Is Australia too generous to the rich? The case for tighter means-testing
Why has means-testing fallen out of favour in Australian public policymaking? The idea of means-testing is to direct government support to t...
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20 of 353 episodesNaomi Smith's UK: Can Andy Burnham deliver?
Andy Burnham has become the UK's fifth Prime Minister in five years, promising to reset Labour and end the cycle of political turmoil. His f...
The Pentagon is the biggest polluter on the planet
Journalist Abby Martin and her husband Mike Prysner – a US war veteran - have spent years drawing attention to the wrongdoings of the US mil...
Should a Nazi bunker in Berlin be demolished?
Today, the site of Hitler's bunker is little more than a car park. But nearby, another former Nazi bunker is facing demolition, reigniting d...
Did the US kill civilians in Somalia?
An investigation by The Guardian has found that a US air strike in Somalia last November, killed and injured 12 civilians, including eight c...
Anna Henderson's Canberra: AI and the ALP national conference
Anna Henderson looks at the government's decision to go on the front foot with their AI policy, and whether the opposition has been able to...
Uprooting olive trees in the West Bank
Palestinians in the West Bank say that Israeli forces are razing olive trees at an unprecedented pace. Prominent writer and lawyer Raja Sheh...
Why India is threatening to cut water supplies to Pakistan
After a terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir in 2025, tensions between India and Pakistan exploded into a four-day war, with the threat of nuc...
Colonising space is for lunatics
If Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have their way, the new space age will bring holidays in orbit, asteroid mining and human colonies on Mars. Musk...
Are Australia's new Pacific treaties built to last?
Australia has just signed new bilateral treaties with Fiji and Vanuatu, which is widely viewed as a diplomatic triumph. But what are the pro...
The scandals history books forgot
Two historians throw open the archives and leave the dusty corridors of academia behind, hunting through the mess and intrigue of Australia’...
How sustainable is IKEA?
Every second a tree is cut down to become an affordable IKEA product. The Swedish mega-company claims it's sustainable, but is that really t...
Bruce Shapiro's USA
Bruce Shapiro looks at how the sudden death of US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham will affect the Senate, Trump's attack on several New Yo...
Why are more of us watching TV with subtitles?
More of us are using subtitles while watching TV and movies - particularly amongst Gen Z and Millennials. Is this a sign of our shrinking at...
The US legal battle over nitrogen gas executions
'Nitrogen hypoxia' has been used by the US state of Alabama at least seven times to execute prisoners on death row. Human rights experts say...
Mark Kenny's Canberra: Angus Taylor takes on Pauline Hanson
Canberra columnist Professor Mark Kenny looks at why Liberal leader Angus Taylor has finally begun to criticise Pauline Hanson and One Natio...
Songs and stories with Roger Knox, the 'Koori King of Country'
Uncle Roger Knox joins David Marr in the studio for an hour of stories and songs: from growing up on the mission, to making his name in Tamw...
Thomas Jefferson's troubling views on race
Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the USA, drafted the words 'all men are created equal', in the US Declaration of Independence. He w...
Jonathan Swan on the astonishing inner workings of Trump's second presidency
The rules have changed. Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman's Regime Change takes readers inside Donald Trump's second presidency, arguing it...
India’s forgotten pedestrians
In India, walking the streets can be a dangerous daily challenge. For decades, roads have been designed around cars and motorbikes, leaving...