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July 28, 2021 What if Sydney never gets to zero?
In Sydney, the reminders keep coming that this outbreak is not like past outbreaks.
The NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian made the unsurprising announcement yesterday that the current lockdown would be extended for at least four more weeks, as daily case numbers of the Delta variant keep on rising.
So has this outbreak gone so far that it's not possible to reach zero again? And if that's true, then what does opening up look like?
Featured:
Tony Blakely, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Melbourne
16 min
July 27, 2021 Will Australia regret the Afghanistan war?
How do you know if a war was worth it?
As America and its allies complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan next month, marking the end of a 20-year-war, the Taliban is rapidly retaking its old territory.
So after tens of thousands of civilian casualties, the deaths of 41 Australian soldiers in the field, and billions of dollars in public money to fund the campaign itself, how will history record our involvement?
Today on The Signal, we're asking what happens to Afghanistan now the war is over, and what that means for Australia.
Featured:
Tyson Sara, former military strategist in the Afghanistan War and CEO, CMAX Advisory
21 min
July 26, 2021 Who's behind the lockdown protests?
Anti-lockdown protests were held in at least four capital cities on Saturday, and in the aftermath of the biggest march, in Sydney, police have made at least 60 arrests.
Online, the organisers are defiantly planning further marches, prompting a warning the response next time will be even stronger.
So what do we know about who organised the latest anti-lockdown rallies?
And with so many people apparently buying their message, where does the movement go from here?
Featured:
Michael McGowan, Reporter, Guardian Australia, Sydney
19 min
July 25, 2021 Australia's eight year hard border
Australia's borders have been closed for 18 months.
But for one group of people, the entry ban goes back much further than that.
Lawyers estimate there are more than 1,000 people stuck in Australia's immigration detention system, and today on The Signal we're hearing from one of them.
Arab-Iranian refugee Loghman Sawari's eight years in and out of immigration detention tells the story of Australia's harsh yet inconsistent policies on refugees and asylum seekers.
So what's the point of keeping him and the others in legal limbo?
And will they ever get out?
Featured:
Loghman Sawari, Arab-Iranian refugee
Dr Sara Dehm, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney
26 min
July 22, 2021 Could oil rigs be good for the ocean?
More than a thousand oil and gas wells off the Australian coastline are nearing the end of their lives.
Once they're decommissioned, it'll fall to the extractive industries to foot the $50 billion clean-up bill.
There is a cheaper alternative though: for half the price, they can leave everything more or less exactly where it is.
Today on The Signal, are these companies just pitching an elaborate version of ocean dumping?
Or could it somehow be a win for the environment too?
Featured:
Mikey Slezak, ABC National Science, Technology and Environment Reporter
18 min
July 21, 2021 South Africa's perfect storm
It's been a deadly few weeks in South Africa.
Before the police, the army and the security services intervened en masse, there was widespread violence, looting and protests.
Chronologically at least, it was all triggered by the arrest of the former president, Jacob Zuma, although South Africans say there's something much bigger at play.
So what's really fuelling the rage and despair?
Today on The Signal, we ask why South Africa remains one of the world's most unequal societies, and where the anger that's been boiling over goes next.
Featured:
Sakhiseni Nxumalo, Multimedia Journalist, The Mercury newspaper, Durban, South Africa
Associate Professor Geoffrey Hawker, Department of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University and Editor, Australasian Review of African Studies
20 min
July 20, 2021 Should we be Mediscared?
Medicare's pricing system is changing, and Labor is resurrecting an old argument that the Coalition is attacking universal healthcare.
But there are plenty of healthcare policy experts who say the changes are not only necessary, but overdue.
So how worried should you be about Medicare?
And could this fight decide the next election?
Featured:
Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, The Grattan Institute
Patricia Karvelas, Host, RN Drive & Afternoon Briefing on the ABC News Channel
19 min
July 19, 2021 Being trans at the Tokyo Olympics
Very few athletes in recent history have provoked as much outrage as New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard.
In Tokyo, the weightlifter will become the first out transgender athlete to compete in the Olympic Games, although not everyone agrees she should.
Her inclusion in the Games is a big step for the trans community, but trans people's access to sport at all levels is still a long way from being guaranteed.
Today on The Signal, we speak to trans athletes about what's fair and what's not when it comes to elite competition.
Featured:
Tracey Holmes, sports reporter, ABC
Chelsea Wolfe, BMX rider, Team USA 2021 & trans woman
Grace McKenzie, rugby player & trans woman
24 min
July 18, 2021 What it costs to lock down 12 million people
Australia is entering a frightening new stage of the pandemic this week.
Greater Sydney, Greater Melbourne and all of regional Victoria are in lockdown, and despite the restrictions, the outbreaks are still growing on both sides of the border.
So with 12 million people being told to stay home, how big a hit will there be to the economy?
Today on The Signal, we question the cost of Australia's zero-COVID strategy.
What is the price, and is it something we should still all be willing to pay?
Featured:
Nicki Hutley, Economist, Social Outcomes
19 min
July 15, 2021 Is reopening the UK a huge mistake?
gAbout 12 million Australians are in lockdown right now in an effort to reclaim Australia's COVID zero status.
At the same time, the UK has made a call to dispense with masks and restrictions in England altogether, despite a daily case count which has been topping 35,000.
So how's this going to go?
Today on The Signal: freedom day, or another chaotic misstep from the British Government?
We explore the country's rationale for flinging open the doors again next week.
Featured:
Ian Dunt, Editor-at-Large, Politics.co.uk
21 min

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