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ABC News Daily

ABC News Daily is the podcast that helps you understand the issues affecting your world. Every episode, host Samantha Hawley walks through one story with the help of an ABC colleague or expert in under 15 minutes. When you want coverage you can trust, listen to ABC News Daily. Key topics of recent episodes include the Donald Trump administration, anti-Semitism in Australia, TikTok’s future, artificial intelligence, Israel-Hamas war and ceasefire, Australian dollar, bushfires, the Australians

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0:14:20

Trump targeted in apparent assassination attempt

ABC News Daily ·

2024/09/16

Donald Trump is unharmed after a second apparent assassination attempt, this time on his golf course in Florida. A Secret Service agent opened fire on a gunman after seeing a rifle barrel poking through a fence while the former president was nearby.What does the incident say about the former president’s security and will it win him any more votes? Today, Emma Shortis, a US politics expert at the Australia Institute on the threat of political violence in the US. She highlights the

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0:14:33

Kamala Harris’s electoral college challenge

ABC News Daily ·

2024/09/15

The US election isn’t until November, but voting is starting in some states this week. The polls are tight, but even if Kamala Harris wins more votes overall than Donald Trump, she could still lose the election given the complicated electoral college system. It’s happened before, when Hillary Clinton won the support of millions of more Americans than Trump in 2016, but he went on to become president. The electoral college is the reason that on election night we’re all watching to

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0:14:29

The secret battle for the Murdoch empire

ABC News Daily ·

2024/09/12

The Murdoch family will head to court in Nevada in the US next week in a fight over the future of the media empire. It’s a real-life succession drama, as Rupert Murdoch seeks to ensure his son Lachlan has full control of the editorial policy of the businesses once he dies. To do that, he’s got to beat three of his other children in court and he’s reportedly arguing that making the change is in good faith and would prevent power struggles resulting from the lack of consensus between

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0:14:09

The wild Trump vs Harris debate

ABC News Daily ·

2024/09/11

With less than two months until election day, US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have come face to face in a wild, personal and fiery televised debate. From claims of migrants eating pet dogs to fear raising about Democrats wanting to ‘execute’ babies, Donald Trump was repeatedly corrected by the moderators. Kamala Harris spoke about her background, directly addressed her opponent and insisted she had a plan for the future. At the end of it, pop superstar

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0:14:24

Are voters finally ready to dump negative gearing?

ABC News Daily ·

2024/09/10

For a long time, Australia’s taxation system has been set up to benefit property investors and landlords and any attempts to change that have been shouted down. But with the generational divide in home ownership becoming more pronounced, voters are shifting their views.Today, host of Q+A and The Party Room podcast Patricia Karvelas on whether governments will finally be forced to scrap negative gearing. Featured: Patricia Karvelas, host of RN Breakfast, Q+A and The Party Room

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0:12:13

One mother’s fight to end military suicides

ABC News Daily ·

2024/09/09

David Finney was a sailor in the Australian Navy who served for two decades and at the height of his career even received a bravery commendation. But in 2019 he took his own life. He’d been medically discharged from the ADF before his death. Ever since, his mother, Julie-Ann has been fighting to hold to account a defence force she says could and should have done so much more to save his life.Now after three years, a Royal Commission into the deaths by suicide of thousands of

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0:14:34

How apartment owners are being ripped off

ABC News Daily ·

2024/09/08

Millions of Australians live in apartments and the number is set to grow as housing density increases in our biggest cities. Being part of a strata scheme is part and parcel of owning an apartment, but many owners are not taking an active interest in how the blocks are being managed. A Four Corners investigation has revealed a rot at the heart of the strata management industry that’s draining the funds of owners. Today, investigative reporter Linton Besser shares stories of greed

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0:15:00

The plan to lock up pet cats

ABC News Daily ·

2024/09/05

Cats are killing Australia’s wildlife at such an alarming rate that governments around the country are working on a major crackdown.The draft management plan focuses mainly on feral felines, but domestic cats, let out of the house to roam are also recognised as a problem.In some council areas, felines would be forced to be securely enclosed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Today, Sarah Legge, a leading researcher in the field who’s worked with the federal government on its plan,

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0:14:35

Why Israelis are rising up against Netanyahu

ABC News Daily ·

2024/09/04

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under increasing pressure to negotiate a ceasefire in the war in Gaza as families of the hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 plead for more to be done to bring them home.So why is Netanyahu not willing to do another deal with Hamas and can he survive growing anger and protests at home? Today, Dr Eyal Mayroz, an expert on peace and conflict studies at Sydney University on the fate of more than one hundred hostages still

