Will Vladimir Putin start a nuclear war?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has put Russia's nuclear forces in a "special regime of combat duty". The order means Putin wants Russia's nuclear weapons prepared for increased readiness to launch....
28 Feb 202222min
Chanel Contos' 12-month journey to change consent laws
Education ministers have agreed to mandate holistic and age-appropriate consent education in every school in Australia from next year, following a year-long campaign spearheaded by consent activist Ch...
27 Feb 202219min
Maxine Beneba Clarke Knows How Decent Folk Behave
Maxine Beneba Clarke is an Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent whose work includes fiction, non-fiction, children’s books and poetry. She has won a plethora prizes. From the NSW Premier’s Awar...
25 Feb 202229min
Latest on Russian Invasion + Interview with Mike Cannon-Brookes
Australian Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has teamed with Canadian asset manager Brookfield in a bid to buy the Australian energy giant AGL and then accelerate the company’s green energy transition -...
24 Feb 202224min
How to buy your first home sooner
How would you feel about going shares with the government to buy your first home? Brendan Coates, the Economic Policy Program Director at the Grattan Institute, says it’s time for a national shared...
23 Feb 202220min
Sandy Hook mother on the fight against Remington
The families of some of the adults and children killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School reached a settlement with gun manufacturer Remington. They won a $A100m lawsuit in a c...
22 Feb 202220min
End of coal coming sooner than expected
Australia’s energy market is changing rapidly. Coal fired power plants are closing earlier than planned... and their owners are building batteries in their place! Last year Energy Australia annou...
21 Feb 202219min
Will rising inflation crash the housing market?
Economists say interest rates will rise this year – some are predicting a 15-basis point rise as early as June. So, what does that mean for the average mortgagee? We talk to AMP chief economist Shan...
20 Feb 202221min
