Episodes

  • What does bird flu actually mean for Australia?

    What does bird flu actually mean for Australia?
    May 26 2024
    A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu, H5N1, has been detected in Australia for the first time, although there is no evidence of the disease spreading. At the same time a more common strain of the disease, H7N3, has been detected in two chicken egg farms in Victoria. Matilda Boseley speaks to Guardian Australia’s rural and regional editor Calla Wahlquist about why the poultry industry is worried – but everyday Australians don’t need to panic just yet
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    21 mins
  • Newsroom edition: why Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy makes no sense

    Newsroom edition: why Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy makes no sense
    May 23 2024
    Opposition leader Peter Dutton is once again pitching nuclear power as the Coalition’s signature energy policy. But new analysis confirms it would be the most expensive energy option in Australia’s road to net zero.Gabrielle Jackson speaks to editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and deputy editor Patrick Keneally about why a nuclear transition is the wrong path for Australia
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    24 mins
  • Greg Lynn trial: murder or ‘tragic accident’?

    Greg Lynn trial: murder or ‘tragic accident’?
    May 22 2024
    In March 2020 Russell Hill and Carol Clay, both in their 70s, went missing while camping in Victoria’s alpine region. Gregory Stuart Lynn has pleaded not guilty to the alleged double murder of the couple in Victoria’s supreme court. Courts and justice reporter Nino Bucci tells Nour Haydar about the trial’s latest developments You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
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    16 mins
  • Peter Dutton’s populist migration policy

    Peter Dutton’s populist migration policy
    May 21 2024
    In his budget reply last week, Peter Dutton promised to slash permanent migration by 25% – a move he says could ease pressure on the housing market. Chief political correspondent Paul Karp tells Nour Haydar why the opposition leader has zeroed in on the issue and what it could mean in a pre-election year You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
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    20 mins
  • What keeps the world’s top climate scientists up at night?

    What keeps the world’s top climate scientists up at night?
    May 20 2024
    Hundreds of experts expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C above preindustrial levels by 2100. Damian Carrington reports
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    30 mins
  • Gaza through the eyes of two Australian doctors

    Gaza through the eyes of two Australian doctors
    May 19 2024
    Warning: this episode contains descriptions of graphic images that some viewers may find distressing. Last month, two Australian doctors spent two weeks in Gaza treating countless injured Palestinians. Surgeon Sanjay Adusumilli and general practitioner Siraj Sira tell Nour Haydar why they left Sydney to volunteer in the besieged territory, the pain they witnessed and the feelings of guilt on return You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
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    30 mins
  • Jim Chalmers on his budget balancing act

    Jim Chalmers on his budget balancing act
    May 16 2024
    Guardian Australia’s political editor, Karen Middleton, speaks with the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, about whether his third budget can really provide cost-of-living relief without fuelling inflation Exclusive: Labor to run $45m taxpayer-funded Future Made In Australia advertising campaign
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    24 mins
  • Put it down! Should children be allowed smartphones?

    Put it down! Should children be allowed smartphones?
    May 15 2024
    Almost all children have them by the time they are 11 years old – and some get them at four. But are they ruining childhoods? Blake Montgomery reports
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    30 mins