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What it's like searching for survivors in Nepal, One Nation's win + selling dinosaur bones

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Episode What it's like searching for survivors in Nepal, One Nation's win + selling dinosaur bones

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As rescuers desperately search for survivors after catastrophic floods hit the Nepal-Tibet border region, we speak to an Australian man working to free hundreds of people trapped in tunnels.

And One Nation has won the Secret Harbour state by-election in WA. What does this say about the party's chance of success in future elections?

Plus, should rich collectors be able to keep dinosaur bones? We unpack the fossil trade debate igniting between scientists and wealthy people after the record $72 million sale of a T-Rex.

Listen now:

01:02 - Searching for survivors in Nepal

16:15 - One Nation's win

25:35 - Selling dinosaur bones

Guests:

• Professor Arnold Dix, geologist and engineer • Bijay Sapkota, international student advocate • Tom McIlroy, political editor, Guardian Australia

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