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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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0:14:27

What Ukraine gains by invading Russia

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/19

Thirty months into a gruelling war, Ukraine surprised its enemy by invading Russia. It’s the first major foreign incursion there since World War II and a deep embarrassment for Russian president Vladimir Putin. Today, Rajan Menon, an international relations expert from The City College of New York on whether Ukraine’s major shift in tactics will pay off. Featured: Rajan Menon, international relations professor at The City College of New York

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0:14:06

Alan Kohler on helping the 'forever' renters

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/18

Forget the great Australian dream, we’re a nation with a growing number of forever renters. It’s just too politically difficult to do anything that would improve the affordability of buying a home. The situation bolsters the case for strengthening renters’ rights, ensuring longer leases with more checks on the power of landlords.Today, ABC finance expert Alan Kohler shares his ideas on how to save renters. Featured: Alan Kohler, ABC finance presenter

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0:14:28

How Harris has Trump rattled

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/15

Kamala Harris was barely more popular than Joe Biden when she replaced him as the Democratic presidential nominee. But new polling shows she is gaining significant ground against Donald Trump. Today, Molly Ball, senior political correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, on the re-energised Democratic campaign and how Trump’s struggling to keep things on track. Featured: Molly Ball, senior political correspondent for the Wall Street Journal

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14:35

Why would a senator sue Brittany Higgins?

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/14

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins lives in France now, but she’s expected back in Australia very soon to face yet another court hearing.She’s being sued for defamation by her former boss and once defence minister Linda Reynolds. Today, author and co-host of the Not Stupid podcast, Julia Baird,on the huge financial and emotional cost the case brings for both women.Featured: Julia Baird, co-host of Not Stupid podcast

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14:03

How 'stupid' are Keating's China comments?

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/13

Australia’s defence alliance with the United States seems to be a given. But do we really need the Americans to protect us? The former Prime Minister Paul Keating doesn’t think so. He insists we can defend ourselves and he wants us to tear up the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal. Paul Keating also dismisses Taiwan as ‘Chinese real estate’, a characterisation that veteran US politician, house speaker Nancy Pelosi describes as a ‘stupid statement’. Today, Richard McGregor from the Lowy

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14:22

The women exposing Channel Seven’s secrets

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/12

Allegations of sexism and bullying have been uncovered at Channel Seven, one of the nation’s top media groups, where a so-called second chance club for senior men has thrived. Today, Louise Milligan discusses her Four Corners investigation and why a newsroom’s culture matters to us all. Featured: Louise Milligan, Four Corners reporter

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14:00

Is Google’s internet dominance set to end?

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/11

When you go to look something up on the internet, more often than not you’re Googling. The search engine’s ubiquity has earned Google billions and billions of dollars, but now a US judge has ruled that Google became a monopoly illegally. How you search the internet might change as a result, with the forced break-up of the firm one of the options on the table to ensure more competition in the market. So, how did Google rise to the top and stay there? Today, we dissect the biggest

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14:15

What the Wall Street crash means for rates

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/08

Global stock market turmoil this week saw spooked investors dumping billions of dollars in shares, before a rebound restored a lot of the value. There are jitters about the true value of surging stocks on Wall Street, the risk of a recession in the United States and interest rate rises in Japan. Today, the ABC’s chief business correspondent Ian Verrender explains what’s going on and what it means for us and the future of interest rates. Featured: Ian Verrender, ABC chief business

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13:42

Harris’s VP pick targets ‘weird’ Trump

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/07

Kamala Harris has chosen Tim Walz as her running mate. The 60-year-old Governor of Minnesota has already gone viral for calling Donald Trump ‘weird’, but will he secure Harris victory in November’s US election? Today, political scientist Andra Gillespie on why Harris picked the former school teacher and the swing voters that might be tempted to back the pair. Featured: Andra Gillespie, associate professor of political science at Emory University

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15:00

How Rex took on Qantas and lost

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/06

The regional airline Rex had an ambition to break into the lucrative ‘golden triangle’, the busy airline routes between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It got a handful of big jet aircraft and started to take on the established players, Qantas and Virgin. But after just three and a half years, those routes have been scrapped and the airline is in administration. So, what went wrong? Today, aviation expert Ian Douglas on Rex’s downfall and whether Australia could ever support more

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14:40

Why a terrorist attack is now 'probable'

