The spicy legal battle over who really invented butter chicken
For many Australians, Indian food equals butter chicken. It’s delicious and creamy and it’s incredibly popular here and across the world. But it hasn’t been around forever – in fact, it’s less than 1...
1 Feb 202411min
Inside the hunt for the spy who betrayed Australia
The latest series in the Secrets We Keep podcast is called “Nest of Traitors” and follows LiSTNR journalist Joey Watson’s three-year journey to find the spy who betrayed Australia. During the Cold War...
31 Jan 202423min
Is recycling in Australia just rubbish?
Most of us try to do the right thing with recycling. We sort our rubbish into plastics, cardboard and paper, and our landfill waste, in the hope we’re saving the planet. But there have been reports o...
31 Jan 202411min
How Australia's 'Stop the boats' policy got exported to the UK
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is trying to pass a bill that would allow the UK to deport refugees, asylum seekers and illegal immigrants to Rwanda. The inspiration for the idea has come from Australia...
30 Jan 202422min
How worried should you be about neo-Nazism in Australia?
While a neo-Nazi demonstration was shut down in Sydney over the Australia Day long weekend, this isn't the only time that white supremacist groups have made the news recently. Last month a group of ma...
30 Jan 202412min
Christian Hull on the nine-month cruise blowing up TikTok
A ship called The Serenade of the Seas has embarked on a nine-month cruise, visiting more than 60 countries across all seven continents. It's being hailed as the world's longest cruise, and it gained ...
29 Jan 202422min
AI can now predict future events in human lives
The potential for artificial intelligence is indisputable. Though it has just been over a year since Chat GPT launched, now over 100 million people use the site weekly. But how far could the technolog...
29 Jan 202411min
Is a private school education worth the money?
With annual fees pushing $50,000 at Australia's costliest elite private schools in 2024, it's time to look at what the data says on student performance in the big private vs public school debate. Is i...
28 Jan 202420min
