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and government services, Bill Shorten at the National Press Club today as he responded to a long-awaited review into the NDIS.

Researchers from Queensland University of Technology have launched a guide aiming at creating an internet more suitable to the needs of kids – called the Manifesto For A Better Children’s Internet. 

Maybe you’ve heard the expression “being a bit too cute”? Someone pushing the boundaries, going a bit far, maybe even being a bit pushy or cunning.Joshua Paul Dale studies the psychological and biological reactions to cute things like puppies and babies and how the digital world and AI is preying on your very human reaction to these stimuli in his new book Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World'

Watching someone you love struggle with a chronic illness can be tough and often hard to find the right words.

On the first day of Christmas, Senators David Pocock and Jacqui Lambie split the legislation with a private Senators' bill.On the second day of Christmas, the Teals said they weren't going to be rushed into reading 100 new amendments.On the third day of Christmas, the Minerals Council and the big lobbyists converged on Capital Hill. And now, on the final joint sitting day of parliament, the Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke gave the crossbench four calling birds.

One council on the mid-north coast of NSW has been shamed for it’s decorating efforts on their town Christmas tree, with locals vowing to take the reins of future decorating for the holiday season.

Earlier this week Houthi rebels attacked a US warship and three commercial vessels off the Yemeni coast.Shipowners are now calling for more military protection. 

The Philippine Coast Guard says more than 135 Chinese vessels "swarmed" a disputed South China Sea reef within the country's exclusive economic zone.

The only helium production plant in the southern hemisphere, located in Darwin, has shut down after its gas supply was exhausted.

How strongly do you believe in your political convictions? Strong enough to whisk your family away to the other side of the world to pursue your communist ideals?Boris Frankel was ten when his dad decided to move to the Soviet Union - they were already on an ASIO watch list at the time due to their red-coloured friends in the 1950s. But did the Frankel’s find a perfect communist dream in Russia?Boris tells the tales of the cast of characters and the challenges they came across in his new book 'No Country for Idealists'Guest:Boris Frankel, author 

Do you still send Christmas cards to your loved ones near and far?

The Federal Government warned last week that parliament wouldn't rise until all of the government's immigration laws passed both houses and that's what we're seeing unfold today.In the wake of the High Court ruling - that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful - the government is trying to rush through the lower house legislation that could see some former immigration detainees locked up again. 

This Christmas is the last time you can expect daily well wishes - or more costly utility bills - in your letterbox. That’s because from next year, letters will only be delivered every two days.

Roundtables: they're the corporate versions of experts coming together to put ideas on to butcher paper. And that's how the Federal Treasurer has been tapping into investment.  In the past 12 months, Jim Chalmers has been hosting a series of Investor Roundtables and today the focus was on the transformation to net zero, defence and social impact investments. The big end of town was there for the talks - representing $2.5 trillion in capital. 

"Absolutely not”

The Reserve Bank of Australia announced earlier this afternoon that interest rates will remain on hold at 4.35% in the final rates decision for 2023.

You’ve probably never heard of Dale Francis Drake. Still, just like in the hit series Breaking Bad, his entrepreneurialism not only went unnoticed by law enforcement but became a blueprint for the methamphetamine business worldwide…Australia's obsession with the drug is the focus of the new book Meth Road.Guest:Conor Woodman, Author and journalist

Like in the hit series Breaking Bad, Dale Francis Drake's entrepreneurialism not only went unnoticed by law enforcement but became a blueprint for the methamphetamine business worldwide.Australia's obsession with the drug is the focus of the new book Meth Road.Guest:Conor Woodman, Author and journalist

A letter tabled in the senate has revealed that the Attorney General Mark Dreyfus personally approved the Australian Human Rights Commissions intervention in the High Court, challenging the lawfulness of indefinite immigration detention.

From the Roman Empire, to the Pharaohs, to Napoleon Bonaparte – history feels cool again, and it's popping up everywhere in our popular culture.

The Antarctic iceberg A23a, which is roughly double the size of the Australian Capital Territory, is moving for the first time in 30 years.

The Federal Member for Dunkley died at the age of 50.

Squeezed between the heavily militarised Russian enclave Kaliningrad to the south, and the pro-Russian Belarus to its east, the past two years have proven that Lithuania understands bravery better than most.

After a year of bumper annual profits, a Senate inquiry will now look at the big supermarkets’ pricing decisions and market power. 

A bid to take over Origin Energy by Brookfield and EIG has been rejected after narrowly failing to gain the 75 per cent majority required. The ASX is rising strongly on a record gold price.

Approximately 40-pages long, an intelligence document code-named “Jericho Wall” by Israeli authorities details point by point a hypothetical invasion of Israeli cities and key military bases

Look around you right now ... wherever you are, you're likely to be surrounded by glass ... windows, reading glasses, device screens, drinking glass or maybe a vase.Despite making glass for thousands of years, we still don’t fully understand what type of material it is and what happens to it over time.Guest:Peter Harrowell, Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Sydney

Just over two months ago the Federal Court ruled that Woodside's environmental plan for its massive West Australian Scarborough gas development should never have been approved.  But Woodside has now been given the green light to immediately start seismic blasting and drilling.

We know that right now Australian jobs are being lost to AI, but so far the impact has mostly been under the radar.

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What does Sydney’s record-breaking rainfall sound like? Global emissions casuing climate change? What about the share price of Facebook plummeting? 

Foy Vance is known for his gravelly voice and eclectic musical style that blends elements of folk, soul, and blues.His emotive music is regularly used to tug at heart your heartstrings in television and films and you’ll get to hear why when he plays his hits Guiding Light and She Burns live in the studio. Guest: Foy Vance, musician 

"Such is life" were the reported last words of bushranger Ned Kelly.But there is another Ned Kelly. Both saw themselves as enemies of the state, even outlaws. Ned Kelly Emeralds is an Iranian national who arrived by boat in 2013 and since then, has been in immigration detention, released this week after the High Court ruled that indefinite detention is unlawful. 

In Sydney, the drivers of the inner-west were met with lengthy delays this week, possibly due to the new Rozelle interchange that opened on Sunday. So what went wrong?

The federal government is bringing in new laws in order to prevent 'iconic' sport moments slipping behind TV paywalls.

While the world’s eyes remain fixated on Gaza, an escalation in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem has gone largely unnoticed.

At the heart of the Securities and Exchange Commission v Jarkesy case is one of the bedrock principles of the American constitution: the right to a trial by jury.

If you know even the slightest thing about Iranian cinema, it’s consumed by love and subtlety … love because, well all cinema is about love, but subtlety out of necessity.Iranian state censors won’t permit anything overt so directors like Behrooz Karamizade need to get creative. He talks about how he got around censorship in his new film Empty Nets.Guest:Behrooz Karamizade, Director

OpenAI founder Sam Altman says he's "never been more excited about the future", as he returns as CEO after a dramatic few weeks in which he was fired by the tech company’s board and then rehired.

All around the world, people are pulling back on Christmas this year – and two thirds of Australians say they are looking to spend less.

Controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner, statesman and diplomat, Henry Kissinger, who served under two U-S presidents, has died at the age of 100.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has issued a national apology to all Australians affected by the "thalidomide tragedy".

First it was the Senate giving Labor grief over its industrial relations omnibus bill, with Senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock symbolically splitting the legislation with their private senators' bills. Then five of the teal independents yesterday warned the Government to not try and rush more than 100 new amendments through the lower house this week.Now the big end of town is in the bush capital speaking out against the IR reforms including the CEO of the Minerals Council of Australia, Tania Constable.

A community delegation of Australian Labor Party members from Western Sydney met with government MPs in Parliament House calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The world's nations will gather in the United Arab Emirates from tomorrow for the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP28.

It's a story based on Norse mythology involving dragons and maidens, Gods and gold. The struggle of choosing between power and love … two human but ultimately incompatible pursuits. It could only be Wagner's The Ring Cycle.Often described using words like epic the roughly 15-hour performance spread over four operas may seem daunting to some, but Opera singer Daniel Sumegi who’s playing the protagonist Wotan or The Wanderer, King of the Gods says not to overthink it.You can see him in Opera Australia's performance in Brisbane.Guest:Daniel Sumegi, Bass-baritone Opera Singer

Back in 1988 at Expo 88, the good people of Brisbane showed the world how to put on a grand and beautiful spectacle.

The Federal Government is working to finalise new legislation which could send some non-citizens back behind bars, a day after the High Court published its reasons for ruling that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful. 

After three failed referendums in three years on self-determination, New Caledonia's political future is still in doubt.

All seven justices of the High Court were of the opinion that indefinite immigration detention for people with no prospect of deportation was unlawful.Its reasons were finally reasons today.

In the last joint sitting week for the year, Labor's industrial relations program appears to be unravelling. Labor doesn't want to split its omnibus bill. It's now trying to pass more than 100 amendments in the lower house this week. The Teals, however, are not happy.

New Zealand new government will wind back plans for age-based smoking bans to fund income tax cuts.

Alfred Hitchcock more than any other auteur in the 20th century understood the combination of sound when paired with emotion and suspense.Added to that was his uncanny understanding of branding and marketing for example he once locked the doors of the cinema during the premiere of Psycho. If you don't love Hitchcock, you're about to, as the new documentary My Name is Alfred Hitchcock explores the sometimes malevolent art of Hitchcockian cinema. Guest: Dr Wendy Haslem, Associate Professor in Screen Studies at the University of Melbourne

If you could sum up 2023 in one word, what would it be?

Irrigators say the decision to resume water buybacks in the Murray Darling Basin is a return to 'groundhog day'. 

The latest retail sales numbers were released by the ABS today, and they were unexpectedly low.

Speaking today in Federal Court, Mr Lehrmann gave evidence on the fifth day of the defamation trial he has brought against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson.

It's considered the food bowl of eastern Australia and a precious ecosystem with its 25,000 wetlands but the Murray Darling Basin has also been the battleground for the states and the Commonwealth over water allocations.In a significant development today, the federal government has struck a deal with the Greens that could see hundreds of gigalitres of water used for farming in the Basin, returned to the environment through Commonwealth buybacks.

From 6am tomorrow morning, New South Wales will begin receiving the state’s first applications from terminally ill people wanting to legally end their lives.

Right now, a secretive war is being waged, pitting hackers against their hunters, in a game in which no one fully knows the true cost, but it's likely in the tens of billions of dollars.The world's most sought-after ransomware hunter gets more requests than the FBI each day, and it turns out he lives in relative poverty in the town of Normal, Illinois, with 8 cats, two dogs and a bunny rabbit.Welcome to the world of The Ransomware Hunting TeamGuest:Renee Dudley, author

Is there one food that induces dry retching any time you think of it?

The Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs Michael Pezzullo is officially out of work after he was found to have breached the Australian Public Service Code of Conduct on at least 14 occasions.It comes two months after Nine Newspapers alleged that the senior public servant sent a series of messages to Liberal party powerbroker Scott Briggs, including disparaging comments about members of the former Coalition Government and advice on ministerial appointments over a number of years.The Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil promptly referred the allegations to the Public Service Commissioner and an independent inquiry recommended his appointment as a Secretary be terminated.

