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17:23

It’s a tough time to be Jim Chalmers

7am ·

2026/04/03

For months, Jim Chalmers has been trying to write a budget about the future – productivity, reform, repair. But events have a way of dragging budgets back into the present. And right now, the present looks expensive. People are still under pressure. The economy’s been hit by another oil shock. And the Treasurer is trying to make the case for restraint without looking like he’s asking Australians to wear even more pain. So will Jim Chalmer's upcoming budget be one of reform - or

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12:27

Kathy Lette on the AI book scandal

7am ·

2026/04/02

Readers and writers have been left reeling after a horror novel became the first book to be cancelled over AI claims. The New York Times has reported that an AI detection program indicated that ‘Shy Girl’ was 71 percent AI generated. The news has shocked the publishing industry, with the novel discontinued in the UK and pulled from publication in America. So what are the implications for writers, for readers and for the publishing industry as AI seeps into new and frightening corners of

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16:52

‘Cuba’s next’: Can anything stop Trump?

7am ·

2026/04/01

Donald Trump says Cuba's next. For decades, the United States has tried to isolate the country, but now the language is getting stronger, and a tightening of the oil blockade has brought the island to its knees. President Trump has said taking the country would be an "honour", and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, says Cuba cannot fix its economy without changing its government. In Havana, officials are now preparing for the possibility of a U.S. attack. Today, Havana-based journalist Ruaridh

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17:12

Artemis and the new China-US Space Race

7am ·

2026/03/31

Jeffrey Hoffman grew up on Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. He was still a boy when the space age began – Sputnik, the first American astronauts, then Apollo. From early on, he knew he wanted to be part of it. He was. Hoffman went on to fly five Space Shuttle missions, logging more than 1,200 hours in space. And today, he’ll be watching as NASA sends astronauts back around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. While Artemis II won't land on the moon – it's the next step

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17:51

Will Trump invade Iran?

7am ·

2026/03/30

It’s now one month since the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran – and it looks like it may be entering a more dangerous phase. Washington is sending thousands more troops into the Middle East – with President Trump saying he wants Iran’s oil and may seize the country’s Kharg island, adding he could take it “easily”. Meanwhile, the diplomacy is confused, with Trump claiming negotiations are underway and Tehran stating there are no direct talks, while

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15:44

What Louis Theroux’s Manosphere doco missed

7am ·

2026/03/29

Louis Theroux has spent years making television out of the people polite society prefers not to think about. In his new documentary on the Manosphere, he turns that gaze on a world of male grievance, online swagger and old misogyny dressed up in the language of self-help. In Australia, researchers and educators say that boys, women and girls are bearing the consequences of actions and attitudes turning up far beyond the screen – into classrooms, into harassment and intimidation, and in the

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16:33

How Australia is taking advantage of one neighbour’s...

7am ·

2026/03/28

In late 2023, Australia signed a landmark treaty with Tuvalu – a low-lying Pacific nation threatened by climate change – promising a special visa pathway, disaster support and closer security ties. The deal is now in force. The first climate refugees have begun arriving in Australia, and this year, Tuvalu will help host key Pacific climate talks ahead of COP. But the questions at the heart of this agreement have not gone away. As rising seas threaten the future of one of our smallest

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18:54

Waleed Aly on the shifting political order

7am ·

2026/03/27

Last weekend’s South Australian election wasn’t just a wipeout for the Liberals and triumph for Labor, it was a sign that political discontent is beginning to find a new home in an old brand: One Nation. Pauline Hanson’s party showed just how much room there is for anger on the right in a traditionally progressive state. But the rise in One Nation’s popularity isn’t just contained to SA. Nationally and in states like Victoria discontent is growing and the far right is

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17:15

The Holy Warrior leading Trump’s War

7am ·

2026/03/26

When Pete Hegseth faced the Senate to become Donald Trump’s defense secretary, he was grilled on everything from his lack of experience and his drinking to past controversial remarks – including that women should not serve in combat roles. But the hearing also made something else clear: Hegseth wasn’t just being chosen to run the Pentagon in the ordinary sense. He was being chosen to wage a cultural and ideological battle inside it – to bring what he called “warrior

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17:26

Chris Bowen on the fuel crisis, a gas tax, and...

7am ·

2026/03/25

It’s been a rollercoaster ride on the global oil market, with wild swings in petrol prices at the bowser. The war against Iran has caused panic buying in Australia and around the world. Meanwhile, our government has been criticised for not having greater reserves of petrol, diesel and jet fuel. And fornot imposing higher taxes on giant gas companies, which are now raking in a fortune thanks to the war. Today, Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen on how prepared Australia is for the worst energy

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15:46

Should tobacco shops exist? The new weapon in the...

