Fossil fuel subsidies and the energy crisis
An energy crisis across Australia took us to the brink of blackouts last week. A cold snap; the war in the Ukraine; and escalating global coal and gas prices formed a perfect storm where we were bein...
20 Kesä 202221min
Teacher’s Pet: the Chris Dawson trial
It’s January 1982, Lyn and Chris Dawson appear to have the perfect marriage. He's a star footballer and popular high school teacher. She's a devoted wife and mother who worked as a nurse. Lyn Dawson g...
19 Kesä 202221min
Pete Helliar is one funny dude
Pete Helliar is one seriously funny dude. He is also seriously busy.Pete is a regular host on The Project and the creator and star of 10's How To Stay Married. He has created and co-produced two serie...
17 Kesä 202231min
Tik Tok and the war against online drug trading
Tik Tok has been the fastest growing social media app ever. In just five years it has had over 2 billion downloads and now reports 1.6b regular users - about half of Facebook, already. Many of its us...
16 Kesä 202220min
The RBA's big mistake
The Reserve Bank of Australia provides forward guidance for the economy. One of the key levers of fiscal policy is interest rate projections. RBA boss Philip Lowe predicted he couldn’t see interest r...
15 Kesä 202225min
The four-day work week: a step closer to reality?
The concept of the four-day working week has been around for almost a century, but like the idea of working from home which needed a pandemic to make happen, the four-day week concept hasn’t really ta...
14 Kesä 202220min
Johann Hari and why you can't focus
Johann Hari’s new book Stolen Focus is all about the crisis in concentration sweeping the world. The book goes into why it’s happening, how much it’s affecting us, and what can be done to tackle the p...
13 Kesä 202221min
Is it time for Australia to become a Republic?
Australia’s new government has appointed an Assistant Minister for the Republic. Matt Thistlethwaite has been tasked with taking the Labor Party’s policy of making Australia a republic from policy to...
12 Kesä 202221min