GUESTS:Kerry Chikarovski, former New South Wales Liberal leader and director of Chikarovski and Associates

A ceasefire has come into effect for the first time in Gaza since the conflict began on October 7.In the coming hours, Hamas is set to return 13 of the more than 230 hostages it has been holding in the enclave.

Rinaldo by Handel tells the story of love, war and redemption, set at the time of the First Crusade.It was the first Italian language opera written for the London stage and enjoyed great popularity until it was forgotten for two hundred years. It is the latest offering from Pinchgut Opera. Guests:Alexandra Oomens, SopranoErin Helyard, Artistic Director

Last year alone, Australians lost a record $3.1 billion to scams and the banks have pledged to do more. Today they've launched a new Scam-Safe Accord.

The long Formula 1 season will draw to a close in Abu Dhabi this weekend.

More than 250 kilometres of rough, shark-infested waters and perilous reefs separate the tip of Cape York and Papua New Guinea.

The Federal Government wants more than 80 per cent of Australia's power to come from renewables by 2030. But with renewables currently only making up 35 per cent of the market, it's safe to say we're not on track. This has prompted the Energy Minister Chris Bowen to look for a circuit breaker. He's now expanding a taxpayer-funded scheme to subsidise and underwrite new renewable energy projects - including batteries, pumped hydro, wind and solar. 

The wait for families of hostages held by Hamas militants in Gaza has been dragged out another day with Israel's national security adviser saying the planned exchange won't happen before Friday.   The ceasefire has also been delayed, which means the bombs will continue to fall on Gaza. At least 15 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks overnight, according to Palestinian media. Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire yesterday in Gaza - for at least four days - to let in humanitarian aid and free at least 50 of the more than 230 hostages in exchange for at least 150 Palestinian women and children jailed in Israel.

After plunging itself into days of utter chaos… artificial intelligence pioneer Open AI has added yet another twist to its ongoing farce.

New research out of Harvard Medical School is showing promising signs of soothing this itch once and for all.

Do you sometimes wish you could be more persuasive in the workplace ... or the family home?The art of persuasion is often painted as Machiavellian but author Michael McQueen's new book Mindstuck: Mastering the Art of Changing Minds argues that in our ideology-driven and polarised age, certainty has taken the place of curiosity and open-mindedness has given way to stubbornness. Guest: Michael McQueen, Author

New data released under Freedom of Information, from the Department of Education shows private schools received more than 760 million dollars in government money in 2021.This comes as advocates for public schools claim a ‘shortfall’ of four point five billion dollars.

Bushfires have destroyed ten homes in Perth's north… with authorities warning it could be days before the situation is under control. 

The Israeli government has voted to back a deal that secures the release of dozens of hostages held in Gaza in exchange for a four-day ceasefire. 

The Federal Government remains hopeful the Senate will still accept the Industrial Relations Omnibus bill after making some concessions this week. Following talks with the Australian Resources and Energy Employers Association, the government will exclude service contractors from the “same job, same pay” laws applying to labour hire workers.

Each year, antimicrobial resistance kills more people than malaria and HIV/AIDS combined.

There's one industry that has been portrayed in film and books more than any other and yet very few people ever have first-hand contact with it. Jana Monroe is a trailblazing female agent and criminal profiler of serial killers in the famous behavioural science unit at the FBI.She is also the one who trained Jodie Foster in her role for The Silence of the Lambs to understand what it's like to deal with serial killers as your day job. She's written about her experiences in Hearts of DarknessGuest:Jana Monroe, Author

What use is public policy research if it doesn't have a sticky ad campaign - like sip slop slap, or stop revive survive, to actually change behaviour?

Australia's communications minister Michelle Rowland is planning an overhaul of esafety measures citing a ‘rise in antisemitic and Islamophobic rhetoric on X’.

41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for 10 days are now finally able to eat hot meals, of rice and lentils, provided through a steel pipe.

An elderly indigenous woman being pepper sprayed as she was called racist slurs. A bus driver refusing to let four indigenous people get on a bus, and a shop banning an entire family from entering the store.These are just some of the shocking accounts that have been reported to the first online racism register for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people. 

With cost of living pressures biting, have you had to seek advice from a financial counsellor? The Federal Government is hoping to make financial counsellors more accessible after launching an industry funding model with banking, insurance, energy, telco and gambling companies contributing $30 million to the sector over three years. 

Australia has more than 800 separate secrecy and non-disclosure laws that criminalise the release of vast swathes of information held by the federal government.

 The United Nations is warning countries' current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century. 

There’s a certain mystery that parents have. Who were they before you? What did they do? How did they think?Journalist Rachelle Unreich thought she knew her mother Mira’s life well - her upbringing in Czechoslovakia, her time in concentration camps during World War 2 and the life she created after migrating to Australia. She ended up finding out much more through interviews with her shortly before her death which formed her book A Brilliant Life. Guest:Rachelle Unreich, Author 

The humble two-minute noodles, or the original brand “cup noodle” is 65 years old and is having something of a revival in these uncertain economic times.

Electric vehicles are a key pillar of the federal government’s plans to significantly reduce the nation's carbon emissions, but it appears the wheels are starting to fall off Labour’s EV strategy.

Minutes released today from the RBA's November meeting show that the central bank lifted interest rates to their highest level in 12 years partly because of evidence that businesses have been passing higher inflation costs onto their customers. 

Qatar is a tiny Gulf state. In fact, it's barely half the size of Australia's largest cattle station. But oil and gas reserves have made it a very rich nation. And with this wealth, Doha has become ambitious on the world stage - in sport as well as diplomacy. Currently it's playing a significant role as negotiations continue between Hamas and Israel for the return of 230-or-so hostages. 

As the death toll in Gaza soars beyond 13,000 in just 6 weeks and with millions more facing a slow death by hunger and thirst, could we be watching another genocide unfold?

What does democracy mean to you? It's a simple enough question but the answer is often a lot more difficult. Astra Taylor realised that looking at insecurity within the American democratic system could be a way of uniting people and co-founded The Debt Collective. Her new book The Age of Insecurity explores that idea in detail.Guest:Astra Taylor, Author and Organiser

Are we really saving our wallet or are we just burning a bigger hole in it?

First it was the mass outage affecting 10 million Optus customers, quickly followed by public anger and a very frustrated communications minister taking questions from the media. Now the Optus CEO, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, has resigned just three days after fronting a grilling Senate inquiry into the outage. 

Overnight Argentina lurched to the right, with conservative strongman and self-described 'anarcho-capitalist' Javier Milei declaring victory in the country's presidential election.

There was a time when you could not walk past a work desk or notice board, nor newspaper or wall calendar, without seeing simple squiggly in cartoons, perhaps a little man with a curly head, tenderly cradling a duck. Such was the pervasiveness and power of Micheal Leunig's drawings.Singer-songwriter Katie Noonan is also connected with Leunig’s cartoons and has now made a new album with her band Elixir based on Leunig’s poetry. She’s here in the studio to play On a Hill and Boyhood Poem from that new album A Small Shy Truth.Guest:Katie Noonan, Musician

'Floptus', 'Optus No', 'Optus-Fail' - the telco has been called quite a few things since last week's mass outage left 10 million Australians and 400,000 businesses unable to make phone calls or access mobile internet. Today Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin fronted a Senate inquiry and faced tough questions on how the telco responded to the outage. 

17-year-old Nestory Irankunda started life in a Tanzanian refugee camp, born to parents originally from Burundi before they sought asylum in Perth and then Adelaide.

The Federal Government hopes to rush through emergency legislation after the High Court ruled that indefinite immigration detention is illegal, prompting the release of 84 non-citizens, with no prospect of deportation. 

Australian public health experts have set out to prove just how easy it is to mass produce misinformation. 

A report out today from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has revealed that head injuries have increased by 7 percent following a drop during COVID-19 lockdowns.

You carry around a camera in your pocket every day. Documenting both the important and mundane moments - from weddings to a receipt you might need later. It’s your story but also our story.Now, these collections are digital, but over the last decades, people have donated their photos from shoe boxes, mantel pieces, photo albums and negatives to the New South Wales State Library.The library’s new ‘Shot’ exhibition showcases 400 photos taken between 1845 and 2022 giving us a history of Australia and the art form itself.Guest:Geoffrey Barker, Curator of 'Shot'

Some local governments are calling foul over multi-million dollar bills for infrastructure projects with limited funding from state and federal governments. 

With El Niño in full swing and the drought conditions likely to trigger a tough bushfire season, home insurance policies are in focus.

Burning 100 times brighter than a supernova, a series of giant space explosions dubbed 'Tasmanian Devil' is confusing a global team of astrophysicists.

The federal government is considering bringing forward "legislative options" after the High Court ruled that indefinite immigration detention is illegal. The landmark ruling last week resulted in 81 non-citizens being immediately released, including some with murder and sexual assault convictions.The Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says while the ruling has forced the government's hand, community safety remains a priority. 

The federal government is looking at implementing a carbon tariff to prevent the import of goods from countries with weaker emissions standards.

The IDF have confirmed that they have raided al Shifa in search of Hamas militants allegedly operating beneath the hospital compound.

Five years since the National Redress Scheme was launched, the backlog of claims for survivors of child sexual abuse has grown significantly. There's more than eight thousand applications waiting to be processed, that's almost double what was reported in January. Now the Federal Government is introducing amendments into parliament, in a bid to make the scheme more accessible and transparent. 

Studies show that we really do like the sound of our own voice, with people rating the sound of their own accents highly on a list of ‘social attractiveness’, but it also helps us project our sense of identity and relate to others.Rob Drummond’s own accent has been described as ‘vanilla’ - an admission he makes in his new book You’re All Talk: Why We Are What We Speak.Guest:Rob Drummond, author and linguist

Australia’s net migration is the highest on record… with more than 317,000 new migrants entering the county this year as of September.

The path to the summit has been awash with diplomatic gamesmanship as the pair jostle for the seat at the head of the table.

Some of the region's 33 million residents have started sarcastically referring to the annual smog event as 'pollution season'

Health officials in Gaza say while thousands have fled amid fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants outside the enclave's largest hospital, hundreds of others remain inside.

'Greedflation', 'price gouging', 'unfair pricing practices' -  call it what you will, concerns are mounting that the cost of everything isn't always down to stubbornly high inflation figures. There's even an independent inquiry underway into the issue, the former consumer watchdog boss, Professor Allan Fels, is leading that inquiry.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a new pact with the low-lying island Pacific nation of Tuvalu, allowing residents facing displacement from climate change the chance to resettle in Australia.

Noxious fumes released by lava-induced wildfires and the threat of an ash cloud large enough to close down Europe’s airspace are looming over the small Nordic island.

