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Should a 67-year-old with Alzheimer's have to live in aged care? We'll hear a husband's plea for the NDIS to prioritise his wife's quality of life.

With more than five thousand Australians dead from COVID so far this year, Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty laments the level of death and disease that's being accepted.

Qantas trumpets its plan for the longest passenger flight in the world, but the flight attendants’ union worries it may not even be safe for those working on board.

Scott Morrison fires back at his Solomons Islands counterpart, after the Pacific leader said he was blindsided by the AUKUS deal; Election candidates taking their campaign messages to platforms like TikTok and even the dating app Grindr; And, a new Omicron subvariant detected in Australia, what are the chances of reinfection?

Rocketing inflation sparks a new political tussle over who's the better economic manager.

Childcare is one of key rising costs and parents are struggling to budget it in.

Respected independent economist Saul Eslake warns inflation could be tough to manage whoever wins the election.

In the middle of an election campaign – a huge leap in inflation shows the financial wellbeing of many Australians in decline, and a rate rise looms.

The government misleadingly labels a cap on emissions a Carbon Tax, but it's a mechanism that has the support of even the business lobby.

Sobered by the Russia threat, some 40 nations meet on how to defeat Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, sending heavy weapons, and the US is now talking about winning.

How the major parties' messages on climate change differ depending on the audience.

Amid continuing fears China's usurping Australia in the Pacific, we’re joined by a young Pacific leader with some advice for Australia - learn to enmesh with Pacific Island communities like local Chinese communities do.

Voters in regional Australia worry about the rising cost of housing, we'll look at the homelessness problem on the New South Wales south coast.

The defence minister uses Anzac Day to talk about preserving the peace, by preparing for war.

Escalating war talk, including the Prime Minister's assertion of a 'red line' against China's ambitions in the Pacific, draws criticism from a former chief of the defence force – Admiral Chris Barrie.

Australia faces a wave of native species extinctions, do the major political parties have ambition to address the problem?

Climate change nominated as the key issue for voters in the Vote Compass survey, but will it sway votes in key seats across Australia?

Australia's vaccine roll out has slowed - after a race to get the first two shots, demand for a third has dropped off.

Elon Musk urges investors to pour money into lithium mines, as record prices for the mineral force up the price of a Tesla, we'll look at developments in Australia and abroad.

The Australian of the Year gets an expression of regret from the Prime Minister over a comment about children and disabilities.

More recriminations over the Solomon Islands security pact with China, a military historian slams the Morrison government for sacrificing 100 years of security policy in the Pacific.

Some of the world's top ranking tennis champions won't be welcome at Wimbledon after the All-England club banned players from Russia and Belarus.

China's security deal with the Solomon Islands forces a Prime Ministerial defence against attacks claiming he's fumbled Australia's role in the Pacific.

We'll look at the implications of the agreement for Australia's security, for Chinese interests in the Pacific, and for Solomon Islanders still rattled by violence on the streets late last year.

More COVID rules are dropped in two states - businesses are cheering, but will it lead to more sickness and death?

Labor rejects a government estimate that the opposition's energy policy would cost consumers more.

In Ukraine, the battle of the Donbas has begun, while efforts to build a solid legal case against Russia for its crimes continue, former war crimes prosecutor Shahram Dana joins ‘PM’.

Volunteers work around the clock to help the refugees released from Melbourne's Park Hotel with limited support from the government.