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The Morning Edition

The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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19:04

Inside Politics: The best and worst of 2024

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/19

If things are supposed to be slowing down for Christmas, well, nobody told our federal politicians. This week we had a mid-year economic update and a contentious debate about the Coalition’s nuclear energy plans. Today, chief political correspondent David Crowe joins Jacqueline Maley to look back at the political year and explore some of its themes. Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis. Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics

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10:55

The flesh-eating ulcer spreading across the east coast

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/18

We found out, earlier this week, that Buruli ulcer, caused by a flesh-eating bacteria has settled into a coastal town in NSW. Experts say there’s a significant risk that the bacteria could spread to Sydney, and beyond. Today, health editor Kate Aubusson on how we can stay safe from this disease, which has already gained a foothold in Victoria.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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17:41

A cheat’s guide to Dutton’s nuclear power plans

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/17

You’ve seen all the headlines. And squinted at the figures. But for god’s sake, what do they actually mean? We are, of course, talking about Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy plan. Is it really as radical as some analysts say, relying on “fairly heroic assumptions” about what it will cost? And what will it actually do to the environment?Today, climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley on how the Opposition’s plan compares with the government’s energy strategy

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14:32

Why are Australians being poisoned overseas?

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/16

On the weekend, four Australians were rushed to hospital in Fiji with suspected alcohol poisoning, after drinking cocktails at a resort. This follows the mass drink poisoning in Laos last month, which claimed the lives of six tourists, including Australian teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles. What’s happening to people’s drinks overseas? And is it all poisoning from methanol, like what happened in Laos? Today, breaking news reporter Jessica McSweeney and Dr David Ranson, a former

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18:53

The extraordinary tale of alleged serial swindler...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/15

It reads like a script from a movie. A small-town boy from coastal new south wales who grew up to rub shoulders with the rich and the powerful and, if all the stories are true, cheating them out of a whole lot of money. Timothy John Alford is accused of being a serial swindler, cheating dozens of people in Australia and in the United States of an estimated $50 million. He has allegedly left a trail of ruin behind him. All while authorities both here, and overseas have been on his case. Today, chief

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19:00

Inside politics: Was Albanese’s response to the...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/12

This week was dominated by the appalling anti-Semitic attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea in Melbourne’s south-east. There followed more attacks in Sydney - A car was torched in the Eastern suburbs, where there is a strong Jewish community, and houses there were graffitied with anti-Israel slogans. The violence was followed by political conflict. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was accused of not doing enough to quell anti-Semitism and make Jewish Australians safe. Opposition

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15:21

Why is our PM buying PNG a rugby league team?

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/11

The Australian government is expected to announce, today, that it will drop $600 million to help create a rugby league team for Papua New Guinea. Has Prime Minister Anthony Albanese let his love of rugby league go to his head? Announcing this sort of spend during a cost of living crisis? Or is this an uncanny political move? Today, foreign affairs and national security correspondent Matthew Knott, on the soft diplomacy that will land with the hard thud of a crash tackle. And how effective it might

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15:13

Rupert Murdoch’s power play and the Succession plot...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/10

Rupert Murdoch’s plan to alter the family trust and cement his eldest son Lachlan as the dominant force in the global media empire has failed after a ruling in Nevada. Murdoch’s representatives say they intend to appeal the decision, delivered after months of secretive court hearings and described by some as ‘unparalleled’ in the family’s turbulent history. Today, media reporter Calum Jaspan on previously unheard testimony from inside the courtroom, including plans

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17:07

A synagogue in my old suburb was attacked. I...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/09

Shortly after 4am on Friday, the quiet hush of a synagogue in inner Melbourne was broken by what sounded like a sledgehammer, ripping through the place of worship. Glass flew, and one congregant, who was inside the building at the time studying religious texts, was injured. Police have now declared what was an attack that left much of the inside of the building gutted, with twisted steel littering the floor, was likely a terrorist act. Today, regional editor Benjamin Preiss, on how he felt about

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22:26

‘It’s all in your head’: Medical gender bias and...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/08

When journalists from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald put a call out to hear from women who’d experienced medical misogyny, they were inundated with stories. More than 500 women responded, within only 48 hours. Many said they’d had their serious diagnoses missed, at the hands of doctors and other medical professionals. Others said they’d been condescended to, or told that what they were feeling was in their head. Some said they’d only narrowly survived, as a result.Today, health editor Kate