In 2009 comedian Dara Ó Briain was described as “television broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan's heir apparent as Britain's favourite Irishman…”Conversely, and as a testament to his own modesty, he once described himself as looking like "one of Tony Soprano's henchmen, on a bad day"... I don’t know which one comes with more pressure.He is in Australia on tour at the moment and he’s picking up where he left off before the pandemic with his show ‘So Where Were We’.Guest:Dara Ó Briain, Comedian

Year on year profits to the tune of $7.4 billion for ANZ and quarterly profits of $2.5 billion for the country's biggest lender, the Commonwealth Bank have been some of the eye-watering headlines this week in the world of business and finance.Meanwhile Optus continues to feel the heat with its CEO, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, expected to front a Senate inquiry later in the week.

As Australia increasingly finds itself drawn into a struggle for dominance in the Pacific between the United States and China, a premium is being placed on the sharing of everything from critical minerals to sensitive technology. This is prompting concerns about ongoing collaboration between Australian researchers and their Chinese counterparts.

Students have always been good at protesting – but do you feel like protests have gotten younger and louder in recent years? 

Protests in support of Palestinians and vigils calling for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas were held across Australia over the weekend.

"Politicians are outnumbered by lobbyists 15 to one". That's according to the federal independent member for Kooyong Monique Ryan, who in parliament today, pushed for lobbying rules to be tightened.

Small modular nuclear reactors have been touted as an affordable replacement for the nation’s ageing coal-fired power plants.

David McBride was a lawyer in the Australian army who leaked classified information to the ABC that revealed allegations of war crimes by special forces in Afghanistan. But who was he before that? and what makes a man willing to risk everything, to tell the truth. His autobiography  ‘The Nature of Honour’ is out now. Guest: David McBride, Author

Thousands of families across NSW are anxiously waiting to hear if their child is bright enough to join an elite class of year 5 and 6 students.

Five weeks into the Israel-Gaza war and Gaza's main hospital is now officially out of fuel with no generators running and - according to the local health ministry - it's led to the death of at least three premature babies. The Israeli military says it delivered 300 litres of fuel to a location close to the hospital but Hamas says the fuel would only last for 30 minutes and is a mockery to the sick and wounded.    Meanwhile Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has continued to dismiss calls for a ceasefire, unless it includes the release of all the nearly 240 hostages captured by Hamas in the October 7 attacks.  

The medicinal marijuana industry is currently split over a proposal from The Greens to legalise Australia's most commonly used illicit drug.

A long-lost species of echidna, named after Sir David Attenborough, has been rediscovered using remote cameras in the Cyclops Mountains of Indonesia’s Papua province, more than 60 years after it was last recorded.

GUESTS:

American blues country Americana man Charley Crockett last came by in January and spoke about growing up in a trailer park in South Texas … about country music being exclusionary at its worst and unifying at its best. You can listen to our previous interview with Charley here. He's back to talk about his favourite parts of the American landscape and his passion for telling the story from Osage County. He'll be back here in Australia touring next year. Guest: Charley Crockett, Musician 

Queensland has updated its school policy which would allow state primary and secondary schools to trial flexible class schedules including four-day weeks and shorter days from next year.

The federal government is set to offer Tuvalu's 11,000 residents the chance to live in Australia as climate change ravages their nation. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the announcement at the Pacific Islands Forum. 

Aussie pro-surfer Laura Enever has smashed the existing world record by surfing a 13.3m monster wave in Hawaii.

West Kimberley elder John Watson once used mudjala mangrove bark to soothe a wound after a crocodile bite.

At least a majority of the High Court ruled the detention of the stateless Rohingya man was unlawful because there was “no real prospect of his removal from Australia becoming practicable in the reasonably foreseeable future”.

The federal government's attempt to make a raft of major changes to industrial relations laws this year looks set to fail after Crossbench Senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock successfully split up the bill, with just four measures passing in the upper house. 

Calls for a ceasefire are growing louder with both the United Nations and Human Rights Watch alleging Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to crimes against humanity.

The government is looking to introduce face and fingerprint recognition to access MyGov online services as part of an overhaul to stop billions of dollars being lost to scammers.

Cottagecore is an aesthetic that celebrates simple living … an escapist movement that developed a following during the pandemic. Anastasia Vanderbyl and her sister Julia have tapped into this movement by documenting their life living on a rural property in Northern NSW with a new book Mother the Mountain. Guest: Anastasia Vanderbyl

Indefinite immigration detention is unlawful. That ruling by the High Court was made late yesterday afternoon in a case centering on a Rohingya man from Myanmar, who had been in immigration detention after serving a prison sentence for child sexual offences. 

Scouts Australia is considering changing the name of its most prestigious youth award, the Baden-Powell Award.

Republican presidential candidates (minus Donald Trump) have clashed at a fiery debate in Miami.

Is this the greatest ODI innings of all time?

Global NGO Human Rights Watch says the Pakistani government is using threats, extortion, beatings and detention to coerce Afghan asylum seekers without legal status to return to their country of birth.

Were you watching when Steven Bradbury came from the back of the pack to win gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics?  I remember the story absolutely gripped Australia and we've seen countless retelling of that moment both in musical and documentary forms. Still, I haven't even seen it as a combination of both…  Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen decided it was long overdue and have written a new musical-comedy-docuseries that looks at six critical events in recent Australian history and re-tells them through interviews and songs in Australian Epic. Guest: Chris Taylor

Instead of shouting down colleagues and bringing order to Parliament, the House of Representatives Speaker Milton Dick is this week visiting real classrooms, to talk about democracy. It begs the question, who do you remember visiting your school? What impression did it leave?

There are few answers yet on what's behind today's mass Optus outage. It's only increased the questions. Among them asking is the federal opposition. 

Optus services are gradually being restored after millions of people's devices lost connectivity in the early hours of this morning.

Elections are due in Ukraine next year, but with so many people displaced and with the country still under Marshall Law most expect them to be delayed.

Bilateral ties between Australia and China are ‘on the right path’ according to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Not every business can deal with fluctuations in the cost of their product by as much as 80 per cent. 

What would you be willing to do to raise money for charity? Share a post on Facebook? Door knock? A fun run?  How about a solo bike ride of thousands of kilometres across Australia … twice. Andrew Kerec has done exactly that to raise money for charities supporting people with spinal cord injuries after his father Ludvig became a quadriplegic. Andrew has just completed his second solo trip The Spine-tingling Ride Guest: Andrew Kerec

The idyllic Cook Islands is playing host to high-level diplomacy and multilateral wrangling this week as the Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting gets underway. 

Interest rates have hit a 12-year high, as the Reserve Bank resumes its cycle of hiking, with a quarter of a percentage point rise taking the cash rate to 4.35 per cent.

A Senate inquiry is calling on the Albanese Government to urgently develop a national framework to better support the 1.2 million people living with this disability.

Elle McFeast was a trailblazing character who burst into football locker rooms and onto TV screens in the early 90s on the ABC’s Live and Sweaty program.

Gough Whitlam became the first Australian Prime Minister to visit China in 1973. Since then, China has become our largest trading partner but not without some diplomatic hiccups and indeed, freezes along the way.  With Anthony Albanese being the first Prime Minister to visit in seven years, there are high hopes the 50 year old relationship will now stabilise.

Countries have agreed on key measures to pay poorer countries for damage from climate breakdown.

Countries have agreed on key measures to pay poorer countries for damage from climate breakdown.

What does retirement look like to you? Is it putting your feet up, and enjoying the fruits of your labour by travelling or spending time with your grandkids?  What about buying and restoring a French Chateau that has fallen into disrepair and will probably cost millions and never be quite finished? Well, former Victorian labour water and tourism minister Tim Holding has done precisely that and written a book about it - Château Reawakening.  Guest: Tim Holding, author

The race that stops the nation is beginning to look like the race the nation forgot.

In an area of 24 square kilometres, around one million Rohingya live in the world's largest refugee camp at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. 

She's been an insider in the world of economics, rising to one of the Reserve Bank's most senior positions in her three decades at the institution.

With misinformation rapidly spreading across social media as the world makes sense of the violence unfolding in Ukraine and Gaza, we might not be so far removed from those listeners in 1938.

Grammy award-winning band WILCO's music is characterised by lead singer Jeff Tweedy's introspective, poetic and heartfelt vocals. Again a signature on their new record “Cousin” as they prepare to tour Australia early next year. Guest: Jeff Tweedy, Musician WILCO

Former Pacific leaders say the region should demand Australia “stop approving Pacific-killing coal and gas projects” as a precondition for approving a joint bid to host a UN climate conference.

Beatlemania has swept the world again today with the release of 'Now And Then' - The Beatles' first new music in almost 30 years. But is the use of AI to create new music unethical?

Eddie Jones was sold as a great coach, the saviour of rugby, who would revitalise the sport while bringing success to the Wallabies.

Santos's five-point-seven-billion-dollar Barossa gas project has been delayed yet again... just hours before the company was set to start building an underwater gas export pipeline north of Darwin. 

28 nations - including Australia - and the European Union  have signed an agreement aimed at boosting global efforts to cooperate on the regulation of Artificial Intelligence.

The number of hospital admissions for injuries associated with extreme weather has increased over the past decade, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.  

The colour and movement of Bollywood seem almost the antithesis of Australia's smaller, perhaps more serious film industry. Anupam Sharma's new documentary Brand Bollywood Downunder explores the links between the two nations' film industries. Guest: Anupam Sharma, Filmmaker 

An original Claude Monet worth nearly $200 million is now hanging in the Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre in Murwillumbah.

For a brief moment overnight in Gaza, fear gave way to relief for 335 foreign and dual nationals who were allowed to flee the war-ravaged territory via the Rafah crossing into Egypt.

rights of tenants to compensation for disappointment and distress when a rented house does not meet legal standards.

More than a hundred landowners in rural New South Wales are now going on strike in protest of the Humelink transmission project.

As Anthony Albanese packs his bags for a much anticipated trip to China, the first by an Australian Prime Minister since 2016, what should be at the top of his ‘must do’ or hot topics’ list? 

A 69-square-metre home in Sydney's Surry Hills has won the highest honour from the Australian Institute of Architects -- the 2023 Robin Boyd Award. 

You might be familiar with Rossini’s charming opera The Barber of Saville or the dramatic overture in William Tell but listen a little closer and you might notice the wit and humour of the characters he paints in his opera and his expert use of crescendo to build tension and excitement... Everywhere you look there’s more to be found in Rossini… Peruvian Tenor Juan Diego Flórez is a fan and will be singing his music on his tour of Australia. Guest:  Juan Diego Flórez, Singer

A new study published today in the Lancet South East Asia journal has revealed that antibiotic resistant bugs are on the rise in the Asia-Pacific.

Governments around the world are meeting to discuss the regulation of runaway AI. But can we put the genie back in the bottle?

'Jokowi' is already making moves to sure up his legacy, with the news that his son has been chosen as running mate for presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto.

The Albanese Government announced late last week that it would be deploying additional ADF personnel and aircraft to the Middle East as a precautionary measure.

Friendship and failure are the two big “F words” that loom large in the work of podcaster and writer Elizabeth Day. In her podcast How To Fail she interviews successful, high-profile people about how they’ve overcome failure and she talks about the complexities of friendship in modern life in her book Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict Guest: Elizabeth Day, Podcast host and author

It's often said personal sacrifices are needed for the greater good and that couldn’t be any truer when it comes to tackling the climate crisis.

