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How Donald Trump caught 'victory disease'

12 Mar 2026

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Almost two weeks into the war in Iran, Donald Trump's endgame remains elusive.He insists the US has won already, even as the bombs fall and Iran's dr...

Why Iran is just the beginning of AI warfare

11 Mar 2026

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Artificial intelligence is playing a key role in the war in Iran, with AI tools suspected of being used to gather intelligence, pick targets and plan...

The brave escape of the Iranian soccer players

10 Mar 2026

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They stood on a field in the Gold Coast and bravely refused to sing their national anthem and they were condemned as traitors on Iranian state TV. A...

Is Iran’s new supreme leader looking for revenge?

09 Mar 2026

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Donald Trump wanted regime change in Iran and to personally choose who the next leader would be. Instead, Iran’s top clerics chose Mojtaba Khamene...

Why it’s finally time for high speed rail

08 Mar 2026

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Can you believe the construction of a high speed rail network could start in just two years? Scepticism is not unwarranted because we’ve been talk...

How the Iran war increases the global nuclear threat

05 Mar 2026

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One of Donald Trump’s stated reasons for going to war with Iran is to destroy the nuclear threat he says it poses.  But by starting the conflict ...

How the Iran war fuels inflation

04 Mar 2026

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It’s been less than a week since the war in Iran began but it’s already having an economic impact here.Oil and gas prices are rising and that has...

How long can Iran keep fighting?

03 Mar 2026

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The Iran war is expanding and already having ripple effects across the globe.How long will it last? US President Donald Trump says a month or longer,...

Why Trump’s Iran gamble could end very badly

02 Mar 2026

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Donald Trump says the war with Iran will continue until all his goals are achieved and he’s warned more US troops are likely to die.But if one of t...

What comes next in Trump’s war with Iran?

01 Mar 2026

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For weeks Donald Trump threatened Iran with military strikes and on Saturday morning in Iran the bombing by US and Israeli forces began.He says Iran’...

Why Bill and Hillary Clinton are testifying about Epstein

26 Feb 2026

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They tried to stop it happening, but Bill and Hillary Clinton had no choice in the end but to testify or face jail time.  The political power coupl...

Trump’s theatrics at the State of the Union

25 Feb 2026

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US President Donald Trump spent almost two hours outlining what he believes to be a myriad of achievements on the economy and immigration. It’s th...

The secrecy surrounding the 'ISIS brides'

24 Feb 2026

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The possible return home of a group of so-called ‘ISIS brides’ from Syria has caused a political storm.But why? Given similar groups of women and...

Will anyone get a refund for Trump’s illegal tariffs?

23 Feb 2026

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The US Supreme Court has ruled that most of Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal. So, will President Trump give back to Australian companies the mil...

What are AI agents and can they be trusted?

22 Feb 2026

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They used to be known as personal assistants, now you can just get an AI agent to plan your day, answer your emails and organise your life. But what...

Annabel Crabb on Andrew’s arrest

20 Feb 2026

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has spent about 10 hours of his 66th birthday in police custody as they investigate whether the former prince shared gover...

A former FBI profiler on the Nancy Guthrie case

19 Feb 2026

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It’s a case that’s captivated America and grabbed headlines around the world. The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Australian-born U...

Will Coles go ‘Down Down’ in court?

18 Feb 2026

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When Coles told you that prices were “Down Down”, were they really? That’s a matter now before the Federal Court with the competition watchdog...

How a wealth tax could fix the housing crisis

17 Feb 2026

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Could we solve the housing crisis in Australia by increasing taxes on the extremely rich and targeting mining giants’ profits? Today, British econ...

Trump’s latest attack on climate science

16 Feb 2026

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Donald Trump says it’s a scam to say that climate change is a threat to public health. So, the US president has killed off a scientific finding tha...

How Trump could interfere with the midterm elections

15 Feb 2026

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We know Donald Trump doesn’t like losing elections and the US president is still claiming that the 2020 poll was rigged and stolen. Now with the m...

Will Angus Taylor make it to the next election?

13 Feb 2026

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Sussan Ley has lost the Liberal leadership.The partyroom voted to dump its first female leader after she’s been in the role for just nine months.An...

Will the Epstein files bring down the British PM?

12 Feb 2026

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Donald Trump was Jeffrey Epstein’s one time friend and his name appears countless times in the Epstein files. But it’s not the US president who’...

What ASIO heard about the Bondi shooters years ago

11 Feb 2026

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Six years ago, ASIO had the Bondi shooter Naveed Akram under investigation. So why did the spy agency determine in 2020 that the alleged terrorist d...

Why police clashed with Sydney protesters

10 Feb 2026

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The protesters came in force, but what began peacefully descended into chaos. Around 6,000 people had gathered to condemn the visit to Sydney by the...

