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July 23, 2020 Is debt really that bad?
Australia's now running the biggest budget deficit since the Second World War, and according to the Treasury's latest outlook, there are even bigger deficits ahead.
So how afraid of our mountains of debt should we be?
Today on The Signal we unpack the strangest budget outlook in at least a generation, and ask what it means for you.
Featured:
Sarah Hunter, Chief Economist, BIS Oxford Economics
18 min
July 22, 2020 Halfway to a COVID-19 vaccine
Australia just had its worst ever day in the fight against COVID-19.
Yesterday across the country, 502 new cases were confirmed, and in the past seven days there've been 2,414 new cases.
So in the face of what is increasingly looking like a second wave, how's that vaccine coming along?
Today on The Signal, we bring you good news, from two different places, on the race to find a vaccine.
Could one be less than a year away?
And if the virus mutates in the meantime, will a vaccine still work?
Featured:
Associate Professor Brian Oliver, Associate Head of School (Research), School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
17 min
July 21, 2020 Can we dodge the job support cliff?
Yesterday, about 5 million Australians got some good news and some bad news.
The Government is extending the JobSeeker and JobKeeper payments past September, but at a lower rate.
At the same time, Australia's economic outlook keeps on deteriorating.
Today on The Signal, the Government's trying to make September's financial cliff look more like a downward slope.
But how long can these payments last?
And how much are they distorting the economy?
Featured:
Ian Verrender, ABC Business Editor
15 min
July 20, 2020 No episode of The Signal today
For legal reasons, the episode of The Signal we were planning today won't be released.
Don't worry though, we'll be back in your feed this time tomorrow.
1 min
July 19, 2020 COVID-19's "long haulers"
At first, we were told COVID-19 would generally last about two weeks.
So why are there more and more people whose symptoms are lingering for months?
Today on The Signal, meet Mimi.
She was a healthy 29-year-old before she caught the virus in April, but has been dealing with a range of mysterious and frightening symptoms for months now.
Mimi is part of a desperately unlucky group that researchers are finally starting to notice.
They're COVID-19's long haulers.
Featured:
Mimi, COVID-19 patient
16 min
July 16, 2020 Preparing for a world without babies
We're used to anxiety about population growth, but what about decline?
New research suggests that by 2100 the population will be shrinking, with both China and India in population freefall.
In Australia our population will have peaked by then too, and in 23 other countries populations could be half what they are today.
So are we ready for an older, smaller world where even immigration might not save us?
And is there some good news for the planet here too?
Today on The Signal, the latest forecasts for the world this century.
Featured:
Stein Emil Vollset, Professor of Global Health, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
16 min
July 15, 2020 Has the wind changed on Trump?
Something very interesting has happened in US presidential polls.
Voters who Donald Trump has always been able to count on are abandoning him at a breathtaking rate.
We take a tour through the recent collapse in support from his base, and find out how the next four months is shaping up.
Has the wind really changed on Donald Trump?
And how are both he and Joe Biden planning to play the next four months?
Featured:
Chas Licciardello, Co-host, Planet America
20 min
July 14, 2020 Who really has power in Australia?
45 years ago Australia's Governor General fired the Prime Minister, and many people have never quite got over it.
Yesterday, the ghost of Gough Whitlam's dismissal returned when Sir John Kerr's 211 letters with the Queen’s advisors were finally released.
So what did we learn?
And has Australia really changed that much since 1975?
Today on The Signal we look into what the letters tell us about who really runs Australia, and ask, if similar circumstances cropped up today, would the Prime Minister be fired?
Featured:
Alex Mann, Supervising producer, ABC Background Briefing and host, The Eleventh podcast, ABC Audio Current Affairs
17 min
July 13, 2020 Learning to love face masks
Face masks are the latest tool being recommended in the fight against COVID-19.
Wearing a face mask in certain circumstances is now the official advice in Victoria, and the WHO updated its own guidelines on them only late last week.
It's new territory for Australians, and there's some resistance to face masks in the community.
So how much does wearing a mask actually help?
And have we left it too late to start now?
Today on The Signal, we look at the shifting official advice on wearing a face mask, from actively advising against wearing them to, in some places, fining anyone who won't.
Featured:
Professor Lidia Morawska, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
17 min
July 12, 2020 Hong Kong's radical reinvention
Hong Kong is a very different place now to what it was last month.
It's been almost two weeks since Beijing's tough new National Security Law was passed, and already the city has changed the way it looks, feels and behaves.
Today on The Signal, it's the view from inside Hong Kong of what's already been lost, and what lies ahead.
Featured:
Antony Dapiran, Hong Kong-based lawyer and author
18 min

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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.