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Trump’s military escalation in Los Angeles
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
California’s governor insists protests against Trump’s immigration crackdown in Los Angeles were being brought under control by local police. So...
Why Trump and Musk were stronger together
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The explosive break-up of Donald Trump and Elon Musk has been fascinating to watch as the pair trade insults and threats. Could there be a reconcili...
Woodside’s massive gas extension explained
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The oil and gas giant Woodside has been handed a big win by Labor, with the life of its massive gas plant in Western Australia extended until 2070.Th...
What the US warning on China means for our defence
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is demanding America’s allies massively boost defence spending and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says a Chinese invasion of Taiwan...
Alan Kohler on making housing a bad investment
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Interest rates might be coming down, but house prices are heading in the other direction, once again.Given there is a major problem with housing affo...
Erin Patterson’s evidence about eating wild mushrooms
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For a second day, the accused in the keenly watched mushroom murder trial has been questioned in court.Erin Patterson is accused of murdering her for...
Is it really the end for Elon Musk and Trump?
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk has spent a lot of time inside the Oval Office since Donald Trump returned to the White House. It was from there that the world’s riches...
Why so many psychiatrists are quitting
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why would dozens of psychiatrists, dedicated to helping people at times of crisis, walk away from their jobs?On one hand it’s a simple pay dispute,...
Why Trump can’t get 'crazy' Putin to end the war
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump has spent a long time praising him, but now the US president’s view of Vladimir Putin is shifting. Trump’s high hopes of getting Pu...
Can farmers endure repeated floods and drought?
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When it looked like heavy rain was on its way, Taree farmer Josh Hack knew he had to act and move his cattle to higher ground.Now, like so many other...
Trump’s white 'genocide' claims explained
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is beginning to make a habit of confronting world leaders while the cameras are rolling in the Oval Office.His latest victim is South Af...
Why can’t Israel’s allies stop Netanyahu?
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
World leaders are strengthening their condemnations of Israel after it's renewed assault in Gaza and limiting the supply of humanitarian aid.Anthony ...
Why energy giants want to control solar batteries
25 May 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...
Can Bezos dethrone Musk with a cheap EV ute
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk’s once firm grasp on the EV market seems to be crumbling as Tesla sales slump, so bring in Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. He’s investing i...
The Trump cloud hanging over the RBA
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Interest rates are falling, inflation is down and the Reserve Bank seems happier than it’s been in ages.So, have we achieved the so-called soft lan...
Why the Nationals nuked the Coalition
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It had been a constant of federal politics, but the coalition between the Liberal and National parties has come to a dramatic end following a disastr...
Biden’s health back in focus after cancer news
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He dropped out of the presidential race last July, but the focus is now back on Joe Biden. The former US leader has not only been diagnosed with an ...
The growing push for ‘Adult Crime, Adult Time’ laws
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Queensland woman Emma Lovell was stabbed to death by a teenager in 2022, the community and nation was shocked.The 17-year-old offender had broke...
What Trump’s China tariffs did to businesses
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Donald Trump paused his massive tariffs on Chinese goods entering the US for 90 days, slashing the rate from 145 to 30 percent.China has a...
Why Trump’s Middle East tour is about money, not peace
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump has recently secured a luxury 747 jet from Qatar and billions of dollars in investment deals from Saudi Arabia. But as the US president...
The nuclear problem facing Sussan Ley
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The new Liberal leader Sussan Ley has promised a fresh approach after the party’s disastrous result in the federal election. But will the first fe...
The nuclear risk in the India-Pakistan conflict
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When tensions flared between India and Pakistan last week the world held its breath because both nations have nuclear weapons.While a ceasefire has b...
How Bunnings crushed its competitors
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What really lies behind Bunnings’ promise of lowest prices? The hardware superstore has carefully built a reputation for being part of the local c...
The surprise pick of an American pope
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new pope has been elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church. The moment was marked by white smoke billowing from a chimney above the Sistine Chape...
Why Trump’s at war with Harvard University
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s an almighty fight. In one corner is Donald Trump and the other Harvard, one of the oldest institutions in America.The US president wants to de...