Dr Hannah Tonkin has just been appointed Australia’s first stand alone women’s safety commissioner in NSW.

Could Prime Minister Anthony Albanese lose his seat of Grayndler, in Sydney’s inner-west?

Many senior analysts are forecasting rates to rise next Tuesday.

Australia has walked away from negotiations for a free trade deal with the EU in Japan.   

With power supplies dwindling and communications infrastructure becoming a target in the ongoing conflict in Gaza, it has become increasingly difficult not just for news organisations to contact sources and fellow journalists on the ground but for families and friends to reach the ones they love.

When photographer Andrew Quilty landed in Kabul for the first time in 2013 to cover the Afghanistan cricket team as they prepared for the cricket World Cup, he admits his motivation at first wasn't noble story-telling, but more ‘ego-driven’... being able to say he’d worked in a ‘conflict zone’. His two-week stay finally ended nearly a decade later, his new book of photographs “This is Afghanistan” captures the country during the draw down and withdrawal of Allied troops and the return of the Taliban. Welcome to you, Andrew 

How tired is too tired?

46 homes have been destroyed in a huge bushfire that has been burning in Queensland's Western Downs for more than a week.

A new report from the Grattan Institute sounding the alarm about our salt intake, with Australian adults doubling their recommended daily intake of salt, leading to serious health issues.

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland is reportedly poised to announce new curbs on TV, online and outdoor betting promotions. 

You often hear interviews with bands that are well-established … that have been on tour a couple of times … they have a trademark ‘sound’. But it’s rare to witness the unfurling of something new.  Officially formed last year in August, Minor Gold has just returned from touring in the US and they are now on their Australian tour having just released their self-titled debut album. It’s certainly been a busy first year.  Guests: Tracy McNeil, Musician Dan Parsons, Musician

With the latest figures showing inflation bouncing back up in the three months to September, the odds of a Melbourne Cup Day interest rate rise are around 50/50.  And as people feel the economic pinch, the public purse is also facing greater scrutiny.  Today the independent think-tank, The Australia Institute, held a special Revenue Summit, in a bid to explore Australia's growing public spending needs over the coming decades.

An Italian woman has won a court case giving her the right to evict her two sons, aged 40 and 42, from her home.

Shocking videos and images are being posted online revealing the devastation left by Hurricane Otis in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco.

While the world’s focus has shifted towards the war between Hamas and Israel Russia’s offensive in Ukraine continues to grind on.

A stoush is brewing between governments and the CFMEU over the use of what the union has dubbed the ‘killer stone’.

What happens if neurotechnology learns to read our minds?

There’s a few CEOs around Australia who must be quaking in their boots today.

Humans and horses have shared a special connection for thousands of years. More recently, their calming nature has been shown to be beneficial for our mental health. Scott Brodie knows this well working to rehabilitate both ex-servicemen and servicewomen and ex-racehorses. His program is the focus of the new documentary The Healing, directed by Nick Barkla.

Earlier this year the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide heard that in the 12 months to May 2022, the Australian Army lost 13 percent of its workforce.

A category five hurricane has smashed the Pacific coast of Mexico, striking with winds of up to 265 kilometres an hour near the resort city of Acapulco.

School sharks are on Australia's endangered species list but may also be sold as flake in fish and chip shops.

Nearly five thousand eight hundred Palestinians are reported to have been killed since the fighting began, while Israel is reporting a death toll of fourteen hundred.

Consumer prices rose 1.2 per cent in the September quarter, an acceleration from the 0.8 per cent increase in the June quarter. That leaves the annual rate of inflation at 5.4 per cent, lower than the 6 per cent recorded in June but slightly above what most economists' had expected.

U.S. Republicans have nominated Mike Johnson to lead the House of Representatives. 

If you’ve been to a concert in the past 20 years and bought a T-shirt then chances are it was Brian Taranto’s (BT) business that you bought it off. As a one-man band, BT’s company, Love Police, also organises tours - in fact, he’s been involved behind the scenes with many of the artists who have appeared in our very own Studio 240. Guest: Brian Taranto

From a Second World War battleground to the modern warfronts of Ukraine, sister cities seek to heal wartime wounds.

The critical minerals sector is currently dominated by China but Australia wants a bigger stake in the game. Overnight in Washington, the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the government will pump another $2 billion into the sector through low-interest loans for miners and processors. 

There are 64 refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea. Most of them have been there for more than ten years as a result of Australia’s offshore detention policy.

It's one thing to spend endless hours trying to make a deal work but sometimes you just have to walk away. That's exactly what the Trade Minister Don Farrell did in July when he left Brussels without an EU deal. But with trade ministers now heading to the G7 Summit in Osaka, could a deal be on the horizon? 

Newly appointed UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter terrorism condemns failure to equally value civilian lives on both sides of the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Chevron has announced it is buying rival oil producer Hess for $53 billion.

When it comes to humour do you prefer the simplicity of slapstick … Mister Bean fiddling with the reclining chair at his dentist. Or the biting political satire of The Thick of It that perfectly skewers the business of politics? Or maybe it's following the ludicrous escapades of Edina and Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous. Whatever you prefer there's a British comedy for everyone. The new book Different Times chronicles the history of the television genre.  Guest: David Stubbs, author

When it comes to humour do you prefer the simplicity of slapstick … Mister Bean fiddling with the reclining chair at his dentist. Or the biting political satire of The Thick of It that perfectly skewers the business of politics? Or maybe it's following the ludicrous escapades of Edina and Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous. Whatever you prefer there's a British comedy for everyone. The new book Different Times chronicles the history of the television genre.  Guest: David Stubbs, author

Do you know what to do if you come across an injured possum or a window-struck lorikeet?

When it comes to artificial intelligence, cloud computing and cyber security, there's a gold rush at the moment and Australia has now secured a significant piece of the action.  Tech giant, Microsoft, is committing $5 billion to expand infrastructure and skills in Australia.

Snowy 2.0 was billed as the national building project which would help meet Australia’s emission targets.  Tonight on Four Corners, Angus Griggs has a story on this project and all’s not well, with cost blowouts in the billions of dollars. 

A company which helped a online hate site to remain live has been ordered to pay $400,000 by Victorian Supreme Court. 

Acting Home Affairs Secretary Stephanie Foster found herself squarely in the hot seat over former department secretary Mike Pezzullo

Mention Ben Folds to most people and they might know ‘Rocking The Suburbs’ or maybe ‘Brick’. But mention Ben Folds to a true music nerd and they’ll tell you about the acoustic version of Emaline and how it was one of the first songs he was proud of writing … or the fact that the gentle love song The Luckiest was originally written for a scene in the teen movie ‘Loser’ which incredibly ended up being cut. Whatever you do know about Ben Folds, I can guarantee there is always more to find out. The new documentary directed by Scott Hicks is 'MY NAME'S BEN FOLDS I play piano' Guest: Ben Folds, Musician

Remember the buckets in the shower and the restrictions and the sprinkler police? Takes you back to 2020, our last dry summer. There's warnings we are headed that way again unless we start thinking about saving water now. Residents in Sydney are being told the region could be forced onto water restrictions around this time next year.

The City of Sydney is this evening debating a motion as to whether the Israeli flag should be flown outside the Town Hall - with the building coloured blue and white after the Opera House turned blue and white earlier this month. Lord Mayor Clover Moore wants to stop this from happening.

The US President Joe Biden has delivered an Oval Office address pledging ongoing moral and material support for the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. And we discuss the fallout from the failure of the Voice Referendum and how the world see's Australia's NO vote. 

Netballers locked in a bitter pay dispute have found an unlikely ally in cricketers. 

With a senate inquiry looking into the closure of bank branches, you can appreciate the growing need for digital literacy - especially if online banking is your only option.  Needless to say, if you're an older Australian you're not a digital native and might not have the eye for spams and scams and that can cost you a lot of money.  But the Federal Government has announced it will spend $42 million to extend the Be Connected program. 

In early 70’s Australia, Gough Whitlam was elected riding a wave of protest and demands for change. We withdrew from Vietnam … removed The White Australia policy … Germaine Greer published The Female Eunuch. We were grappling with our sense of identity and needed something to unify us and represent our diverse cultural and national identity. We found it in The Opera House. It turns 50 today. 

Can you remember the last public building that made you stop and say “wow” in the same way that the Sydney Opera House has done for the past 50 years?

The Oslo Accords have failed, so where does the Middle East go next?

Don't book date night just yet, the recommendation to include superannuation payments in paid parental leave is noticeably absent from the draft legislation.

Israel says it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

For the first time in its 36-year history, creative arts festival South by Southwest (SXSW) is being hosted in Sydney instead of its home in Austin, Texas.

From the sea to the spinifex, the Northern Territory is a kaleidoscope of colour. The weather isn’t just experienced- it is lived. The heat and humidity can be oppressive… stifling… maddening... a place described as a law unto itself.  12 years ago, in Katherine, a murder was committed. The motive was clear and so was the method but was Zak Grieve also there, or did he pull out? Either way, the Northern Territory Mandatory Sentencing laws meant that Zak was locked up with a life sentence. Award-winning journalist Dan Box examines the case and his own response to it, in his new book The Man Who Wasn’t There.

Have you ever bought a lemon and do you know how to spot one next time?

Australians are being urged not to travel to Lebanon amid growing unrest in the region over the Israel Hamas war. The Department of Foreign Affairs has upgraded its travel advice, warning terrorist attacks could occur anytime and anywhere, including in the capital Beirut.

Mining company Glencore announced today it will close it's copper mine at Mt Isa in two years.

There have been some frank discussions at the spy summit in Silicon Valley overnight with the ASIO boss revealing a Chinese national was removed from Australia after a foiled attempt to infiltrate a prestigious research institution.    In the first ever public gathering of the Five Eyes intelligence partners, Mike Burgess has revealed the spying plot against an unnamed Australian organisation was disrupted last month - before any damage was done.   During the meeting, Mike Burgess also accused the Chinese government of an "unprecedented" level of intellectual property theft.

As many as 500 people may have been killed in last night's strike on al-Ahli hospital in Gaza, according to local health authorities.

Fiji’s Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka is in Australia right now, and met with Prime Minister Albanese this morning. 

The Victoria government has become the last state to introduce a bill into parliament which toughens penalties for non-fatal strangulation.

There’s nothing like history and science to remind us just how precarious our existence on this rotating rock we like to call home, really is.  There were many points in human history where things were touch-and-go for humanity, yet here we are, and this time we’re facing another challenge… this time, of our own creation. Climatologist and author Michael E. Mann's new book Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis aims to dispel the narrative of despair, by reminding you that humans have survived changes to our climate before and we can do it again.

Around a decade ago, William Shakespeare was the most performed playwright in Australian theatre but next year no mainstage theatre company performing his work.

There’s one invasive species which is a bit of a sacred cow in this country; horses. When you see them running in the snow capped ridges of the high country you immediately start humming Bruce Rowland’s theme for The Man from Snowy River. But a recent Senate committee report has called for an urgent cull.

