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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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22:03

Sex, drugs and harassment alleged in hospitality...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/29

Until now, Level 6 has kept its secrets. The exclusive club in Australia’s most powerful hospitality empire has long entertained celebrities, scions living off their parents’ fortune. And the empire’s own top executives. But an exclusive investigation by our mastheads reveals claims of exploitation of female staff. As one former manager said of Level 6, it was “one step away from being a brothel”. The company denies these allegations. Today, investigative reporter Eryk Bagshaw, on the staff across

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15:46

Our dirty laundry: The class war hidden on our...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/28

Is the way you do your washing the latest marker of class? Because a growing number of Australians who live in apartments are in conflict over where they air their laundry. Literally. Many people who want to dry their clothing outside, say, on their balcony, just want to help the environment. But to some of their neighbours? They’re destroying their building’s “curb appeal.” And bringing down their property value. Today, environment and climate reporter Caitlin Fitzsimmons on how, in a country as

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21:55

Into the conflict zone

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/27

For more than a year, journalists from outside of Gaza have been blocked from reporting inside the occupied territory. But with the conflict expanding to Lebanon, that has changed, and Australian journalists have been on the ground to tell powerful accounts of this ongoing and brutal war.Foreign affairs and national security correspondent Matthew Knott, and photojournalist Kate Geraghty, initially travelled to Israel to report on the anniversary of Hamas’ horrific October 7 attack. And then, their

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18:16

Inside Politics: We are not America, why are we...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/24

Politics is full of surprises but few people expected abortion policy to be back on the agenda in 2024. The fierce abortion debate in the United States has been turbocharged by the upcoming presidential election. Now the fight over reproductive rights has made its way to Australia. Abortion has been a surprise issue in the Queensland election campaign. It was also the subject of an attempted legislative rollback in South Australia last week. Now it is being put on the federal agenda by

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16:23

Prabowo, the King, and Albanese’s choice

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/23

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faced a diplomatic test over the last week. And according to some, he failed. He had to choose between a long-standing invitation to the inauguration of the new president of Indonesia, while on the same weekend, King Charles and Queen Camilla were visiting Australia. So who did he choose? And who is more relevant? Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on the implications of choosing to spend time with one head of state over another. And why

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18:39

One in seven science papers is not to be trusted,...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/22

It’s not something we probably think about too often - just how much scientific studies impact our lives, in all sorts of ways. That they underpin the medicine that our doctors prescribe to us. And what our psychologists tell us about how we can best parent our children, or discuss conflict with our partners. But how often is that science trustworthy? According to one researcher, not as often as you'd think. Today, national science reporter Liam Mannix, on a new finding that says one in seven

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12:29

How Australia's 11th richest person became known as...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/21

It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that a space like LinkedIn, a professional social media site, is being used by powerful men to try to attract women. In this case, it’s allegations against not just any powerful man, but one of Australia’s richest. Billionaire Richard White is the chief executive of Australia’s biggest listed technology company WiseTech Global, and he has also been described by one woman as “The LinkedIn Lecher”. White, on the other hand, says he is unaware of any women who have

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16:50

How our brain structure may determine our political...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/20

Maybe, just maybe, there’s a very good reason the polar opposites on the political spectrum, the left and the right, can’t see eye to eye. Scientists say there is some evidence that says left-wing and right-wing brains are actually wired differently. And here’s a twist, British actor Colin Firth, perhaps best known for his role as Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, was the reason behind the research. Today, science reporter Angus Dalton, on whether this evidence, in a time of intense political rifts,

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19:14

Inside Politics: Anthony Albanese and the Copacabana...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/17

It’s probably our greatest national obsession. Property: buying it, selling it, how much it costs and how hard it is to afford. This week Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made headlines when it was reported he had bought a $4.3 million ocean-front beach house at Copacabana on the NSW Central Coast. Albanese said the purchase was made in contemplation of his changing personal circumstances. He is set to marry his partner Jodie Haydon, who grew up in the area and whose family still lives there. But

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15:39

The curious case of the third 'assassination attempt'...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/16

When a 49-year-old man was arrested in California on Monday, after trying to enter a Donald Trump rally with a car equipped with fake licence plates, a couple of illegal guns, and a load of ammunition, it made history. At least according to the local sheriff, who said his staff had foiled a record-making third assassination attempt on Trump. Police believe the suspect was part of a movement that considers the American government illegitimate. Today, international and political editor, Peter

