The world’s attention may have shifted to the war in the Middle East, but in Ukraine the battle drags on as a second winter sets in. 

It comes after a brutal counter-offensive in which Ukrainian soldiers tried but failed to take back significant territory from the Russians.   

Today, Dr Samir Puri, a visiting lecturer at King’s College London and former ceasefire observer in Ukraine, discusses who’s winning the war and how long Ukraine can rely on Western support. 

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Dr Samir Puri, visiting lecturer in War Studies at King’s College London

It’s part of the biggest road project ever built in Australia, but when a complex maze of tunnels and roads opened in Sydney last month it became apparent there was a major design flaw causing traffic chaos. 

So, how did planners get it so wrong and why do we rely so heavily on motorways?

Today, transport planner from the University of Technology Sydney, Michelle Zeibots, explains how political decisions are keeping us off public transport and in traffic jams. 

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Dr Michelle Zeibots, senior lecturer at the school of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Technology Sydney

By the end of 2023, the number of immigrants who’ve arrived in Australia during the year may be approaching 600 thousand.

They’re filling jobs and bringing cultural diversity to communities, but there is a downside for the economy. 

Today, the ABC’s business editor Ian Verrender explores the impact the surge is having on inflation, interest rates and rental prices and what the government should be doing about it. 

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Ian Verrender, ABC business editor

When one of the oldest all boys schools in the country declared it would be enrolling girls, it irked some old boys and parents so much that legal action has been threatened to try and stop the move. 

So, why is there so much controversy when single sex schools decide to go co-ed? 

Today, an expert in girls' and boys' schooling, Judith Gill, on the widely held misconceptions in the debate and what the research shows about which system works best. 

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Dr Judith Gill, adjunct associate professor of education at the University of South Australia

It’s one of the most watched defamation cases, with both Brittany Higgins and Bruce Lehrmann taking the stand in the Federal Court this week.

Mr Lehrmann is suing Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson for defamation over an interview where Ms Higgins alleged she had been raped by a Liberal staffer at Parliament House in 2019. 

He has denied the allegation and has never been found guilty of any wrongdoing. 

Today, reporter Partick Bell on the key evidence heard by the court. 

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Patrick Bell, ABC reporter

It was the Australian dream to own a home and a block of land.

But while that was once very achievable, it’s not anymore. So why did that change and can it be reversed?

Today, the ABC’s Alan Kohler explains why anyone born after 1980 is in a tricky position. 

He’s written a Quarterly Essay about the housing market and says it’d take an 18 year freeze in house prices to return to an income to house price ratio that he and his parents enjoyed.

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Alan Kohler, ABC finance presenter

The High Court delivered a ruling earlier this month that’s led to the release of more than 140 people from indefinite immigration detention. 

Some have serious criminal backgrounds in Australia or overseas. 

It’s become a political nightmare for the government as it’s scrambled to have those released monitored by authorities. 

Today, chief political correspondent for the ABC’s 7.30 program, Laura Tingle, on why the political chaos that’s unfolded since the court ruling has been an ‘unedifying debacle’.

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Laura Tingle, 7.30's chief political correspondent

Being a renter can be stressful with a shortage of properties on the market, rising rents and a lack of security for tenants. 

But what you might not know is there’s evidence that renting is accelerating the biological ageing process. 

That’s according to a peer reviewed study from the University of Essex in the UK and Adelaide University. 

Today, one of the report’s authors, Emma Baker, on how DNA testing has shown renting can be bad for your health. 

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Emma Baker, Professor of Housing Research at the University of Adelaide

With just under a year until a presidential election in the United States, Donald Trump  is shifting his language in a disturbing way. 

During a rally this month, the former US leader used rhetoric reminiscent of the Nazis, calling his domestic opponents and critics ‘vermin’. 

Today, a historian of American political language Dr Jennifer Mercieca discusses how Trump uses language to whip up support. 

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Dr Jennifer Mercieca, historian of American political rhetoric and professor of communication at Texas A&M University

After almost 50 days of war, Israel and Hamas have done a deal to pause the fighting and release hostages and prisoners.

So what went on behind the scenes to reach the agreement and could it be a turning point in the war? 

Today, an expert on ceasefires Doctor Marika Sosnowski from Melbourne University on the complexities of the negotiations and what to expect next.

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Dr Marika Sosnowski, University of Melbourne research fellow

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