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What is Trump’s ballroom obsession really about?
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the past week Donald Trump’s obsession with building his grand ballroom has reared its head again.He was even talking about it after the suspect...
How will the NDIS decide who to cut off?
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The growth of the NDIS is about to be slashed, but what tool will the government use to determine who gets to stay and whose disability supports are ...
What China learns from Trump’s war in Iran
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
China buys lots of Iran’s oil, but it’s trying to avoid getting drawn into the war, instead calling for de-escalation and peace in the Middle Eas...
Inside the White House press dinner shooting
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump’s dislike of the press has seen him repeatedly refuse to attend the annual White House correspondent’s dinner in Washington DC.But t...
Why a gas tax is going viral
26 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A video posted by Senator David Pocock has gone viral, leaving some viewers asking why the gas giants aren’t paying more for the resources they ext...
What happens next with airfares and flights
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
More than seven weeks since the start of the war in Iran, flight schedules through the Middle East are still disrupted, but slowly recovering. Trave...
Is 'drill baby drill' the answer to our fuel crisis?
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
US President Donald Trump is all in on it, but could Australia 'drill baby drill' its way to fuel security and avoid oil shocks in the future? Austr...
Will Trump 'blink first' in Iran peace talks?
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump went into the war with Iran thinking it would be over quickly.More than seven weeks later, with a ceasefire about to end, there’s stil...
Will Trump 'blink first' and end the war?
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump went into the war with Iran thinking it would be over quickly.More than seven weeks later there’s still no obvious off ramp, with unce...
Will Trump 'blink first' and end the war?
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump went into the war with Iran thinking it would be over quickly.More than seven weeks later there’s still no obvious off ramp, with unce...
What’s driving soaring rates of adult ADHD?
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past eight years ADHD diagnoses among Australian adults have surged, especially among women.You might be surprised to hear where the ADHD ca...
What Putin gains from the Iran war
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does Russia’s Vladimir Putin make of the Iran war? He’s one of the few beneficiaries, making vast sums of money as the oil price spiked and...
The President vs the Pope
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What’s behind US President Donald Trump’s attack on Pope Leo?After the leader of the Catholic Church criticised Trump’s threats to destroy Iran...
The 'doomsday' scenario for fuel supply
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The US blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz could make the fuel crunch in Australia even worse. The government’s urging Australians t...
How Iran is becoming Trump’s forever war
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The peace talks failed, so now US President Donald Trump wants to further disrupt the vital oil shipping route, the Strait of Hormuz. A US blockade ...
Alan Kohler’s case to nationalise childcare
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The ABC’s Alan Kohler thinks the treasurer should nationalise the childcare system and take centres out of the hands of for-profit businesses.With ...
What the shaky Iran ceasefire means for fuel prices
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A fragile two week ceasefire between Iran, the United States and Israel has raised hopes ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz will soon be on the move...
Can Iran and Trump really agree on a peace plan?
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump was threatening to wipe out ‘a whole civilisation’, then about an hour before his deadline the US president announced a ceasefire de...
Ben Roberts-Smith and the war crime of murder
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As a Victoria Cross recipient, Ben Roberts-Smith is one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers.Now, he’s been charged with five counts of the war...
Will Pete Hegseth take the fall for the Iran war?
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We know that US President Donald Trump is the ultimate decision maker when it comes to the war in Iran, but who’s in his ear?From Pete Hegseth to M...
Are insiders profiting from the Iran war?
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oil and financial markets have been swinging wildly with every social media post from Donald Trump. But a pattern of large, well-timed trades placed...
Will Trump escalate or end the war?
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
He's sending more troops to the Middle East, while insisting the war in Iran is nearly over. So is Donald Trump preparing to pull out or digging in?...
Will there be enough fuel for Easter travel?
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
With the Easter break approaching, many motorists are wondering if they’ll be able to fill up their tanks and whether it’s worth travelling far f...
Why Alan Kohler is worried about a recession
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Could the Iran war lead our economy into a recession?Past oil shocks have sparked economic downturns and as petrol and diesel prices climb now, it co...
Will the fuel crisis spark a switch to electric trucks?
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
With the Iran war sending the price of fuel skyrocketing, the trucking industry is amongst the hardest hit and the costs will be passed on to consume...
After Iran and Venezuela, is Cuba next for Trump?
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is in the midst of a messy war with Iran, but at the same time his sights are set on Cuba. The US leader says he’ll be having the “...
Why Iran thinks it’s winning the war
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump says Iran is negotiating with the US to end the war, but Iran says that’s ‘fake news’.So, are there efforts underway to bring the ...
Is this the start of Pauline Hanson’s 'orange wave'?
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When South Australians went to the polls on the weekend one in five voters put One Nation first. That’s the party’s best showing in that state e...
Is it time to rethink flying with Gulf airlines?
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For years, Australians heading to Europe have relied on flights that have stopovers in the Gulf.But as war in the Middle East disrupts travel plans f...
Are the petrol stations ripping us off?
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Are the petrol stations price gouging and cashing in on the Iran war? If they are, is there anything that can stop them? Today, David Byrne, profes...
Is Israel trying to make Iran a failed state?
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump’s top counterterrorism official has quit over the war in Iran. He says pressure from Israel, not an imminent threat from Iran, led th...
Will the Iran war drive interest rates even higher?
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The RBA has lifted interest rates for a second consecutive month.Are we now in a long rate hiking cycle, accelerated by the war in Iran, or could thi...
Is it time to ration petrol and diesel?
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As the Iran war enters its third week, the ripple effect is growing around the world as the global oil supply through the Strait of Hormuz is disrupt...
The truth behind the toxic algal bloom
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It was one of the worst environmental disasters to strike Australia’s oceans. When a massive algal bloom arrived in South Australia, devastating t...
How Donald Trump caught 'victory disease'
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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...
When will the Iran war hit your grocery bill?
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Shoppers have been dismayed by grocery price rises for years, now there are warnings that food will cost even more as the effects of the Iran war rea...
The boycott that killed Adelaide Writers’ Week
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...