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September 06, 2020 What is Victoria's plan B?
Victoria's intended destination is zero new cases and the ETA is late November, but there are no guarantees.
The state is desperately trying to meet a series of new benchmarks, with lower and lower case numbers each month, in order to lift most restrictions before December.
But is it achievable? And if it isn't, then what's plan B?
Featured:
Professor Sharon Lewin, Infectious Diseases Physician, The Peter Doherty Institute
14 min
September 02, 2020 "Make Diggers Violent Again"
"Make Diggers Violent Again" is not a message you’ll find on any official Defence Force social media account.
But current and former special forces soldiers are running an unofficial Instagram account where that message is coming through loud and clear.
They're even selling merch that says as much.
Today on The Signal, State Sanctioned Violence: the Instagram account using war crimes allegations as punchlines.
Where did it come from, and what's fuelling it?
Featuring:
Dan Oakes, Reporter, ABC Investigative Team
19 min
September 01, 2020 Making Facebook and Google pay
Facebook and Google have gone to war over a proposal to make them pay Australian news outlets for their content.
Facebook is threatening to deprive millions of Australians of their main source of news if the law is passed.
The Government argues it's a fair demand, and news companies desperately need the revenue.
But tech companies say it's a fundamental misunderstanding of how the internet works.
So who's right, and what does it mean for Australian internet users?
Featured:
Dr Belinda Barnet, Senior Lecturer in Media, Swinburne University of Technology
17 min
August 31, 2020 Meet the stranded Australians
No home, no flight, dwindling medical supplies and a depleted bank account.
Today, we're following two of the many thousands of Australians currently stranded overseas.
Affordable flights home are still vanishingly rare, with a strict cap on international arrivals, so the quarantine system isn’t overwhelmed.
So what do you do when you’re stuck on the wrong side of the world during a pandemic?
Featured:
Liz & Matt, Australians in London
18 min
August 30, 2020 Are workplace rules about to change?
Workplace reform has been a political no-go for the Coalition since WorkChoices, but COVID-19 is changing that.
JobKeeper 2.0 is looking likely to pass into law this week, despite rumblings from Labor.
Meanwhile, a quiet but high-stakes private negotiation between the Government and the unions, about the future of workplace reform, has been continuing for months.
So as the deadline nears, are they any closer to agreeing? And will the new system they're drawing up be fair?
Featured:
Patricia Karvelas, RN Drive
20 min
August 27, 2020 Is our unemployment system broken?
In the late 1990s, Australia privatised the system that helps the unemployed find work.
The idea was that by paying employment service providers for each person they placed into a job, the process would become more efficient.
But now that 1.7 million Australians are unemployed, and jobs are drying up, does the system still work?
Featured:
Norman Hermant, ABC Social Affairs Correspondent
20 min
August 26, 2020 Welcome to the Trump show
It's the most unusual Republican National Convention in history.
The RNC has been going all week in Charlotte, North Carolina, featuring celebrities of the culture wars, Donald Trump, and his family.
So what does it tell us about how the President plans to hang on to the White House?
Featured:
Chas Licciardello, Planet America
20 min
August 25, 2020 Catching COVID-19 again
The world has recorded its first official COVID-19 reinfection case.
At first glance, it looks like immunity to the virus may not last that long.
But before you rush to conclusions, it's worth taking a closer look.
Today, we're addressing one of the most worrying theories about this illness, and its implications for humanity's struggle against it.
Featured:
Professor Catherine Bennett, Chair of Epidemiology, Deakin University
15 min
August 24, 2020 What's the future of air travel?
Australia's travel ban won't last forever but even when it’s over, flying overseas is unlikely to be straight forward.
Today on The Signal, the future of air travel.
When will it recover, and will you be able to afford it when it does?
Featured:
Amy Bainbridge, ABC Consumer Affairs Reporter
15 min
August 23, 2020 Are prisons the new asylums?
When Australia closed down its asylums in the 90s, there was meant to be a new system to replace it.
The idea was that people with severe mental illness would still get the help they needed outside the four walls of an outdated and often harmful institution.
But that's not always what's happened.
Today on The Signal, meet the people begging for help, and not getting it.
We discover how they were let down by Australia’s mental health system, and the extreme consequences of that failing.
Featured:
Elise Worthington, reporter, ABC Investigations Unit
19 min

About ABC News Daily

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ABC News Daily is the podcast that helps you understand the issues affecting your world. Every episode, host Samantha Hawley walks through one story with the help of an ABC colleague or expert in under 15 minutes. When you want coverage you can trust, listen to ABC News Daily.

From interest rates, real estate and the housing crisis, to scams and US politics, ABC News Daily brings you facts and analysis you need to understand the biggest news stories.

The podcast covers news from America, with analysis of the Donald Trump administration in the White House. His actions, including threats of massive tariffs have big implications for global politics and the economy and US journalists and experts will explain what's at stake.

As Australians battle a cost-of-living crisis, ABC News Daily looks at the causes of inflation, rising rental costs, house prices, insurance costs and the price of groceries. Key experts in business and finance join Samantha Hawley, explaining the state of the economy, the unemployment rate and the jobs market.

Whether you rent, own an investment house or apartment, or are repaying a mortgage, ABC News Daily offers unique insights and analysis. When there are big moves from the Reserve Bank (RBA) on interest rates, or reactions in the ASX or the Australian dollar, guest experts, including economists, explain why.

Look into ABC News Daily's archive to find episodes on electric vehicles (EVs), artificial intelligence (AI), politics, the big banks, supermarkets, Tesla, Elon Musk, education, schools, teachers and crime.

Watch for episodes about federal politics and the leadership of Labor's Anthony Albanese. We look at policy areas that matter for voters, including education, health, housing and immigration and assess the proposals from the federal opposition.

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.

As climate change fuelled by greenhouse gas emissions increases the risk of natural disasters, including fires and floods, ABC News Daily brings you fact-based analysis.

The podcast covers the future of renewable / green power generation, including the use of wind turbines, solar and hydro electric power.

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.