The Morning Edition
By The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
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Subscribers: 598
Reviews: 3
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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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 |
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The sex offenders being protected under secretive orders
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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What happens when social media goes ‘dark’ for Australian teens
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Blood on the ground: What’s happening in Sudan
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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$100k flights, uncomfortable truth about PM's wedding, and the fight over social media
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Kate McClymont on the fake accountant, the solicitor, and the stolen millions
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Will ‘gentle density’ help fix our housing stupidity?
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Why shark attacks in Australia are increasing
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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How real is the rise of One Nation?
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Barnaby defects, Hanson offends and Sussan Ley comes on the podcast
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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'Nice is nice': How a dancing Robert Irwin became America's antidote
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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‘They view it as a contagion’: Why Trump wants our migrant data
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Why the BOM spent $96 million on its website
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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'Blood oil': How Australia is funding Russia's war
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Albanese wants to protect Australia ‘as it is’. But is it good enough?
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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The 'helpers' of Singapore – raising expat children, while never seeing their own
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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The political 'killing season' has begun, so who are the new leaders?
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Trump and Epstein: How significant are the new emails?
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Wasting billions: The government system hurting your hip pocket
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Inside Politics: The Coalition’s net zero word salad, and Ley’s leadership ‘not safe’
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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The NYT asked if women ruined the workplace. Women had some thoughts
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Blood and honour: why couldn’t the NSW Government stop a neo-Nazi rally?
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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John Laws: The power of one Sydney shockjock
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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REDs is the hot topic among athletes and amateurs, but is it real?
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Jane Hume on rebranding net zero, and Hastie's abortion comments
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Our hospitals and GPs are struggling. Are Albanese’s fixes working?
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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A birthing trend is leading to deaths. Why is 'freebirthing' growing in popularity?
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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An impending 'Spermageddon': New study on the everyday chemicals lowering sperm count
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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'The most intense attack of my career': Alex Greenwich on what happened with Mark Latham
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Inflation figures were bad, so why focus on Albanese’s T-shirt?
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Is Prince Andrew an existential crisis for the monarchy?
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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The private powerbroker who has Lachlan Murdoch’s ear
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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2025 Good Food Guide Awards: The revealing trends and best restaurants
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Fake pubic hair on a g-string for $70, a joke? Not if you're Kim Kardashian
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Bill Shorten on Albanese's Trump triumph, and the opposition's next move
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Have we just seen a tipping point in the US-China fight for supremacy?
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Inside the Trump and Albanese meeting: two deals and a humiliation
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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They might rescue you from danger. But is Westpac Rescue safe?
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Victoria's treaty is an Australian first. What will this agreement mean?
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Albanese meets with Trump next week. Anything could happen
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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We have them. Trump wants them. Are rare earths Australia’s secret superpower?
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Will the treasurer’s “humiliating” tax backflip help, or hurt you?
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Hostages free after 737 days, but is the war over?
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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A Melbourne father accused of a crime. An American lawyer thinks he's innocent
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Tim Wilson on Hastie's exit, and bringing back that 'big Liberal energy'
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Japan poised to elect first female leader – 'Iron Lady' Sanae Takaichi
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Wi-Fi on the long-haul: Is the final frontier of silence over?
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Free range? Or food fraud? The new tech exposing ‘bogus’ Australian food labels
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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The deaths at Alva Beach. Was this a case of self-defence?
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Can Albanese claim credit for Trump’s peace plan?
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Introducing: Diagnosing Murder
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Why Western democracies are struggling against Russia's and China’s 'hybrid war'
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Click to cancel: How hard should it be to end a subscription?
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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The ‘remarkable breakthrough’ made for Huntington’s disease
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Chemtrails to the elitist cabal: Why conspiracy theories are thriving in the White House
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Albanese’s warning on tyranny, dictators, and his selfie with Trump
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Trump just insulted almost all world leaders, to their faces, but what does it mean?
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Charlie Kirk memorial: love, hate and Trump’s vow for the future
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Life, death and Optus: Should the telcos be trusted to run Triple Zero?
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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No fry zone: Should councils be able to block fast food outlets?
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Coalition combust over net zero. Will the anti-climate action stance work?
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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A primer on Australia’s climate target
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Why Gen-Z fury led to destruction in Nepal
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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From children’s entertainer to political celebrity. The rise of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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‘The cult of the leader’: The professor who left America says fascism is flourishing
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Why the sacking of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price could turn the senator ‘into a martyr’
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Why Australia is trying to out-woo China for influence in the Pacific
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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'Like an episode of the Sopranos': Life inside the clean-up of the CFMEU
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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'No remorse, no pity': The sentencing of mushroom cook Erin Patterson
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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The ‘tradwife’ movement: All flax and linen, or a pipeline to fascism?
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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The rallies, the neo-Nazis, the flag-draping: How politics on immigration have led to this point
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Yulia Navalnaya’s blunt message about Putin, the president who murdered her husband
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Is Dezi Freeman being glorified like the other 'daring, desperate or deranged' fugitives who came before him?
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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March for Australia: Why weren’t neo-Nazis stopped?
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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When is it genocide? And is it happening in Gaza?
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Like a spy novel: How Iran orchestrated attacks on Australian shores
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Porepunkah police shooting: What is the sovereign citizen movement?
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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‘Aimed at breaking social cohesion’: Iran blamed for antisemitic attacks on Australian soil
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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First home buyers can afford a mortgage, but not a deposit. So will the new 5% scheme make a difference?
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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More Australians are using AI now, but is it lying to us?
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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‘Intergenerational bastardry’ in our tax system: Do older Australians have it too good?
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Russia-Ukraine: Whose side is Trump on now?
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Aug 20, 2025 |