7am ·

2026/03/24

Australia’s tobacco wars are fuelling violence, with fire bombings and arson attacks spanning across the east coast. Now the federal government wants to treat these organised crime syndicates like ‘drug lords’ by going after them with wire tapping and seizing their assets. And the tobacconists are in trouble too, with calls to ban tobacco stores and only sell cigarettes in supermarkets. Today, Criminologist Dr James Martin, from Deakin University on how to reign in the multi

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16:59

Covid-level crisis? How Australia ignored fuel warnings

7am ·

2026/03/23

John Blackburn spent four decades in the Air Force, rising to Deputy Chief. For more than decade he’s been warning that Australia is too reliant on imported fuel, too light on reserves, and too exposed if a global crisis – just like this one – disrupts supply. Now, as more than hundred servos around the country run dry and a Trump ultimatum looms, threatening to make the fuel crisis worse, Australia is paying the price for our lack of preparedness. Today, Chair of the Institute of

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17:25

Disinformation Wars and a ‘Post Truth’ World

7am ·

2026/03/22

Like so many stories about misinformation, this one starts with a social media post. “Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran National Woman’s Soccer team to be forced back to Iran, where they will most likely be killed. Don’t do it, Mr. Prime Minister, give ASYLUM.” Not long after that, Donald Trump backtracked and set the record straight. “He’s on it! Five have already been taken care of, and the rest are on their way.” But

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14:21

The giant cuttlefish and the deadly algal bloom

7am ·

2026/03/21

It’s been one year since dead fish began washing up on South Australian beaches, as the largest algal bloom in Australia’s history spread along the coast. Marine ecologist Dr Scott Bennett was part of the team that first surveyed the bloom – coming face to face with the algae’s devastating impact. Twelve months on, the bloom is still there, the damage has spread, and many of the warnings scientists made in those early days have proved well founded – particularly the

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15:27

Will SA be hit by One Nation’s ‘orange wave’?

7am ·

2026/03/20

South Australia does not usually wake up on election day at the centre of the national mood. But this morning, a contest that looks settled on paper is carrying a much stranger energy. Peter Malinauskas is expected to win comfortably. The real movement is happening elsewhere; in the noise around One Nation, the protest vote in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis gathering around the once marginal party, and the possibility that a state election could end up telling us something bigger about where

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16:05

The other war front: Lebanon on the brink

7am ·

2026/03/19

While the world focuses on the war underway in Iran, Israel and the Gulf, there is another war front developing – Lebanon. Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Shia group, Hezbollah dragged the country into the war, attacking Israel after a joint US-Israeli airstrike killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel then hit back, bombing Beirut and amassing tens of thousands of troops on the border. Meanwhile, more than a million Lebanese people are now displaced, forced to flee

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13:52

“Grown men reduced to tears”: the laws pushing...

7am ·

2026/03/18

Brett Hosking is a fifth-generation grain and livestock farmer, and has seen his fair share of heartache and hard times. But this time, it’s not a natural disaster or a foreign war that’s threatening to tip farmers over the edge, but a decision from the Victorian government. The state has passed new compulsory acquisition laws which make it easier for energy companies to acquire farmers’ land and build transmission lines and renewable energy projects on it. Today, Victorian Farmers

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15:38

“A real smack in the face”: Did the RBA get it wrong?

7am ·

2026/03/17

Australians are in for a world of pain, with mortgages and rents set to rise after our second interest rate hike in as many months. It was a line-ball decision from the Reserve Bank – with five members voting for a quarter of a percent jump and four against – putting our official cash rate at 4.1 per cent. RBA Governor Michelle Bullock says high inflation left them with no choice, but others have slammed the call. Today, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute, Greg Jericho, on why he

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16:10

“Prices could double”: how the fuel crisis will hit...

7am ·

2026/03/16

The war in the Middle East has sent Australia’s fuel prices soaring. And people are worried that if the battle between the US-Israel and Iran continues for another month – Australia may have to begin rationing fuel. Already, drivers are panic buying, stockpiling and some country petrol stations are running dry. Global oil supplies are under threat as Iran attacks tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Today, Tim Buckley, the Director of Climate Energy Finance, and the question: as the oil

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17:23

Kyle and Jackie O's $200m break up and the end of the...

7am ·

2026/03/15

This month, one of the biggest shows in Australian radio was suddenly pulled off air. For years, Kyle and Jackie O have been treated as untouchable – a breakfast radio juggernaut that could pull huge audiences, generate endless headlines, and weather scandal after scandal. So much so that the Australian Radio Network handed the pair a $200 million deal – one of the biggest contracts Australian media has ever seen – betting Sydney's most popular breakfast show could go national. But

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