The national terrorism threat level currently stands at 'possible'. There is no indication that will change anytime soon however as the death toll climbs in the Israel-Gaza war, ASIO's director general says his agency is expecting "spontaneous violence" to break out in Australia in response to the conflict.  Mike Burgess made the comments overnight ahead of a meeting of Five Eyes intelligence partners in California 

After four consecutive months of interest rates on hold, there could be plenty more pain in store for mortgage holders before the year ends.

Social media has seen a surge in misinformation related to the conflict following the militant group Hamas's attack on Israel. 

Humans really do have a bizarre relationship with food. We’re obsessed with talking about food, cooking food, buying food, and eating food. Some love watching people eat spectacular amounts of food in record time and yes, some like competing in these feats. Why? Is it a symbol of modern gluttony or is it a sport that requires endurance and training just like any other? Guest: James Webb, Competitive Eater

While indigenous leaders mark a week of mourning in the wake of the failed Voice referendum, the Prime Minister says now is not the time to ask the question: what's next? Meanwhile the Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy says there's a lack of community understanding about why First Nations people called for a Voice to Parliament in the first place.

While indigenous leaders mark a week of mourning in the wake of the failed Voice referendum, the Prime Minister says now is not the time to ask the question: what's next? Meanwhile the Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy says there's a lack of community understanding about why First Nations people called for a Voice to Parliament in the first place.

New Zealand’s Labour party was riding high on “Jacindamania” after winning more than 50 per cent of the vote in the 2020 election. 

As farmers prepare to head into potentially years of El Nino weather, wait times to offload livestock to feedlots and abattoirs are blowing out.

A motion has been passed in the House of Representatives condemning Hamas' attacks on Israel. The Greens voted against the motion after trying to substitute support for Israel's right to self-defence with a call for an immediate ceasefire. However this amendment  was heavily defeated. Greens leader Adam Bandt says the motion implied support for a looming Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza strip.

A report by carbon accounting experts has found war is deepening the climate crisis at time when global greenhouse gas emissions are already at a record high.

Sinéad O’Connor, James Joyce, U2, Oscar Wilde … even Derry Girls  For such a small population Ireland has provided some real heavy hitters, culturally speaking…  Some of these could be written off as ‘fluff’ but writer and podcaster Caroline O’Donoghue disputes this idea and embraces the popular not just from Ireland. Her hugely successful podcast Sentimental Garbage takes a deep dive into themes and references from across the pop cultural landscape to find out why they mean so much to us.  Her latest book The Rachel Incident which is set in 2009… a time ripe for these sorts of cultural references.

Just how did this South American interloper become the symbols of the Australian springtime?

As with any national vote, a political post-mortem ensues. It's also a time for voters to ask: what's next? And that's where Australia finds itself today after a resounding 'No' vote in the weekend's Voice Referendum. The Federal Opposition leader Peter Dutton says the Prime Minister is to blame for the failed 'Yes' campaign and again demanded an apology during Question Time today. Mr Dutton also seems to have walked away from his commitment to hold a second referendum on Indigenous recognition. He says he believes the Australian public is done with the referendum process for some time.

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As the final ballots are tallied and Australia’s answer to the Voice rolls in on Saturday evening, nowhere will the result be more keenly watched than by First Nations Australians.

Why is there such a strong connection between surfing and music?  Is it the downtime waiting for the swell to pick up that gives you time for jotting down sandy lyrics? Is it the rhythm and timing needed to ride that wave?  The Beach Boys sang about surf culture. Jack Johnson started out as a competitive surfer. Jimmy Buffett even enjoyed a surf. Blues and roots musician Ash Grunwald has thought about this deeply - writing, podcasting and singing about it. 

A recent survey has found twenty three percent fewer students are studying history at the university level in the last five years. 

The United Nations says it has been told by Israel that everyone in north Gaza should relocate to the south within the next 24 hours. Israeli tanks are reportedly amassing at the border almost a week after Hamas launched a series of surprise terror attacks, killing at least thirteen hundred people.

Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou says that association football will never reach its full potential in Australia, as NRL and AFL are too dominant, with too much power over decision-makers.

Scientists have discovered water, carbon and organic materials in samples collected from an asteroid called Binnu by Nasa’s OSRIS-REx spacecraft. 

Today the Co-chair and Members of the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria joined forces with the Yes23 campaign, to make their last pitches to undecided voters ahead of the Voice Referendum.

The new head of consulting giant PwC Australia has effectively thrown his predecessors under a corporate bus today.  Kevin Burrowes has told a Senate inquiry "past leadership" is to blame after confidential information was used to help clients get out multinational tax avoidance laws.

Social media firms have seen a surge in misinformation related to the conflict following the militant group Hamas's attack on Israel. 

Australia has a wealth of natural wonders but are we doing enough to protect them?

A tired, lonely Chinese worker labours on the factory line inserting tiny screws into what will become the smartphone in your pocket.  The unrelenting work conditions have seen 14 of his co-workers die. But in his mind he writes poetry about his life and experience ... a movement is underway Canadian artist Njo Kong Kie came across the poetry of one such worker Xu Lizhi, and has created a performance called ‘I Swallowed A Moon Made of Iron’

The IDF says it is preparing for a ground offensive when quote, ‘opportune and fit for our purposes’. It comes amid reports of growing anger over the government’s handling of the crisis.

In New South Wales, police have launched an investigation in the wake of a pro-Palestinian rally last Monday night outside the Sydney Opera House, where some people burned the Israeli flag and chanted anti-Jewish slogans.

At least six healthcare workers have been killed in alleged targeted attacks according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.

After spending more than three years in a Chinese prison, Australian journalist Cheng Lei has flown home to her family in Melbourne.   Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the announcement as he also confirmed that the federal government will be assisting Australians stranded in Israel to return home. 

Alongside the human catastrophe, an environmental catastrophe is occurring in Ukraine. it's not because of climate change or the extreme weather, but allegedly being committed by the hands of invading Russian forces. 

Peter Harbison's new book ‘Alan Joyce and Qantas: The Trials and Transformation of an Australian Icon’ examines Joyce's time in the top job. The clean out of the top echelons of Qantas leadership today appears almost complete with the chairman of the board, Richard Goyder announcing he’ll retire before the end of next year. It follows the departure of Alan Joyce last month after 15 years as CEO a difficult tenure filled with challenges  Guest: Peter Harbison, author

Latest Polling suggests that around 60% of young Australians - those under the age of 34 - back the Voice to Parliament. But like all other demographics that number has been sliding. 

Singing, is it nature or nurture?

An invention known as the 'love machine' is helping recolonise a population of little penguins which has been extinct for 30 years in the NSW far south coast town of Eden.

As Australians head out to polls this Saturday to vote in the Voice to Parliament referendum, across the ditch in New Zealand, the kiwis will be doing the same but for their general election. 

A new study has revealed that playful splashes and dives aren’t the only way whales breakup the boredom of a long commute.

When Yair Golan received a desperate plea for help as fellow Israeli's came under attack from Hamas the retired major-general and former MP put on his uniform and drove into besieged villages on the Gaza border to rescue captured civilians.

When Yair Golan received a desperate plea for help as fellow Israeli's came under attack from Hamas the retired major-general and former MP put on his uniform and drove into besieged villages on the Gaza border to rescue captured civilians.

About 30-40% of the world’s population and five million Australians are dealing with food or environmental allergies. Despite this, not a whole lot is actually known about them, in fact, their definition can’t even be agreed upon. A new book, Allergic: How Our Immune System Reacts to a Changing World breaks down the complicated way allergies and the immune system work.  Guest:  Dr. Theresa MacPhail, author

The United Nations estimates close to 200,000 people have been displaced as communities attempt to escape the missile strikes on Gaza.

Israel's offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip has "only started". They're the words of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the country grapples with the surprise terrorist attacks committed by Hamas at the weekend, with a full fledged war now underway.  The hostilities so far have killed around 900 people in Israel and more than 680 people in Gaza, according to authorities on each side. 

Important research on the gender pay gap has resulted in Harvard Professor Claudia Goldin being awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics.

Those caught with drugs for personal use will be fined $400, though the fine can be waived if the person undergoes a drug and alcohol treatment program.

It was 6.45am on a frost August morning when four young climate protestors were handcuffed and read their rights by anti-terrorism police in front of the home of Woodside boss Meg O'Neill.

The peak body for the clean energy industry in Australia has today released its Power Playbook which lays out 45 recommendations to the Federal Government to ensure Australia's goal gets back on track.

A climate scientist is facing the sack by his employer for refusing to fly back to Germany from Papua New Guinea. 

The numbers haven’t been great for the Yes campaign for some time now -- but should we be taking these numbers with a pinch of salt?

How often do you rely on spellcheck… or autocorrect to tidy up those minor errors in your emails, documents or texts each day? They might do the trick for us mere mortals but for newspapers, it’s a different story. Joanne Anderson is the chief desk editor of  The Age, which means that she is the authority on all the words in all the articles that pass her desk each day. Such is her knowledge of the English language that she has written us plebs a helpful and humorous handbook ‘Writely or Wrongly: An unstuffy guide to language stuff’ Guest: Joanne Anderson, author

It's been described as the most complex and brazen attack on Israel since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war and yet somehow this surprise attack by Hamas went undetected by Israel's far-reaching intelligence web. Overnight Israel intensified its bombardments of the Gaza Strip whilst Israeli soldiers fought to dislodge Gaza gunmen from areas of southern Israel. At least 700 people have reportedly been killed in Israel and more than 400 have been killed in Gaza. Palestinian militant groups claimed to be holding over 130 captives from the Israeli side. 

As part of the ongoing attacks on Israel, Palestinian militants have reportedly taken more than 130 people to Gaza as hostages.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is now embarking on the offensive phase of the war and has extended an invitation to opposition leader Yair Lapid and former defense minister Benny Gantz to join an emergency government to manage the conflict.

The scientists whose research led to the development of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

What is it about 80's music that is so recognisable? Is it the pan-pipes, the sax, the synth? You can almost touch the shoulder pads, feel the Miami humidity and see the Palm Trees. Because it's so visceral, it also holds a special place in film history. Edward Gamper aka Sunglasses Kid has found a niche with his nostalgic 1980's tunes and movie themes. 

The Queensland government is mulling a ban on five breeds after a series of high profile attacks.

The Reserve Bank has just released its Financial Stability Review. It says a small but rising share of mortgage borrowers are "on the cusp, or in the early stages, of financial stress".

It will mostly be played in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, but the South American nations of Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay have also been given hosting rights for the opening three matches.

"It's dead easy to die; it's the keeping on living that's hard."  Those words in Robert Service's poem, The Quitter, was often quoted by Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson and it's perhaps a poignant comment for the Australian Antarctic Division at the moment, following revelations it's pursuing cuts worth roughly 16 per cent of its operating budget. 

A war of words has erupted between Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil and the former minister in charge of her portfolio, now opposition leader Peter Dutton, following yesterday's release of an independent review into Australia's migration system.