Laura Tingle on the Israeli president’s divisive visit

09 Feb 2026

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After the horrific Bondi terrorist attack Prime Minister Anthony Albanese invited the Israeli president to come to Australia.It’s a visit welcomed ...

Will the home battery boom slash power bills?

08 Feb 2026

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Demand for home batteries in Australia has taken off, with a generous government subsidy prompting more people to add power storage to their solar pa...

Can middle powers really take on Trump?

05 Feb 2026

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The Canadian prime minister wants us to give up on the international rules based order, which he bluntly says is fiction and he’s urged middle powe...

Why the gold price has gone crazy

04 Feb 2026

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Ever since Donald Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs were announced in April last year, the price of gold has been rising.Its price is about 80 percent...

Alan Kohler on the rate hike and the RBA’s mistakes

03 Feb 2026

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The Reserve Bank cut the cash rate target three times last year, but already there’s a U-turn. The RBA board is so concerned about inflation stick...

Unpacking the latest Epstein files

02 Feb 2026

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There are three million files and thousands of mentions of Donald Trump.  But the US president says the latest batch of the Epstein files clears hi...

What China’s military turmoil means for Taiwan

01 Feb 2026

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There’s turmoil at the top of the Chinese military with President Xi Jinping removing some of his most experienced generals. He sacked two key fig...

What’s behind Trump’s milk obsession?

29 Jan 2026

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We know he loves McDonald’s but why is Donald Trump so passionate about full cream milk?Whole milk has become an obsession for the US president and...

Why Pauline Hanson is so popular with Gen X men

28 Jan 2026

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One Nation’s support is surging.That’s according to successive opinion polls this year which have Pauline Hanson’s party with a primary vote hi...

How the ICE killings could lead to a civil war

27 Jan 2026

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Donald Trump is finally trying to temper the ICE crackdown in Minneapolis which has seen the shooting deaths of two protesters at the hands of federa...

Trump’s bid to control the Western Hemisphere

26 Jan 2026

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Donald Trump says he needs Greenland. He’s suggested he could buy it and he threatened tariffs on nations that didn’t support his quest to take ...

The global outrage over Musk’s Grok AI image abuse

25 Jan 2026

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Elon Musk’s AI tool, Grok, has caused global outrage after it made it really easy to virtually undress people via AI image editing. Musk’s compe...

How the Coalition split ruptures conservative politics

22 Jan 2026

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For a second time since the election the Coalition has split. The Nationals walked out after a number of its senators crossed the floor to vote agai...

Life for a Bondi survivor weeks after the attack

21 Jan 2026

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Jessica Chapnik Kahn was there at Bondi on December 14th, shielding her daughter as shots were fired into a Jewish festival, killing 15 people.More t...

What caused the surge in shark attacks?

20 Jan 2026

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It’s a busy time of the year at Australian beaches, but a stretch of the NSW coast has been shut down after a surge in shark attacks. A cluster of...

Can Europe stop Trump from taking Greenland?

19 Jan 2026

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Greenland is one of Donald Trump’s biggest obsessions right now.If you don’t like his dream of the US taking over the self-governed island, which...

Was the doomed hate speech law really that bad?

18 Jan 2026

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Federal parliament returns early today and the prime minister has removed a racial vilification offence from Labor’s proposed hate speech laws and ...

How Stephen Miller is shaping Trump’s agenda

15 Jan 2026

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He’s known for relentlessly and ruthlessly pursuing Donald Trump’s agenda and for playing a big part in shaping it. Now, with the extraordinary ...

Is Trump about to strike Iran to 'help' protesters?

14 Jan 2026

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Donald Trump says “help is on its way” for the Iranians who have taken to the streets in the biggest uprising against the regime since the 1979 I...

The boycott that killed Adelaide Writers’ Week

13 Jan 2026

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This year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week has been cancelled following a debacle that involved a boycott by more than 180 participants, board members qu...

Why Kevin Rudd quit as our man in Trump’s America

13 Jan 2026

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The former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will finish up his posting as Australia's ambassador to the United States a year earlier than expected.He’s re...

Inside Iran’s crackdown as protests escalate

12 Jan 2026

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Violent anti-government protests in Iran have entered a third week, with fears more than 500 people have been killed and thousands more arrested as t...

Why the PM finally called an antisemitism inquiry

09 Jan 2026

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More than three weeks since the Bondi terror attack, the federal government has announced a royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion.Si...

How a Minneapolis ICE raid turned deadly

08 Jan 2026

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As the Trump administration focuses on its actions abroad, political tension is escalating at home.An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has...

Why Trump wants to take over Greenland

07 Jan 2026

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Greenland’s sovereignty could be under threat, after the White House declared using the US military to take control of the island is ‘always an o...

