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 unde... more

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October 21, 2021 Billionaires in space
More and more billionaires are jumping on rockets to try to reach space.
Richard Branson was the first with Virgin Galactica, Jeff Bezos was next with Blue Origin, and they're both competing against Elon Musk's company SpaceX.
The question is, what's in it for the rest of humanity?
Today on the Signal, the dawn of the new space age and the billionaires funding it.
What's it going to achieve, and is it worth the cost?
Featured:
Dr Bradley Tucker, Astrophysicist and Cosmologist, Australian National University
Dr Eloise Marais, Associate Professor in Physical Geography, University College London
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25min
October 20, 2021 Is China winning the nuclear arms race?
China might just have taken a big step forward in its nuclear capability.
It's reportedly been testing space missiles which could get around US defences, meaning that, theoretically, it's able to launch a nuclear strike on US soil.
So how is the US likely to respond?
Today on The Signal, China's expanding nuclear ambitions. How does a race like this end?
Featured:
Dr Jeffrey Lewis, Professor, Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California & Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Project
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13min
October 19, 2021 What Trump's Supreme Court judges are up to
Donald Trump's presidency is over for now, but he left a huge mark on the US Supreme Court.
The former president appointed three of the court's six conservatives, and in the next few weeks they'll make one of the most consequential decisions in decades.
So will the Supreme Court really let states ban abortion?
And if it does, what will that mean for women, and for the court's reputation?
Featured:
Dahlia Lithwick, US Supreme Court reporter, Slate.com
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21min
October 18, 2021 When can you book an overseas holiday?
After 19 months of being effectively cut off, Australia is less than two weeks away from reopening the border to outbound travellers.
NSW is going even further, by allowing returning travellers back in without quarantine, with other states including Victoria potentially following suit weeks later.
So how will the end of the travel ban work in practice?
Today on The Signal, we're trying to answer all your questions about the gradual return of overseas travel.
Featured:
Dr Leonardo Nogueira de Moraes, Tourism resilience and planning expert, University of Melbourne
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18min
October 17, 2021 Why we have a 70s economy
The global economy is in weirder shape than it's been in a long time.
Major economies are emerging from lockdown, a complicated set of dynamics in Europe and Asia is causing energy prices to soar, and there's a new focus on driving down emissions.
So do all these things taken together add up to an economic meltdown?
Today on The Signal, we're speaking with the ABC's Business Editor Ian Verrender about whether we could see a repeat of the stagflation crisis of the 1970s, and how long it could last.
Featured:
Ian Verrender, ABC Business Editor
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21min
October 14, 2021 Why we're betting billions on hydrogen
It's been hard to open a news app this week without running headlong into a story about hydrogen.
But for an energy source that seems to be all the rage, it's still pretty hard to come by, which might explain the generalised confusion about what it is, and how it works.
Today on The Signal, we explain why everyone seems to be throwing money at hydrogen and ask: is Australia entering a new boom?
Featured:
Dr Patrick Hartley, Leader, CSIRO Hydrogen Industry Mission
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16min
October 13, 2021 Would Australia go to war over Taiwan?
For a private citizen visiting out of a personal interest, Taiwan sure made a lot of fuss over the former Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
That's because his recent visit seems to be part of a larger, very complicated diplomatic dance Australia is engaged in, designed to keep China happy and Taiwan safe.
So is it working?
Today on the Signal, how close is China to invading? And if Beijing did decide to do that, would Australia join a war over it?
Featured:
Natasha Kassam, Director of the Lowy Institute's Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program
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17min
October 12, 2021 Are we reopening too fast?
The end of Australia's lockdown era is approaching fast.
In Sydney, pubs are open, schools are going back, and lines for haircuts trail around street corners.
In Canberra too, a lockdown is ending on Friday, while in Melbourne 10,000 double-vaccinated spectators will be allowed to watch horse racing at Flemington in November, with more easing to follow.
But is Australia reopening too fast?
Today on The Signal, what the new era means for COVID case numbers, and how much to worry about the risk it could all end in misery.
Featured:
Professor Nancy Baxter, Head of School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
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18min
October 11, 2021 Why renting is a health risk
Some health risks are obvious, like smoking, or eating too much sugar. But what about renting?
As many as a million Australians live in housing that harms their health, with renters the worst off.
So what's the health cost of having so much substandard housing?
And how do you even begin to fix a problem like that?
Featured:
Alice, Sydney tenant
Professor Rebecca Bentley, Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Dr Kim Loo, General Practitioner
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19min
October 10, 2021 Are we doing enough for Afghan refugees?
Since the Taliban retook the country, millions of Afghans have been trying to get out.
Many go first to Iran or Pakistan, and from there try for resettlement elsewhere.
But it's a difficult, bureaucratic process, and for most it ends in disappointment.
So is Australia doing enough to help?
Today on The Signal, we're hearing about a group of Afghan orphans who've made it Sydney.
How is Australia helping them, and their compatriots back in Afghanistan?
Featured:
Latifa, Afghan refugee
Emily Clark, Reporter, ABC news international desk
Kate Ogg, Associate Professor, Australian National University College of Law, Canberra
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22min

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