You might be familiar with the bioluminescence that sometimes washes up on the shores of Australian beaches or perhaps you’ve heard of mushrooms that glow in the dark.

Crypto-billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried's highly anticipated trial has begun in Manhattan and he's facing decades in prison after being accused of “committing massive fraud” by prosecutors during his time as CEO of FTX. 

Gary Janetti has achieved the dream of many - making a successful career creating TV in Hollywood.  Writer, producer, executive producer, creator, voice actor and author he’s worked on Will & Grace, Family Guy, Vicious and The Prince.  He’s here to bring his witty quips and tales from his books to Australia with his show ‘An Evening(ish) in Oz. With Gary Janetti’

Imagine wandering down your local high street on a Summer's evening and being able to find diverse market stalls, alfresco eats, as well as live music.

The AEC tackles some of the myths surrounding the voting process.

Once renowned as a wealthy country, Argentina is now teetering on the edge of hyperinflation as the country stares down a critical election later this month.

Steep falls on Wall Street and the ASX are being blamed in part on the surging yields on US Treasury notes.  The 10-year bond yield reached 4.8%,  the highest level since 2007. 

The interim report has made 17 recommendations to reform the current child protection system.

The year is 1963. Lawrence of Arabia wins the Oscar for Best Picture. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech ... and JFK is shot and killed in Dallas. Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space, returns to Earth, but it will be six years until we land on the moon. Humanity seems to be largely moving forward… reaching up. In the wake of these advancements five thinkers were asked ‘Has humanity’s conquest of space increased or diminished our stature?’  Sixty years on, as part of World Space Week, the Wheeler Centre is discussing the question.

It’s been a tense week for residents in Victoria and New South Wales with a very unsettling sense of deja vu beginning to seep in for those of us who watched and lived through the horrors of the Black Summer Bushfire.

Indian police have raided the homes of dozens of journalists, activists and comedians, in what critics have described as an attack on India's independent news outlets.

Dysfunctional, poorly managed and exploited by criminals to commit sexual slavery and human trafficking. That’s how Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has described Australia's migration system.

2023 Australian of The Year Local Hero Amar Singh has returned to Sydney after driving 25,000 kilometers across the country to promote the Indigenous Voice to Parliament to religious, multicultural and regional communities.

Scientists with the International Astronomical Union have announced one of the brightest objects visible in the night sky is a prototype satellite called the BlueWalker 3 – part of an ambitious new 5G communications system. 

If you've struggled to get urgent healthcare in the past year, you might be wondering where those 50 urgent care clinics the government promised this year have gotten to. Well, so far, only 24 have been opened, and the majority of those are in metropolitan areas.  Of those that are open, less than half are operating until 10pm as promised, with many closing at 8pm.

One research paper suggests that the Atlas Network could also have inspired some of the tactics being used in the lead up to next weekend’s referendum.

Afrofuturism is a genre of music and art and cultural aesthetic that explores the intersection of the African experience with history, science and technology.  It imagines alternative futures; speculative fiction with a black lens. Mixing science, and space to explore something that is disproportionately prevalent in African genetics and a possible future without it, ‘Sweet Mama’ is set in an intergalactic game-like scenario where our hero fights the battle of Type 2 Diabetes within the body. 

German and UK scientists say meat taxes and other livestock emissions regulations could be effective in stopping climate change. 

Authorities are today battling blazes across NSW, Victoria and Tasmania.  Communities in Gippsland, in Victoria's south east, are on high alert and several locations across NSW.

Late last week, Tasmania's Attorney-General Elise Archer said she was quitting politics after being sacked by the Premier Jeremy Rockliff over a series of text messages.

The Reserve Bank has left the cash rate on hold at 4.1 per cent for the fourth month in a row at a board meeting chaired, for the first time, by Governor Michele Bullock.

Tonight’s episode of Four Corners explores the relationship between law enforcement and the individuals risking their lives to inform on fellow criminals.

Pro-China opposition candidate Mohamed Muizzu has won the Maldives presidential election.

New caps on childcare fees and more support for single parents and unemployed parents. Those are among the key recommendations by the consumer watchdog this week.  A draft report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has also revealed that Australian parents are paying almost twice the OECD average, despite government investment. 

Australia and France have signed a pact to work more closely on critical minerals supply chains. 

The segregation of schools has become a hot topic following Friday's findings from The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. But what do people close to the issue think?

When Hannah Ferguson landed a job with the Queensland Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions … she was 22 years old and full of ambition and hope ... she found herself sitting in an office cubicle for hours on end transcribing police recordings of interviews with victims and accused perpetrators hearing, in detail, stories of trauma, abuse and violence. It transformed her perception of the justice system and the media’s reporting of it … so she started Cheek Media Co.  She's just written her first book 'Bite Back: Feminism, media, politics and our power to change it all' a scathing critique of the current state of Australian politics, media and feminism… with some ideas on how we might be able to help make change.

Are you avoiding that book on your bedside table because you can’t bear the thought of reading something longer than a tweet?

Early voting in the Voice referendum has officially started today in Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. But for voters elsewhere, today's public holiday will mean pre-polling booths will open tomorrow. 

Resignations, embarrassing defeats, awkward confrontations and shocking findings following another Royal Commission. 

Independent brewers say anti-competition tactics by the world’s top beer giants are muscling out Australia’s craft beers from the nation’s pubs. 

From meeting at a Thailand Maccas in an age before social media... to having a fan in Liam Gallagher. Tim and Oscar from Holy Holy have managed to create music across time and space, having never lived in the same city... or state. They came into the studio and played their songs 'Rosé and 'Ready' from their new album 'Cellophane'

A University of Queensland survey has found the majoirity of those in Queensland and Western Australia would support the introduction of daylight saving.

The federal government says it will set up a task force to work out the best way to respond to the 222 recommendations handed down with the Disability Royal Commission. Meanwhile Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John says segregated settings - like at schools and group homes - should be abolished. 

After four and a half years, almost eight-thousand submissions and more than 800 witnesses, we now have the final report of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

In a significant setback for Woodside's massive Scarborough gas development in Western Australia, the Federal Court has today found an environmental plan - for part of the project - should never have been approved. Woodside was given approval earlier this year to carry out seismic testing off the Pilbara coast, as part of the $12 billion project, provided it consulted First Nations people.  That approval was successfully challenged by traditional owner, Raelene Cooper, who argued she wasn't adequately consulted. 

Universities across Australia got a rude shock today. The world's most prestigious academic league table shows every single Australian university in the top 100 have slipped down the rankings for 2024 with the University of Adelaide suffering the biggest drop - going from 88th place to 111th in just 12 months.   Meanwhile the University of Melbourne went from 34th place to 37th, while the University of Sydney dropped six places to 60th. 

You could soon demand tech companies erase your data, sue them for privacy invasions and even avoid being targeted by businesses using sensitive personal information.

A multi-billion dollar trafficking ring could be behind that scam text on your phone.

There comes a point in everybody's life when the relationship between parent and child changes. When we start to become our own adults, parents no longer need to provide care and advice in the same way.  It used to be when around the age we left school and went to uni but that is beginning to change… which can make the  Dr Laurence Steinberg argues in his new book ‘You And Your Adult Child: How to Grow Together in Challenging Times’  that factors like work and the economy mean that we’re moving through our life stages at about 5 -10 year later than our parents.

The Federal Treasurer has announced the government is looking at introducing a national skills passport.

It sounds unorthodox but more and more Australians are opting to live in 'earth-sheltered' homes in order to escape bushfires and extreme heat.

With El Nino nerves settling in over fears of another Black Summer, are our warning systems up for the task?

A lot of things have changed for school kids throughout the generations, but the game of handball - and the fights which break out over its rules - have remained constant. 

Just hours after Nine Newspapers published reports that the Home Affairs department secretary Michael Pezzullo allegedly sent partisan text messages to a liberal party powerbroker, the public servant stood aside.  Now the allegations have been referred to the public service commissioner. But what needs to be done to keep the public service robust and independent? 

Just a day after the Australian and International Pilots Association called for his resignation, Qantas chair Richard Goyder says he's not going anywhere.  He fronted a Senate inquiry into Bilateral Air Service Agreements this afternoon where questions have been asked about the federal government's decision to block Qatar Airways's bid for 28 additional flights into Australia.

The gap between rich and poor Australians has blown out over the past two decades.

You may have heard it said… that truly good design is actually design you don’t notice. Clothes that just seem to fit perfectly…  the warm invitation of a beautifully lit room… or the ease of comfortable furniture… the natural flow of highly functional architecture. But some argue that design should also contribute to a bigger conversation… one about ideas… and art... our vision of the future. Speculation: 8 Billion Little Utopias is part of the Design Fringe program and explores this idea. Guest: Dr. Vincent Alessi, Curator and Director of The Linden New Art Gallery 

Author of the report, Dr Ziggy Switkowski, named seven key shortcomings ranging from an overly collegial culture inhibiting constructive challenge to an excessively powerful CEO and a lack of independence. 

An Australian law expert has ranked courtroom TV dramas by their accuracy.

A delegation of seven Australian parliamentarians have toured a refugee camp in Armenia, as thousands flee their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh

With El Niño upon us and already reports of cattle markets being flooded as farmers look to de-stock, how is Australia preparing for the next drought? A National Drought Forum is currently underway in Rockhampton as the Productivity Commission hands down its recommendations for the Future Drought Fund.

Both Brisbane and Melbourne Airport executives fronted the Senate inquiry into Bilateral Air Service Agreements today, calling on the federal government to review its decision to knock back Qatar Airways' bid to run more flights into Australia.  They both also argued less competition and higher airfares restrict travel. 

The resignation of Victorian premiere Dan Andrews has come as a shock, but how will the state's business community respond?

Last week, there were warnings of extreme and catastrophic fire danger in parts of Queensland and New South Wales. This week, more than 200 organisations including state emergency services and charities are meeting in Canberra for the National Disaster Preparedness Summit. Meanwhile, RFS volunteers are preparing for what might be a tough bushfire season. 

If you knew your body wasn’t going to fall apart and you could live forever with augmented or even improved body parts… with no need to worry about failing eyesight … that bung knee … heart disease … would that make you more interested? This is Transhumanism … a movement that wants to use science and technology to make humans … better and live forever. Zoltan Istvan has been a journalist, and science fiction writer, worked in Real estate and has been a political candidate and believes in the transhumanist movement. He even drove a coffin-shaped bus around America to promote the ‘longevity movement’. 

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman says fear of persecution for being gay isn't reason enough for asylum seekers to be granted asylum.

How would you feel about sharing your morning commute with a furry friend?

'Chairman Dan', 'I stand with Dan' … whatever you think about Daniel Andrews, the self-described "kid from the country" is resigning after nine years as the Premier of Victoria.

There are allegations one of Australia's most senior public servants, the Home Affairs department secretary, Michael Pezzullo, sent a series of messages to Liberal party powerbroker Scott Briggs - including disparaging comments about senior figures in the former Coalition Government and advice on ministerial appointments.   The Minister for Home Affairs Clare O'Neil has now confirmed Mr Pezzullo has stepped aside while an investigation gets underway into the allegations.