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15:51

The states that could swing Trump v Harris

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/15

There may be a whopping 160 million Americans who will vote in the upcoming presidential election. In just three weeks. But it’s only thousands of people, in a handful of swing states, who will likely determine who wins the top spot in the White House. North America correspondent Farrah Tomazin has been travelling to some of these areas and speaking to voters on the ground. Today, she reveals what they’ve told her about how near-assassinations, and a natural disaster, among other issues, might sway

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22:07

A 'huge question mark' on Indigenous policy one year...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/14

One year ago, 16 million Australians voted and made their voices heard. The vast majority of us did not want to alter our constitution, in order to enshrine an indigenous voice to parliament. So, what now for the Indigenous children who returned to school afterwards, to what they felt was a harsher country, as one ‘yes’ campaign advocate put it? And what do the leading ‘No’ advocates have planned instead, to improve the lives of indigenous Australians? Today, chief political commentator David Crowe

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19:11

King Charles in Australia, ‘a monarchy that pretends...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/13

On Friday, King Charles III and Queen Camilla will arrive in Australia for their first visit since Charles became the reigning monarch. Charles, it’s safe to say, has one of the more scandalous personal histories in a long line of monarchs. Who can forget so-called “Tampon-gate”, back in 1989? Certainly not journalist Tony Wright. A reporter for five decades, he has a unique insight into the relationship between Australians and the royal family, having witnessed Charles and Diana-mania, first-hand,

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23:11

Inside Politics: Albanese ‘tripping himself up’...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/10

A year on from the stunning October 7 attack by Hamas on Israeli towns, our parliament - on the other side of the world - is again convulsing over the widening war. As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese jets off to the influential ASEAN summit in Laos, he is trying to lower the temperature on a polarising domestic debate about antisemitism and Australia’s level of support for Israel’s invasion of Lebanon. One of the most prominent Australian backers of the Palestinian cause, Labor defector Fatima

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17:19

Why so many millionaires are leaving China

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/09

China has experienced a mass exodus before. People fled the country, for instance, after the collapse of Chinese nationalist Chiang Kai-shek’s regime in 1949. But lately, the country is seeing something new. Millionaires, in particular, are running away in record numbers. And taking jaw-dropping amounts of wealth with them. Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher, on how Chinese president Xi Jinping - the most repressive leader the country has had in decades - might respond to a

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16:22

What Australians think about the Gaza war: it’s not...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/08

Humans, we know, are full of contradictions. Even so, the disconnect between what we’re shown in the media, about how Australians feel about the war in the Middle East, and what people themselves say, is surprising.Record numbers of Australians, for instance, turned out around the country over the weekend, to protest the war. And the Greens, it would seem, have galvanised support for their party over their full-throated support for Palestinian rights. But exclusive results from our latest survey

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23:34

Does Donald Trump want to turn the US into an autocracy?

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/07

There are the classic autocracies that we know well - like China and Russia - but what would it take to morph a democracy like the United States into an authoritarian country? It’s a question that’s not so far-fetched for the States, a month out from its presidential election, and it’s one that Pulitzter prize winning journalist David E. Sanger has been grappling with. So with a second Donald Trump presidency looming large, what are the chances that Trump could turn the United States into an

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19:37

A year on from October 7, the Middle East is on the...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/06

It’s been a year since Hamas attacked Israel, in a vicious and sometimes sadistic assault. The murder of innocent civilians sparked a severe and sustained counter strike by Israel on the Gaza Strip, which is struggling with mass deaths and famine. We don’t know how, or when, this war, which recently spread to Lebanon, will end. Israel is now locked in a battle against Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terrorist group in Lebanon's south, while Iran itself has twice launched missile attacks on Israel. But

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20:45

Inside Politics: Is Dutton's strategy to derail...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/03

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wanted to talk about the budget surplus and the crack-down on the big supermarkets over their alleged ill-treatment of customers this week, but that was derailed by the escalating conflict in the Middle East. While the government struggled to find the right form of words to respond to the crisis between Israel and its neighbours, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton labelled the Prime Minister weak, and said he needed to stand more firmly with Israel. The result was an

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18:43

'Weak and isolated': What happens next after Iran's...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/10/02

It’s been the question on everyone’s minds, since Iran launched a direct attack on Israel on Wednesday, shooting dozens of ballistic missiles into the country. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to retaliate. And Iran has warned that any retaliation will result in a “more crushing and ruinous” response. Today, international and political editor, Peter Hartcher, on how this attack differs from Iran's first attack on Israel, earlier this year. And if Benjamin Netanyahu might see

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