Why there’s no motive in the mushroom murder trial
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Wilkinson was the sole surviving guest of a deadly beef wellington lunch and now he’s had the chance to tell his story in court. He has given ...
Annabel Crabb on Dutton’s women debacle
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The votes are still being counted but when the new parliament is formed there will be more female MPs than ever before.But fewer than 10 will be on t...
Will Trump ruin Labor’s economic plan?
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We were told time and again cost of living was the biggest issue for voters at the election.So, now Labor has secured a thumping victory, what’s it...
Laura Tingle on the survival of the Liberal Party
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It was a Labor win and a Coalition defeat of a magnitude few expected.Anthony Albanese has become the first prime minister to win re-election in more...
Politics Now: Landslide Labor victory
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Albanese has been returned as Prime Minister, in a Labor landslide. On top of a bruising defeat for his party, Opposition leader Peter Dutton...
Antony Green’s 2025 election guide
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Opinion polls suggest Labor and Anthony Albanese will win Saturday’s election, but the ABC’s chief elections analyst Antony Green says it’s not...
Laura Tingle on Dutton’s ‘shockingly bad’ campaign
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re now in the dying days of the election campaign with the polls suggesting enough Australians will vote Labor to return Anthony Albanese as Pri...
Your questions: Which party will fix childcare?
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listeners have asked us to explain the childcare policies on offer at this election. There’s a crisis in the quality of care, with Four Corners re...
Erin Patterson’s mushroom murder trial begins
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most highly anticipated murder trials in recent memory is about to begin in regional Victoria. Erin Patterson is accused of murdering thr...
The risks of travelling to Trump’s America
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, more than one million Australians travelled to the United States.But if you’re planning a visit soon, be aware that under Donald Trump t...
Katie Perry vs Katy Perry in the High Court
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a battle between Katy Perry and Katie Perry. One is an international pop super star, the other an Australian fashion designer. Now after 15 y...
Why Trump’s found an ally in El Salvador’s ‘dictator’
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was sent to a brutal prison in El Salvador, even though the migrant living in the United States had never been convicted of a c...
Will this election decide our energy future?
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a stark difference between Labor and the Coalition on energy policy at this election. Listeners of ABC News Daily have asked us to delve d...
Pope Francis’s death and legacy
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pope Francis has died. The Vatican announced his death on Easter Monday. He appeared at St Peter’s Square to bless thousands of people on Easter ...
How Donald Trump could secure a third term
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A big concern since Donald Trump returned to the White House has revolved around his authoritarian style and what it means for the future of US democ...
The election housing policies explained
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese unveiled big new policies supposed to make it easier for young Australians to buy their first home.From ...
How Trump became ‘toxic’ for Dutton
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In two and a half weeks you’ll be heading to the polling booth to decide who you want to lead the country for the next three years.Right now, the p...
How China could win Trump’s trade war
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
China has been the main target of Donald Trump and his big tariffs.But can the world’s second largest economy weather the storm and even win the tr...
How the rental crisis is changing our cities
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The rental crisis remains one of Australia’s biggest issues as rent rises increasingly outpace wage growth. Families on an average income have bee...
How Trump’s tariffs are costing Elon Musk
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
US tariffs have caused Trump-supporting billionaires to lose big in market turmoil, but none more so than Elon Musk, whose net worth has shrunk by $1...
How much will Trump’s trade war cost you?
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The US is pushing ahead with its trade war with China, imposing a huge tariff on all Chinese goods entering America. Given China is our largest trad...
The AI tech involved in the MCG gun scare
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, two men allegedly each carrying a gun managed to get into the MCG for a packed AFL match.So how could that have happened in Australia, whe...
The ‘sinister’ warning in Trump’s stock market plunge
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stocks are tumbling, the value of the Australian dollar is falling and the scene looks set for a US recession with global fallout. The tariffs Presi...
Your questions: Defending Australia in Trump’s world
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Both major political parties think Australia needs to spend more on defence in an increasingly uncertain world. But what is the threat we have to be ...
Will Trump’s ‘liberation day’ lead to global recession?
