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October 31, 2019 Who's making all the money?
Australia's rich list is changing. In 1997, fresh out of military school, Ashik Ahmed moved here from Bangladesh.
In 2019, he's worth $148m and is one of the richest people in the country.
He's part of a new crop of tech millionaires in Australia, with easier access to finance than ever before.
Today, we find out what it takes to get rich in Australia and where the money is going to be in ten years time.
16 min
October 30, 2019 Worst Christmas present ever
It's hard enough to convince people to vote at the best of times, but what about when it's 3 degrees and raining?
On December 12, in the middle of winter, Britons will be asked to do exactly that.
UK PM Boris Johnson hopes this will deliver the win he needs to finally leave the EU, but with trust in polls at an all time low no-one has any idea how this will play out.
Today, we find out what to expect from the next six weeks.
How will winter and the chaotic political scene shape the election campaign?
And is this poll the trick that brings Boris Brexit?
14 min
October 29, 2019 Rebuilding ISIS: 'Give it six months'
Islamic State's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, but his group isn't.
Anyone who's watched ISIS over the years believes this is just the beginning of a new chapter.
Today’s episode is all about reprisals, rebuilding and what to expect next from the group, now al-Baghdadi is gone.
15 min
October 28, 2019 Angus Taylor and the document drama
It started like any other political stoush between the left and the right, but it's ended up somewhere very strange.
On September 29 the Federal Energy Minister, Angus Taylor, wrote a letter to Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore accusing her of climate hypocrisy.
The Minister said Councillors had spent $15 million dollars on flights that year, at odds with their declaration of a climate emergency.
Except the Council hadn’t, and the real figure was closer to $6,000.
The Minister has now been accused of using a document that might have been doctored to score political points, but Angus Taylor completely rejects the idea.
The matter's been referred to police. So what happens next?
16 min
October 27, 2019 My boyfriend faked his death
After Rachel and her boyfriend broke-up, she got a message that he'd died. There had been a memorial at the beach with close-friends and family.
Two years later she was out having dinner when she got a huge surprise. There he was, working in the kitchen.
Today, the story of Rachel's fake-dead boyfriend. How and why this guy tried to disappear and how he almost got away with it.
20 min
October 24, 2019 Sparing the lucky horses
When Mike Botting bought a share of Prince of Penzance, he never thought he had a Melbourne Cup Winner.
He also never thought he'd see the animal welfare crisis that’s engulfed the racing industry, with revelation hundreds of horses are being killed and mistreated at the end of their careers.
Today the owner of a thoroughbred champion tells us his story and reflects on this week's shocking revelations and what they mean for him.
15 min
October 23, 2019 Is your boss spying on you?
Between the towering shelves in a Melbourne warehouse, an algorithm precisely measures how fast staff are working, where they're moving, and when they're taking breaks
Digital surveillance in the workplace is more possible and more common than ever, and the law has very little to say about it.
So where is all this heading?
15 min
October 22, 2019 How to pull off a Syrian rescue
What would it take to bring the 66 Australian women and children stuck in Syria’s Al Hawl camp home?
The Government’s been asked for months to step in and help extract the families of Australian IS fighters, but it argues the job is too risky.
On today’s episode, we hear from a man who specialises in extracting people from dangerous situations overseas, including Middle Eastern warzones, about how a rescue would go.
19 min
October 21, 2019 It started with 100 dead cows
Grainy video from a farm in West Virginia shows a horror scene of tumour-ridden cattle, dead and dying, with blackened teeth and missing fur.
It was the footage that convinced American lawyer Rob Bilott to pursue a landmark lawsuit against chemical giant DuPont, over a compound called PFAS that had contaminated the land.
20 years later, Australia is grappling with scores of its own PFAS contamination cases, but health authorities here aren't yet convinced of the health impact on humans.
Today's episode is the story of how the DuPont case unfolded, and what Australia is doing differently.
18 min
October 20, 2019 What happened at 'The Chora Rock Show'
It started with Australian troops burning rubbish, but before long hundreds of angry Afghanis were pelting their base with rocks.
What happened next is disputed.
The official account is that one man in the crowd was shot dead by a soldier inside the base.
But an ABC investigation suggests the death toll was higher than that.
So what really happened at 'The Chora Rock Show'?
16 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.