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Australia is home to some of the hottest towns in the world. 

In the Northern Territory, remote communities with large Indigenous populations know how to live in extreme heat. 

But even they say they’re seeing the climate change before their eyes, making their homes less and less liveable. 

So what lessons can First Nations peoples impart about surviving the heat?

And can their knowledge offer a way to adapt rather than relying on energy-intensive airconditioning? 

Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Dechlan Brennan on how Indigenous resilience and cultural knowledge can help us cope in a climate crisis.

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A channel to the right of Sky News has launched in Australia, with powerful and cashed-up backers.

ADH TV has all the hallmarks of far right American platforms, but with a very well known Australian at its centre: Alan Jones.

It marks something of a comeback for the 82-year-old shock jock, who was dropped by mainstream media outlets.

Today, associate editor for The Saturday Paper Martin McKenzie-Murray on who’s behind ADH TV and whether Australians have an appetite for far right news.

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Guest: Associate editor for The Saturday Paper Martin McKenzie Murray

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If someone in an aged care facility is hurt or mistreated, there’s a system in place that’s supposed to make sure incidents are flagged and followed up.

But instead of reviewing all these cases, the regulator has been “bulk closing” them in the thousands, sometimes without even the most basic assessment.

Staff say this is leading to further neglect, abuse and even preventable death, as major risks go unnoticed.

Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton on why the aged care regulator hasn’t been doing its job properly – and how people are suffering as a result.

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Asylum seekers in the UK may face a new fate once they arrive: being loaded onto an enormous 10,000-ton barge, floating in a port on the south coast of England.

It’s part of a new hardline-migration policy being rolled out by the British government, and it’s being sold to the public with a slogan that will sound familiar to Australians: ‘Stop the boats’.

Today, lawyer Madeline Gleeson from the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW, on how ideas from Australia led to Britain’s floating detention centre.

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Guest: Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW, Madeline Gleeson

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To this day, a war is still being waged against Indigenous Australians by a colonial state.

That is the vision sketched out by Senator Lidia Thorpe this week in a landmark speech.

She says a Voice to Parliament would simply be “window dressing” and an “insult” to the intelligence of Indigenous Australians still living under violent colonisation.

So is a Voice to Parliament really an extension of Australia’s shameful past? Or could it help overcome that trauma?

Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Daniel James, on why it’s important to listen to Lidia Thorpe – even if you’re voting Yes.

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After the axing of the illegal robo-debt scheme, there were promises of reform in the welfare system to make it lawful, fair and transparent.

It’s since been revealed that the same type of bad maths that underpinned robo-debt has been used elsewhere at Centrelink.

More than 100,000 welfare recipients have been affected, with some even facing prosecution for inaccurate debts.

The revelations point to deep structural problems in the administration of our welfare system, years before robo-debt was even an idea.

So who was responsible and what damage has it caused?

Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton on why Services Australia can’t get welfare right.

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For the first time ever, Australia has reached the final four of a World Cup.

Tonight, the Matildas face some familiar foes when they go up against England in Sydney.

Many in the Matildas squad play club football in England, and in some cases they’ll be going toe-to-toe with their club teammates.

So, will close knowledge and home advantage give Australia the edge to defeat the European champions?

Today, Fox Sports News presenter and women's sports advocate Sam Squiers, on the battle ahead for the Matildas.

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The teacher shortage across Australia has left public school educators feeling burnt out and undervalued – that’s if they haven’t already quit. 

In NSW, a plan to make the state’s teachers among the highest paid in the country helped Labor win the election this year. 

But months after entering into pay negotiations, and on the verge of announcing a historic deal, the union is accusing the NSW government of reneging, breaking a core election promise to teachers and severely wounding a relationship that helped the premier to power. 

So, what went wrong?

Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper and public schools advocate Jane Caro on how teachers keep being let down in Australia.

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What if solving the climate crisis was as easy as dumping and burying our carbon emissions in the ocean? 

Capturing carbon and storing it under the seabed is an idea that the Labor government is trying to legislate in parliament — and they’ll likely have enough support to get it up.

If it seems like it’s too good to be true, climate experts say, that’s because it is. 

Why is Labor supporting the contentious science behind carbon capture and storage, and does it amount to anything more than greenwashing?

Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Ben Abbatangelo on why Australia is betting our climate future on a plan that’s unlikely to work.

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Today on the show, author Christos Tsiolkas with a recent piece from The Monthly.

“The Past is a foreign country: they do things differently there” – is the memorable opening line of L.P. Hartley’s 1953 novel, The Go-Between.

It’s a line that has stuck with Christos Tsiolkas since he read it in high school - and a sentiment that has made him reflect on his life, his migrant parents’ lives, and the value of creating foreign worlds through fiction. 

Christos Tsiolkas will read his story, ‘The Past is a Foreign Country’, after a short conversation with 7am host Ange McCormack. 

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Guest: Author, Christos Tsiolkas

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