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18:39

Why can't Labor and the Greens get along?

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2023/03/09

Australia’s climate future is again hanging in the balance. And, once more, it could all depend on a Labor government negotiating with the Greens. As it stands, they’re at loggerheads. The Greens want no new coal and gas developments to be approved; the government is accusing the Greens of being unrealistic. But should the Greens be expected to pass whatever Labor is proposing? And where’s the science in all of this? Today, contributing editor of The Politics, Rachel Withers, on the impossible

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20:23

How the family court is failing traumatised women

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2023/03/08

The family court is a place of last resort for spouses and parents, to settle the legal, financial and parenting disputes that can sometimes arise. But lawyers and mothers have been warning that when abuse or violence is part of the equation, the court is failing. Today, author and contributor to The Saturday Paper Jane Caro on the women who feel silenced by the family court, and the changes the Federal government now wants to make. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest:

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21:36

It's all about money: Rupert Murdoch's Fox News...

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2023/03/07

We now have the clearest insight into the inner workings of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. The mogul was forced, under oath, to answer questions about Fox News in a $1.6 billion dollar lawsuit against the company. What’s been revealed is that Murdoch and some of his most famous hosts knew they were putting lies to air, and allowed it anyway. Today, author of a book about the Murdoch media empire ‘The Successor’, Paddy Manning, on the culture at Fox News that put profits before the truth. Socials:

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20:12

‘Disaster capitalism’: What’s happening after climate...

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2023/03/06

Whether it’s floods or bushfires, climate-related disaster is something Australia will have to contend with more and more. But so far, Australia isn’t recovering from disaster. It’s one year since the Lismore floods, but the scheme to get people back into homes, and to move those homes away from the floodplain, is taking far too long. And in the absence of real recovery, what’s happening in Lismore is being described as “disaster capitalism” – houses on the floodplain are being sold to investors

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21:35

ASIO is worried you’re helping foreign spies

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2023/03/05

Our intelligence community used to believe terrorism was the greatest threat to Australians. But today, Australia’s domestic intelligence agency, ASIO, says the biggest threat we’re facing is actually from foreign spies. According to the agency, it’s not just politicians and military officers who are being targeted – it’s everyday people, who might not know they’re giving away information that could cost lives or threaten national security. Today, chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper

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19:36

What convinced Albanese to tackle superannuation

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2023/03/02

A week ago, superannuation reform was just an idea, a national conversation — the prime minister certainly wasn’t proposing anything. But the conversation was brief, and a decision was swift. Australia’s wealthiest people will not get tax breaks on wealth being stored in their super accounts. So what convinced Anthony Albanese that his government had to act? And why was it worth the risk of being accused of breaking a promise? Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno on how Albanese

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17:20

Abortion is legal in Australia, but is it accessible?

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2023/03/01

It's being called the most important case for reproductive rights in the United States since Roe vs Wade was overturned. A judgement in a court case in Texas that could ban access to a non-surgical abortion medication is due any day now. Closer to home, the exact same medication could become more widely available. The Therapeutic Goods Administration is currently considering appeals to widen its accessibility, with a decision expected in the next few weeks. Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper

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19:37

How corporate profits are making inflation worse

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2023/02/28

Australia has seen a series of record corporate profits posted in the last few weeks. They come as millions of average Australians are being squeezed. Mortgage repayments, rent, and the cost of almost everything is going up – but wages aren’t keeping up. So, how are corporations posting record profits right now? What’s the impact of profits on the prices we’re paying? And why is it that the only answer to inflation is interest rate hikes? Today, national correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike

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24:09

Exposing robo-debt: Why Rhys Cauzzo’s mother never...

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2023/02/27

Rhys Cauzzo was one of hundreds of thousands of Australians who received unlawful and false debt notices under robodebt. The 28 year old died by suicide in January of 2017, as debt collectors pursued him for $17,000 dollars. After his death, his mother Jenny began to unravel just how many debt notices Rhys had received, and she decided to go public – speaking to The Saturday Paper about what happened to her son. Now, she’s given evidence to the royal commission into robo-debt – and the hearings have

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22:45

‘My existence is not temporary’: The refugees who are...

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2023/02/26

Zaki Haidari is one of 19,000 people who Australia has kept in limbo, but will now get the certainty of a permanent place in Australia. Temporary protection visas allowed people who arrived by boat to come to Australia, but denied them the rights of other visa holders, and hanging over them was the threat that they could be sent back to where they came from. The Labor party promised to put an end to the visas, and now, nine months after the election they’ve finally delivered. For many, it’s a life

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12:28

Weekend Read: Erin O’Dwyer on how to design housing...

