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May 05, 2021 How flying home became a crime
Remember when Barnaby Joyce threatened to have Johnny Depp's dogs put down?
Australia's Biosecurity Act gives ministers sweeping powers, from euthanising celebrity pets to slamming shut the nation's borders and forcing all arrivals into mandatory quarantine.
This week, the government's interpretation of its powers under the Act went even further, when it issued a sweeping ban on Australians in India from trying to come home.
So is it a step too far?
Today on The Signal, with the ban on re-entry from India currently being challenged in court, we dig into the law under which the order was made, and ask whether this decision reflects a permanent change of heart on how to keep Australians safe.
Featured:
David Speers, Host, Insiders, ABC TV
20 min
May 04, 2021 How would war with China play out?
In the space of a month or so, war with China has gone from being the stuff of paranoid science fiction plots to a serious political topic.
But how seriously should the rest of us take it?
Today on The Signal, we ask why we're suddenly discussing a war with the world's biggest military.
And if it ever did happen, how would our own military strength and the strength of our allies measure up?
Featured:
Dr Bates Gill, Professor of Asia Pacific Security Studies at Macquarie University
19 min
May 03, 2021 Is India downplaying its COVID crisis?
India is facing the world's worst COVID crisis yet.
Hospitals are running out of oxygen and bodies are being burnt in the street.
The country is now recording 400,000 new infections per day, and Australia has slammed shut the border for at least the next two weeks.
So why does India's Government seem to be aggressively playing the crisis down?
Featured:
James Oaten, ABC South Asia Correspondent, Delhi
Dr Arun N. Madhavan, medical consultant, Quality Clinic, Palakkad, Kerala
Katie Bhagat, Australian traveller in India
Dr Farah Husain, critical care specialist, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, Delhi
20 min
May 02, 2021 When the game plays you
About two thirds of Australians are gamers of some kind, although not everyone realises it.
It's one of the industries that did incredibly well out of COVID-19.
It also happens to be one of the most manipulative and under regulated.
So what are the tricks of the multi-billion-dollar trade that get you playing longer and spending more, possibly without you even noticing?
Featured:
Lucy Carter, Reporter, ABC Four Corners
Ron Curry, Interactive Games & Entertainment Association
Dr Daniel King, Gaming Researcher, Flinders University
Dr James Sauer, Gaming Researcher, University of Tasmania
22 min
April 29, 2021 Can Papi G survive Australia's wildest election?
Tasmania's bizarre election campaign has had a bit of everything.
From unsolicited explicit images to candidates dumping on their own parties' policies and a premier known to TikTok as Papi G, it's been a chaotic few weeks.
And it could be about to get weirder: there's a very real chance the winner will resign.
Today on The Signal we dig into the crazy, and ask what voters will make of it all tomorrow.
Featured:
Emily Baker, ABC Tasmanian State Political Reporter
23 min
April 28, 2021 What happened to budget repair?
Two years isn't really that much time.
But in politics, it may as well be two decades, and when you throw in a pandemic, it's basically eternity.
In 2019, the Treasurer Josh Frydenerg used to talk up a budget surplus often and loudly, before COVID-19 forced him to spend up big to stave off economic disaster.
So with an election on the horizon, will Josh Frydenberg return to the surplus goal?
Or will politics get in the way?
Featured:
David Speers, Host, Insiders, ABC TV
18 min
April 27, 2021 Understanding the ADHD gender gap
Burnt out, anxious and feeling like you're on a rollercoaster you can't get off: welcome to life with ADHD.
And if you're a female with the condition, you may not find out until you're a fully grown adult, or ever.
Today on The Signal, why are women with ADHD flying under the radar?
Featured:
Noelle Faulkner, writer and woman with ADHD
Madeleine O'Reilly, clinical psychologist specialising in ADHD
20 min
April 26, 2021 Mining our way to net zero
There's an uncomfortable reality about reaching net zero that's not often discussed.
It's that getting there might mean a whole lot more environmentally challenging mining.
At a virtual summit of leaders last week, everyone agreed the days of coal, oil and gas were numbered, and wind, solar and batteries were the key to the future.
So where are we going to get the raw materials to build them?
Today on The Signal, we look at the mining boom we're going to need for the energy transition, and ask whether we're ready for the new environmental and human challenges it could create.
Featured:
‪Dr Eleonore Lebre, Research Fellow, Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland
22 min
April 25, 2021 Beyond the brink: India's COVID catastrophe
India is facing the world's worst coronavirus wave to date, with more than 330,000 new cases daily.
Hospitals are swamped, morgues and crematoriums overwhelmed, and a shortage of oxygen has left COVID patients dying in ICUs.
More than 15,000 Indians died from COVID last week, and experts concede the real toll is much higher.
So in a place that had so many early successes, how did it all unravel?
Today on The Signal, how India got here, and what comes next.
Featured:
James Oaten, ABC South Asia correspondent
Dr Harjit Singh Bhatti, Manipal Hospital Dwarka, Delhi
Dr Deepak Baid, Association of Medical Consultants, Mumbai
Barkha Dutt, Independent Indian journalist
22 min
April 22, 2021 Teenagers review the milkshake consent video
The government-funded 'milkshake' consent videos have arguably launched more memes than meaningful realisations.
Commentators, experts, and social media users tore them to shreds almost as soon as they were released, and they've since been pulled.
But what do teenagers make of them?
Today on The Signal, we ask the target audience for this campaign what they think, what they would prefer, and what their lived reality is when it comes to consent.
Featured:
James, 19-year-old
Alexa, 17-year-old
23 min

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ABC News Daily follows developments in the Middle East and the war between Israel and Hamas, with insights into the actions of Benjamin Netanyahu.

The podcast looks at the latest from Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelensky fights to repel the Russian invaders led by Russia's President Vladimir Putin. As China's Xi Jinping contemplates the future of Taiwan, ABC News Daily will sort fact from fiction.

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ABC experts including Ian Verrender, Alan Kohler, Laura Tingle, David Speers, and Annabel Crabb join Samantha Hawley to step through big issues and current affairs.