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/05

It hasn’t raised the terrorism threat level for a decade, so why is ASIO increasing it now?The top spy body says a terrorist attack in Australia is now probable, up from possible. More people holding extreme ideologies are leading to a ‘volatile and unpredictable’ security situation. Today, we discuss what’s going on and how we should react, with counter-terrorism expert Lydia Khalil from the Lowy Institute. Featured: Lydia Khalill, program director of transnational challenges at

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14:34

Why Spain can’t stand tourists anymore

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/04

We all love a trip to Europe in summer, but have you ever felt like you’re not really welcome there? Melbourne woman Claudia had that inkling in Barcelona recently when locals made it clear they wanted her to go home. Today, we look at the growing anger in some of the most popular tourist cities and what is being done to try to ease the pressure. Featured: Claudia, Australian touristSebastian Zenker, professor in tourism at the Copenhagen Business School

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14:34

Annabel Crabb on 'childless' Kamala Harris

ABC News Daily ·

2024/08/01

Donald Trump is questioning his opponent Kamala Harris’s race, suggesting she started calling herself Black to gain political advantage. The sexism is also remarkable in 2024 with Trump labelling Harris a ‘play toy’ for world leaders. This, after 2021 comments surfaced from JD Vance, where Trump’s pick for vice president derided Democratic Party leaders like Kamala Harris as ‘childless cat ladies’. Remember when we had our own female leader who complained of sexism and misogyny in

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14:28

The future of interest rates just got clearer

ABC News Daily ·

2024/07/31

We’ve had 13 punishing interest rate rises that were supposed to quickly kill off inflation. While price rises are not nearly as bad as they were a year or two ago, the main measure of annual inflation has ticked up again. It’s key information to help the Reserve Bank board decide what to do about interest rates when it meets next week. Despite inflation being ‘sticky’, it’s a long way off its peak. So, is the result good enough for rates to remain on hold?Today, economist

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14:21

Can Labor win a second term in this economy?

ABC News Daily ·

2024/07/30

While Australia’s inflation rate is now well below its peak, voters are still struggling to make ends meet. If you believe the polls, it’s a problem for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, given an election is due within a year. Voter confidence has taken a dive and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is making ground on his opponent. Today, the ABC’s Patricia Karvelas on the link between voting intentions and the state of the economy. Featured:Patricia Karvelas, host of RN Breakfast and

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14:48

Should owners of vacant homes pay more tax?

ABC News Daily ·

2024/07/29

When it’s so hard to find a place to live and buying property is out of reach for many young Australians, you wouldn’t believe how many properties are sitting empty. What can be done to stop home owners from leaving prime real estate vacant?Today, the good and bad reasons homes are left vacant and how governments could force owners to get these properties back on the market. Featured: Michael Janda, ABC business editor

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14:00

Trump’s plan to escalate the China trade war

ABC News Daily ·

2024/07/28

Donald Trump plans to increase taxes on Chinese imports to the United States if he wins November’s election. It would escalate a trade war with China and risk a massive disruption to global trade. Would it really bring lost manufacturing jobs back to US towns and cities, or just push up prices? Today, chief business correspondent Ian Verrender explains the potential global impact of Trump’s risky economic plan. Featured: Ian Verrender, ABC chief business correspondent

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14:31

Can Kamala Harris win over ‘racist’ America?

ABC News Daily ·

2024/07/25

Kamala Harris, the US Democratic Party’s likely presidential nominee has started her fight to defeat Donald Trump at the election in November.Among the obstacles in her way are relentless racist and sexist attacks found online and from some Make America Great Again believers and conservative commentators. Today, Professor Nadia Brown, an expert on women and African American studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC, on how the messages of hate cut through. Featured: Nadia

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14:28

Is your medical data being sold on the dark web?

ABC News Daily ·

2024/07/24

It was one of the biggest hacks we’ve ever had, but we’ve only just been told of its reach. Almost one in two Australians have had personal data, including potentially sensitive medical information, stolen and it’s up for sale on the dark web. What could scammers do with the information and can you do anything about it?Today, the latest on the MediSecure hack of 12.9 million people’s prescription records. Featured: Ange Lavoipierre, ABC National Technology Reporter

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13:32

The ‘sovereign citizens’ who live among us

ABC News Daily ·

2024/07/23

They dress up as sheriffs and try to take the law into their own hands by intimidating judges and lawyers in the courts. It sounds like something you’d find in America, but it’s happening here. Today, investigative reporter Kevin Nguyen on the growth of the sovereign citizen movement and the danger it poses. Featured: Kevin Nguyen, ABC Investigations reporter

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