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Everyone will have to vote in a federal election soon, and if you're in WA you just had a practice run.

WA voters gave Labor another term in power on Saturday, and while everything is still being counted it's clear the state election was a disaster for the Liberals. 

Younger voters were crucial, and that's where the Liberals struggled a lot - the party will end up with less than 10 seats in the 59-seat Lower House. 

So does the Liberal Party have a young people problem?

And if it does, can Peter Dutton fix it in the next 10 weeks?

Guest:

• Zak Kirkup, former WA Liberal leader

We check in with triple j hack reporter Alice Angeloni as Cyclone Albert lurks off the east coast. 

Plus, the ethics of swearing at work and Serving Kant. 

And men do the same amount of housework as they did 20 years ago. Are we surprised?

Host Dave Marchese is joined by comedian Stella Wu and AAP reporter Dominic Giannini. 

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Queensland and New South Wales are (still) bracing for the impact of Tropical Cyclone Alfred. People are sandbagging sharehouses that are still mouldy from the last floods, while surfers are travelling from interstate to ride the storm swell. 

And an alleged threat of a "christ church 2.0" directed at a Sydney mosque has led to the charging of a 16-year-old. 

Plus, the all-consuming struggle of a gambling addiction. 

Listen now:

01:30 - A Cyclone Alfred update

09:00 - The alleged Sydney mosque threat 

14:30 - Australia's gambling losses

18:40 - How winning $100k fuelled a gambling addiction

Guests:

• Lia Walsh, reporter, ABC News TikTok
• Josh*, gambling addict (*we've changed his name to protect his identity)

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Australians lose almost as much money gambling as the government spends on aged care or the NDIS. 

Recently, those losses totalled $31 billion dollars in just 12 months. 

In this episode, we hear from Josh*, a young guy who's lost hundreds of thousands of dollars through online gambling.

He tells us how one big win fuelled his addiction. 

Guest:

• *Josh, we've changed his name to protect his identity 

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It's the first cyclone to hit southern Queensland in half a century, and Tropical Cyclone Alfred is meant to make landfall overnight tomorrow.

It's forecast to bring damaging winds and heavy rainfall to a huge chunk of land between Noosa and northern NSW.

So how's the prep going? 

And Arab leaders met overnight to talk about what's next in Gaza, knocking back Donald Trump's idea for a 'Riviera of the Middle East.'

Plus, we chat to UN human rights expert Francesca Albanese about what the future holds for Palestinians. 

Listen now:

01:30 - What's happening in Gaza right now

07:00 - Francesca Albanese's message 

18:30 - Preparing for Cyclone Alfred

Guests: 

• Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur
• Harper Dalton, Lismore local councillor 

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Francesca Albanese's job is to document and scrutinise allegations of human rights abuses in the Palestinian Territories as the United Nations' Special Rapporteur. 

For the last 16 months, she's been monitoring the war in Gaza. 

In this episode, she shares a message for young people feeling disengaged and disillusioned by politics right now.

Guest:

• Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur

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Working more hours in less days. Working fewer days for less money. Is there a perfect way to achieve a 4-day work week? 

And climate migration isn't just a worry for the future. It's a very real problem in some Australian territories right now. 

Plus, how small gigs could change the face of your local music scene. Could they replace the big festivals we know and love? 

Listen now:

02:30 - The 4-day work week promise

13:20 - What's happening on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands?

18:40 - The future of climate migration

25:24 - Putting on small gigs

Guests:

• Professor Jane McAdam, director of the Evacuations Research hub, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW 
• Professor Lyndall Strazdins, leading expert in work time and wellbeing, ANU

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What if you were told that you couldn't live in the place you grew up? The home where your parents grew up as well, and your grandparents too... 

That's what's happening to people in one part of Australia, due to the threat of rising sea levels. 

And they're not the only future climate refugees under threat right now. 

Guest:

• Professor Jane McAdam, director of the Evacuations Research hub, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW 

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What does the very public disagreement between US president Donald Trump and Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy mean for peace in Ukraine? 

And a bull kelp shortage is putting kelping at risk. We explore what's behind the dramatic decrease in seaweed off King Island. 

Plus, debunking the only child stigma. 

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01:11 - Trump vs Zelenskyy explained

06:14 - What's next for Ukraine?

13:31 - Kelping

19:00 - Only child myths

Guests:

• Professor Matthew Sussex, expert in Russian foreign policy, ANU
• Rosina McAlpine, parenting expert

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A yelling match in the White House and a "coalition of the willing" in Europe: it's been a big weekend for Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 

With a rare minerals deal still on the table with the US and a peace plan coming together in Europe, what comes next for Ukraine? 

Plus, how will Australia straddle our relationship with two key allies as their Ukraine stances shift dramatically. 

Guest:

• Professor Matthew Sussex, expert in Russian foreign policy, ANU

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