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16:06

The bloody war over Sudan's gold

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2025/11/06

The killing in the city of El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region is so brutal and widespread that bloodstains on the ground can be seen from space. For a year and a half, a militia group called the RSF has been attacking the city – and last, week it fell, resulting in the mass slaughter of civilians. In the past two years, 12 million people in Sudan have fled their homes – and more than 150,000 people have died, making this the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The violence

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15:59

Trump’s nuclear arms race

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2025/11/05

Last week, Donald Trump instructed the Pentagon to “immediately” resume US nuclear weapons testing. The order breaks with more than three decades of protocol for the United States – justified, according to the president, by the actions of China and Russia. And as these nuclear-armed powers expand and modernise their arsenals, countries closer to Australia are openly debating whether to follow. Today, professor of strategic studies at the ANU and a contributor toAustralian Foreign

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16:05

Chat GPT’s new erotica mode

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2025/11/04

Recently, the creators of ChatGPT have made a surprising announcement: erotica is coming to the world’s most popular AI platform. It’s the latest step in a transformation of the internet — where artificial intelligence is shaping not just what we read or search, but how we think, feel and even form relationships. Today, associate editor forCrikey Cam Wilson, on OpenAI’s bold new direction, the mental health risks behind the decision — and what happens when the

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16:45

The Mum fighting Queensland’s puberty blocker ban

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2025/11/03

Last week, trans teenagers in Queensland and their families had a short moment of joy: the supreme court overturned the state government’s ban on gender affirming care. The judge found the decision to stop children from accessing puberty blockers was done without proper consultation. He found that the ban had been rushed through without giving medical professionals warning – or a chance to weigh in. But just six hours after the court’s ruling, the Queensland government shot back:

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18:51

The woman who exposed the childcare industry

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2025/11/02

Some childcare centres in Australia are so understaffed that children are left alone for hours. Other centres spend less than a dollar a day on feeding them. Yet the industry receives billions in public subsidies and dodgy centres are allowed to keep operating even after serious breaches. What’s emerging is a picture of a broken childcare system – one where regulators aren’t doing their job and no one is held to account. Today, NSW Greens MLC Abigail Boyd on what she uncovered

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15:55

Australia’s definitely-not-secret deal with Nauru has...

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2025/11/01

Back in 2023, Australia’s top court made a landmark ruling: it was against the law for the Australian government to indefinitely hold people in immigration detention. That ruling had massive implications for our country’s border policies. It overturned 20 years of precedent – and it led to the release of people into the community who had been held in immigration detention after having their visas cancelled – but weren’t able to return to their home country. After that,

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16:22

The secret ‘jobs for mates’ report Labor won’t release

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2025/10/31

Murray Watt has talked a big game about fixing our environment laws by the end of the year. But this week, the government’s attempt to do that fell apart – with the crossbench and Coalition senators refusing to back the changes. At the same time, Labor faced a dramatic revolt in the Senate over its refusal to release a secret report meant to fix the culture of cronyism – and jobs for mates. Having campaigned on restoring integrity to government, Labor is now facing a Senate

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15:20

When Donald Trump met Xi Jinping

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2025/10/30

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have met face-to-face for the first time in six years. The meeting, on the sidelines of the APEC summit, comes at a time of deep tensions between the world’s two largest economies. Tariffs are soaring, critical minerals are being weaponised and the battle over tech dominance is reshaping global supply chains. Trump likes quick wins, while Xi likes playing the longer game – and for Australia the stakes couldn’t be higher, as we rely on China for our

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16:04

The cost of Trump's critical minerals ‘deal’

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2025/10/29

Anthony Albanese’s $13 billion critical minerals deal with Donald Trump has been touted as a huge win – one that strengthens our relationship with our most powerful ally – and delivers massive US investment in our national interest. But while Australia and the US talk it up as a blow to China’s stranglehold on these important commodities, questions remain about the cost: to our communities, to our environment, our health – and the economy. Today, Professor Susan Park

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15:55

Why the ACCC is suing Microsoft

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2025/10/28

Tech giants have invested billions into AI – and are looking for ways to get a return. So when Microsoft offered its customers its new AI function “co-pilot” recently, it told them they’d need to pay a higher price for their subscription – or cancel. AI was now part of the deal, whether they wanted it or not. Except it wasn't. Now, the ACCC is suing Microsoft – alleging they intentionally misled customers to make them believe they had to pay more. It’s part

