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January 31, 2023 Can we really make dating apps safer?
Over the last decade, dating apps have become hugely popular, with millions of Australians now meeting each other online.
But many of the people using them say the apps are also rife with abuse and sexual harassment that often goes unchecked.
Last week, the federal government convened a round table with some of the app companies to discuss ways to make dating safer.
Today, an expert in communications on whether anything will change.
Featured:
Dr Kath Albury, Associate Professor, ARC Future Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
14 min
January 30, 2023 The noise surrounding the Voice
Anthony Albanese wanted bipartisan support for the Voice to Parliament.
Instead, he's being met with increasing political divisions.
Today, ABC Radio National Breakfast host, Patricia Karvelas, on whether the government can convince Australians to vote yes without support across the Parliament.
Featured:
Patricia Karvelas, host, Radio National Breakfast
14 min
January 29, 2023 COVID, conspiracies, and 'confronting' threats to MPs
Australian politicians are being threatened with violence in volumes never seen before, with the Australian Federal Police receiving more than 500 reports of threats to MP's safety - a number that’s tripled in three years.
It's been partly driven by the 'Sovereign Citizen' movement, with COVID-19 providing the perfect breeding ground for their conspiracies to spread.
We speak to an expert in extremism about the role COVID's had to play and an MP about her own experience.
Featured:
Kaz Ross, independent researcher on the far-right
Anne Webster, Federal Member for Mallee
14 min
January 26, 2023 This episode was written by an AI bot
It can write poems, essays and even talk to you. That's why ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence bot, is being banned in schools and universities.
Today, AI expert Toby Walsh on how the cutting edge technology is already changing our lives.
Featured:
Toby Walsh, Chief scientist, UNSW AI Institute
13 min
January 25, 2023 Voice to Parliament: what are we really voting on?
This is the year Australians will be asked to vote in a referendum, the first in 20 years.
This time we’ll be voting 'yes' or 'no' to giving Indigenous Australians a Voice to Parliament.
As the complex debate gets underway, today ABC Voice correspondent Dan Bourchier on what we’ll see in the months ahead and how to navigate your way through it.
Featured:
Dan Bourchier, ABC Referendum & Voice correspondent
14 min
January 24, 2023 What teen boys see in Andrew Tate
He's a self confessed misogynist who's been charged with rape and human trafficking. So how did Andrew Tate make himself so appealing to millions of young men around the world?
Today, we speak to Matt Defina who is working with Australian teenage boys to understand why so many are being drawn to Andrew Tate's toxic views on masculinity.
Featured:
Mett Defina, organisational psychologist at The Man Cave
13 min
January 23, 2023 China's hidden COVID deaths
After three years of doggedly sticking to a COVID-zero policy, last month China made a sudden and unexpected U-turn.
Now the disease is ripping through the country as millions celebrate Lunar New Year.
Today what we do and don't know about the biggest COVID outbreak the world has seen so far.
Featured:
Lily Kuo, China Bureau Chief, The Washington Post
13 min
January 22, 2023 Alan Kohler on why inflation is so 2022
As we embark on 2023, many of us will be thinking about our finances and whether this year will be any easier than last year.
Today, with the possibility of a global recession still very much on the cards, we look at how Australia might fare.
Featured:
Alan Kohler, ABC Finance Guy
14 min
January 18, 2023 2022 Recap - Laura Tingle on how Albanese stopped 'feeding the chooks'
2022 was a good year for the Labor party, with a victory for Daniel Andrews in Victoria and a win at the federal election in May.
When Anthony Albanese took over as PM we asked ABC 7.30's chief political correspondent, Laura Tingle how she thought he’d run the party and the parliament.
As the year came to a close we checked back in to see what had changed and what to expect in the year ahead.
Originally published on 28 November, 2022
Featured:
Laura Tingle, ABC 7.30 chief political correspondent
14 min
January 16, 2023 2022 Recap - Can the Russian Federation survive the war?
Russia's invasion of Ukraine did not go the way anyone expected.
After multiple strategic losses the Kremlin was forced to pull its troops from key areas in the east of the country around Kherson and Kharkiv.
Today, a former commander of US Ground Forces in Europe on what the Ukraine war means for Putin's grip on power and the future of the entire Russian federation.
Originally published on 11 November, 2022
Featured:
Lieutenant General (retired) Ben Hodges, former commanding general of the US Army in Europe
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.