Episodes

  • The enigma of Keir Starmer

    The enigma of Keir Starmer
    Jul 3 2024
    By the end of the week, Keir Starmer could be the UK’s next prime minister. Why do voters in the UK general election feel they don’t know him?
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    46 mins
  • How high inflation has changed what we eat

    How high inflation has changed what we eat
    Jul 2 2024
    With monthly inflation at its highest level for 2024, Australians are changing their habits of consumption when eating out and at home. This includes buying less weekday coffees and less vegetables, while also saving up for a weekend brunch. At the same time, there’s been increasing scrutiny on prices through Craig Emerson’s report on the food and grocery code of conduct as well as an undercover shopping study by Choice on price differences between Aldi, Coles and Woolworths. Jane Lee speaks to senior business reporter Jonathan Barrett about why he thinks we’re heading towards stagflation, how cafes and restaurants are coping with reduced demand and other ways the government could be addressing the causes of inflation
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    19 mins
  • Fatima Payman and the cost of voting with her conscience

    Fatima Payman and the cost of voting with her conscience
    Jul 1 2024
    Last week Labor senator Fatima Payman made national headlines when she broke ranks with her party and voted in support of a Greens motion to recognise a state of Palestine. The Western Australian senator now claims she has been ‘exiled’ by the Labor party after the vote. Political editor Karen Middleton speaks to Nour Haydar about the consequences of crossing the floor
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    20 mins
  • Can we reverse the rise of food allergies?

    Can we reverse the rise of food allergies?
    Jun 30 2024
    Food allergies, particularly in children, can be inconvenient and distressing. And global trends show that allergies differ country to country – with peanut allergies being more common in Australia, the UK and the US, and less common in Asia. Jane Lee speaks to Jennifer Koplin, an associate professor at the University of Queensland, about how factors such as genetics, migration and pets in the home are contributing to our growing understanding of food allergies in children
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    15 mins
  • US Politics: why was the presidential debate such a disaster for Biden?

    US Politics: why was the presidential debate such a disaster for Biden?
    Jun 29 2024
    Donald Trump and Joe Biden took to the debate stage in Atlanta, Georgia for their first head-to-head of this year’s presidential election campaign. Jonathan Freedland and Nikki McCann Ramirez of Rolling Stone look at who did better on the night Biden struggles to land lines as Trump lies in first presidential debate
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    29 mins
  • Who cared? The disappearance of Amber Haigh, part 1

    Who cared? The disappearance of Amber Haigh, part 1
    Jun 28 2024
    More than 20 years after Amber Haigh’s disappearance, two people stand accused of her murder – one of them the father of her child. Both have pleaded not guilty. Bridie Jabour speaks to Ben Doherty, who’s reporting on the trial. They discuss what we learnt about Amber Haigh’s life, the prosecution’s case against a married couple, and the defence’s counterargument that the case against them is weak and based on degraded memories from disapproving members of the community.
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    19 mins
  • Newsroom edition: was Labor right to compromise on banning vapes?

    Newsroom edition: was Labor right to compromise on banning vapes?
    Jun 27 2024
    Australia is about to become the first country to ban the sale of vapes outside pharmacies. But the so-called ‘world-leading’ laws came after Labor compromised in a deal with the anti-prohibition Greens. Bridie Jabour speaks to deputy editor Patrick Keneally and the head of news, Mike Ticher, about getting the balance right on vaping reform
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    20 mins
  • Inside Australia’s first truth-telling commission

    Inside Australia’s first truth-telling commission
    Jun 26 2024
    Victoria’s Yoorrook Justice Commission will soon wind up its formal hearings, with its final recommendations to the state government due next year. As a number of other states plan their own truth-telling processes, Yoorrook’s chair, Wamba Wamba and Wergaia elder Prof Eleanor Bourke, speaks to Jane Lee about how the conversation on Indigenous Australians is changing, and the value of truth-telling
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    27 mins