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2023/02/25

As housing becomes less affordable and the search for adequate accommodation more desperate, Erin O’Dwyer investigates how we can escape from the urban sprawl. Erin looks at how the best intentions can go awry, as we try to build better homes. She makes the case that designing our homes doesn’t have to be a luxury and that as we build more and more of them to address the housing shortage, happiness for the people living in them shouldn’t be an afterthought. Listen to Erin read her piece, ‘Tree

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18:02

Superannuation: Is the government breaking a promise?

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2023/02/23

For the last 30 years, Australian retirements have been tied to superannuation. It’s the nest egg that most of us spend decades building up. While it might not be a perfect system, any changes to it have usually become stuck in controversy; whether that’s increasing compulsory contributions, or allowing people to raid their super to buy property. This week, the treasurer said he wants to start a national conversation about super – but will it lead to reform, or will this conversation end up in the

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20:08

Balloons attack!

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2023/02/22

Once the United States military started looking for them, they couldn’t stop finding them. Unidentified balloons were everywhere. The military and President Joe Biden decided the best course of action was simple: to shoot these unknown objects out of the sky. But weeks later, we’re finally learning that only the first of these balloons to be shot down has anything to do with China – the others, likely belong to scientists and hobby clubs. Today, former director of war studies at the Australian Army

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24:01

Chris Minns' recipe for a vanilla victory

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2023/02/21

In recent years, Labor governments have swept into power in most states across the country… with the exceptions of NSW and Tasmania. But that might be about to change. Chris Minns, the leader of the opposition in NSW, looks likely to lead the Labor party to its first victory in the state since 2007 – but many voters still don’t know much about him. Today, national correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe, on who Chris Minns really is…and why he ditched brashness for caution. Socials: Stay

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21:19

What's really happening in Alice Springs

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2023/02/20

Violence and vandalism in Alice Springs became a national fascination this year. First Peter Dutton, then Anthony Albanese flew into town, after rates of alcohol-related assault rose by 68 per cent in 2022. One community meeting, held by a group calling itself ‘Save Alice Springs’, became a focal point of the media’s coverage. But another meeting took place as well. On the edge of town, hundreds of Indigenous leaders and community members came together to discuss the crisis. Today,

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20:54

The day the Reserve Bank got grilled

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2023/02/19

Philip Lowe, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, has already had to apologise for his forecast that interest rates were unlikely to rise until 2024. He now acknowledges that people may have taken his prediction as an assurance, and as a result they might have bought homes and saddled themselves with debt that’s more expensive than they thought. So, the pressure was on Lowe as he made his way to Canberra last week to answer questions about his decision making. Today, chief political

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17:34

The by-election that will define Dutton’s opposition

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2023/02/16

The announcement that former Liberal minister Alan Tudge will resign from the parliament marks the end of a controversial political career, but it's also throwing open new challenges for the party, and opposition leader Peter Dutton. Speculation is swirling about who will be selected to run for Tudge’s seat in Melbourne at the upcoming by-election, and while the pressure is on for the Liberal party to pick a woman, factional infighting means nothing is guaranteed. So, can the Liberals retain the

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22:05

Has Rupert Murdoch actually given up on his legacy deal?

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2023/02/15

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is cutting 5% of its jobs around the world, with over a thousand employees in the newspaper business about to be let go. But it’s not the only upheaval within the Murdoch media empire. Plans to merge Fox Corporation with the newspaper side of the business have recently been shelved. So what does that mean for Rupert’s successor, eldest son Lachlan? Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper and author of the biography of Lachlan Murdoch The Successor – Paddy Manning,

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21:58

‘I complained about abuse and the governor-general...

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2023/02/14

He was one of the most senior members of the Anglican Church, then became the governor-general of Australia. But last week, Peter Hollingworth sat in secret hearings which could decide his legacy. Those hearings are investigating his handling of child sexual abuse claims – with several complaints being heard about his decisions while he ran the Brisbane diocese. As a result, he could be stripped of his status as an Anglican minister. Plus, there are questions about his generous public pension, which

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20:37

What’s behind the youth crime blame game?

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2023/02/13

Youth crime has become a national issue once again – front page stories from Queensland, to the Northern Territory, to Western Australia are all raising the alarm that young people in regional towns are making the streets unsafe. The WA Premier Mark McGowan said last week: “parents and families need to parent”... and people shouldn’t point the finger at governments. But his government’s only youth detention facility, Banksia Hill, has unlawfully locked down children for 23 hours a day, thousands of

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