The Morning Edition
By The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
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Episodes: 100
James
Feb 26, 2022
Love the brief, concise direct slice of Australian life which still informs like a deep dive. Highly recommended
Milana
Apr 21, 2020
Really good insight on the current state of Australian politics and culture. I am particularly enjoying the switch to short form and hope the 10-15 minute segments continue, even if they are not daily.
Peter
May 9, 2019
Love the focused presentation- clear and concise.
Description
The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.
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My niece needs the NDIS. Yes, it must be cut – but with a scalpel, not a chainsaw
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Harry and Meghan’s 'grifting': What the royals are doing Down Under
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Albanese’s gambling reform – big money versus the 'nanny state'
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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Matt Canavan on his love of EVs, and calling out Pauline Hanson
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Peter Hartcher: Donald Trump is now a ‘genocidal tyrant’
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Nick McKenzie on the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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The court judgment that could change the treatment of Australian women giving birth
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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An Australian study linked vaping to cancer for the first time. Why all the backlash?
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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A national address, nailing down the budget, and Hastie’s ‘striking’ interview
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Peter Hartcher: Donald Trump is on the cusp of walking away from Iran
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Nick McKenzie on how North Korean spies are infiltrating Australian companies
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Albanese has a petrol plan. Will it help, or boost inflation?
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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The dramatic end to the hunt for Dezi Freeman
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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After the flood: Exploring the link between disasters and dementia
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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The EU trade deal, and One Nation’s South Australian election
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Peter Hartcher on why the Iran conflict is spiralling out of control
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Will the Kyle and Jackie O implosion unleash Sandilands globally?
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Explaining the petrol problem and whether gas is next
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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'Looksmaxxing’ is the dark new trend and Australian men are leading it
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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Is it really time to panic about petrol supply?
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Trump unloads on Australia, and MAGA official quits over Iran war
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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New study shows medicinal cannabis 'doesn't work'
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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How the 'Great Australian Dream' of home ownership has changed
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Oscars popularity contest: Why the 'best' films don't always win
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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Why the timeline of the Iranian women’s football team defection makes some people liars
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Trump's 'need for violence'. And have we joined the war on Iran?
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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How the Iranian women’s soccer team escape unfolded
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Reporting from Lebanon: How far will the Iran war expand from here?
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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How a group of Australian gamblers beat the Texas lottery
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Mickey the 'monster': Sinister allegations behind spectacular corporate unravelling
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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The politics of war, and why Peter Dutton was so upset over leaked Liberal Party review
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Trump 'doesn't have a plan' for his war on Iran. And the MAGA base is splintering
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Regrets? There are none. David Littleproud on Coalition split and what Nats do next
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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The energy vampires next door: Life next to an AI mega-factory
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Abuse claims against Trump in the missing Epstein files: will it bring him down?
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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US-Iran war: Iran’s government has been ‘decapitated’. What now?
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Tim Wilson accused the treasurer of pouring fuel on the inflation flames – is he right?
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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What Ukraine’s four-year resistance against Russia teaches us about survival
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Inside Dr Jamal Rifi's mission to bring 'ISIS brides' and children home
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Kidnapped, body found: The case of Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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What it will take for police to charge Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Designer babies: Healthier, better DNA? Or a gateway to eugenics?
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Return of 'ISIS brides' raises many questions about what it means to be Australian
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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The Sketch: Tony Wright on 'Nation's worst government? Jane Hume's hyperbolic historical claim'
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Trump won’t shelter us. But does Australia really need nuclear weapons?
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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A Sydney mother, the big bank and the court stoush over $44.11
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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How far will Angus Taylor go to crack down on immigration?
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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The CFMEU ‘crime gang’: A honeypot of money, and a government that looked the other way
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Anthony Albanese interview: Police prayer disruption at Herzog protest needs ‘full explanation’
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Is government spending really driving inflation?
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Japan’s new PM is the 'Trump whisperer'. Will she compel Albanese to follow suit?
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Who is Isaac Herzog and why there are protests everywhere he goes
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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The politics of Bad Bunny and the Super Bowl’s half-time show
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Gina Rinehart, the disability pensioner and a fight over 12km of fencing
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Bill Shorten on his random, oblique reference in the Epstein files
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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The Epstein files troubling Trump and who he’ll threaten next
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Why our obsession with interest rates and cost of living is a problem
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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'A crazy week' ahead: Leadership spills and more Liberal defections
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Forged via Facebook. The anti-vax parents faking child health records
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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A funeral, secret plots, and 'wayward children' — another messy week for the Coalition
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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‘Numbers, numbers everywhere’: Interest rate rise likely, but what does it all mean?
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Beyond the Alex Pretti video: On the ground in Minneapolis
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Ken Dyers' Kenja: The cult still operating in Australia
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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The remarkable story of how Timor-Leste is tackling cervical cancer
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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The Sketch: Tony Wright on the Coalition’s 'ship of fools'
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Barnaby Joyce opens up on his defection to Pauline Hanson's One Nation
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Littleproud fired the gun, but Ley set up the circumstances: The spectacular Coalition break-up
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Coalition splits – again – over hate speech laws
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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'So much change, so much chaos': One year of Trump 2.0
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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The rise and fall of one of Australia’s most powerful criminals
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Aus Open prize money is at an all-time high. But are players being paid enough?
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Best of 2025: Bill Shorten on Albanese's Trump triumph, and the opposition's next move
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Why Kevin Rudd resigned, and what it means for our relationship with Trump
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Is the Iranian regime about to collapse?
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Floods at one end, bushfires at the other. What's behind Australia's climate 'whiplash'
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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First Trump invaded Venezuela. But it may not be Greenland that's next
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Best of 2025: Albanese meets with Trump next week. Anything could happen
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Best of 2025: Is Dezi Freeman being glorified like the other 'daring, desperate or deranged' fugitives who came before him?
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Best of 2025: Women were once ‘essential’ to the Liberal Party. What happened?
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Best of 2025: What is freebirthing?
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Best of 2025: Why gangland figure Tony Mokbel could walk free
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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Best of 2025: The rallies, the neo-Nazis, the flag-draping: How politics on immigration have led to this point
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Best of 2025: Chifley, Hawke, Rudd. Albanese beat them all. But what’s next?
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Best of 2025: How a dancing Robert Irwin became America’s antidote
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Best of 2025: The lawyer (and author) who represented Palestine in international court
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Best of 2025: The tobacco tax causing carnage in our streets
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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Best of 2025: A Labor 'landslide' and disaster for Dutton
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Best of 2025: Is this the beginning of the end of the American empire?
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Best of 2025: The sentencing of mushroom cook Erin Patterson
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Best of 2025: Is Prince Andrew an existential crisis for the monarchy?
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Best of 2025: Belle Gibson's cancer con
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Tony Abbott on running for Senate, AUKUS and cultural ‘self-loathing’
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Anger in the aftermath: Albanese and the Bondi attack
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Courage and kindness in the face of the Bondi attack
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Holocaust survivors chose Sydney after the war. Then came the Bondi attack
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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A voice note from our reporter who was caught up in the Bondi shooting
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Bondi terror attack: On the ground after mass shooting
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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How horror Bondi Beach terror attack unfolded
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Inside Politics: The ‘dirty business’ of MP expenses
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Trump and the Caribbean boat strikes: Did a war crime occur?
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Dec 10, 2025 |