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The country's driest state is getting drier, with water being trucked into towns and ground aquifer supplies at risk of becoming salty. How can South Australia's water crisis be solved? 

Plus, the Coalition has promised to lower your energy bills by forcing gas producers to keep more supply onshore if it wins government in May.

And speaking of the election: here's what you need to know about voting if you avoid the news. 

Listen now:

01:20 - Why is news avoidance growing? 

15:45 - The Coalition's gas policy explained

20:45 - The risk of water shortages in SA

Guests: 

• Evan Ekin-Smyth, spokesperson, Australian Electoral Commission
• Dr Katrina Wruck, research fellow, QUT

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Will news avoidance impact the Australian election? 

Whether it's war, the climate, or politics - people are tuning the news out more than ever before. 

But suddenly, everyone’s being asked to pay attention, with the election happening on May 3.

So here’s what you need to know about voting.

Guests:

• Evan Ekin-Smyth, spokesperson, Australian Electoral Commission

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Thousands missing, a skyscraper levelled and water gushing from roof-top pools - rescue teams in Myanmar and Thailand are racing against time to save more lives after an earthquake killed at least 1,700 people. 

And recent elections overseas have seen young men vote increasingly for right-wing leaders while young women move to the left. Will the same happen here?

Plus, for young workers struggling with burnout, the thought of eat-sleep-repeating for the next 40+ years can be a punish. Is the solution 'micro-retirement'? 

And researchers are looking into whether treatments for ADHD could actually be used to help people with methamphetamine dependence too. 

Listen now:

01:20 - The crucial 72 hours after an earthquake

03:00 - How deep is Australia's political gender divide?

17:00 - A new way to treat methamphetamine addiction

21:45 - Micro-retirements

Guests:

• Isabella Higgins, social affairs reporter, ABC
• Dr Libby Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond University

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On May 3, hundreds of thousands of young Australians will be voting in a federal election for the first time. 

When young men voted in the recent US election, there was a historic shift to Trump and the right.

It's a trend other democracies are seeing too: young men drifting to the right, while young women move to the left.

So will it happen in Australia? 

Guest:

• Isabella Higgins, social affairs reporter, ABC

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Will this be the influencer election? The countdown is on to find out, with the election set for May 3.

And have you had a group chat go wrong? The US government did, after texting a journalist their war plans. 

Plus a flight from Paris was forced to turn around when a passenger lost their phone between the seats. We're talking most hectic hold-up stories.

Host Dave Marchese is joined by author and content creator Lucinda Price (aka Froomes) and KIIS FM newsreader Brooklyn Ross.

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The Coalition will promise to halve the tax on fuel in Peter Dutton's reply to this week's federal budget. What does that mean for you?

And someone in the US government added a journalist to a group chat where they were planning strikes on the Houthis. 

Plus, are non-compete clauses actually enforceable? 

Guests:

• Alison Reeve, energy and climate deputy program director, Grattan Institute
• Seri Feldman-Gubbay, solicitor, Employment Rights Legal Service NSW

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The Albanese government is planning to ban non-compete clauses. 

They stop millions of working Aussies from switching jobs or working in their industry for other businesses. 

The thing is... they're not often enforceable. 

So what would the ban mean for the average worker? And how can they advocate for themselves right now? 

Guest:

• Seri Feldman-Gubbay, solicitor, Employment Rights Legal Service NSW

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"If you're reading this it means I've been killed": today, we get into the chilling final message from a 23-year-old Palestinian journalist killed in an Israeli airstrike.

And a surprise tax cut for everyone: the Albanese government has released its last budget, before we all head to the polls for a federal election. So what's in it for you? We asked the Youth Minister Anne Aly.

Listen Now:

01:06 - What's in the budget

07:40 - Anne Aly interview

18:00 - Journalists in Gaza

Guests: 

• Shalailah Medhora, political reporter, triple j hack
• Anne Aly, federal minister for youth
• Jodie Ginsberg, chief executive, Committee to Protect Journalists 

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Was it a pre-election cash splash, or a reserved budget for uncertain times? 

Last night Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his final federal budget before Australians head to the polls in a few weeks. 

So what was in it for you? And could it help sway any unsure voters toward Labor? 

Political reporter Shalailah Medhora breaks it down in this episode. 

Guest:

• Shalailah Medhora, political reporter, triple j hack

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Almost four years after finding out it's hosting an Olympic Games, Queensland has finally revealed how it plans to pull it off.

Will a new stadium, aquatic centre and transport upgrades be enough to trump Paris and LA, as Premier David Crisafulli has promised?  

Plus, why hundreds of thousands of people are protesting in Türkiye.

And the Albanese government is trying to protect Tasmania's salmon industry. But at what cost? 

Listen now: 

01:07 - Explaining the Tasmanian salmon controversy

15:04 - Türkiye protests

23:32 - Brisbane's Olympic plans 

Guests:

• Jacqui Lambie, Tasmanian Senator
• Mustafa, Turkish-Australian
• Josh Bavas, reporter, Nine News Queensland

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