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18:55

Inside Politics: Niki Savva on why the PM should...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/05

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should retire. Not right now, but a “decent interval” after the next election, if he wins it. So says Sydney Morning Herald and The Age columnist Niki Savva, who joins Jacqueline Maley this week to talk about the government’s prospects of re-election, how well Peter Dutton has performed as Opposition leader and whether the Teal Independents have fulfilled their promise in the 47th parliament. Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert

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15:23

Trump no longer wants to drain the swamp. He wants to...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/04

We know that many of Donald Trump’s preferred picks for his presidential cabinet sound like the set up for a joke. This is what happens when you nominate a vaccine skeptic to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, and a wrestling impresario to become education secretary. But which of Trump's picks should we actually be worried about? And why? Today, Nick Bryant, a former BBC foreign correspondent and author of The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself, on who is poised to

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9:00

How the South Korean president's power play became a...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/04

Last night, in a shock televised announcement, South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law. It sent some South Koreans running to their homes, to be with their families. Unsure of what this move would mean. While many others fled to the National Assembly, in protest, even as police and the military surrounded the country’s parliament. In a bonus episode today, North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin, on how this bizarre situation unfolded and why such an extreme measure was

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19:29

Plibersek was delivering on an election promise. Why...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/03

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and Greens environment spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young had allegedly agreed on a massive reform that would establish a federal environmental protection agency. Which they thought would pass through the senate. But then, in an 11th hour meeting, the deal was scotched, according to multiple sources, by prime minister Anthony Albanese.Today, climate and energy correspondent, Mike Foley - who broke this story - on whether Albanese’s captain’s call was

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15:20

Rebel force takes Aleppo. Why civil war in Syria...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/02

For the last eight years in Syria, a civil war, borne out of the Arab Spring protests, had come to something of a standstill. The frontlines were largely frozen, with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad having control of the major cities, while militant groups wrestled for primacy in the regions. That is, until the attack on the weekend, from a rebel force with origins in Al Qaeda. So what happens now? The last time Assad had his territory and military rule threatened in such a fulsome way, Russia came

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18:02

Death threats and private security, life in a CFMEU...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/12/01

It’s been nearly five months since investigative journalist Nick McKenzie broke one of the biggest stories of the year, and exposed what he calls “an unholy alliance” between gangland figures, and one of the most powerful labour unions in the country.He revealed that the CFMEU had become a fiefdom in which bikies and former stand-over men, among others, were given positions of power on building sites - many of them government-funded projects. The culture they created was toxic. Right up the east

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20:05

Inside Politics: A 2024 fire sale, ‘something big’...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/11/28

This week was the last sitting week of the parliamentary year, and there is speculation the Prime Minister will call an election early in 2025, meaning it might have been the last parliamentary session of the Albanese government, full stop. So what legislation did the government get through this week? And more broadly, how well positioned is it, going into an imminent election campaign? Joining Jacqueline Maley to discuss is chief political correspondent David Crowe. Cut through the noise of federal

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15:22

The Philippines assassination plot announced over Zoom

The Morning Edition ·

2024/11/27

Political scandals in the Philippines have long resembled overcooked soap opera storylines. This is the place, after all, where the wardrobe of the former first lady, Imelda Marcos, was discovered, on the day she fled the country, to contain nearly 900 handbags, and around 3,000 pairs of shoes. While half her country lived in poverty. Still, when the current Vice President of the Philippines announced, over the weekend, that she had engaged a hit man to kill her country’s President, it caused many

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17:53

Crunch time for the Albanese government

The Morning Edition ·

2024/11/26

Even for those who aren’t political junkies, it’s been a dramatic couple of weeks in Parliament House. In a stunning capitulation to the Government, the Greens blinked, after nearly a year-long conflict with Labor over housing. But then, in a move that puzzled many, Labor dumped, or delayed, signature bills. If Anthony Albanese calls an early election in the new year, this could be the final sitting week of Labor’s first term in government. And the last chance to get things done. Today, national

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14:34

The Bali Nine: Why the remaining members are, maybe,...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/11/25

It's been nearly 20 years since a group of nine Australians were arrested in Bali, for attempting to smuggle $4 million worth of heroin. And now seemingly out of nowhere, five members of this group, who became known as the infamous Bali Nine, have been thrust into the spotlight after a news report said they would be returned to Australia as soon as Christmas. So what's changed the fate of the remaining five so dramatically? Today, senior writer Michael Bachelard, our former Indonesian

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