ABC News Daily
ABC Australia
250 episodes
ABC News Daily is the podcast that helps you understand the issues affecting your world. Every episode, host Samantha Hawley walks through one story with the help of an ABC colleague or expert in under 15 minutes. When you want coverage you can trust, listen to ABC News Daily.
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From interest rates, real estate and the housing crisis, to scams and US politics, ABC News Daily brings you facts and analysis you need to understand the biggest news stories.
The podcast covers news from America, with analysis of the Donald Trump administration in the White House. His actions, including threats of massive tariffs have big implications for global politics and the economy and US journalists and experts will explain what's at stake.
As Australians battle a cost-of-living crisis, ABC News Daily looks at the causes of inflation, rising rental costs, house prices, insurance costs and the price of groceries. Key experts in business and finance join Samantha Hawley, explaining the state of the economy, the unemployment rate and the jobs market.
Whether you rent, own an investment house or apartment, or are repaying a mortgage, ABC News Daily offers unique insights and analysis. When there are big moves from the Reserve Bank (RBA) on interest rates, or reactions in the ASX or the Australian dollar, guest experts, including economists, explain why.
Look into ABC News Daily's archive to find episodes on electric vehicles (EVs), artificial intelligence (AI), politics, the big banks, supermarkets, Tesla, Elon Musk, education, schools, teachers and crime.
Watch for episodes about federal politics and the leadership of Labor's Anthony Albanese. We look at policy areas that matter for voters, including education, health, housing and immigration and assess the proposals from the federal opposition.
ABC News Daily follows developments in the Middle East and the war between Israel and Hamas, with insights into the actions of Benjamin Netanyahu.
The podcast looks at the latest from Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelensky fights to repel the Russian invaders led by Russia's President Vladimir Putin. As China's Xi Jinping contemplates the future of Taiwan, ABC News Daily will sort fact from fiction.
As climate change fuelled by greenhouse gas emissions increases the risk of natural disasters, including fires and floods, ABC News Daily brings you fact-based analysis.
The podcast covers the future of renewable / green power generation, including the use of wind turbines, solar and hydro electric power.
ABC experts including Ian Verrender, Alan Kohler, Laura Tingle, David Speers, and Annabel Crabb join Samantha Hawley to step through big issues and current affairs.
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Trump and Obama's fight for Michigan
Michigan is shaping up as one of the biggest battlegrounds in the US midterm elections. So much so that both Donald Trump and Barack Obama have hit the campaign trail there. The Senate race is a contest between…
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Will Netanyahu cling to power?
Israelis came out in record numbers to vote but as the polls closed it was too close to call. Although that didn't stop Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Gadi Eisenkot both claiming success. Today,…
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Will Trump 'finish off' Iran after the midterms?
Is Donald Trump about restart the fighting with Iran? Ahead of the midterm elections next week, the US President has been raising the prospect of renewed attacks that could begin after Americans vote. Today, Cole…
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What 'Woke 2.0' means for the midterms
Did you know we are in the midst of a new 'woke' era? It's being dubbed 'Woke 2.0' and unlike 'Woke 1', it's thought to be winning over voters for the Democrats ahead of next week's midterm election. Today, staff…
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How Labor's losing the cost-of-living battle
Unemployment is on the rise, interest rates are up, the price of fuel is soaring and everything just costs more. Recent polling shows voters are blaming the Prime Minister and his Treasurer for the tough times with…
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Why Trump's siding with 'humanitarian' Putin
It’s been a fortnight of extraordinary setbacks for US relations with Ukraine. Donald Trump has struck a deal to buy Russian diesel, delivering a financial boost to Vladimir Putin’s war effort, he briefly interrupted…
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Will the Helen Haines attack stop hateful politics?