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The US president says America has been looted and plundered for decades. Global trade is his enemy and his response? Big tariffs, or taxes, charge...
The secrets of John Howard’s war on the docks
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The power of the unions has always been a huge battleground for Labor and the Coalition.Now there are revelations about the role the former Prime Min...
Your questions: Is Gina Rinehart an oligarch?
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We won’t know until after this election who has donated to the political parties for this campaign and how much they’ve handed over. But voters ...
Why ‘Adolescence’ is a wake up call for parents
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s just a TV show, it’s not real, but the series Adolescence has really got people talking. The Netflix crime drama is about a teenage boy acc...
Understanding the Tasmanian salmon saga
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young stood up in the Senate chamber holding a big dead fish.Almost all of us have eaten Tasmanian farmed salm...
Why the May 3 election will be like no other
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On May 3rd, just five weeks from now, Australians will be heading to the polls. The campaigning is underway after a visit to the Governor General by...
Team Trump’s ‘comically incompetent’ group chat
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Very senior members of the Trump administration have this week been caught mistakenly sharing secret plans to bomb the Houthi rebel group in Yemen wi...
Laura Tingle on how Labor’s tax cut ‘snookered’ Dutton
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a budget with a surprise tax cut, so there must be an election coming up. Today, Laura Tingle, political editor for the ABC’s 7.30 program ...
The surprise tax cut in the pre-election budget
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every taxpayer is getting a new tax cut in a pre-election pitch from Labor revealed in the federal budget. It’s not much extra, starting at just a...
Is Trump being played by Putin in peace talks?
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration insists there’s been real progress towards a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine, but is Donald Trump being played by Vladimir...
How power companies justify another price hike
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re being told to expect our electricity bills to go up again this year. So why is it that we keep seeing hikes above the inflation rate and a...
Trump’s showdown with the courts over migrants
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump’s showdown with the courts reached a new level this week when it appeared that the US government defied a judge’s order blocking the...
How long will the egg shortage last?
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Buying a carton of eggs at your local supermarket has become a lot harder in the past year. The shelves are often bare, there’s a limit on the num...
Is Married at First Sight too toxic for TV?
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Married at First Sight is the highest rating show on Australian television.It’s been around for a while but the toxic relationships it features are...
Are Dutton’s Musk-inspired cuts a good idea?
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If the Coalition wins the federal election, Peter Dutton wants to appoint his own Elon Musk to cut government spending. Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa P...
The childcare companies trading safety for profits
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a $20 billion industry charged with the care of almost one and a half million Australian children. But is the child care sector being run by ...
Has Elon Musk made driving a Tesla uncool?
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump, a long time electric vehicle sceptic, is now the owner of a brand new Tesla. But can the US president’s new found love for EVs save ...
Can we afford ‘rip off’ insurance after Alfred?
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Prime Minister has agreed insurance companies are ripping us off and there are many Australians who would have experienced that firsthand.So, how...
Is Trump dragging the US into recession?
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump will impose tariffs on Australian aluminium and steel imports this week, but in the lead up, the government was still hoping for an exem...
How China wins from Trump’s pivot to Russia
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world was shocked by Donald Trump’s oval office clash with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The US president has been aligning himse...
How we responded to Cyclone Alfred
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just before midnight on Friday millions of people living in south-east Queensland were told to take shelter, to go to the strongest room and stay the...
Housing Hostages: The supply ‘solution’
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For so many experts and politicians, the answer to Australia’s housing crisis is simple. Rejig zoning rules, build more homes and get Australians i...
Housing Hostages: Time for a crash?
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Has a housing bubble ever burst without devastating pain across the economy and society? New Zealand is in a recession and home values are more than...
Housing Hostages: The blame game
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How did Australia go from a place where most middle-class people could own their own house, to one where even a small apartment is out of reach for s...
Housing Hostages: Australia in 2050
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine it’s 2050 and the housing bubble in Australia never burst. Where do we live, how do we pay for it and what is day to day life like?Exorbita...
Housing Hostages: The great (investor) dream
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Housing has become a dream for investors and a nightmare for those struggling to get a slice of the pie. We find ourselves increasingly mired in a de...
