# Coming home botched, WA’s ‘mega uni' + Trump’s surprise ceasefire

An episode of [Hack](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/78995043), 12 Oct 2026, 29 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/pb/Z/rb.mp3

An estimated 15,000 Aussies head overseas for surgery each year – but some people are stepping off the plane home with botched results and infections. We hear about what changes Aussies are getting done overseas, and what's going wrong. And, three of Western Australia's biggest universities are potentially merging, but not everyone is happy about it. Plus, Trump has called an ‘energy ceasefire’ between Ukraine and Russia, which was a surprise to Ukraine’s President Zelensky. So... what exactly is an ‘energy ceasefire’? Listen now: 01:13 – University merger 12:26 – Energy ceasefire 18:40 – Medical tourism Guests: • Dylan Storer, President of the Curtin University Student Guild • Dr Matthew Sussex, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University • Dr Lily Vrtik, President of the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons Get the whole story from hack: • Follow us on Instagram and TikTok • Subscribe to the hack podcast • Listen on the triple j app or on your radio live every weeknight at 5:30pm

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