Where is next for Trump after Venezuela?

06 Jan 2026

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The deposed Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, has appeared in a New York court, facing charges of narco-terrorism conspiracy and conspiracy to im...

Is Trump’s capture of Venezuela's president legal?

05 Jan 2026

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After a dramatic US military operation capping off months of escalating tensions, the former president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro is now in a New Y...

2025 Picks: Why we need to move beyond BMI

01 Jan 2026

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BMI, or body mass index, has long been used as a simple calculation to determine if someone is underweight, a ‘healthy’ weight or obese.But when ...

2025 Picks: Do we need laws to stop AI taking your job?

31 Dec 2025

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Could artificial intelligence be key to improving Australia’s living standards?A Productivity Commission report suggests the roll out of the techno...

2025 Picks: How China became a green energy superpower

30 Dec 2025

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In the month of April, China installed more solar power than Australia ever has. China is also now home to half of the world’s wind power and half...

2025 Picks: The productivity problem with car washing

29 Dec 2025

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Why have so many hand car wash services replaced automatic machines?It has to do with immigration policies and there are implications for Australia’...

2025 Picks: Why energy giants want to control solar batteries

28 Dec 2025

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It was a decision driven by spite for Sydney man Peter Anderson. He was determined to buy a solar battery for his home so he could take money away f...

Sarah Ferguson on interviewing Jacinda Ardern

25 Dec 2025

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Sarah Ferguson's interviews illuminate the biggest issues of our times and reveal insights from the most interesting people in public life.How did sh...

Leigh Sales on humanity’s best stories

24 Dec 2025

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Some stories are best told first-hand by those at the centre of the action. It's how the ABC's Australian Story has brought us so many compelling pe...

Matt Bevan on the players in Trump’s orbit

23 Dec 2025

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The US President Donald Trump has surrounded himself with colourful and controversial characters. From Steve Witkoff, who once bought Trump a sandwi...

Stephanie March on Gaza, autocracy and elephants

22 Dec 2025

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ABC foreign correspondent Stephanie March has explored the tensions between elephant tourism in Botswana and the destruction the creatures bring to l...

Alan Kohler on robots and the future of work

21 Dec 2025

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The continuing rise of artificial intelligence was one of the big stories of 2025. But how long until humanoid robots, with an AI brain, step into th...

Is Bondi the start of a new era of terror?

18 Dec 2025

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What actually works to prevent terrorist attacks and is Australia up to challenge in a complex threat environment?The Prime Minister says new laws to...

Albanese’s 'wicked' antisemitism problem

17 Dec 2025

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Catastrophe has a way of shaping leaders. Winston Churchill during World War Two, George Bush during 9/11 and Scott Morrison during the Black Summer ...

Everything we know about the Bondi shooters

16 Dec 2025

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Who could do such a thing? It’s the question Australians are asking after Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach.How did they radicalise? Who did ...

Jewish leaders’ call to action after the Bondi massacre

15 Dec 2025

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Sydney’s Jewish community is in shock after Sunday's mass shooting at Bondi Beach.It was an act of terrorism that Jewish leaders long feared. So, i...

The Bondi terrorist attack targeting Jewish people

14 Dec 2025

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The terrorist attack targeting Jewish people at Bondi is the worst mass shooting in Australia since the Port Arthur massacre.Sixteen are dead and man...

Will the Netflix-Warner Bros deal kill the movies?

11 Dec 2025

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Streaming giant Netflix is battling Paramount for control of the historic Warner Bros studio, which includes HBO and a treasure trove of film and TV ...

Why Anika Wells’ travel costs don’t fly with taxpayers

10 Dec 2025

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Imagine being able to claim thousands and thousands of dollars in expenses so your family can join you on work trips, or to fly business class to New...

Which houses will survive this bushfire season?

09 Dec 2025

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In the first week of summer, dozens of homes have been destroyed in bushfires; at Dolphin Sands in Tasmania, on the New South Wales Central Coast, an...

The e-bike problem on our roads (and footpaths)

08 Dec 2025

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They’re a cheaper and convenient alternative to driving a car, but some e-bike riders are causing massive headaches for other road users and police...

The reality of the teen social media ban

07 Dec 2025

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Parents and teens are preparing for life cut off from social media when Australia’s world first ban for under-16s officially starts on Thursday. T...

Is Trump about to go to war with Venezuela?

04 Dec 2025

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The United States has deployed 15,000 troops and sent warships to the Caribbean in the biggest military build-up there since the Cuban Missile Crisis...

Can farmers take on transmission towers and win?

03 Dec 2025

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Australia’s renewable energy transition is well underway with new poles, wires and transmission towers planned across the country.But some farmers ...