Brendan Nugent, the 43-year-old Victorian man accused of ramming his LandCruiser into Independent MP Helen Haines, has appeared in court today on five charges. Authorities say they are still working to determine an…
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Helen Haines loses leg in horror attack
On Monday afternoon, Victorian man Brendan Nugent, 43, allegedly used a white Toyota LandCruiser to strike independent MP Helen Haines twice. The 65-year-old member for Indi in regional Victoria is in critical…
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Why an 'October surprise' won't save Trump
From a press secretary who lasted just five days to a dramatic pivot to Putin, Donald Trump has unleashed a fresh wave of chaos inside the White House. So, with the US midterms looming, is he still holding out for a…
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Why pregnancy is still costing women their jobs
They've been fired, demoted, and even offered sham redundancies. Decades after the Sex Discrimination Act was introduced, women across the country say they're being pushed out of the workforce for having kids under…
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The mathematician taking on AI
Melbourne-born academic Tristan Buckmaster says he was maybe just one month away from solving the Navier-Stokes equation, a maths problem so difficult there was a million-dollar prize on offer for anyone who could.…
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The Firmus 'flop' warning for the AI bubble
It was meant to be the biggest ASX listing since the privatisation of Telstra, but last week the initial public offering for Firmus was dramatically pulled before a single share was traded. The co-founder of the AI…
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Will Trump stream an execution to the world?
The US president says he’s still deciding whether to livestream the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 unarmed US soldiers in a 2009 shooting. It comes as Tennessee officials grapple with the…
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Why Trump's selling out to Putin again
The US President has eased sanctions on the Kremlin, clearing the way for a lucrative deal to import Russian diesel. Trump says the move will help bring down fuel prices for Americans, as rising living costs weigh on…
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Is Iran's economy really about to collapse?
With the military campaign failing to force Iran to backdown, Donald Trump has been turning up the economic pressure, hoping to cripple the country’s economy and force an end to the war. But despite Iran’s currency…
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Waleed Aly on the Greens' Mamdani moment
In the United States, they’re calling it the 'Mamdani effect' - a surge in support for democratic socialist candidates. And here, the Greens are hoping for their own Zohran Mamdani moment, with the party’s think tank…
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How will we charge the EV boom?
An electric car is now being sold every 100 seconds, with sales roughly doubling in the second quarter of this year and outstripping petrol and diesel cars for the first time in August. But as motorists look to escape…
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How Cornell failed Jane Doe
In the US, the case has ignited a national debate over consent, with some asking whether this could be a new #MeToo moment. At Cornell University, protests have erupted after a woman identified as Jane Doe alleged she…
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Will a midterm 'blue wave' sink Trump?
Donald Trump has told voters to ‘pretend’ he is on the ballot at the midterm elections which are now less than a month away. But that’s not useful for some Republican candidates who’ve been trying to distance…
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How many data centres will we end up with?
A plan for a data centre metres from homes and a school in Lane Cove has been shelved after residents of the Sydney suburb fought back and won. But it’s just one proposal among many, as demand for AI drives a boom in…
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What happens if China's AI goes rogue?
Donald Trump says the US is in an AI race against China and he doesn’t want regulation that would risk American dominance. But Beijing is taking a very different approach with the Chinese Communist Party exerting…
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Terror on a flydubai flight
A flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv has turned into a terrifying high-altitude struggle when one of the pilots was attacked in the cockpit by his co-pilot. Passengers were fighting to help crew regain…
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What did Netanyahu know before October 7?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing renewed political scrutiny after media investigations reported that he and his government were warned about an impending large-scale Hamas attack before October 7.…
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Alan Kohler on how AI's moving interest rates
There’s been another interest rate rise, pushing it to the highest it’s been in 15 years. It’s partly thanks to Trump’s war in Iran fuelling global inflation, but the conflict is not the only thing putting pressure on…
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Why Trump has a peace problem
Donald Trump has promised he can use his negotiating skills to end wars. But his approach is facing a major test on two fronts. He’s rejected Iran’s latest proposal to halt the fighting and reopen negotiations, while…
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Could AI really cure cancer?
We're being warned that AI could wipe out humanity. But some of the very same experts sounding the alarm are also predicting AI will help cure cancer within the next decade. So, how will these competing visions of…
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How OpenAI exposed our cyber security gaps
The Australian government is grappling with how to safeguard sensitive data, after revelations an AI agent controlled by OpenAI accessed private Medicare statistics. It took months for a breach to be identified and…
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Will America watch Trump TV?
Donald Trump’s decade-long war with the press has a new front, with three US media outlets suing after being banned by the White House, prompting a broader media boycott. In response, the US President has launched his…
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Why can’t we stop the DV crisis?
Another string of suspected domestic violence attacks across a single weekend has once again seen the number of women and children killed this year climb. And, once again, their deaths have turned up the volume of…
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Alan Kohler on the odds of a recession
Oil prices are rising again, thanks to the conflict in the Persian Gulf spreading to the Red Sea. It's fuelling inflation around the world including in Australia where it has been stubbornly high meaning an interest…
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Could we have robotaxis by next year?