The last time Australia had an Employment White Paper released, Paul Keating was the Prime Minister.    Almost 30 years on, a Labor government has again released an Employment White Paper in a bid to put "full employment" at the heart of Australia's policy frameworks and institutions. 

A social enterprise is trying to make the purchase of electric vehicles more equitable by offering means-tested discounts to new buyers.

When you imagine a circus what do you picture?  A ringmaster … a trapeze artist… Strong-man… clowns… amazing feats of physical stamina and acrobatics... even fleas? While circus arts have progressed from this, our picture of it might not have caught up with the possibilities of this art form. The National Institute of Circus Arts is holding a summit on Circus arts and the industry's issues as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Do you remember those early days? The sound of the old dial-up internet connection via your phone line, the glacial speed of getting a web page up, the really basic, text-heavy websites? Hard to believe, but the "popular internet" is 30 years old.

The NSW state government has announced that nearly $7 million will be spent over three years to crack down on the illegal sale of vapes and help young addicts wean off them.

Hollywood is breathing a collective sigh of relief, with the news that screenwriters and the big studios have reached an historic contract agreement, tentatively ending a writers strike that lasted 146 days.

The do-or-die match comes after the Wallabies' shock defeat to Fiji in their second game of the tournament which saw the Pacific nation beat the Wallabies for the first time in 69 years.

The inquiry into commonwealth responses to the COVID-19 pandemic will not consider the actions of state and territory governments.

Born in Nairobi, Kenya in the early 90’s, Ondara listened to the family’s battery-operated radio, devouring any sort of music he could cram into his young ears. Eventually he came to folk music, after losing a bet, and finding out that ‘Knockin' On Heaven Door’ wasn't in fact a Guns N Roses Song, but by some guy called Bob Dylan. He won the Green Card Lottery and moved to the States, not LA or New York … but Maple Grove, Minnesota - a place as American as Apple pie and more importantly, Dylan’s home state. Tour info for Ondara can be found here

This month alone, Qantas has had to issue a public apology not once … not twice … but three times.

Billionaire Rupert Murdoch has announced he is stepping down as chairman of both Fox Corporation and News Corp.

There’s been a lot going on this week on many fronts, from the scorching heat, fires and El Nino declaration to a COVID inquiry announced – without Royal Commission powers, and of course Rupert Murdoch's surprise decision to step down as chairman of Fox and News Corp.

Azerbaijani and Armenian military forces have reached a ceasefire agreement, ending 24 hours of deadly conflict in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Same-game-multi bets advertised by the AFL and Sportsbet have been found to have an 85% fail rate.

The federal government has announced an inquiry into how the COVID-19 pandemic was handled, headed by a panel of experts.

AI influencers, authors take ChatGPT to court and one social media platform is still promoting Russell Brand despite  the sexual assault allegations against the comedian.

Archaeologists have unearthed a wooden structure in Zambia, dating back nearly half-a-million years, long before the evolution of Homo sapiens.

Most of us have a connection to divorce. Maybe your parents got a divorce… or you’re supporting a friend through a marriage breakdown ... or perhaps you’ve been through one (or more) yourself.  The narrative surrounding divorce is mostly sad … painful … messy.  Photographer Harry Borden illustrates the ripple effect that the breakdown of marriage creates … including the positive outcomes of peace, reflection and re-creation, in his new book On Divorce. 

One in five Australians live with allergies and that number is rising with hospital admissions from such allergies up 350 per cent over the past two decades.

Indigenous Filmmaker and Yes Campaigner Rachel Perkins wants Australians to understand what life is like in some of Australia's most disadvantaged areas.

36,000 Victorian properties, half or which are in regional areas, will be hit with a levy to their revenue from short stay accommodation platforms.

Millions of bees have been euthanased by authorities in what is now the largest biosecurity outbreak in this country.

Overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took to the podium to implore world leaders to rally behind Kyiv as Russia's war continues to drag on.

Jacindamania is now most definitely over, in the land of the long white cloud.

More than 1,200 bank branches have shut down in the past six years as the nation's banks slowly phase out Australian consumers' access to cash.

Cephalopods make for a perfect canvas to discuss natural intelligence versus Artificial intelligence in ‘Distributed Consciousness’. The technicolour images and distorted voiceovers explore biological and artificial intelligence, distributed computation and cognition, cryptography, evolution, phenomenology, ecological awareness, climate change, and activism. Got it? good. You can see Distributed Consciousness at the Melbourne ACMI Gallery. 

It has been a longstanding question for scientists and new research has found cases where the flatlined brains of some cardiac arrest patients has burst into a flurry of activity during CPR.

It has been a longstanding question for scientists and new research has found cases where the flatlined brains of some cardiac arrest patients has burst into a flurry of activity during CPR.

A new campaign has been launched designed to pressure the Albanese Government into reforming whistleblower laws.

200 regional airports are owned and operated by councils, but and an estimated 60 per cent operate at a loss.

A survey of manufacturers has found the general business mood in Australia remains pessimistic.

Australia will purchase a fourth long-range Triton drone for maritime surveillance.

Bamboo is considered one of the most versatile and environmentally friendly materials in the world. It’s long supported all manner of construction in the east, more recently being used to build pavilions in China and even schools in Bali … so why don’t we see more of it used in Western nations? Italian architect Mauricio Cardenas Laverde is in Melbourne as part of the Tools for After Design festival.

For some people, escaping this heat isn’t as easy as closing the blinds and laying out in the lounge room.

More than 20 schools on the Far South Coast of New South Wales are closed today and a total fire ban has been declared for the region.

Bone marrow cancer drug momelotinib was first developed in Melbourne in the late 1990s, and is set to become a global blockbuster after US regulators gave it the green light

It's an age-old debate – one considered by school leavers every year – should I go to university or should I pick up a trade instead

The mercury in Port Augusta in South Australia hit 39 degrees today, and it's only the third week of spring. 

The Wallabies' Rugby World Cup campaign hit a major hurdle overnight, with Australia losing their group stage match to Fiji

Australia's population is growth is driven by net overseas migration.

The federal Senate are currently conducting an inquiry into the controversial practice of greenwashing.

A new CSIRO survey has found that only two in five Australians are eating enough vegetables.

In the first half of this year, more than 400 data breaches were recorded by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

What do polymer bank notes, the electric drill and Zinc sunscreen all have in common? They were all inventions with patents written in Australia. And while these became highly successful, not all patents are.  ‘IP Provocations’ is a new podcast exploring whether patents are facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation as they were designed to do or whether they’re in fact inhibiting it.

Research from the Foundation for Young Australians predicts that today's young people will have 17 jobs across 5 different industries in their working lifetimes.

An unprecedented apology from QANTAS, the Yes and No Voice campaigns intensify, Labor's housing fund finally gets the Green light and rich lister Tim Gurner apologises for tradie comments

Concussion injuries and tribunal decisions plaguing the first week of the AFL's final series.

Four days after unprecedented rain broke two dams on Sunday, sending massive floods through the Eastern Libyan city of Derna, drowning whole families, toppling five-storey buildings, and moving entire neighbourhoods into the sea, more horrifying stories are emerging. 

Four days after unprecedented rain broke two dams on Sunday, sending massive floods through the Eastern Libyan city of Derna, drowning whole families, toppling five-storey buildings, and moving entire neighbourhoods into the sea, more horrifying stories are emerging.  The UN calls it a "calamity of epic proportions" with the death toll reaching 11,300 and many more feared dead.

This winter it felt like absolutely every person was overseas for a European summer … and the one place they all seemed to be going was Italy. If your friends did not send you a postcard or bring you back a souvenir, then let the Australian Chamber Orchestra send you a little taste of Italy. Postcards from Italy takes a look at the way five selected works from across four centuries display the cultural influences of Italy ... Music is not necessarily the Italian stereotype you might expect. Principle cellist Timo-Vekko ‘Tipi’ Valve take you on an Vacansa Italiana.

The awards recognised research ranging from a toilet which can detect signs of illness to the reason why scientists like to lick rocks.

Defence General Angus Campbell has told the Australian Strategic Policy Institute that Australia can make sovereign decisions, while working collectively with allies.

The British Government is facing calls to confront colonial legacies in the Caribbean. Barbados is leading a reparations campaign against former slave owners who made fortunes in sugar trade under British rule.

The federal opposition opposes new illicit drug laws and tomorrow will introduce a private senator's bill to try to override it.

The move comes after UNESCO last month made a draft recommendation to delay listing the reef's status as in danger, saying the Federal Government had taken positive steps to protect the reef in the past year.  But is the Federal Government in the clear?

How exactly do mass text messages work and what other digital tactics are the Yes and No campaigns deploying to win your vote at next month's referendum.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has described the Republican party's plans to launch an impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Joe Biden as a "baseless, political stunt". She says no evidence has been produced by Republicans against the Democrat President -- as they investigate the business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden. So what are the political gains for the Republicans going down this road?  

In a year where the planet has been lashed by non-stop catastrophic weather events ... being reminded of the people who are working towards change gives you hope rather than despair at the amount of work ahead. Professor Tim Flannery’s new documentary ‘Climate Changers’ introduces you to some of the leaders within the climate activist community across the world.

Australian television and film producers say the delay will bring more uncertainty to the local industry.

New research from the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences shows social media site TikTok's algorithms deliver significantly more appearance and dieting content to eating disorder patients than any other users.

The James Webb Space Telescope may have also detected a molecule on the planet that's only linked to life.

The US Department of Justice is tackling Google’s market dominance in the first major monopoly trial of the modern internet age.

The Chair of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide questioned the commitment to improving suicide rates among Australian Defence Force personnel and veterans.

A high profile money laundering investigation has raised the question - Can Singapore hold on to its reputation as Asia’s ‘safe haven’?

In February this year the Therapeutic Goods Administration approved psilocybin and MDMA for clinical use in treatment-resistant depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. But experts say the decision was rushed.

She was at one time named the “Woman who saved Australia”.  Gladys Berejiklian's political trajectory saw her lead Australia’s largest state through catastrophic times. But one question at a press conference began to unravel that and led to an ICAC investigation which would find that she breached public trust and found her guilty of serious corrupt conduct.  The reporter who asked that question was Paul Farrell, from ABC Investigations. He is the author of a new book Gladys: A Leader’s Undoing. 

A federal inquiry is currently underway as regulators and educators continue to grapple with the practical, legal and ethical challenges of using AI to teach and learn.

Qantas has issued its first-ever apology to workers after the High Court found the airline acted illegally when it sacked 1,700 ground crew staff members during the COVID-19 pandemic.

While this part of the country is sparsely populated the blaze is still wreaking havoc on communities. 

The move would see Australia join the United States in sanctioning the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank and the Myanmar Investment and Commercial Bank.

Some elements of the bill, such as changes to the gig economy and labour hire, have prompted backlash over their cost to employers.

Labor finally has the support of the Greens to get its $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund over the line but it wasn't without a major concession. In fact, to the tune of $1 billion billion in additional funding for housing this year alone.  But is this sweetener for the Greens really that sweet?