What new lending rules mean for property prices

02 Dec 2025

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Australian property is now more expensive than ever and soaring mortgage debt has the financial regulator hitting the brakes on risky lending.But cou...

Is Ukraine any closer to a deal with Putin?

01 Dec 2025

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In a flurry of peace talks over the last week, Ukrainian officials have been desperately trying to avoid an unjust deal with Russia being imposed on ...

The overdose risk that forced a vitamin B6 crackdown

30 Nov 2025

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Every day millions of Australians take vitamin supplements, hoping for a health boost. But there’s been a sharp rise in people suffering numbness,...

Is Trump losing control of himself?

27 Nov 2025

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Donald Trump has called a female journalist piggy, labelled another insubordinate and demanded Democratic politicians be arrested, even suggesting th...

How the Saudi crown prince inspires Trump

26 Nov 2025

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For many years the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was a pariah on the world stage, but the US president is bringing him back into the fold. ...

Is the $96m BOM website really that bad?

25 Nov 2025

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Australians are all pretty invested in the weather and the Bureau of Meteorology is our go-to source of forecasts and information. So, people notice...

Why are some Triple Zero calls still failing?

24 Nov 2025

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The devastating Optus outage that was linked to three deaths revealed we can’t always trust we can get through when we call Triple Zero.More than t...

Adam Spencer on the CSIRO job cuts

23 Nov 2025

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Our peak scientific body, the CSIRO, has made extraordinary discoveries and invented everyday wonders like Aerogard, plastic banknotes and WiFi. But...

The secret US plan to end Putin’s war

20 Nov 2025

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There’s a secret US-led plan to end the war in Ukraine, but it reportedly asks a lot of the country that’s been invaded by Russia. Media reports...

How Donald Trump lost control of the Epstein files

19 Nov 2025

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The remaining Epstein files are finally set to be released after a vote in US Congress and a shift in the US President’s position. Despite dismiss...

The coloured sand that sparked an asbestos scare

18 Nov 2025

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Asbestos is highly carcinogenic, is banned and can’t be imported in Australia. But in the last week it’s been found in various children’s colo...

What polling reveals about voters and net zero

17 Nov 2025

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The Liberals and Nationals have now officially dumped the net zero emission target from their climate and energy policy. It keeps the Coalition toge...

Are Trump’s tariffs wrecking the US economy?

16 Nov 2025

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Donald Trump’s been all over the place with his tariffs, but the US is now bringing in billions of dollars in revenue from them.Months since the ta...

Should neo-Nazis be banned from protesting?

13 Nov 2025

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How is it that a neo-Nazi rally targeting Jewish people was allowed to take place on the steps of the New South Wales parliament? Why is it that the...

What was the point of the longest US shutdown?

12 Nov 2025

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More than one million workers sent home or working without pay, the poorest Americans left hungry and travel plans thrown into chaos.The longest gove...

Did the BBC mislead viewers about Trump?

11 Nov 2025

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We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience SurveyDonald Trump wants to sue a media organisation - again. Thi...

What’s the catch with three hours of free power?

10 Nov 2025

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We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience SurveyThree hours of free electricity sounds pretty good to many A...

Why crypto ATMs are a scammer’s best friend

09 Nov 2025

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We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience SurveyYou may have noticed a crypto ATM in the corner of a shoppin...

Are AI stocks a bubble ready to burst?

06 Nov 2025

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We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience SurveyChip making giant Nvidia’s value hit $5 trillion US last w...

Could killing net zero save the Coalition?

05 Nov 2025

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We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience SurveyThe Coalition’s climate policies have been under review si...

How Zohran Mamdani won over New York

04 Nov 2025

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We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience SurveyZohran Mamdani is a young, Muslim, Democratic socialist who’...

Alan Kohler on why we need 117,000 more tradies

03 Nov 2025

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We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience SurveyThere’s been hope of a November interest rate cut to coinc...

Is China building missiles with our critical minerals?

02 Nov 2025

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Vast reserves of Australian critical minerals will be mined, processed and exported under a deal the prime minister has struck with US President Dona...

How Melbourne became the 'crime capital'

30 Oct 2025

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Home invasions, stabbing attacks and carjackings.A wave of serious and violent crimes in Victoria have sparked concern about safety in the state. Bu...

Sarah Ferguson takes on 'testy' Kamala Harris

29 Oct 2025

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Kamala Harris is back on your screens.The former vice-president is out spruiking her memoir 107 Days, which unpacks her 2024 race for the US presiden...

Why more of us are raiding super for dental care

28 Oct 2025

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The cost of medical treatments and dental work in Australia can be exorbitant. So it’s no wonder more people are accessing their superannuation fu...