Robotaxis have arrived on the streets of London, San Francisco and Beijing as rideshare companies expand into driverless transport. But the roll out hasn't been without speedbumps. So, when could we see this…
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Trump vs China and the AI 'hoax'
Donald Trump says warnings from whistleblowers that the rapid development of AI could end humanity are a ‘hoax’. He’s determined to push ahead in the AI race for dominance over China despite calls from some in the…
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Is 'nastiness' backfiring on Pauline Hanson?
Pauline Hanson has spent the week offending everyone from Andrew Hastie to the Prime Minister and Indigenous Australians, drawing widespread condemnation. But is hitting back at her personally the best way to respond?…
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The new oil threat plaguing Trump
For months, the Strait of Hormuz has been in chaos amid the ongoing conflict between Donald Trump and Iran. But now, the global oil supply faces a new threat. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are setting their…
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How exactly could AI kill us all?
Last week, an Anthropic researcher warned that rapidly advancing AI could lead to human extinction in the not-too-distant future. Then tech bosses joined the call for countries and companies to work together to slow…
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How One Nation’s driving a migration rethink
The migration policy debate in Australia has shifted over the years from boat arrivals and refugees to a new battleground: the size of the net overseas migration intake. And Pauline Hanson has managed to put the push…
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Trump-a-palooza's Iran problem
Donald Trump has hit the campaign trail in Texas as the clock ticks down to the midterms. But is the president becoming more of a hindrance than a help to Republican candidates? With the war in Iran dragging on and…
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Australia vs the algorithm
Algorithms are deciding almost everything we see online, and concern is growing about the kinds of content social media is feeding us and our kids. Now the government wants to give us more control of our feeds,…
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How One Nation made super a political battleground
One Nation wants to give renters and borrowers early access to some of their retirement savings in a new policy proposal it says will help ease the cost-of-living pressure. It's reignited a fierce debate about the…
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Will we pay for Trump’s bond market turmoil?
Bond markets around the world are under pressure, as investors sell bonds and demand higher returns to lend governments money. It's pushing up borrowing costs and the effects can flow through to the mortgages, bank…
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How China Shock 2.0 will reshape the world
In the 2000s, a wave of cheap Chinese goods that flooded global markets and wiped out manufacturing jobs became known as the China Shock. Now it's sequel, China Shock 2.0 has arrived. But this time, China isn't just…
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How long will Trump stand by Hegseth?
According to Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth is doing a 'fantastic job' running the US military. But this week one of his most senior officials, the Army Secretary, quit after months of tensions with Hegseth, who has…
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Paul Barry on the steel tycoon who fooled Australia
In 2017, billionaire Sanjeev Gupta arrived in Whyalla promising to save the town’s struggling steelworks and hundreds of local jobs. But nearly a decade later, the steelworks is still fighting for survival. Gupta's…
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An avalanche survivor on the melting Himalayas
Dr. John All is a mountaineer and scientist who nearly lost his life after falling more than 20 meters down an icy crevasse while researching how quickly the Himalayas are melting. A week after a catastrophic flood…
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The win that made One Nation a major party
Pauline Hanson is on a roll. The latest test came over the weekend in a by-election for the small coastal electorate of Secret Harbour, south of Perth, where almost 40 per cent of voters gave One Nation their…
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Erin Brockovich and the US data centre backlash
As the US hurtles towards the November midterms, data centres have become a major election issue, with politicians across the political divide joining voters in demanding a moratorium on new construction. Even Erin…
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Tucker Carlson for president in 2028?
Since Donald Trump launched his war in Iran, the MAGA movement has been dramatically split over the military action. Once a key Trump supporter, high profile media personality Tucker Carlson has turned on the US…
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Why can't Albo stick it to Trump like Canada?
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has come out swinging, outlining a major retaliation against US President Donald Trump's latest wave of tariffs. The two neighbours have been spiralling towards an escalating trade…
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Is this Mark Zuckerberg's 'big tobacco' moment?
In a landmark US court case, attorneys general representing 29 states are suing Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, accusing it of knowingly harming children and designing its platforms to keep young users…
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Is the Swans' Brownlow ban really enough?
It took a week, but the head of the AFL has now fronted the press over the Swans scandal. CEO Andrew Dillon has distanced the sport from the Sydney club, saying the actions of a few do not define an entire code.…
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