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February 02, 2020 Sports clubbed to death
It took two weeks of pressure, but the Minister being blamed for the sports rorts scandal, Bridget McKenzie, has quit the frontbench.
It's the latest chapter in the sports rorts scandal, but the Government's still defending the way it ran the program.
So is this the end of this story?
13 min
January 30, 2020 What the fires did to climate change
We talk a lot about what climate change did to the bushfires, but what about the other way around?
The fires this season have almost doubled our annual emissions, but that's not being counted by us, or anyone for that matter.
The problem is, ignoring them doesn't make them go away.
We explain why they're not on the books yet, and how big a threat that could pose.
13 min
January 29, 2020 Life in the world's biggest quarantine
Wuhan might be a city of 11 million people, but right now, you could hear a pin drop.
There are no cars on the streets, shops are running out of food and people shout to each other from their balconies.
The city where the coronavirus outbreak started has become the centre of the largest quarantine zone in human history.
Today we find out what life is like behind those containment lines.
17 min
January 28, 2020 Why the confusion about coronavirus?
A lot has changed in the last week.
Coronavirus is spreading and the death toll keeps rising.
Scientists are learning more about it all the time, but there are some crucial details they can't seem to agree on.
China and Australia are working with different health advice, which means someone's getting it wrong.
So how there can be this much confusion when the stakes are so high?
Today, we're covering everything we know so far about the new strain of coronavirus.
17 min
January 27, 2020 What the fires did to animals
The number of human lives and homes lost in the fires is meticulously counted, but the toll on wildlife is more mysterious.
Joan Reed from Sydney Wildlife Rescue couldn’t see any animals when she reached the firegrounds. None in the wild, not even any dead on the side of the road.
Then people started arriving at her mobile clinic, bringing kangaroos with burnt feet, wombats with throats burnt by smoke, birds that had been caught in the flames.
It’s thought these fires have killed more than a billion animals in New South Wales and Victoria alone, species have almost certainly been driven to extinction.
Some populations will recover quickly but for others it could take more than a century.
So what’s holding them back? And what happens to them in the meantime?
18 min
January 23, 2020 Who can call themselves Aboriginal?
Defending his racial identity wasn't what historian Bruce Pascoe had planned for his summer break.
But then the Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton referred a complaint about him to the AFP.
Bruce Pascoe's been accused of faking his Aboriginality.
It's being seen as an attack not just on the man himself, but also his increasingly influential book, Dark Emu.
In recent years Dark Emu has become a mainstream challenge to versions of history which cast Indigenous Australians as nomadic.
The book and its author have been criticised in the lead up to Australia Day, when the national conversation about colonialism reaches its annual apex.
So what does this accusation against Bruce Pascoe mean for his work, and Australia's history?
EDITOR'S NOTE: Since the publication of this podcast, the AFP has announced it's dropped its investigation into Bruce Pascoe.
16 min
January 22, 2020 How a deadly virus is born
When people in the Chinese city of Wuhan started getting sick after visiting a local market, everyone thought it was a pneumonia outbreak.
It turned out to be a new virus.
This strain is deadly, it's spreading and scientists are still trying to work out how to stop it. So far it's infected more than 400 people and killed nine.
So what does it take for a virus like this to evolve and how worried should you be?
14 min
January 21, 2020 How $100m in sports grants backfired
The term 'sports scandal' might make you think of drug cheats or sex tapes.
Not novelty cheques being handed over to bowling clubs in marginal electorates.
But what started as a pretty ordinary sports grants program in the run up to last year's Federal Election is bringing a lot of heat to the Government.
An Auditor-General's report out last week shows 70% of projects approved in the second round of the scheme in March 2019 were not recommended by Sport Australia.
Now, there's a growing list of people angry with the Government over how it spent that $100m.
So how much trouble is the Government in?
16 min
January 20, 2020 Impeachment: the final chapter
It's the home stretch of Donald Trump's impeachment.
The Senate trial begins tonight, and a man named Lev Parnus has a mountain of new, last-minute evidence against the President.
Today's episode is all about whether that evidence will make a difference, what happens next, and why the trial matters, even if the President survives it.
18 min
January 19, 2020 What the bushfires did to politics
The Government's taken a big hit over its response to the massive destruction caused by bushfires this summer.
It's under more pressure than ever to strengthen its climate change policies
So is there any chance that'll happen?
18 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.