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November 28, 2019 Quitting is for quitters
The Energy Minister Angus Taylor's attempt to embarrass the Mayor of Sydney has backfired so comprehensively he's now fighting for his job.
He's at the centre of a police investigation into whether a document his office gave to the media about the City of Sydney's travel spending was forged.
Labor wants him stood down, but there’s no sign he's planning to go anywhere.
Today, we look at the shifting goalposts when it comes to surviving an Australian political scandal.
Is it getting easier, or at least more common, to weather the storm?
17 min
November 27, 2019 Australia's missing history classes
How much has really changed when it comes to what Australian kids are taught about Aboriginal people?
In the 1950s Indigenous academic and activist Marcia Langton was taught that Aboriginal people - her people - were thieves and murderers who were expected to die out.
She ended up being expelled for walking out of class after her teacher told a racist joke.
In 2019, Aboriginal culture and history is in the curriculum, but it's still possible to get all the way through school with the topic barely coming up.
So how can that happen? And what's being done to change it?
16 min
November 26, 2019 Julian Assange's unlikely, powerful friends
Julian Assange has struggled to win friends in the Australian Parliament, but that might be changing.
An unlikely alliance of MPs from across the political spectrum has formed to push for him to be brought home.
Julian Assange is currently in a high security prison in London, awaiting possible extradition to the US where he faces up to 175 years in prison over his work at Wikileaks.
His family says his health has deteriorated to a point where he may not survive much longer, and the political campaign to have him released is gaining urgency.
But is it a lost cause?
17 min
November 25, 2019 How to plant a spy in Parliament
Planting a spy in Australian Parliament might be easier than you think.
ASIO is currently investigating an alleged Chinese government plot to get one of its spies elected.
On today's episode, we explain step by step how a plan like that might come off.
And what kind of damage could a foreign spy do from inside Parliament?
14 min
November 24, 2019 China's hi-tech crackdown on Muslims
China's detention camps for Muslim minorities are so secretive that the state denied their existence for years.
Now, top secret documents reveal exactly how they've been running, and the hyperactive surveillance machinery that targets Uighur citizens in the community.
They show for the first time that 23 Australian citizens were flagged by that system in 2017 while they were visiting Xinjiang Province.
Today's episode is a rare glimpse inside China's re-education camps, and the all-seeing software that puts people there.
17 min
November 21, 2019 Westpac's 23 million mistakes
23 million is a lot of times to break the law.
That's how many times Westpac, one of Australia's biggest banks, has been accused of dropping the ball on anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing obligations.
That lapse has potentially helped facilitate child exploitation and money laundering.
Today, how much trouble is Westpac in, and will this scare the other banks straight?
15 min
November 20, 2019 Is robodebt robo-dead?
Robodebt is dead. Or is it?
After years of doggedly defending its policy of automated Centrelink debt recovery, also known as robodebt, the Government has more or less killed it off this week.
But why now? And what is the Government actually getting rid of?
Today’s episode is the demise of robodebt, as told in the five stages of grief.
18 min
November 19, 2019 Australia's uncounted dead
As the daylight fades at a Darlinghurst park in inner Sydney tonight, a list of names will be read out.
They're Australia's transgender dead, and it's one of the shortest lists in the world.
Only two of the more than 3300 globally recorded trans killings in the last decade happened in Australia.
But researchers believe that low number masks entrenched underreporting of transgender killings.
So what's keeping those deaths invisible?
Today's episode follows a woman’s mission to count and name Australia’s trans dead.
17 min
November 18, 2019 Britain's untouchable family
"Excruciating", "bizarre", and "out of touch".
Prince Andrew's interview about his Jeffrey Epstein links couldn't have gone much worse than it did.
Commentators believe it could take years for him to recover from the reputational damage, if he's ever able to.
In today's episode we measure that harm against the seemingly invincible Royal brand.
15 min
November 17, 2019 Trump's make or break witness
There's one witness in Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry who everyone's holding their breath for.
The US ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, a billionaire and a major donor to the Trump campaign, may not be the most reliable source.
He's already had to recant some of his testimony given in closed hearings.
But for better or worse, he's the man the Democrats are forced to rely on, and he's giving his evidence at a public hearing this week.
14 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.