The real mission of Musk and DOGE
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It was Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting of his second term, sitting at a table with his controversial picks, all dressed in suits and smiling f...
How job hunting became like online dating
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At 4.1 percent, Australia has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the world.That should mean that most people who want a job, have a job. But fo...
Will Putin really allow European troops in Ukraine?
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
US President Donald Trump insists that Russian leader Vladimir Putin would allow peacekeepers into Ukraine as part of a deal to end the war.But how w...
Is GP bulk billing about to make a comeback?
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Labor and the opposition are in furious agreement, each committing to boost funding for Medicare to stop the decline in the number of GPs bulk billin...
Is the world ready for what comes after IVF?
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve heard of IVF, now scientists are working on the next generation of reproductive technology, called IVG or in vitro gametogenesis. It’s te...
What Trump’s shift to Putin means for Europe
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump declared Ukraine had started the war with Russia and labelled its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a dictator. Trump’s vice president JD V...
Will a single rate cut change your vote?
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The RBA’s interest rate cut has been largely welcomed but it won’t make much difference to the family budget. So, why is there speculation that ...
Alan Kohler on the first rate cut in years
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s almost three years since the Reserve Bank began the most aggressive cash rate hiking cycle in its history to combat surging inflation.Now, Aus...
Is China’s DeepSeek riskier than ChatGPT?
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Within hours of its release, the Chinese-owned AI chatbot called DeepSeek became one of the most downloaded apps in the world.Most commentators say i...
How neo-Nazis are recruiting Australian kids
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emily’s son loved sport, animals, reading and music, but when he turned 16, everything changed. He started to get obsessed by politics and thought...
What Trump’s call with Putin means for the war
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump says negotiations to end the war in Ukraine have begun and both Russia and Ukraine want peace. The US president chose to call the insti...
The Sydney nurses exposed in a ‘vile’ anti-Israel video
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two nurses from a Sydney hospital have been stood down while police and the health department investigate them for making threatening comments about ...
Will Albanese’s call with Trump save us from tariffs?
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump says no nation will be exempt, although there’s a prospect of Australia winning a rare reprieve from hefty tariffs being imposed on al...
Elon Musk’s attack on ‘evil’ aid
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk thinks the peak US foreign aid agency is ‘evil’ and so in his powerful position as Donald Trump’s cost cutter he’s getting rid of i...
Why we need to move beyond BMI
09 Feb 2025
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 ...
Making sense of Sam Kerr’s trial
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The police bodycam vision has been beamed around the world after being played in a London court. It shows Sam Kerr calling a police constable ‘f**...
Can Trump really take over Gaza?
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump wants America to take over Gaza and for all Palestinians to leave so it can be turned into a “Riviera of the Middle East.” The idea...
Alan Kohler on Trump’s tariff chaos
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump says he loves tariffs but just hours after he slapped massive levies on Mexico and Canada he’s taken them away. The surprising U-turn...
Inside Trump’s immigration crackdown
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The raids and deportations have begun and undocumented migrants in the United States are being rounded up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE...
Who’s to blame for declining school results?
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From this week all Australian kids will be back at school for the year, but what can we do to improve their results? There has been a concerning dec...
What we know about the caravan full of explosives
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The caravan was carrying enough explosives to cause mass casualties if detonated, so why did police keep its discovery secret for 10 days? A note fo...
What’s stopping Dutton going full Trump?
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Donald Trump returned to the US presidency, he unveiled DOGE, the Department Of Government Efficiency. It’s a cost cutting body for governmen...
Why China’s DeepSeek AI freaked out Wall Street
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It shocked Silicon Valley and set tech stocks tumbling on Wall Street.When a little-known Chinese company DeepSeek launched its own surprisingly capa...
Can you fight back against insurance hikes?
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all find the cost of insurance too high, but have you ever thought to actually fight against big hikes to your premium? A growing number of Austr...
Will your boss axe work from home this year?
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Working from home was an experiment that really took off during the pandemic. It worked so well, many employers and employees continue to enjoy it. ...