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18:15

The Voice: How other countries do it

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2023/08/27

A Voice to Parliament would be a first for Australia, but it’s not the first of its kind in the world. Norway has had an indigenous-led Parliament for more than three decades, with local representatives advising on issues that impact their people. Closer to home, New Zealand has a Maori Voice in Parliament, with specially established seats for indigenous MPs. So, what impact have these bodies had? And could they offer a glimpse of life in Australia if we vote “Yes”? Today, author and contributor to

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20:36

The Weekend Read: New nipples with tattoo ink

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2023/08/26

A clinic inside Melbourne’s Royal Women’s Hospital is quietly changing lives through the power of tattoos. The Combined Breast Service offers breast reconstruction, including making nipples anew with tattoo ink. It’s an offering that empowers post-mastectomy patients and breast cancer survivors, who often grapple with accepting their new chests. Today, author Katherine Wilson will be reading her piece from the May issue of The Monthly. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and

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17:39

Albanese’s wasted opportunity

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2023/08/24

Australia is ageing rapidly, and our country will look very different by the turn of this century. That’s the prediction laid out in the government’s latest intergenerational report, which forecasts the state of the nation. So, what vision does Labor have in guiding Australia into the future? And how urgently are they addressing these issues? Today, contributing editor for The Monthly Rachel Withers on what she learned at Labor’s conference about their plans for the future. Socials: Stay in

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15:52

Surviving in Australia’s hottest towns

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2023/08/23

Australia is home to some of the hottest towns in the world. In the Northern Territory, remote communities with large Indigenous populations know how to live in extreme heat. But even they say they’re seeing the climate change before their eyes, making their homes less and less liveable. So what lessons can First Nations peoples impart about surviving the heat? And can their knowledge offer a way to adapt rather than relying on energy-intensive airconditioning? Today, contributor to The Saturday

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16:27

Alan Jones’ radical online comeback

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2023/08/22

A channel to the right of Sky News has launched in Australia, with powerful and cashed-up backers. ADH TV has all the hallmarks of far right American platforms, but with a very well known Australian at its centre: Alan Jones. It marks something of a comeback for the 82-year-old shock jock, who was dropped by mainstream media outlets. Today, associate editor for The Saturday Paper Martin McKenzie-Murray on who’s behind ADH TV and whether Australians have an appetite for far right news. Socials: Stay

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18:41

Leaks reveal abuse in aged care

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2023/08/21

If someone in an aged care facility is hurt or mistreated, there’s a system in place that’s supposed to make sure incidents are flagged and followed up. But instead of reviewing all these cases, the regulator has been “bulk closing” them in the thousands, sometimes without even the most basic assessment. Staff say this is leading to further neglect, abuse and even preventable death, as major risks go unnoticed. Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton on why the aged care regulator

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21:14

How Australia inspired the UK’s floating detention...

7am ·

2023/08/20

Asylum seekers in the UK may face a new fate once they arrive: being loaded onto an enormous 10,000-ton barge, floating in a port on the south coast of England. It’s part of a new hardline-migration policy being rolled out by the British government, and it’s being sold to the public with a slogan that will sound familiar to Australians: ‘Stop the boats’. Today, lawyer Madeline Gleeson from the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW, on how ideas from Australia led to Britain’s floating

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20:15

Why it’s important to listen to Lidia Thorpe. Even if...

7am ·

2023/08/17

To this day, a war is still being waged against Indigenous Australians by a colonial state. That is the vision sketched out by Senator Lidia Thorpe this week in a landmark speech. She says a Voice to Parliament would simply be “window dressing” and an “insult” to the intelligence of Indigenous Australians still living under violent colonisation. So is a Voice to Parliament really an extension of Australia’s shameful past? Or could it help overcome that trauma? Today, contributor to The Saturday

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17:45

Centrelink’s dodgy maths goes well beyond robo-debt

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2023/08/16

After the axing of the illegal robo-debt scheme, there were promises of reform in the welfare system to make it lawful, fair and transparent. It’s since been revealed that the same type of bad maths that underpinned robo-debt has been used elsewhere at Centrelink. More than 100,000 welfare recipients have been affected, with some even facing prosecution for inaccurate debts. The revelations point to deep structural problems in the administration of our welfare system, years before robo-debt was even

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20:30

The Matildas will have to battle friends and rivals...