Health experts have raised concerns that a focus on weight-centric health solutions could be leading to a rise in eating disorders.

Imagine seeing your first dates and flirtations with your partner play out on national TV. Your romance is a storyline at the whim of editors and producers. Then imagine your romance, and your personality, being picked apart on the internet, strangers weighing in on you and your actions in forums and social media.  Alisha Aitken-Radburn has written about her time in The Bachelor franchise in her book The Villain Edit.

In Kim Jong Un's 12 years in power, he's only had seven trips away from North Korea and he's preferred mode of transport? A luxurious, slow moving, armoured train. Japan's Kyodo news agency is reporting Kim's dark green rattler has just arrived in Khasan, a small settlement in Russia's Far East, and he's expected to meet President Vladimir Putin later today to discuss a potential arms deal. 

No campaign group Fair Australia has been providing training to its volunteers making cold calls to Australians.

NSW Police are looking to follow in the footsteps of London’s Metropolitan Police and divert mental health incidents to health professionals.

The arrest of a British parliamentary staffer accused of spying for China has prompted alarm about the lack of security screening of staff working at Parliament House.

The Greens say they have agreed to provide their support in return for an extra $1 billion to be spent this year on public and community housing.

No companies took up new offshore windfarms in the United Kingdom after warning the government the auction prices were set too low.

New research has found hundreds of invasive plants and prohibited weeds are being advertised on a popular online marketplace and are being sold without the buyers really knowing what they're buying.

What's the difference between a viola and an onion? No one cries when you cut up a viola. Brett Yang and Eddy Chen of TwoSet Violin, enjoy a joke about violas as much as the next person … maybe more as they combine classical music appreciation and YouTube culture, in a channel that’s had more than 1.3 billion views. They're currently on a world tour having a chuckle at chamber music.

Intermissions are still common in live theatre but it's been a long time since they’ve been built into the program at movie theatres.

India has facilitated a statement which both Russia and the US have praised, with the Kremlin calling it a victory saying the summit didn't end up becoming "Ukrainised".

Japan's astonishing win against the Springboks in 2015 was - without a doubt - the biggest shake-up in Rugby World Cup history.  The man who led the Cherry Blossoms is now managing the Wallabies at this year's tournament in France which kicks off in less than 24 hours. Eddie Jones has already given the Green and Gold a major shake-up, replacing veterans like Michael Hooper and Quade Cooper with a new guard. 

In the Northern Territory female anglers outnumber their male counterparts, and more than double the number of fisherwomen across the country.

When you look at photos of the band The Cruel Sea many of them are your typical band picture … what these pictures don’t tell you is how much of a laugh The Cruel Sea loves to have.  And while band members have come and gone, The Cruel Sea have been having a laugh and playing tunes for more than three decades and they’re heading off their 30th-anniversary tour for their award-winning album ‘The Honeymoon Is Over’.

The decision on whether a person is fit to drive or not can dramatically affect the independence of older Australians. But a new program may help with fair and standardised testing.

The Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney has called for an investigation into claims of possible secret burial sites at a Stolen Generation-era boys' home in New South Wales.  The Guardian has reported at least nine suspicious sites on the grounds of Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home near Kempsey as possible graves.

Earlier today, Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion.

Question Time - at the best of time - is adversarial and raucous. But this week, it's gone up quite a few decibels as the opposition put the heat on the federal government - and in particular - the transport minister Catherine King over their decision to block extra Qatar Airways flights to Australia.

It’s not just your phone or social media accounts that are tracking your every move.

Have you had to break the news to your kid that it’s time to give up their teddy bear?

When you go to a concert what do you wanna see? Do you want to hear your favourite songs you already know every single word to …. or do you want to hear the new songs that may be your new favourites? Every set list by every band has struggled with this idea. Singer-songwriter Tim Finn is giving the people both. After a decade or so off the touring circuit, he’s heading out on tour. The Lives and Times Of Tim Finn will have all the fan faves from Split Enz, Crowded House, his solo work, and everything in between.

You can't make a cake without flour, eggs or a cake tin to bake it in, but scientists in Israel say they have grown cells that closely resemble a two-week-old fertilised human embryo without using sperm, eggs, or a womb.

After 45 years at the Reserve Bank with seven years in the top job, Philip Lowe has finally bid adieu with a closing speech today titled 'Some Closing Remarks'. In his address he reflected on the 12 interest rate rises since May last year saying that quote "while it makes you unpopular, it is the right thing to do". He also expressed some regrets about moments that have come to define his term.  

For 120 years, the nation has been waiting for a certain species commonly known as henon to flower. But there's a catch, once it's flowered around 90 per cent of the variation will die there after.

Is the Federal Government’s strategy for the region really a new chapter for Australia?

Increasingly we're learning just how big an impact sport can have on the brains of players, both at the elite and amateur levels.

If the Modi government follows through with the name change, India will become the second country to officially change its name in the recent past, following the lead of Türkiye in 2022.

In Victoria, man's best friend is being recruited for a program that could soon see dogs become a platypus’s best friend too.

In Mixed Martial Arts or MMA you win one of two ways - either by punching or kicking your opponent hard enough to render them unconscious or if they tap out … in the ring, there are rules and your enemy and the objective is clear.  However, in life, sometimes the lines are blurred and the rules aren’t clear. Sometimes your opponent is you … and the mistakes you make result in more than just losing points. Nigerian-born New Zealander and current UFC middle-weight champion - Israel ‘Izzy’ Adesanya is the subject of Zöe McIntosh’s documentary Stylebender. 

Koalas, wombats, kangaroos and echidna's look great on a postcard but do their wildlife road signs work to lower rates of road kill?  GUEST:  Professor Darryl Jones, Griffith University

During the trade stoush with China, Australia learnt to pivot and diversify its export markets. The new trade deal with India is one such example. But where is Australia underachieving?   According to DFAT, Australia is currently ASEAN's eighth-largest two-way goods trading partner in 2022, representing just 3.4 per cent of the bloc's goods trade.   To tap into this market more, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has today announced a new strategy for the region on the sidelines of the ASEAN leaders' summit in Indonesia. 

James, Andrew and Peter Buttle were charged after 22 people were killed after Whakaari/White Island, in New Zealand erupted in December 2019.

Should Australia join the growing list of countries cracking down on the short-term rental market?

 With all the news about Qantas this week, you'd be forgiven for thinking aviation is up in the air at the moment.  The Senate this afternoon voted for a parliamentary inquiry to be held into the federal government's decision to block additional Qatar Airways flights into Australia. Meanwhile the Greens took aim at how many times government MPs have used the RAAF VIP aircraft.

Questions remain over the legacies of the outgoing Qantas CEO and governor of the RBA.

Are the tactics in modern games true to sportsmanship or taking things too far?

A bolt of lightning in movies, TV and literature is often portrayed as a message from the heavens, a catalyst for great destruction or transformation.  In real life being struck by lightning usually leads to any number of physical and cognitive symptoms… usually leaving the person irrevocably changed in some way. Cellist Zoë Barry had not 1, not 2 but 3 close encounters with lightning within 6 months. Her work The Nervous Atmosphere explores the after-effects.

New research out of Canada suggests that patients treated by female surgeons actually have "lower rates of adverse postoperative outcomes". 

The closure of Australia's largest coal-fired power station could be delayed.   The Eraring plant on the NSW Central Coast has been given a potential lifeline after the NSW Government accepted a key recommendation in its Electricity Supply and Reliability Check-Up report that "engagement" should begin with Origin Energy on "an extension … beyond 2025″. Former NSW Treasurer and Energy Minister Matt Kean told RN Drive yesterday that there is no case to extend the life of Eraring.   

Torrential rain has turned the usually dry and dusty Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada into a mud bath.

In the biggest shake-up since Russia launched its full-fledged war against Ukraine in February last year, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced he will replace his defence minister Oleksii Reznikov.  Reznikov has been credited for securing billions of dollars of Western military aid to help Ukraine's war effort but his department has also faced corruption allegations this year. Reznikov denies any wrongdoing. 

The NSW Government is mulling whether to keep the country’s largest coal-fired power station open past its 2025 closure date.

The federal government wants to give new powers to the media watchdog, allowing it to punish misinformation on online platforms. Under the draft legislation, the Australian Communications and Media Authority could impose millions of dollars in penalties on platforms breaching misinformation and disinformation standards.

He’s one of those artists that every time you read about him he’s doing something entirely different. From a tour with Ben Kweller and Ben Folds … to becoming a death doula, from a kid's album about Islam to selling essential oils on the internet … even a nominee for World’s Sexiest Vegetarian.  Ben Lee is fun, even his album says so. He's heading on tour to bring the fun to everyone.

If you could ask one question about who Australia is, what would you ask?

The herbicide Roundup has been used for decades to kill and control weeds, but is the product's key ingredient, glyphosate, as safe as it's marketed to be?

More than 60 per cent of Australians have been exposed to maltreatment as children, including abuse, neglect and exposure to domestic violence.

A conversation about the power of a message, weather it’s the messages of the Yes and No campaigns cutting through, or the PM wearing a hi vis shirt featuring  the logo of a mining company that blew up Juukan Gorge.

New research from the Australian Sports Foundation has revealed that some of our top athletes are earning less than $23,000 a year.

In the busy streets of Manilla, you’ll see people getting in and out of what looks like a mix between a Jeep and a Jitney which is a minibus - therefore a Jeepney.  Intricately painted and riotously decorated. The Jeepney is a symbol of Filipino art and culture and so Darwin-based artist Kuya James has found inspiration in them for his new album 'Jeepney Rock'

As of Wednesday this week, 22,781 Australians have died from the COVID-19. And hundreds of thousands more will have experienced ongoing symptoms.  Today Australia's first conference solely dedicated to long COVID was told that around 14% of people who contract the virus will suffer ongoing symptoms. 

Libraries have been cornerstones in communities for generations.

Nearly six months on from the mass fish kill which devastated the far-west New South Wales town of Menindee, the state's chief scientist has concluded the deaths are representative of a broader worsening of the ecosystem. It is estimated up to 30 million fish died on the Darling-Baaka River. 

A strong rise of the far-right has spooked Germany's political class and sparked unease across Europe.

“Substantial reliability problems” and an “increasing risk of blackouts” as soon as this summer, that grim forecast comes from the Australian Energy Market Operator latest 10 year forecast. 

Anthony Albanese says he is "convinced" Tasmanians will back the Voice, but some all First Nations Tasmanians say the Voice to Parliament idea was 'rammed down their throats'.

A big, ungainly baby waddles down the road, hands outstretched holding a cigarette. A huge roving eyeball looks out over a hotel balcony. A giant brain lumbers slowly down the stairs, bumping off the handrail. A gigantic disembodied foot treads on a too-slow picnicker, and a severed hand appears out of nowhere to push it off, all the while a nose bounces around behind them. Such is the surreal spectacle of a Snuff Puppets public performance. You might encounter an oversized body part or animal the size of a bus and the beauty of these beasts is their ability to surprise, delight and sometimes even disgust.