Flight of Fancy

Flight of Fancy

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December 06, 2018 (Un)stable ground: Can the Liberals avoid an epic defeat?
As the last sitting week ends, the Liberal Party is in a "pretty volatile state".
The minority government has become more minor, it has lost control of the floor and the leadership change has bewildered foreign leaders at the G20 in Buenos Aires.
But how far does it need to go to recover, and can it?
In this week's episode of Please Explain, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age's chief political correspondent David Crowe, political and international editor Peter Hartcher and Nine's political editor Chris Uhlmann join Tory Maguire to discuss what has led us to this point, and what we may see from the flailing party in the lead up to a possible May 2019 election.
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40 min
December 04, 2018 World's most spectacular places to experience nature
From peaks of Patagonia to the red deserts of Australia, these are the top places for an adventure in the outdoors (and you don’t need to be a nature lover to do it).
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33 min
November 28, 2018 "Self-destructing before your eyes": Liberals lost at sea
Whichever way you cut it, the Liberal Party is in serious trouble. With the Victorian Liberals banished to the political wilderness for the next four years, is the Federal Liberal Party doomed to the same fate in the election next May?
33 min
November 26, 2018 Why everyone loves Canada
This week we take a look at must do highlights of a country that everyone seems to love - and find out why Canada is such a great destination for travellers.
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34 min
November 21, 2018 The Embassy: How Middle East politics came to Canberra
The Holy City of Jerusalem seems a world away from Canberra, but for weeks now our politicians have become obsessed with the location of Australia's Embassy in Israel.
34 min
November 19, 2018 The things that surprise first-time visitors to Australia
This week we're not looking at the world, but at how the world looks at us. Sue Williams and Rob McFarland join host Ben Groundwater to discuss the things that might shock foreign visitors on their first visit to Australia.
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29 min
November 15, 2018 Power and Control: #Metoo hits Australia's power brokers
When alleged sexual harassment victims are used for "political point scoring", the motivations of our politicians becomes questionable.
Corrections Minister David Elliott's decision to air allegations against former opposition leader Luke Foley under parliamentary privilege, without the victim's consent, has led to Mr Foley's resignation, a defamation threat and a public apology.
This week on Please Explain, The Age's social affairs editor Miki Perkins, Women’s Agenda contributing editor Georgina Dent and activist and campaigner Sally Rugg discuss the impact #metoo has on the powerful.
Jacqueline Maley also speaks with senior crime reporter John Silvester on the devastating impact the Bourke St attack has had on Melbourne.
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35 min
November 13, 2018 Does travel change who you are?
We all travel for different reasons - for an adventure, to escape the daily grind, to eat the most amazing foods in the world. But does travel have the power to change who we really are? Ben Groundwater talks to Flip Byrnes and Rob McFarland.
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31 min
November 08, 2018 In from the cold - Australia back in Beijing
In the wake of a near collision between US and Chinese warships in the South China Sea, defence and national security correspondent David Wroe said, in the interest of diplomacy, 'sooner or later somebody's going to have to back down'.
Australia's diplomatic freeze, prompted in part by foreign interference laws introduced under Malcolm Turnbull, appear to be thawing as Marise Payne makes the first diplomatic trip by a foreign minister to Beijing in almost three years.
This week on Please Explain, world editor Michael Bachelard and defence and national security correspondent David Wroe just how significant is this Beijing visit by our foreign minister really is. Tory also speaks to US correspondent Matthew Knott on the line from the US, where the midterms have just wrapped up.
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36 min
November 01, 2018 Fear and loathing in the US midterm elections
Tory Maguire calls up Matthew Knott in New York, and former US correspondent Nick O'Malley to understand the ructions of America's midterm elections
32 min

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Fun, funny and wise: Flight of Fancy with Ben Groundwater is an exploration of all things travel, for those with a thirst for seeing the world.