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July 14, 2021 Australia's slow-motion response to Delta
The Delta variant of COVID-19 was first picked up in India last October, but it still seems to have taken Australia by surprise.
So why weren't we ready?
Today on The Signal, with the Delta variant circulating in Sydney and Melbourne and with contacts in other places too, we ask whether we finally have a plan to fight it.
And if we do, can our leaders set aside their political and state rivalries for long enough to make it work?
Featured:
David Speers, Host, ABC TV Insiders
22 min
July 13, 2021 Could Australia be punished for polluting?
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison argues Australia is doing more than its share to combat climate change, but it's becoming increasingly clear that parts of the rest of the world see us as one of the bad guys.
In Europe, leaders are finalising plans to punish countries with high emissions, using trade as their weapon, and some of our other allies are expected to follow suit.
So are Australian companies in their sights?
And if that pattern continues, could it force the Government to be more ambitious with its climate change policy?
Featured:
Frank Muller, Former Australian and NSW government climate policy advisor
Kath Sullivan, ABC National Rural Reporter, Parliament House, Canberra
22 min
July 12, 2021 Australia's abortion postcode lottery
There's an assumption that it's relatively easy to access abortion care in Australia, but that really depends on where in the country you live, particularly if it's outside of a major city.
It's estimated as many as a third of Australian women need to access abortion services at some point during their lives.
So why is it still so hard if you live in the wrong postcode?
Featured:
'Sophie'
Dr Andrew Crossman, former Broken Hill GP
Jamal Hakim, Managing Director, Marie Stopes Australia
23 min
July 11, 2021 Where are the holes in the Sydney lockdown?
Things are pretty dire in NSW.
The extended lockdown in Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Wollongong and the Blue Mountains has got progressively tougher, and with hundreds of new cases of COVID-19 still popping up, the end date is unclear.
The outbreak started a month ago when an unvaccinated airport limo driver ferrying US air crew caught COVID at work and spread it to Bondi, in Sydney's east.
Since then, the cases have moved, with a focus at the moment on three council areas in Sydney's South West: Fairfield, Liverpool, and Canterbury-Bankstown.
Today on The Signal, with all the numbers still trending in the wrong direction, is the lockdown a failure? And if so, what needs to change?
Featured:
Dr Julie Leask, Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney
21 min
July 08, 2021 Australian politics, as told by women
Parliament's gender problem is as old as the institution itself.
Today on The Signal, a story of an alleged workplace assault in the 80s that's never been publicly heard before.
What does it reveal about that world then, and now?
We speak with the host of the new ABC TV and podcast series 'Ms Represented', Annabel Crabb, on the heart and history of the gender problem in Australian politics.
Featured:
Annabel Crabb, Host, Ms Represented, ABC Podcasts, ABC TV and ABC iView
Kate Sullivan, Former Queensland Liberal Senator and MP
21 min
July 07, 2021 Deciphering the travel ban rules
Australia's travel ban is one of the most draconian measures against COVID-19 in the world.
Not only that, but it's being applied in what seems to be a pretty opaque and inconsistent way
Today on The Signal, what are the rules?
And is the Government actually allowed to do this to us?
Featured:
"Sasha", dual Australian-Israeli citizen
Karyn Anderson, Partner, Clothier Anderson Immigration Lawyers
Professor Kim Rubenstein, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, and Co-director, 50/50 by 2030 Foundation, University of Canberra
21 min
July 06, 2021 How much trouble is Trump in?
Donald Trump's family business is being accused of operating a tax fraud scheme and its chief financial officer is now also facing criminal charges.
The new indictment doesn't name Mr Trump personally, but the investigation still has a way to go, and it's only one of several ongoing probes into the company.
So how much trouble is the former president in?
Could a successful prosecution land him in prison, or is it likely to amount to little more than a speeding fine?
Featured:
David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, co-founder and editor of DCReport.org
20 min
July 05, 2021 How Indonesia's COVID response fell apart
Just north of here, 145 million people are in lockdown on Java and Bali in Indonesia.
Hundreds a day are dying of COVID, including some who were already fully vaccinated
Today on The Signal, we're going inside the world's latest COVID catastrophe, where authorities are clocking 20,000 new infections each day, and the number of deaths is rising rapidly.
So why have Indonesia's defences failed so badly?
Featured:
Resty Woro Yuniar, Indonesia Correspondent, The South China Morning Post
Professor Michael Toole, Epidemiologist, Burnet Institute
Additional reporting:
Anne Barker, ABC Indonesia Correspondent
18 min
July 04, 2021 A world without lockdowns
As lockdowns in most Australian states and territories lift, more than five million people in NSW are maybe less than halfway through theirs.
So is it working?
Today on The Signal, how hopeful should we be about the NSW outbreak?
And how long until lockdowns in general are a thing of the past?
Featured:
Professor Tony Blakely, Epidemiologist, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
15 min
July 01, 2021 What happened to Mhelody Bruno?
When a transgender woman was strangled in 2019 in regional NSW, her killer received a 22-month sentence with a 12-month non-parole period for manslaughter.
But is there more information the court didn't hear?
Today on The Signal, we sit down with Background Briefing reporter Elise Kinsella, who has uncovered crucial new details about the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of Mhelody Bruno.
Featured:
Elise Kineslla, Investigative Reporter, ABC Background Briefing
24 min

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