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Feb 24: Albo asks to downgrade the ex-Prince; Upscrolled the new Aussie social platform; Trump on the Gold Coast?

The big low over the big red heart

Australia is bracing for its biggest rains in decades as a massive monsoonal low over central Australia threatens to dump up to 30 centimetres of rain across the country’s red heart — cutting off roads and towns in South Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales. After one of the driest summers in a century and multiple major bushfires, the shift to autumn brings flash flooding warnings across Victoria and beyond.

Downgrading relations with the disgraced former Royal Priince

In Canberra, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese makes world headlines by becoming the first Commonwealth leader to back moves to strip Prince Andrew of his succession rights — though many note deeper questions about the monarchy itself and the balance between Australia’s republican ambitions and its royal ties.

Trump Tower on the Gold Coast: spare us the cliche

Meanwhile, U.S. headlines ripple across the Pacific: Donald Trump reintroduces 15% tariffs amid a swirl of controversies linking him once again to the Epstein saga. And in unlikely real-estate news, plans for a $1.5 billion Trump Tower on the Gold Coast raise eyebrows — the developer behind the deal has a questionable track record, renewing questions about the Trump brand’s global footprint.

A new non-American social media platform

We talk about the Australian-Palestinian invented Upscrolled, a new social platform challenging Silicon Valley’s dominance.

Songs played on RTHK 3

Bumpy - Nan’s the Word

Kylie Auldist - One Time Offer

Glenys Rae Virus - One Heartache per Annum

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March 10: One Country, Two Weather Systems — Floods, Festivals, and Fuel Fears in Australia

Australia’s split right down the middle this week — half underwater, half celebrating. In the north, floodwaters are rising fast in the Northern Territory and Queensland, with the Katherine River peak...

17 Mar 16min

March 3: Albo & Trump & Iran; Canada's Carney flies in for middle-power meetings; massive AI-powered mortgage scam revealed

This week's episode begins with discussion of the some of the reasons Melbourne has so many magnificent bands with amazing brass sections - and some chit-chat about one of those bands, Jazzparty, who ...

4 Mar 17min

February 10: Herzog human rights horror ; Australia's solar era is here; nevermind gold, we have silver fever

Australia starts the week in that rarest of states in February — not on fire that much. The major bushfires in Victoria are mostly out, with only a stubborn blaze in the Otways left smouldering. Elsew...

10 Feb 16min

January 27: actual Australian Day dates; Rob Hurst R.I.P

It (was) January 26 in Australia — that complicated national holiday where the nation commemorates a "national tradition" begun in 1994 by an elderly culture warrior Prime Minister with a black-armban...

10 Feb 15min

January 20: cars floating off the Great Ocean Road; Sydney sewer sharks and tennis

In Australia, January decided subtlety was overrated. Along the Great Ocean Road, tents, caravans, and the nation’s collective sense of normal weather were swept to sea by a “freak storm” — which, giv...

10 Feb 17min

Australia's empathy for Hong Kong; Hong Kong's influence on the energy transition and Melbourne's MTR-style expansion

This episode swerves from tragedy and solidarity to weddings, wind farms and wickets..Australia’s response to the Tai Po fires: messages of condolence from the prime minister and 51,000 Victorian volu...

2 Des 202516min

AC/DC and Amy: the burning torch of Aussie rocknroll handed down at the MCG

Melbourne shook again as AC/DC rattled the MCG at a skull‑cracking 127dB, but the real story starts with a cancelled punk gig, 35,000 dollars’ worth of apology beers, and the greatest PR move since “f...

2 Des 202517min