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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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19:36

Tuvalu is being swallowed by the ocean. Its people...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/06/09

Last month, Tuvalu and Australia confirmed a landmark climate and security pact, which would allow 280 Tuvaluans to migrate to Australia every year. The Falepili Union marks the first time Australia has offered resettlement rights due to the threat posed by climate change. But the new migration pathway will leave many Tuvaluans facing difficult questions: stay or go? How does the diaspora preserve their culture and language in the face of a disappearing homeland? And what happens to a country

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20:08

Inside Politics: Dog walkers, yoga instructors...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/06/06

Amid the national debate about immigration levels, it was reported this week that yoga instructors, martial artists and dog handlers have been put above some construction trades on the nation’s draft priority skills list for migrants. This is despite a desperate need for tradies to build more homes to address the nation’s housing crisis. Plus, a look at another important skills shortage - in our armed forces. Joining Jacqueline Maley to discuss all this is chief political correspondent David Crowe

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20:28

Farage and the far-right’s march across the globe

The Morning Edition ·

2024/06/05

When far-right populist-turned TV presenter Nigel Farage made the bombshell announcement, on Monday, that he’d be vying for a seat in the British parliament in the upcoming election, the media had a field day.Hadn’t Farage, one of the architects of Brexit, announced, just weeks before, that he wouldn’t be running? And this, after a total seven previous tilts at a seat in the House of Commons over the last 30 years. All unsuccessful.And this was before Farage was splattered with a milkshake, thrown

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19:28

Did a woman nearly become collateral damage for Josh...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/06/04

When rumours began swirling over the weekend that former federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg might be poised to return to politics, fiery commentary broke out on both sides of the political spectrum. Did Frydenberg - or those loyal to him - want to muscle out of contention a young, Oxford-educated woman who had already won pre-selection to contest the Victorian seat of Kooyong, in the next election? As one woman put it, “Women are not collateral damage for Josh Frydenberg’s regrets”. Today,

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19:22

Inside Nine's #MeToo moment and the 'culture of silence'

The Morning Edition ·

2024/06/03

Two weeks ago, news broke that Darren Wick, the former head of Channel Nine’s news and current affairs division, had been the subject of a complaint from a female staff member, who alleged that the news boss had behaved inappropriately towards her. Since then, the number of allegations has grown. Around a dozen former and current staffers at the Nine network, which owns this masthead, have alleged verbal or physical misconduct by Wick. Today, chief reporter Jordan Baker, on the impact that Wick’s

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17:44

He's a despised, convicted child killer. Yet some say...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/06/02

It’s the ultimate unthinkable. A father of three drives his children off the road and into a dam. The car sinks. And the father is the only person to get out alive. All three children drown.That father, Victorian man Robert Farquharson, has been in prison for the murder of his children, for much of the past 19 years. But could he have been wrongly convicted? On the eve of a lawyer launching a new appeal, a group of scientists, doctors and lawyers are arguing that key parts of the evidence that

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15:40

Donald Trump is a convicted felon. What now?

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/31

It’s finally happened. In a court decision that breaks with 247 years of American history, Donald Trump has become the first former president of the United States to be criminally convicted. Because, earlier today, a jury of 12 New Yorkers found that Trump was guilty of falsifying business records. What do business records have to do with this infamous hush money trial, involving an adult film star? And can a felon still run for the American presidency? Let alone serve from jail, if Trump - who is

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19:42

Inside Politics: Direction 99 and the immigration...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/30

The Albanese government faced relentless pressure this week as it scrambled to replace a ministerial direction linked to tribunal decisions that has allowed serious criminals to stay in Australia. The Prime Minister has also been forced to defend embattled Immigration Minister Andrew Giles in parliament - as public servants revealed some criminals including murderers and sex offenders were not required to wear ankle monitors under immigration detention laws. The Coalition has stepped up its calls

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20:20

Rishi Sunak wants to bring back compulsory national...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/29

When, last week, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a snap national election for early July, the derision came thick and fast. First, it was because he made his announcement, in front of 10 Downing Street, while being pelted with rain. Without an umbrella. But then came his first election promise.Should the Tories be elected, all 18 year olds will go through compulsory national service, in a bid to create a “renewed sense of pride” in Britain. Today, international and political editor

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20:09

Will cutting immigration fix our social ills?