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17:38

How profit beats safety in childcare

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2025/10/27

When Joshua Brown was arrested for allegedly abusing children at childcare centers across Melbourne, it exposed a horrifying reality: patchwork regulation and an understaffed, profit-driven industry is failing children. Months on, as state and federal governments try to deal with the fallout – and as the Albanese government pumps record investment into the early childhood sector – experts say children still aren’t safe in childcare. Today, crime reporter at The Age Sherryn Groch on

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16:12

The NACC has a trust problem

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2025/10/26

The National Anti-Corruption Commission has over 200 employees, an annual budget of $60 million, and has received more than 5,000 referrals. It also hasn’t made a single major corruption finding in the two years it’s been operating. And adding to questions around performance and credibility, it was recently revealed that the NACC’s Chief Commissioner, Paul Brereton, has been consulting for the Defence Force while leading the federal watchdog – which has oversight of the ADF

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13:26

How China took over the world’s critical minerals

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2025/10/25

When Anthony Albanese met with Donald Trump, the two leaders cut a deal on critical minerals worth $13 billion. And as we settle into a new phase of the relationship with our most important ally – this is Australia’s crucial bargaining chip, as the US tries to break China’s grip on the supply chain of critical minerals.China’s global domination has been in the works for decades – a grand plan that gives China ready access to materials essential for everything from

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15:43

Is Barnaby at home in One Nation?

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2025/10/24

Barnaby Joyce has announced he would not recontest his seat of New England, saying his “relationship with the leadership of the Nationals in Canberra has unfortunately, like a sadness in some marriages, irreparably broken down”. People are now guessing whether his flirtation with One Nation will turn into marriage. So does the former Nationals leader belong in Pauline Hanson’s party – and will he be any happier there? Today, journalist and founder ofRampart News, Joe Aston,

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16:34

Prince Andrew, Epstein and the emails

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2025/10/23

“We are in this together… we’ll play some more soon.” That’s what Prince Andrew wrote to Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 – the day after a photo of Andrew with accuser Virginia Giuffre hit the papers. The email undercuts the prince’s claim that the two had cut ties in 2010, and is part of a new stream of documents surfacing as US Congress releases tens of thousands of pages from the Epstein files. And as the revelations about Prince Andrew keep coming –

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16:14

The ‘playbook’ lobbyists use to delay climate action

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2025/10/22

When Professor Christian Downie appeared before a Senate inquiry into climate and energy misinformation, he warned that Australia is facing coordinated campaigns designed not to debate climate solutions, but to stall them. Professor Downie has spent years inside boardrooms and the lobbying world studying how these campaigns are built – tracing the billions spent on messaging by lobby groups, PR firms and think tanks – and outlining what he calls “the climate obstruction

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16:44

Trump and Albanese’s new friendship

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2025/10/21

Anthony Albanese was so chuffed with his meeting with US President Donald Trump that the prime minister joked he’d use Trump’s endorsement in his next campaign ads. While Trump is used to a procession of world leaders coming through his door, there was more at stake for Albanese, who is trying to manage an increasingly difficult relationship. In the end, the two leaders struck a major critical minerals agreement that will see billions in US investment pumped into Australia, and made

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14:05

Russia can be beaten

7am ·

2025/10/20

When Donald Trump met Vladimir Putin in Alaska back in August, he rolled out the red carpet, talked up his ability to end the war, but ultimately came away with no deal. Now, high off his recent Middle East peace deal, Trump is saying he’s “gotta get Russia done”. He met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky last week – and he’s preparing another face-to-face with Putin. So what would it take to end the war? Today, associate professor of political science and

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14:39

The world according to Tony Abbott

7am ·

2025/10/19

Charlie Lewis writes about politics for Crikey. He’s been a close observer of Tony Abbott – from his time as a Liberal Party bomb thrower, to his face-offs with Julia Gillard, to his short ‘Prince Philip-themed’ time as prime minister. Now, Charlie’s tracking Abbott’s political afterlife: which brings him to Sydney’s affluent Northern Beaches, and the launch of the former prime minister’s new book:Australia – A History. The book is seen by many

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29:38

This is Alice Springs: Children of the Intervention

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2025/10/18

From afar, Alice Springs is a whirlpool of myth and truth. A town with competing interests and few solutions, marked by chaos and decades of government overreach. That all came to a head earlier last year, with what’s been described as a “youth riot” in town. The violence led to the Northern Territory government imposing an emergency curfew. This is when the headlines started: in cities and towns across Australia, we read about a “crisis” about “rampages”

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