7am ·

2023/08/15

For the first time ever, Australia has reached the final four of a World Cup. Tonight, the Matildas face some familiar foes when they go up against England in Sydney. Many in the Matildas squad play club football in England, and in some cases they’ll be going toe-to-toe with their club teammates. So, will close knowledge and home advantage give Australia the edge to defeat the European champions? Today, Fox Sports News presenter and women's sports advocate Sam Squiers, on the battle ahead for the

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18:10

The deal for teachers that went horribly wrong

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2023/08/14

The teacher shortage across Australia has left public school educators feeling burnt out and undervalued – that’s if they haven’t already quit. In NSW, a plan to make the state’s teachers among the highest paid in the country helped Labor win the election this year. But months after entering into pay negotiations, and on the verge of announcing a historic deal, the union is accusing the NSW government of reneging, breaking a core election promise to teachers and severely wounding a relationship

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16:44

‘More likely to put carbon on the moon’: Australia’s...

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2023/08/13

What if solving the climate crisis was as easy as dumping and burying our carbon emissions in the ocean? Capturing carbon and storing it under the seabed is an idea that the Labor government is trying to legislate in parliament — and they’ll likely have enough support to get it up. If it seems like it’s too good to be true, climate experts say, that’s because it is. Why is Labor supporting the contentious science behind carbon capture and storage, and does it amount to anything more than

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17:43

The Weekend Read: Christos Tsiolkas on pieces of...

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2023/08/12

Today on the show, author Christos Tsiolkas with a recent piece from The Monthly. “The Past is a foreign country: they do things differently there” – is the memorable opening line of L.P. Hartley’s 1953 novel, The Go-Between. It’s a line that has stuck with Christos Tsiolkas since he read it in high school - and a sentiment that has made him reflect on his life, his migrant parents’ lives, and the value of creating foreign worlds through fiction. Christos Tsiolkas will read his story, ‘The Past is

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17:34

‘What about me?’: Why support for the Voice is slipping

7am ·

2023/08/10

When Anthony Albanese became prime minister he imagined an optimistic future for his government. Sensible reform in the first year that the public would warmly welcome, followed by boldly winning the first referendum since 1977. But the reality is far from that. A win in the referendum is looking less assured than ever, while the cost of living crisis has almost everyone feeling miserable. Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper Chris Wallace on how economic pain is hurting the Voice campaign and

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21:19

Why politicians are doomed if they ignore renters

7am ·

2023/08/09

As rent prices continue to spiral and many tenants finding themselves at breaking point, the rental crisis shows no sign of slowing. The Greens are calling for a national freeze on rents, which they say would save households thousands of dollars per year. But in a country where renters have been overlooked, is there political will to address rising rents? And would capping rents even work? Today, former Labor campaign strategist turned pollster, and director of the Redbridge Group, Kos Samaras, on

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22:50

Inside the leaking of the Lehrmann trial inquiry

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2023/08/08

It was an inquiry meant to get to the bottom of why the trial of Bruce Lehrmann had to be abandoned. Its goal was to improve the justice system and how it handles sexual assault cases. Instead, the inquiry itself has ended in a complete shambles. The man who brought on the report, Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold, has resigned. The head of the inquiry, Walter Sofronoff, KC, was talking to journalists throughout the whole process, and they received a copy of the final report before the

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19:30

Why Peter Dutton is stealing from Martin Luther King Jr

7am ·

2023/08/07

The iconic words of Martin Luther King Jr are now being used to promote the exact causes that the civil rights activist would have opposed. In the United States, conservatives quoted him to celebrate the supreme court’s ban on affirmative action based on race in university admissions. Here, people like Peter Dutton are invoking MLK to rally opponents of the Voice to Parliament. Today, writer, lawyer and contributor to The Saturday Paper Nyadol Nyuon, on why the right is stealing language and

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20:32

David Pocock on voting for ‘not great’ policy and how...

7am ·

2023/08/06

David Pocock admits that sometimes he's had to vote for policy he doesn’t fully agree with. The first-term senator came into parliament with the best intentions to avert the climate crisis, but has sometimes found himself having to work to make legislation he thinks is bad, a little bit better. Now, he’s trying to put forward a solution he does actually believe in: a private senator’s bill that would force politicians to consider the impact on the health and wellbeing of future generations when they

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18:58

Albanese vs the ‘Noalition’: It’s about to get spicy

7am ·

2023/08/03

Parliament is back – and it ain’t pretty! The government is pushing ahead with its contentious housing bill and finds itself, once again, sparring with the Greens. Meanwhile, the Coalition has a new strategy for encouraging a ‘No’ vote in the Voice referendum. So will the combative nature of this parliament stop Labor from being productive in government and could they lose key bills in the senate? Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno on what lies ahead for the second half of the

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17:46

Scott Morrison reckons he’s blameless for robo-debt

7am ·

2023/08/02

The royal commission into robo-debt found Scott Morrison to have allowed cabinet to be misled. Commissioner Cathrine Holmes also found he provided untrue evidence to the commission and that he pressured departmental officials over the scheme. It took a few weeks, but the former prime minister this week addressed those findings head-on: denying it all. Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper and host of 7am’s special Inside Robo-debt series, Rick Morton on Scott Morrison’s return to Parliament

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