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/28

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has immigration numbers squarely in his sights. Lower the number of immigrants in this country, he has said, and we will see an improvement with all sorts of social challenges. This won’t just help fix our dire housing crisis. But it will also help people get in to see a GP, and finally gain a spot for their child at kindergarten. His policy was the cornerstone of his budget reply speech, two weeks ago. But since then, his speech - and the coalition - have come under

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13:28

Depressed about the environment? Hold on, there’s...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/27

We are used to hearing bad news when it comes to the environment. And it's for good reason. The world’s temperature is rising at an alarming rate, our air is full of pollutants, species are becoming endangered and then, extinct. But, we are here to deliver some good news, on the Australian initiatives that are making a difference. Today, climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley on the three good news stories about our environment.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See

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14:50

Australia has its first-ever case of human bird flu....

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/26

Over the last few months, a new wave of avian flu has been raging across the world. In the United States, the strain has been found in cows, and it has also reached far-flung Antarctica, infecting penguins, seals and polar bears. So far, transmission to humans has been extremely rare, and Australia remains the only continent in the world to keep the virus out. But last week, health authorities confirmed a Victorian child had been critically ill with another strain of the virus, becoming

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20:08

Inside Politics: ‘Delay, deny, die’ the human cost of...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/23

This week we look at two stories about our public servants. The first story is about the faceless kind of public servant who toil in government departments, and the second story is about the political public servants at the heart of the Albanese government, as we discuss the different public and private roles of ministers. Joining Jacqueline Maley is national affairs editor James Massola and senior economics correspondent Shane Wright. Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and

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21:06

Taiwan’s new president was once a ‘hothead’. Can he...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/22

For years, it has been the biggest question in geopolitics. Who will win the struggle for world domination? China? Or the United States? American president Joe Biden has dubbed it the “fight to win the 21st century”. But behind the grandiose rhetoric, there is one tiny country stuck in the middle of these two superpowers. Taiwan, the independent country that China claims as its own. Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on how Taiwan’s new president - a former political ‘hot-head’

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16:58

Gina Rinehart and the portraits that captivated the...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/21

It’s not everyday that an Australian artwork gets thrust into the global spotlight, let alone becomes a punchline on a hugely popular American late night talk show. But all that changed last week, after news broke that Australia’s richest woman demanded that her portrait be taken down from the walls of The National Gallery of Australia, in Canberra. Today, investigative reporter Eryk Bagshaw, who helped break this story on why it’s gone viral, and how Gina Rinehart’s lengths to remove the portrait

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15:12

Iran’s president has been killed. What does it mean...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/20

Iran state media confirmed on Monday that president Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on a foggy mountain side in a hard-to-reach corner of north-west Iran. Was his death an accident, or not? And might it escalate the ever-growing tensions between Iran, and Israel, its sworn enemy, which some have speculated is behind the accident? Today, digital foreign editor Chris Zappone on the hard-line cleric who oversaw a morality crackdown in Iran that led to nationwide protests. And what impact his

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17:25

David McBride: Heroic whistleblower, or, something else?

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/19

Defence force whistleblower David McBride was jailed last week for more than five years for leaking documents to the ABC.His information formed the basis of what became known as the Afghan Files, which aired allegations war crimes were committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.McBride has been lauded as a poster boy in the fight for greater protection for whistleblowers in Australia, but, like many of our whistleblowers, it’s not so simple.So, who is David McBride? Heroic whistleblower, or,

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20:44

Inside Politics: Has the government written an...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/16

The government handed down its third federal budget this week, and it was the usual blizzard of figures. Treasurer Jim Chalmers gave us hand-outs, grand plans for the future and some heroic predictions on inflation figures. Today, chief political correspondent David Crowe and national affairs editor James Massola join Jacqueline Maley to unpack the budget as a political document - will it help the government win the next election, and will the voting public believe all the promises made about the

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19:21

Netanyahu and Hamas know this war is unwinnable. So...

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/15

As global outcry continues for the war in Gaza to end, after more than seven months, Hamas and Israel have reached an impasse. Recent ceasefire talks failed. And both sides are struggling. Much of Hamas’ fighting forces have been killed. And Israel’s main ally, the United States, just made the remarkable step of beginning to limit its supply of arms to the country. So, where to from here? Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on how this war can end, when both sides now know that

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17:16

Budget 2024 - are you a winner or a loser?

The Morning Edition ·

2024/05/14

It was always going to be a particularly tricky federal budget. Amid a cost-of-living crisis, the Albanese government had been tasked with providing relief to Australians, but without causing inflation to rise. Which would have the dreaded impact of leading to yet another interest rate rise.So, did treasurer Jim Chalmers nail his brief? And what are the government’s priorities? Is it women, those suffering amid the housing shortage, and students with debt, as it had previously promised, among

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