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  • The antisemitism report that’s getting a lot of headlines
    Jul 14 2025

    Some have hailed it as a dangerous document that could restrict our freedom of speech. Others have celebrated it, saying it will lead to protections that are overdue for a community that has long been battered by prejudice.

    We are, of course, talking about the report that Jillian Segal, the special envoy to combat antisemitism, handed to prime minister Anthony Albanese last week.

    But what changes, if any, will our government implement from amongst Segal’s recommendations? And does she have any power, herself?

    Today, deputy federal editor Nick Bonyhady, and federal politics reporter Olivia Ireland, join me to discuss all of this. And what we should make of the sizeable donation that Segal’s husband has made to a right wing lobby group.

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    22 min
  • Why commercial airline GPS is becoming less reliable
    Jul 13 2025

    We know that air flight is - for the most part - extraordinarily safe. On any given day, about 100,000 flights take off and land, safely, across the globe.

    The air tragedies that do make the front page news, like Malaysia Airlines’ MH17 flight, which was shot down by a Russian-made missile in 2014, are exceedingly rare.

    But unbeknownst to most of us, many pilots experience difficulties with their GPS signals. And, these difficulties are reportedly increasing.

    Today, senior reporter Chris Zappone, on this persistent, but relatively under-reported problem that pilots face so regularly. And how much of a threat it is to our safety.

    You can find Chris' story on The Age and Sydney Morning Herald websites here: https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/how-a-confusing-cockpit-snippet-invited-doubt-over-the-air-india-crash-investigation-20250713-p5mejl.html

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    15 min
  • Inside Politics: Did Anthony Albanese just give his most important speech?
    Jul 10 2025

    What do the great war time Prime Minister John Curtin, and current Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have in common?

    Well, a little bit, according to Albanese.

    On the weekend the PM delivered the John Curtin Oration and set tongues wagging with hints about his newly independent stance when it comes to our relationship with the United States.

    But how will this land with the Trump administration, which is currently reviewing the AUKUS pact? Is it possible they will make Australia pay more for submarines under the pact? Or pressure us into participating in a possible conflict with China over Taiwan?

    Plus, the confusing matter of yet more US tariffs on Australian goods, perhaps…and what is going on with the Reserve Bank - are they misleading the public, or are they just confused themselves?

    Joining Jacqueline Maley is chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal, and senior economics correspondent Shane Wright.

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    24 min
  • The gunfight and leaked phone call that could topple Thailand’s PM
    Jul 9 2025

    For many of us, Cambodia has long been synonymous with tragedy, and the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, which killed between 1.5 and 3 million Cambodians.

    But, underneath our noses, Cambodia has more recently been roiling from tension with its neighbours. And when a military standoff recently led to the death of a Cambodian soldier, it set off an unexpected chain of political fallout.

    Today, southeast Asia correspondent Zach Hope, on what happened to Suon Roun on a contested mountain top. And why it just may bring down the Thai prime minister.

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    19 min
  • Enemies within: shocking allegations of rape in the defence force
    Jul 8 2025

    Many will remember a powerful 2013 video of the then Australian army chief David Morrison ripping into soldiers who denigrated women, saying there was no place for them in the military.

    But today, after another set of allegations of rape in the ADF have been revealed, we wonder if anything has really changed.

    Today, investigative reporter Nick McKenzie - who broke the story for our mastheads and 60 minutes.

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    24 min
  • 'No emotion at all': Inside the courtroom as Erin Patterson guilty of mushroom murders
    Jul 7 2025

    It’s the case that has had people from all over the world talking. And today, after a 10-week trial, the jury returned a verdict.

    Erin Patterson has been found guilty of triple murder, killing her in-laws, Gail and Don Patterson, and also Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson. Patterson was also found guilty of the attempted murder of Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson.

    Ian Wilkinson was the only survivor of the now infamous lunch of beef wellington, which a jury has now decided Patterson deliberately laced with death cap mushrooms.

    One of the reporters who covered the trial for The Age, Erin Pearson, was there for the verdict and reports from outside court in this episode of The Morning Edition.

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    11 min
  • Trump billboards in Tel Aviv and Israelis on Iran, Gaza
    Jul 6 2025

    Ever since American president Donald Trump declared a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, on June 24, we’ve been bombarded by hot takes from leaders on all sides. Trump says the entire world is safer, and the United States has triumphed over Iran.

    Iran’s supreme leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei, says Iran delivered the United States a "severe slap".

    But what do Israeli civilians, who are caught in the middle of it all, make of it?

    Today, foreign affairs national security correspondent Matthew Knott, reports from the middle east, on what Israelis are thinking now about the fate of the hostages, a looming ceasefire with Gaza, and whether a Nobel Peace Prize could be the key to peace in the middle east.

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    20 min
  • Inside Politics: Salacious texts and detail, but did the corruption watchdog’s first case fall flat?
    Jul 3 2025

    The creation of a National Anti-Corruption Commission was a key Labor promise before it won Government in 2022. The Commission was duly created and this week it released the findings of its first ever investigation.

    But was it a little anti-climactic? Can we hope for bigger and better corruption-busting in the future?

    Plus, interest rate cuts and the confusing matter of the Trump tariffs, and their effect on the Australian economy.

    Joining Jacqueline Maley to discuss is federal politics reporter Olivia Ireland and senior economic correspondent Shane Wright.

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    21 min