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0:13:03

Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ fight with Brazil

ABC News Daily ·

2024/09/03

Elon Musk’s X, also known as Twitter, has been banned in Brazil and Pavel Durov, the CEO of encrypted messaging service Telegram has been arrested in France. So, as the world becomes more concerned about the dangers of social media - have we finally reached a turning point on big tech - or is this merely a crackdown on free speech? Today, Professor of Communications and Media Studies at Monash University, Mark Andrejevic on why governments are finally holding tech billionaires to

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0:14:28

Why Labor refuses to ban gambling ads

ABC News Daily ·

2024/09/02

On any given day you are being bombarded by gambling ads on television, radio and online. A parliamentary committee is pushing for a full ban on advertising to protect younger generations from the dangers of gambling, but there are indications the government will stop short of that. Today, investigative journalist and occasional Radio National Breakfast host Steve Cannane on the arguments being made by the powerful gambling industry in its lobbying against a full

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0:14:56

Will airlines finally have to pay up for bad service?

ABC News Daily ·

2024/09/01

Airlines may soon be forced to pay cash refunds to customers in Australia for cancelled or unreasonably delayed flights under the government's much-anticipated crackdown on the aviation sector.It comes after widespread backlash from consumer groups and calls for more competition against Qantas and Virgin airlines, which currently dominate the domestic market.Today, ABC investigative reporter Adele Ferguson on the new rights for travellers and if the industry shake-up goes far

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0:14:27

Trump's 2024 election denial playbook

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/29

As presidential election polls tighten in key US states, Donald Trump and his supporters are already laying the groundwork to challenge the legitimacy of the result if he loses.As part of his campaign, the former president has repeatedly accused the Democrats of cheating, and begun sowing the seeds of doubt about the integrity of the election.Today, Geoff Kabaservice from the Niskanen Centre in Washington DC on the election deniers who will refuse to accept a Trump

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0:14:18

Will foreign student caps ease the cost of living?

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/28

The government’s proposed caps on the number of international students starting at universities next year will have a financial impact on some of Australia’s biggest higher education institutions. With fierce competition for housing pushing up rents in our major cities, could the caps also ease key cost of living pressures? Today, the ABC’s chief business correspondent, Ian Verrender, on why a ‘tragedy’ for unis reliant on foreign student fees might lead to less economic pain

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0:15:00

The billionaire’s plan to export our solar power

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/27

A giant solar farm planned in remote Northern Territory has been given environmental approval. Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is backing the Sun Cable project that would send electricity to Darwin and beyond to Singapore, via an undersea cable. Today, Giles Parkinson from RenewEconomy.com.au on when it might be up and running. Featured: Giles Parkinson, founder and editor of RenewEconomy.com.au

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0:14:33

Is Israel on the brink of war with Iran?

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/26

Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launched major attacks against each other on the weekend, raising tensions in the Middle East. Given Hezbollah’s ties to Iran, the ongoing war in Gaza and the recent assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran, the world remains braced for a much larger conflict. The ABC’s global affairs editor John Lyons has toured the region for the Four Corners program, getting rare access inside Iran. Today, he explains Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’

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0:14:18

Can we power our EV boom?

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/25

Sales of electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars are rising in Australia. But do we have electricity infrastructure that can cope with the demand?Owners will often want to charge at peak times in the early evening, but that convenience could stress the power grid to breaking point and require expensive upgrades to electricity generation and distribution. Today, energy reporter Dan Mercer on the solutions to spread out the demand or even draw power from car batteries to stabilise

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0:14:34

Ben Lee on the rise of AI music

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/22

Generative AI tools can now produce sophisticated music complete with fake lyrics, a fake singer and fake instruments. With the right prompt and training, artificial intelligence tools can even be used to produce cheap new songs that almost sound like they’re from your favourite artist. AI has some of Australia’s biggest artists worried and a study from the industry suggests nearly a quarter of their revenue is at risk.Today, singer, songwriter Ben Lee joins Sam Hawley with his

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0:14:33

The astronauts stuck in space

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/21

NASA doesn’t like to phrase it this way, but right now a couple of astronauts are stuck in space.Their mission was meant to take eight days, but might last into next year because the Boeing spacecraft they were testing has experienced some technical difficulties. Today, space expert Rebecca Allen on how NASA plans to get them back to Earth. Featured: Dr Rebecca Allen, Co-Director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute at Swinburne University of Technology

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0:14:59

The ‘racist’ debate over Gaza visas

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/20

The debate over whether Australia should be granting visas to Palestinians from Gaza has been getting pretty heated. In part it’s turned into a row over what is and isn’t racist. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says we need a ban because of a security risk posed by people from that war zone. But with 1300 people having already managed to reach Australia and others being granted permission to come, is there really any danger? Today, the ABC’s Patricia Karvelas discusses the policy

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